OT Cookie Monster

Did anyone hear the news that the Cookie Monster (on Sesame Street)
will now not be eating so many cookies, be seen eating healthy foods,
and actually tell chidren that "Cookies are a sometimes food"?

I ask you, what is the POINT of a Cookie Monster who behaves like a
nutritionist? That is not a Cookie Monster, and it isn't any damn
fun. What is happening to us? Did they make Warner Brothers tell the
Looney Toons guys to have Bugs Bunny to tell the kids not to hand
anybody lit sticks of dynamite?

When I was a little kid, I knew that everything I saw on television
was not real, that a lot of it was just fantasy, and/or just fun.
Characters like Cookie Monster (and Bugs Bunny, too) acted on impulse,
acted on the desires I had to be learning to control. It was fun to
see Cookie Monster rip into the Cookies, and give way to his
uncontrollable ID! He was like the little baby I wasn't supposed to
be anymore. I understood that.

I knew that I couldn't fly like Superman, or Mary Poppins.

Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for little
children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and colorless as
it is for too many adults?


Theresa
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Amen! If they've lobotomied CookieMonster, what'll it
be for that green guy that lived in the garbage can? He
was my fave. And what of the Count? No fangs for him?


"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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Did anyone hear the news that the Cookie Monster (on Sesame Street)
will now not be eating so many cookies, be seen eating healthy foods,
and actually tell chidren that "Cookies are a sometimes food"?

I ask you, what is the POINT of a Cookie Monster who behaves like a
nutritionist? That is not a Cookie Monster, and it isn't any damn
fun. What is happening to us? Did they make Warner Brothers tell the
Looney Toons guys to have Bugs Bunny to tell the kids not to hand
anybody lit sticks of dynamite?

When I was a little kid, I knew that everything I saw on television
was not real, that a lot of it was just fantasy, and/or just fun.
Characters like Cookie Monster (and Bugs Bunny, too) acted on impulse,
acted on the desires I had to be learning to control. It was fun to
see Cookie Monster rip into the Cookies, and give way to his
uncontrollable ID! He was like the little baby I wasn't supposed to
be anymore. I understood that.

I knew that I couldn't fly like Superman, or Mary Poppins.

Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for little
children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and colorless as
it is for too many adults?


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Kreisleriana wrote:
Did anyone hear the news that the Cookie Monster (on Sesame Street)
will now not be eating so many cookies, be seen eating healthy foods,
and actually tell chidren that "Cookies are a sometimes food"?

I ask you, what is the POINT of a Cookie Monster who behaves like a
nutritionist? That is not a Cookie Monster, and it isn't any damn
fun. What is happening to us? Did they make Warner Brothers tell the
Looney Toons guys to have Bugs Bunny to tell the kids not to hand
anybody lit sticks of dynamite?

When I was a little kid, I knew that everything I saw on television
was not real, that a lot of it was just fantasy, and/or just fun.
Characters like Cookie Monster (and Bugs Bunny, too) acted on impulse,
acted on the desires I had to be learning to control. It was fun to
see Cookie Monster rip into the Cookies, and give way to his
uncontrollable ID! He was like the little baby I wasn't supposed to
be anymore. I understood that.

I knew that I couldn't fly like Superman, or Mary Poppins.

Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for little
children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and colorless as
it is for too many adults?

We're raising yet another generation of coddled babies that want everything
handed to them on a plate, and who will NOT know how to thinkfor themselves.

When I was a kid, I knew that Bugs wasn't real, and had no desire to emulate
him. Popeye, however, was a different story - Mom let my brother & I watch
it *once* and we ended up fighting like Pope & Bluto. Harder to tell the
difference when the characters in the cartoons are also human, not a rabbit
(or cat, dog, martian or whatever)
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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SNIP

It was fun to
see Cookie Monster rip into the Cookies, and give way to his
uncontrollable ID! He was like the little baby I wasn't supposed to
be anymore. I understood that.

I knew that I couldn't fly like Superman, or Mary Poppins.

Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for little
children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and colorless as
it is for too many adults?

Hmmmmm.... Next thing you know they'll be telling us there's no Easter
Bunny. Hey, wait... What do you MEAN, 'I can't fly like superman'... I've
been sewing my new costume ALL week!!!!
--
Mathew
Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat
En Vino Veritas

LOL It's like many of the parks and schools here in town had their
lovely, sleek metel slides replaced with pudgy plastic ones--for the
safety of the children. Sheesh, they took all the fun out of it! A
few of us did manage to survive those perilous days. We figured out
pretty quickly to be careful in shorts on hot days, and if you were a
little nervous to brace your legs along the sides to slow down a bit.
That fast ride down was a real rush! We were kids...we got bumps and
bruises. So what? PatM

Yeah, that's pretty darn silly. I truly do not believe Cookie Monster is a
bad influence. More like the commercials seen on regular channels every five
minutes for Burger King are a bigger influence. Sad.

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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Did anyone hear the news that the Cookie Monster (on Sesame Street)
will now not be eating so many cookies, be seen eating healthy foods,
and actually tell chidren that "Cookies are a sometimes food"?

I ask you, what is the POINT of a Cookie Monster who behaves like a
nutritionist? That is not a Cookie Monster, and it isn't any damn
fun. What is happening to us? Did they make Warner Brothers tell the
Looney Toons guys to have Bugs Bunny to tell the kids not to hand
anybody lit sticks of dynamite?

When I was a little kid, I knew that everything I saw on television
was not real, that a lot of it was just fantasy, and/or just fun.
Characters like Cookie Monster (and Bugs Bunny, too) acted on impulse,
acted on the desires I had to be learning to control. It was fun to
see Cookie Monster rip into the Cookies, and give way to his
uncontrollable ID! He was like the little baby I wasn't supposed to
be anymore. I understood that.

I knew that I couldn't fly like Superman, or Mary Poppins.

Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for little
children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and colorless as
it is for too many adults?


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

On Mon 11 Apr 2005 05:25:44p, Kreisleriana wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for
little children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and
colorless as it is for too many adults?

People come up with some wierd ideas anymore. I don't get it. I'm all
for sending the right message, but the Cookie Monster not eating
cookies?

--
Cheryl

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited
breath."
- W.C. Fields

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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Did anyone hear the news that the Cookie Monster (on Sesame Street)
will now not be eating so many cookies, be seen eating healthy foods,
and actually tell chidren that "Cookies are a sometimes food"?

I ask you, what is the POINT of a Cookie Monster who behaves like a
nutritionist? That is not a Cookie Monster, and it isn't any damn
fun. What is happening to us? Did they make Warner Brothers tell the
Looney Toons guys to have Bugs Bunny to tell the kids not to hand
anybody lit sticks of dynamite?

When I was a little kid, I knew that everything I saw on television
was not real, that a lot of it was just fantasy, and/or just fun.
Characters like Cookie Monster (and Bugs Bunny, too) acted on impulse,
acted on the desires I had to be learning to control. It was fun to
see Cookie Monster rip into the Cookies, and give way to his
uncontrollable ID! He was like the little baby I wasn't supposed to
be anymore. I understood that.

I knew that I couldn't fly like Superman, or Mary Poppins.

Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for little
children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and colorless as
it is for too many adults?



This is a direct result of the activities of people who have
NO sense of humor. Think about it.

Humorless people are the most frightening in the world.
You probably know some perfectly nice people who,
nevertheless, are a menace because they possess no
sense of humor at all. It is a serious deficiency. It
leads to the humorless removing sources of delight
for the humorful.

Cheryl wrote:
On Mon 11 Apr 2005 05:25:44p, Kreisleriana wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
):

Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for
little children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and
colorless as it is for too many adults?

People come up with some wierd ideas anymore. I don't get it. I'm all
for sending the right message, but the Cookie Monster not eating
cookies?

How about telling the parents to stop loading up the shopping cart with
cookies and soda instead?

Jill

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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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Did anyone hear the news that the Cookie Monster (on Sesame Street)
will now not be eating so many cookies, be seen eating healthy foods,
and actually tell chidren that "Cookies are a sometimes food"?

I ask you, what is the POINT of a Cookie Monster who behaves like a
nutritionist? That is not a Cookie Monster, and it isn't any damn
fun. What is happening to us? Did they make Warner Brothers tell the
Looney Toons guys to have Bugs Bunny to tell the kids not to hand
anybody lit sticks of dynamite?

When I was a little kid, I knew that everything I saw on television
was not real, that a lot of it was just fantasy, and/or just fun.
Characters like Cookie Monster (and Bugs Bunny, too) acted on impulse,
acted on the desires I had to be learning to control. It was fun to
see Cookie Monster rip into the Cookies, and give way to his
uncontrollable ID! He was like the little baby I wasn't supposed to
be anymore. I understood that.

I knew that I couldn't fly like Superman, or Mary Poppins.

Can someone explain to me what is going on here? Does life for little
children now have to be as relentlessly dull, sober and colorless as
it is for too many adults?



This is a direct result of the activities of people who have
NO sense of humor. Think about it.

Humorless people are the most frightening in the world.
You probably know some perfectly nice people who,
nevertheless, are a menace because they possess no
sense of humor at all. It is a serious deficiency. It
leads to the humorless removing sources of delight
for the humorful.

Or those who live in fear (conspiracy theories, aliens, terrorism, socialism
etc) - Although I think in this case "fear of being sued".

All it would need is one fat kid and a very clever lawyer and they could
ruin the production company that is Sesame Street.

Having gotten to watch kid's TV over the years, I noticed that as Bugs bunny
et al were being phased out, the "environmental" cartoons and kids shows
were being shown inthe late 80's, early 90's (Smurfs was one of them, can't
remember hte others, but there were lots). And now children's TV seems to be
all about preventing bullying, being sugary-nice to everyone regardless of
whether you like them or not, and personal self esteem. Blech. Bring back
Road Runner and the Martian (my favourites)

Still, I"m glad to see that The Simpsons still shows Bart and Lisa laughing
at Itchy & Scratch, a gruesomely violent cartoon. I seem to remember thats
what being a kid is like - Doing stuff that makes adults go "YUCK!"

Yowie