Jezebel: cookie monster

Stick A Fork Your Face In It

Anna — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:40:00 EST

National Cookie Day. Read that again: National. Cookie. Day. In honor: A photo of our favorite cookie-loving children's character, the better to inspire the posting of cookie pictures in the comments. (A request: Peanut Blossoms!) See you Monday. [The Nibble]

Tyra Teaches Cookie Monster How To Smize

Lindsay — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:00:00 EST

If you happened to catch Tyra today, no you did not accidentally eat mold: it was a special show for kids celebrating Sesame Street's 40th anniversary. So everyone spoke very slowly and condescendingly, especially Tyra. (Yes, more than usual!)

In the clip above, Tyra teaches Cookie Monster how to smile with his eyes, or "smize," which, due to Cookie Monster's fixed plastic eyes, resulted in a Cookie Monster Smize Fail. Then, Tyra talks to Elmo about Twitter, and Elmo is all "Elmo tweets. Elmo tweets." And then Tyra shows the Tweet she made about Elmo, while an audience-baby cries in the background audio. That was the part of this extra-dumbed-down version of this already extra dumb show that send me over the edge. I was like, "Wait, why is the sobbing in my head also coming out of the TV set?"

Later, Tyra welcomed one of the passengers who was on the Miracle on the Hudson plane. Why the hell not? I don't even know anymore. Just make the crying stop.

Big Bird On 40 Years Of Sesame Street Scandals

Margaret — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST

In a Q&A with New York Times readers, Big Bird reveals why Mexican Big Bird is green, denies Cookie Monster is now "Veggie Monster," and declares, "Snuffy's my best friend, he was never imaginary!" [NY Times.]

Cookie Monster Eats Sesame Street's Lifetime Achievement Emmy

Margaret — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:30:00 EDT

Last night at the Daytime Emmy Awards the cast of Sesame Street performed a song in honor of the show's 40th anniversary. Sandra Oh presented a lifetime achievement award, which Cookie Monster found delicious. Clip at left. [ONTD]

The View's Vitrolic Fight Over Cookie Monster

Margaret — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:40:00 EDT

Is there anything the ladies of The View can't argue about? The clip at left proves the answer is no, as screams and insults fly between Sherri and Whoopi in a heated argument... about Cookie Monster.

The Origins Of Your Favorite Muppets, Revealed

Margaret — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:45:00 EST

Bert and Ernie really are just friends, but there are plenty of other secrets about the inspiration for some of the characters on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.

Even though we all grew up watching the Muppets, most people have no idea that Cookie Monster got his start in a 1967 IBM training video, Miss Piggy was driven to the beauty pageant circuit by a rough childhood in Iowa, or that when in Pakistan, Oscar the Grouch lives in an oil barrel. [Mental Floss]

"Cookie Monster" Mayor Targets Girl Scouts • Nurse Gives Wrong Woman Abortion

Maria — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Ellen Taylor, the mayor of Claremont, was dubbed "The Cookie Monster" when she shut down Girl Scouts selling cookies on a street corner (she said it was hurting her business) and then creating a new law that requires a permit for non-profit sellers. • An elderly woman was saved from a violent kangaroo attack in Australia when her son's dog heard her screaming and chased the 'roo away. • A new sex-change regulation in Thailand which has set the legal age of the operation at 18 has some activists worrying over damage still-growing bodies. • Under a new law in Nashville that gives county officers immigration enforcement powers, an arrested Mexican woman developed an infection when officers refused to let her breast feed, use a breast pump, or even see her newly-born child.

Journalists boost brothel business in Sydney during the Pope's visit. • Women over 16 near Teesside beach in the UK can pay 5 pounds and don a bikini to set a new world record on Sunday. There is "no upper age limit." • Hundreds of angry pregnant women in Australia plan to "storm" a hospital that is shutting down its maternity unit per the government's instructions. • Showjumpers in England make a "desperate" attempt to drum up publicity for their sport by having two young female showjumpers pose without their pants. • A nurse in England gave the wrong woman an abortion after she failed to do a background identity check and followed anonymity rules at the clinic to protect women seeking the procedure (the two patients shared the same first name). • Former Olympic track star Marion Jones applied for a federal commute of her six-month prison sentence after she was convicted of lying to federal agents about her performance-enhancing drug use. • The latest strange female aphrodisiac out there? Donkey skin. • It is serious puppy face time!