Cookies are a “sometimes” food?
April 8th, 2005
At first I was horrified - Cookie Monster is going to be (gulp) healthy? How can this be? It’s like a really bad episode of the Twilight Zone! My whole childhood has now been turned on it’s head! But, then I actually read the article, and feel a little bit better:
“We are not putting him on a diet,” said his spokesman, Truglio. “And we would never take the position of no sugar. We’re teaching him moderation.”…But will he still scarf his food? Yes, plus the occasional object, Truglio said.
But isn’t that unhealthy? Her reply: He’s still Cookie Monster.
So, I think that I’m going to be okay with this. After all, I love Sesame Street because it made learning fun for me; I guess it’s only logical that they teach about health too.
Gee, maybe instead of besmirching a beloved childhood icon with the health craze in an effort to “un-fatass” Americans, perhaps they should have Oscar the grouch do a song about how “parenting is not a sometimes job.”