Years ago, a reader wrote probing for details on a mystery that had vexed him: What’s the deal with the cookies that Cookie Monster eats?
Cookie Monster, for those of you who skipped childhood, is a classic muppet on “Sesame Street.” He is a scraggly, blue fellow with bulging eyeballs, who has for decades been singularly obsessed with chaotically chowing down on cookies.
The crumbs end up almost everywhere except his mouth, an effect that looks like a high-speed blender without a top.
The character was created in the 1960s by Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, for a General Foods Canada commercial.
Cookie eventually moved to “Sesame Street,” where he presumably found a good rent-stabilized apartment.
Persons:
chuckled, Cookie, chaotically, Jim Henson
Organizations:
General Foods Canada
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