# Cookie Monster to Colbert: "Me Still Eat Cookie" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588 "2008-06-20T14:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/1 "2008-06-20T14:19:50Z")
Stephen Colbert has been upstaged…by a Muppet, no less. [This clip from yesterday’s _Colbert Report_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPt2-MQFKN8) is one of the most entertaining things I’ve seen in the show’s history. After blaming Cookie Monster’s newfound love of fruit for its dethroning of cookies as kids’ favorite snack, Mr. Monster proves that he hasn’t abandoned his favorite treat. Glad to see he’s fighting the rumors head-on, just like Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/2 "2008-06-20T14:24:27Z")
In related Muppet news, I see Jon Stewart’s “Gitmo” made his second appearance last night. His first, several episodes back, had me in tears when Stewart demonstrated his version of “waterboarding”. CM’s reminiscing about his wild days in the seventies and eighties was good, too. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/3 "2008-06-20T14:26:18Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] In related Muppet news, I see Jon Stewart’s “Gitmo” made his second appearance last night. [/QUOTE] Poor Gitmo’s “handler” hasn’t gotten a hold of the green screen, but that made the routine all the more funnier. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/4 "2008-06-20T14:36:33Z")
That was beautiful. I think it’s kind of sad that people felt the need to do that to Cookie Monster. ---
**Author:** ![muzzynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@muzzynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muzzynyc)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/5 "2008-06-20T14:46:15Z")
geeeeeeeeeeenius! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/6 "2008-06-20T15:03:46Z")
Talk about a guest spot I didn’t see coming. You can see once in a while that Colbert wants his show to be a bit educational or even borderline kid-friendly, which makes for a weird constrast with his wicked satirical abilities. You know, even though it’s probably been 15 years since I watched Sesame Street, I could tell Cookie Monster’s voice was different (i.e. not Frank Oz). That was also a weird moment for me. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/7 "2008-06-20T15:19:50Z")
“Kids, take a cookie, and a pin, and stick it to your chest.” Hilarious, but fatal! Kids, don’t try this at home. ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/8 "2008-06-20T15:44:46Z")
I spit toothpaste on the bedspread when the discussion got heated and CM exclaims, “Stephen, focus!” “The 80s were a wild time for me…” heh…reminded of the Family Guy shot of CM locked in a bathroom stall, squeezing cookie dough onto a spoon heated with a lighter anxiously muttering “come onnnn”. (can’t youtube from work…) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/9 "2008-06-20T15:53:30Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] You know, even though it’s probably been 15 years since I watched Sesame Street, I could tell Cookie Monster’s voice was different (i.e. not Frank Oz). That was also a weird moment for me. [/QUOTE] Did they get the actual Sesame Street performers for this? The puppeteering was really good, spot-on, even if the voice occasionally sounded a little more Robert Smigel than Sesame Street. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/10 "2008-06-20T16:02:31Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] “Kids, take a cookie, and a pin, and stick it to your chest.” Hilarious, but fatal! Kids, don’t try this at home. [/QUOTE] Now you tell me. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/11 "2008-06-20T16:10:59Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Did they get the actual Sesame Street performers for this? The puppeteering was really good, spot-on, even if the voice occasionally sounded a little more Robert Smigel than Sesame Street. [/QUOTE] There was an acknowledgement at the end of the show for Sesame Workshop providing the Sesame Street footage, so I assume they authorized Cookie Monster’s cameo as well. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/12 "2008-06-20T16:19:55Z")
Me Robert Downey Jr. of cookies. Too funny. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/13 "2008-06-20T16:24:16Z")
It takes a brave man to go on with a Muppet. Great stuff. Did anyone stay until the end? “Me hear Elmo honking.” Plus, I love the way they catch Jon working Gitmo every time. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/14 "2008-06-20T16:37:13Z")
Yeah… Gitmo was hilarious as usual. The part where he stuck his other hand in the shot was hilarious. Jon Stewart has such an honest likability that simply can’t be copied. He’s so comfortable in his own skin on the show and it works really well. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/15 "2008-06-20T16:48:52Z")
Since we’re mentioning Stewart, I also liked the return of The Decider and his new alter ego, The Procrastinator. “I gotta hankerin’ fer a Creamsicle!” ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/16 "2008-06-20T17:24:38Z")
Cookie Monster once upstaged Martha Stewart as a guest on Martha’s show. If you like Cookie Monster, it’s worth your time. Part 1 [Part 2](http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1596962). ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/17 "2008-06-20T17:26:38Z")
Oh that was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/18 "2008-06-20T17:41:57Z")
[QUOTE=bleach] Cookie Monster once upstaged Martha Stewart as a guest on Martha’s show. If you like Cookie Monster, it’s worth your time. Part 1 [Part 2](http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1596962). [/QUOTE] :eek: That was bizarre. In part two, she has him tied up and he’s desperately trying to get to the cookies she’s making. At one point she says “Aw, cookie, you’re choking yourself.” He replies, “Me no care, me no feel pain.” Was it cookie monster, or PCP monster? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/19 "2008-06-20T17:49:01Z")
Well, he IS the Robert Downey Jr of cookies… ---
**Author:** ![AlmondJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@AlmondJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlmondJoy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588/20 "2008-06-20T18:09:21Z")
the part about his car was hysterical and when he tried to eat the peabody… love it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-monster-to-colbert-me-still-eat-cookie/453588.md?page=2)