I'm glad it's not just me who finds the fact that Sesame Street ditched Cookie Monster for "Vegetable Monster" (pictured here as Tofu Monster) absolutley ridiculous. When will people realized that they have taken things too far?
Cookie Monster was a well-beloved character and was so popular that he was featured in many games, toys and pinatas for children. Then all of a sudden the media comes up with this idea that kids are getting too fat. Obviously the best way to encourage them to eat healthier is to kill a fun, loveable character and replace him with a green imposter...Not. I don't know a single child who is more excited to eat vegetables now that there is a character devoted to their leafy-green consumption. What I do know however is that now Sesame Street's ratings are down and I'm glad.
Perhaps they will eventually achieve their goal of transforming all children into health-conscious freaks. So far they are just one step closer to their goal: more children are now willing and more excited to play outside, rather than watch a boring television show.
