04.50 PM (+08.00 GMT)
WTF?!?
Do my eyes deceived me? Cookie Monster have gone (gulp...) vegetarian?
You heard me right, the blue monster with googly eyes (seen on the right), from the children's television show "Sesame Street", has traded his plate of chocolate chip cookies for a "healthier" option of fruit and veggies.
Apparently, Cookie Monster, or more appropriately "Veggie Monster", have started to regulate his consumption of cookies since April of 2005. But I just recently found this out through "The Colbert Report".
[Here is a clip of Cookie Monster's interview on the Colbert Report (dated: 06/19/2008)]
Imagine my shock when I saw this.
I grew up watching "Sesame Street" and my favorite character in that show was (you've guessed it), Cookie Monster. I even have some Cookie Monster stuff here at home. Cookie Monster have been a vital part of my childhood (and even until now). He taught me the joys and wonder of eating cookies, be it chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin or any other type of cookie. Even one of my favorite flavor of ice cream is cookie based, cookie dough. So this comes as an utter shock to me.
According to Rosemarie Truglio, vice president of education and research for Sesame Workshop, and I quote, "We are not putting him on a diet, and we would never take the position of no sugar. We're teaching him moderation."
This is apparently a move by the show to address childhood obesity. Is this move even necessary? In my opinion, a big hell no!!! It is no longer the shows fault that a number of children now a days are living an unhealthy lifestyle. It all boils down to parenting and proper guidance. I mean look at my generation, including me, I watched "Sesame Street" and I loved Cookie Monster. I even got hooked to cookies due to him. But my parents and relatives are smart enough to regulate my consumption of cookies, they would only give me cookies if I ate my fruits and veggies (which might I add, loved). Parents should control their children's diet and they should make sure that their kids should get enough exercise. It's just bad parenting if you just let your children sit in the couch in front of the T.V. letting them eat anything they want.
This change of heart by Cookie Monster, to me is utter farce. They might as well change his name to Veggie Monster. Or better yet, like Colbert said "... just Monster".
What would they do next? Reveal that Bert and Ernie are not gay (hahahaha...)? Count von Count have stopped counting and started to recite the alphabet instead? Or Elmo is actually a drug addict?
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