OK, it's not exactly the most important story of the week but people sure have strong opinions about the news that Cookie Monster's will cut back on his namesake treats.
Even the most vocal critics seem to agree that skyrocketing childhood obesity is a major problem -- they just don't think that changing a ravenous muppet's eating habits is part of the solution.
A sampling of the commentary from around the Web:
* Robert Paul Reyes @ Useless-Knowledge.com: "The "Cookie Monster" has been emasculated. The formerly fearsome monster is now a wimpy shill for healthy eating. His 'C is for cookie' song has been replaced with a new song -- 'A Cookie Is a Sometimes Food.' God, what is the world coming to? That's like Lil' Kim singing, 'I'm a sometimes slut.'"
* New York Post: "What next? Broccoli Monster? Can we expect Oscar crawling into a recycling bin? Bert and Ernie on the joys of civil unions?" (It's part of the intro to a very amusing Q&A with the big CM himself.)
* Scott Kurtz's PvP: "Somebody please put a gun to my head and pull the trigger." (Also check out his further commentary in comic strip form.)
* Scared Monkeys: "What is the name of all things scared to my youth has PBS done now? Surely there must be another way to explain to children about eating healthy other than destroying my childhood image of the Cookie Monster?"
* Patent Baristas: "What is wrong with America these days? Must we be soooooooo PC that even Sesame Street’s beloved blue furry Cookie Monster needs to be harnessed in and white-washed like so much else in our culture (or now lack thereof)? Yes, it is sad but true."
* Outside the Beltway: "Couldn't Hillary eat an apple while Cookie Monster ate chocolate chips and children given a choice as to which would be the better role model?"
* Musings of a Chick: "Armageddon is surely upon us for the very fabric of our culture has been sullied..."
Even the most vocal critics seem to agree that skyrocketing childhood obesity is a major problem -- they just don't think that changing a ravenous muppet's eating habits is part of the solution.
A sampling of the commentary from around the Web:
* Robert Paul Reyes @ Useless-Knowledge.com: "The "Cookie Monster" has been emasculated. The formerly fearsome monster is now a wimpy shill for healthy eating. His 'C is for cookie' song has been replaced with a new song -- 'A Cookie Is a Sometimes Food.' God, what is the world coming to? That's like Lil' Kim singing, 'I'm a sometimes slut.'"
* New York Post: "What next? Broccoli Monster? Can we expect Oscar crawling into a recycling bin? Bert and Ernie on the joys of civil unions?" (It's part of the intro to a very amusing Q&A with the big CM himself.)
* Scott Kurtz's PvP: "Somebody please put a gun to my head and pull the trigger." (Also check out his further commentary in comic strip form.)
* Scared Monkeys: "What is the name of all things scared to my youth has PBS done now? Surely there must be another way to explain to children about eating healthy other than destroying my childhood image of the Cookie Monster?"
* Patent Baristas: "What is wrong with America these days? Must we be soooooooo PC that even Sesame Street’s beloved blue furry Cookie Monster needs to be harnessed in and white-washed like so much else in our culture (or now lack thereof)? Yes, it is sad but true."
* Outside the Beltway: "Couldn't Hillary eat an apple while Cookie Monster ate chocolate chips and children given a choice as to which would be the better role model?"
* Musings of a Chick: "Armageddon is surely upon us for the very fabric of our culture has been sullied..."
