The fall of a childhood icon

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 4/9/2005, 2:14 pm

How could they?!

Also, this speaks fairly well for my position:

AnnieDreams · Post by **AnnieDreams** » 4/9/2005, 2:32 pm

noooooooooooooooooooooo

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 4/9/2005, 2:41 pm

Seriously, this is stupid. Kids who are obese because of over-eating/poor eating habits aren't fat because of a blue puppet with googly eyes. They're fat because their parents give them cookies and chocolate instead of bothering to teach them proper eating habits.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 4/9/2005, 3:25 pm

I think you've got it wrong there, Robbo. No one is suggesting that kids are fat BECAUSE of cookie monster. They're just using Sesame Street as the educational tool it has always been to address current issues that are extremely important to children.

Scott Kurtz, however, is a genius as usual. I love the last panel

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 4/9/2005, 3:46 pm

Obesity due to cookie consumption is not a current issue.

And, just like the cookie monster didn't create obese children, a cookie-less monster (or a somewhat-less-enthusiastic-about-cookies monster) won't help it.

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 4/9/2005, 4:43 pm

regardless of who created the issue, sesame street is an educational tool watched by kids at a very formulative age in their lives.
the blue googly kid may not strictly say "get fat and eat cookies" but they think "oh hes doing it.. i have to now too"
while the onus does fall on the parent to raise their kids properly, if the show had the googly kid promoting proper eating habits it could make a difference

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 4/9/2005, 5:44 pm

I understand the motivation to do it. I'm just indignant that they'd have the nerve to change the cookie monster. It's just wrong.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 4/9/2005, 6:34 pm

it seems to me like hardly a drastic change. sesame street has been through worse (

)

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 4/9/2005, 10:46 pm

Cookie monster was my hero. Damn them.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 4/9/2005, 11:13 pm

i'm sure they could introduce a "healthy" character, or incorporate it into the show some other way.

cookie monster was untouchable.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 4/10/2005, 12:17 am

I totally read about this a few days ago, because I showed Monkey this and it reminded him of it:

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/sesamestreet.html

Fireball rocks.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 4/10/2005, 12:18 am

Oh yes, also. I'm not going to be the first one to post the horribly relevant new emoticon I added a few days ago. So someone else find it.

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 4/10/2005, 12:21 am

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 4/10/2005, 12:21 am

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 4/10/2005, 12:22 am

i win

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 4/10/2005, 12:22 am

Damn. Rem'd by Claire.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 4/10/2005, 12:22 am

beautiful liar wrote:i win

That you did. You win a

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 4/10/2005, 12:26 am

I saw him on Fireball's post thingee and decided he HAD to be added to the CM.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 4/10/2005, 12:27 am

Hmm... should I change his command to

, though?

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 4/10/2005, 12:31 am

yes! oh my, yes!!

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The fall of a childhood icon

The fall of a childhood icon