Most kids have some sort of childhood hero (I use that term loosely here) that impacted them in some meaningful way. I go back to mine from time to time and it always makes me smile. Ok, so… hero might be a BIT of an exaggeration. Just because my childhood hero happens to be a blue furry monster that pulverizes any and all cookies in his path along with the occasional car fender, doesn’t mean he is not worthy of hero status. I’m of course talking about Cookie Monster and the gang at Sesame Street (pre Elmo sesame street that is). It’s not a coincidence that this site is called PotteryMONSTER.com. Up until a few years ago, Cookie and I were separated (along with my friend Mr. Snuffleupagus) by my well meaning mother who packed up my beloved Knickerbocker plush toys and sent them off to some unknown cousin. All I knew was that cookie monster was gone and it was not until 2004 when the same Knickerbocker Cookie Monster and I were reunited once again thanks to eBay. All was good until February 2005 (I could even give you the date and time of day but that might make me seem a bit obsessed) when I was sitting in a hotel lobby and reading the paper and I came across a truly startling article. It was about how the politically correct attitude that was sweeping the country had finally infected Sesame Street. Oh sure, they had been making politically correct and public awareness statements using the sesame street platform for years, this was nothing new. However, forcing cookie monster to eat vegetables and sing about cookies being a SOMETIMES TREAT was going entirely too far!!! What’s next? Will Oscar the Grouch be forced to live in a recyclable container and do random acts of kindness? Will they force Bert and Ernie out of the closet? Are they going to finally make others see Mr. Snuffleupagus? Oh wait, they already did that too! If one of the Muppets MUST have a fruit or veggie, they can just go to Mr. Macintosh’s fruit cart, enough with forcing monsters to eat outside their natural diet! Cookie Monster is a cookievore, NOT a herbivore. You wouldn’t make a bunny eat a steak would you??? I say let the damn blue monster have his cookie goodness! Leave the “healthy” eating to Captain Vegetable. If you don’t know who that is, you’re probably better off not knowing.
Popularity: 5% [?]
