Loads of people have already picked up on the story that the health fascists are making the cookie monster from Sesame Street eat less cookies, because he’s the second leading cause of obesity among under fives - after alcopops, or something.
Obviously, we Brits were a bit slow on the uptake, well, I was at least. Sesame Street was banned in my household when I was a child - my parents were scared I’d grow up saying “X, Y, Zee”, instead of “X, Y, Zed”, and I seem to remember some muttering that it should be the “biscuit beast” or the “scone scoundrel” too.
Now, forgive me for sounding a little blasé about this, but if you’re the kind of person who built your lifestyle choices around something who chooses to live in a garbage / trash can (sorry mum) dustbin, I reckon the odd Oreo / Jaffa Cake here and there should be the least of your worries.
And what are they going to have instead?
New characters such as talking aubergines and carrots will be introduced,
Riiight. Well listen. If you couldn’t persuade me to eat the talking, blue, fluffy monster, sticking a mouth on an “egg-plant” isn’t going to make me want to ingest them either - unless you can find some way of making biscuits out of them.
German Word For Today: “Krümelmonster” - I should really have tried to use “anthropomorphism” in there somewhere…
Song playing as this was published: Dead Kennedys “Holiday In Cambodia”
ahh yes, now we can blame the cookie monster because kids are obese. nice one. the parents can’t be blamed, can they? it’s always the TV’s fault!!!
you’ve chosen the perfect category for this post.
I wonder if Veggie Tales would have something to say about veggie themed characters? They have the tomato, cucumber, asparragas (sp?) and such. Maybe even a bell pepper and parsnip. *wink*. Sesame Street could be cutting into their action. I like the “scone scoundrel”. Inventive and catchy name. *snort*
you know, sesame street already has grover, a skinny blue monster. i think that they could just get rid of cookie monster all together. i mean really, the monster doesn’t speak english very well in the first place, and he has made me have weight problems for more than 30 years. I say, dump the dude. but don’t add funky veggie characters. that would be wrong. Stick with Elmo. He’s working just fine.
Sarah: I imagine it’s the fault of well-off, white, middle-class males. Oh. And religion.
Audrey: My mum did actually call my dad the scone scoundrel whenever she baked and left them out on the cooling tray and h’d steal them…..