In the interests of teaching kids not to be gluttons, CTW has transformed Cookie Monster into just another monster who happens to like cookies. His trademark song, “C is for Cookie” has been changed to “A Cookie Is a Sometimes Food.” And this is a complete and total reversal of Cookie Monster’s ontology, his telos, his raison d’etre, his essential Cookie-Monster-ness.
If the Cookie Monster is no longer a cookie monster, what is he? Why didn’t they just name him “Phil: The Monster Who Sometimes Likes to Eat a Cookie”? —Jonah Goldberg —Let Cookie Monster be Cookie Monster (Townhall.com)
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Wow, I can’t imagine growing up NOT singing that song almost everyday… Ridiculous, but funny to read in the context presented.
BRILLIANT! One of the best articles I’ve read in a long, long time. Thanks.