Whoopi on the Cookie Monster

December 14, 2009 ↓ Comments (0)

This video is hard to watch because they all talk over each other. But there’s an interesting discussion in here. After all, I grew up watching Cookie Monster on Sesame Street and I have a problem with sweet cookies. I don’t blame the Cookie Monster though, I never really liked him. Grover was always my favorite.

I get that he’s just a puppet. All kids love love cookies and they know that cookies aren’t something they should eat all the time. Given the choice between cookies and a healthy meal, kids know what’s right for them and they’ll choose the healthy food.

But if Cookie Monster was fat then we could see an issue, right? Or if the Cookie Monster also drank soda while he ate cookies. It would be over-the-top if he ate ice cream as well. He’s just the cookie monster after all, not the junk food monster.

What about if Cookie Monster was a woman? Would it be an issue if the female Cookie Monster loved and ate cookies in the same exact way? What if Ms. Piggy loved to rabidly binge on cookies? Easy, she’s just a puppet!

Maybe Cookie Monster could meet a woman called Veggie Monster and she could teach him about the value of a healthy meal. In return, Cookie Monster could teach Veggie Monster how fun and satisfying it is to uncontrollably binge on sweet cookies.

I don’t blame Cookie Monster for my sugar addiction, all of those sweet cookies and cereals were at my fingertips. I was just a kid who didn’t know any better. It took me well into my adult life to realize that junk food was killing me. Hmmm… Maybe a Veggie Monster wouldn’t be so bad after all. It would certainly make the job of parenting just a tiny bit easier. And maybe, just maybe, it would spark an idea in some kid’s head that vegetables are worth freaking out over.