What do you think about Sesame Street putting cookie monster on a diet?

It’s wrong. C is for cookie, not celery.

It is weird, but Child Obesity is on the rise.

I don’t think changing cookie monster’s eating habits will help childhood obesity. if kids wanna eat, they’ll eat.

When I saw your question, I thought, “That’s just wrong.” But fighting childhood obesity, and sending a different message… that makes more sense. Why is life so complicated?

I don’t know but eating cookies is one of the reasons I like being an adult. I can eat one, two, ten, twenty, whatever. Then I’ll call my mom and say, “Hi, Mom. I just ruined my appetite.” Its great.

I don’t think watching Cookie Monster eat celery is going to help with childhood obesity. I think that part is left up to the parents., obesity is one thing that cannot be blammed on the media. Yeah it MAY encourage the kids to eat some carrots at the time they are watching it. However, they are going to forget about what cookie monster eats when they see a big fat piece of choclately goodness they will want it just as much. Cookie Monster has always been my favorite, and I am very sad they did this. The solution to child obesity is not that complex. Parents simly need to do a better job of instilling good eating habits and excercise. The end, that’s it.

I am just not feeling “C is for carrot that’s good enough for me.”

When my oldest was four he said “Mom, Cookie Monster doesn’t eat the cookies, he just breaks them into crumbs and they fall out of his mouth.” Will the youngsters notice he is doing that with broccoli, mimic him and create a whole new set of problems?

Movement, I think that is what kids shows need to emphasize. Get your five year-old booty off the couch and throw a basketball or ride a bike. Get kids moving!

Celery monster!!!!!!

boo on celery monster

i don’t know how many children are going to be that influenced by a puppet eating carrots instead of cookies. my guess is that it would just make the show a lot less awesome. isn’t there a minimum amount of cookies you need to eat to be a legitimate cookie monster? aren’t the eating habits of 5 years olds more dependent on what the parents are buying them than what sesame street is showing?

C is for completely retarded.

Give the poor monster his cookies.

Are you kidding? Children aren’t going to learn to eat cookies all day. If they do, maybe the cookie monster should at least explain about having too much cookies or sometihng. Not make him eat vegetables——hes the cookie monster cookie monster!

I’m glad they are doing it. Every bit helps, and to have a healthier society this is exactly what we need.

Don’t let nostalgia play with your logic.

My logic says let a cookie monster eat cookies. I would rather they retire Cookie Monster and let me have my good memories of him. He reminds me too much of a rabbit with his new diet. It bothers me almost as much as when they brought in a new Becky on the show Roseanne.

@btko: TELL THAT TO PLUTO.

COOKIES!

That kind of sucks.

oh, for crying out loud!

how else will we learn about “important” if Cookie Monster doesn’t say, “This is very important to me,” then gobble down platters of cookies?! funny stuff!

what’s next? a religious intervention with Count von Count about his evil acts of sorcery when calling upon the powers of lightning and thunder to punctuate his numbering?

in this climate of über sensitivity, what kind of future does Oscar the Grouch have within this neighborhood of ordered harmony? will they keep him around simply as a symbol of tolerance towards ‘less fortunates’, perhaps create the Homeless Advocacy Muppet Organization (HAMO).

or will he be strapped down to a gurney to have imposed upon him a cocktail of antidepressants followed by intensive personality adjustment therapy, thereby forever losing his love of sardines with chocolate sauce?

Ahh, I love Sesame Street rants.

I think this convo is split 50% 50% down the middle! lurve for good question

Not fair! Leave Cookie Monster be. As @buster said “eating cookies should be what a Cookie Monster does best”. Let the parents worry about what and how their children eat. It’s their responsibility anyway.

Don’t they care how Cookie Monster feels about this? It could leave him C-(is for)-CRAZY. I wouldn’t want my future children/grandchildren watching Sesame Street and see Cookie Monster suddenly run bersek! Check this.