C Is For Cookie, Dammit!
Here is the warning at the beginning of the Sesame Street first season DVD's:Welcome to Sesame Street Nostalgia. I am Bob, your host, and I want you to know that these early Sesame Street episodes are intended for grown-ups and may not meet the needs of today's pre-school child.
I've already written about how Sesame Street was killed.
The bug-fuck icing on this Soccer Mom bubble-wrapped nation of ours is this:
Cookie Monster Isn't Allowed To Eat Cookies Anymore.
Did you know that?
Cookie Monster Isn't Allowed To Eat Cookies Anymore!!
Now here it is, your url of the day:
http://www.losethegame.com/
3 comments:
Um...but that's not what the article said at the link you provided.
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What, that he can eat a cookie every now and then?
Pure semantics, my friend.
The point of Cookie Monster was that he would go nuts on a pile of cookies , "Yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum!!"
OK, to be fair, the article does point out that Cookie has been teaching good nutrition all the way back to the seventies.
The snopes article referenced on Muppet Wiki gives more details:
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/veggie.asp
Yes, I've noticed the trend. The pendulum has swung to the other side, making the U.S to P.C. lately.
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