It’s a slow news week. Exhibit A? During yesterday’s “Hot Topics” segment of The View, the panel got into a huge fight over none other than Cookie Monster.
Things got a bit testy as Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd discussed an upcoming healthy eating PSA on Sesame Street, in which Cookie Monster, the show’s lovable, ravenous blue dessert fiend, is taught about the benefits of smart food choices.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and a polite, well-educated stalk of broccoli try to teach the Monster a lesson in dieting. But is this really necessary?
Sherri Shepherd thinks so, apparently blaming Cookie Monster for the poor dietary habits of our nation’s youth. Whoopi’s answer? “Bull! It’s a puppet!”
Check out the all-important spat below …
Call us crazy, but is Cookie Monster even fat? It looks to us like he balances out his love of tasty snacks with an exercise regimen. He can be a tad rude, yes, but who among us hasn’t devoured a dessert and left a shower of crumbs in its wake?
It’s all about moderation, kids. Why can’t you have a cookie but not 73 in one sitting? Besides, all this will do is anger Cookie Monster. Before, he focused on the Cookie aspect; do you really want to be around when the Monster comes out?
And where does it stop? Will Oscar be put on Prozac? Will Elmo next be barred from speaking in the third person, to cure the country’s self-centeredness?
Whose side are you on?