# Sesame Street meets Alive (Warning, not for the squeamish or humor impaired.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260 "2004-10-20T19:36:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/1 "2004-10-20T19:36:33Z")
Imagine you are on a flight across South America with the non-human (Muppet) cast of Sesame Street. Suddenly, in the constant fog which envelops the Andes, the plane develops mechanical problems and starts losing altitude. The fog clears just in time to see the side of a mountain looming in front of you. There is no time to react and the plane crashes. By some miracle, everyone survives, but you have limited supplies. Before long, some one will need to be sacrificed so their comrades may live. Their little, felt brains unable to conceive of volunteering, the Muppets turn to you to choose. Whom do you choose, and why? My Choice: Cookie Monster, because, with him, it is a simple matter of eating or being eaten. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/2 "2004-10-20T19:44:25Z")
No, tie Cookie Monster up and ration his food. The only sane choice is Big Bird. He’s huge! And I’m betting he tastes like chicken. Next we chow down on Mr. Snuffalufagus. If it was good enough for cavemen… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/3 "2004-10-20T19:44:34Z")
Snuffulupagus. Because you only have to commit one murder, but you’re good on food for a year or so. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/4 "2004-10-20T19:44:59Z")
Telly and Zoe. It used to be said that Big Bird was perpetually a five year old. Telly is a stupid five-year old. Zoe is a brain-damaged five-year old. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/5 "2004-10-20T19:53:58Z")
Can we, at some point, reserve a spit o’er the barbecue pit for Elmo? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/6 "2004-10-20T20:01:00Z")
the problem remains, how much nutrition can you extract from felt and synthetic fur? 😉 annoyance factor; elmo must die logically, snuffy, being 2 performers in a costume, would yeild the most meat, big bird is mostly air, and the performer inside the costume looks rather…gamey Cookie Monster would be safe, as he’d be the goofy sidekick, just have to keep his voice down so he wouldn’t cause avalanches, and since CM only seems to eat cookies, there’s more meat for the rest of the survivors ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/7 "2004-10-20T20:02:33Z")
another point to ponder… felt burns extremely well… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/8 "2004-10-20T20:13:41Z")
A. There is no way I am eating any muppets. I don’t care how dire the situation. B. Muppets don’t need to eat, therefore I am in no immediate danger. C. As soon as we recover from the crash, I convert most of the muppets into blankets, rope and sled, tie a rope around Barkley, and we’re home in 48 hours. No problem. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/9 "2004-10-20T20:15:59Z")
I think I’d go with Mr. Hooper. Not only would he hold significantly more nutritional value than a muppet, he would be the one most likely to foil the creation of my own muppet banana republic on the mountain. So not only do I conserve the muppet labor force, I remove my chief rival for control of the People’s Democratic Republic of Muppetonia. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/10 "2004-10-20T20:16:43Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Cookie Monster would be safe, as he’d be the goofy sidekick, just have to keep his voice down so he wouldn’t cause avalanches, and since CM only seems to eat cookies, there’s more meat for the rest of the survivors While Cookie Monster’s primary source of sustenance seems to be cookies, I have seen Cookie Monster eat other things. I recall him eating a plate and a cup quite clearly. In any event, I still consider him to be the biggest threat to my personal survival. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/11 "2004-10-20T20:32:41Z")
Nobody wants to kill Kermit first and have some nice frog’s legs? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/12 "2004-10-20T20:39:01Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > In any event, I still consider him to be the biggest threat to my personal survival. I disagree. I think we’d have to put Animal down first. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/13 "2004-10-20T20:40:25Z")
Are we talking about Muppets in general, or _just_ Sesame Street ones? 'Cause if it’s the former, then it seems to me we have an exceptionally spoiled, loud-mouthed source of ham and bacon available. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/14 "2004-10-20T21:00:25Z")
> [@picker](#): > > I think I’d go with Mr. Hooper. > [@Superdude](#): > > I disagree. I think we’d have to put Animal down first. > [@Hal Briston](#): > > Are we talking about Muppets in general, or _just_ Sesame Street ones? 'Cause if it’s the former, then it seems to me we have an exceptionally spoiled, loud-mouthed source of ham and bacon available. Just the Sesame Street Muppets. ---
**Author:** ![buh-buh-buh-BACON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@buh-buh-buh-BACON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buh-buh-buh-BACON)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/15 "2004-10-20T21:14:15Z")
Yeah, not to mention that Mr. Hooper would be a bit gamey and leathery by now. Maybe Hooper Jerky. I can hear Snuffy now: “Well, Bird, we’ve been friends and all, but look at those gams! I love drumsticks, Bird, so there’s no two ways about it: you’re taking one for the team.” Big Bird: “you! YOU! You sold me out, you rat bastard! Who believed in you? Everyone thought I was crazy. But no, I stuck by you, and this is how you repay me? That’s not how it’s goin’ down, you big, fat, succulent tub of Snuffy meat!” Out comes the shiv made from seat frame aluminum, off comes the trunk and one of the legs, great gouts of Muppet blood spewing everywhere. Coming to his senses, Big Bird can’t believe what he’s done, and takes his own life. I don’t know about long-term, but tonight, I’m piggin’ out on Snuffy, fightin’ for a drumstick, and then finish it off with a cherry sno-cone. Definitely not a lemon one, because that was pretty foul, Bert. Heyyyy… Wait a second… that was… oh, that’s it. You’re goin’ down next, Bert I’ll be eatin’ cereal out that crazy unibrow conehead skull of yours tomorrow. fin ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/16 "2004-10-20T21:55:54Z")
Big Bird, because he’s big and dumb and he can’t fly so what good is he besides dinner? Snuffaluphagus could be useful for his presumably immense strength and you could snuggle up with him at night. Last to go would be Grover. He’s cute and funny and there’s not much meat on him. God, I feel like a perverse anthropomorphic cannibal. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/17 "2004-10-20T21:58:09Z")
Elmo gets eaten a bit at a time and he stays alive all the while. Hell, I’ll even feed him to himself for a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/18 "2004-10-20T22:04:26Z")
I didn’t think muppets actually **needed** to eat. (Although some of them **choose** to eat for purely recreational pruposes, such as when Cookie Monster enocunters a box of vanilla wafers or when Ernie makes himself a peanut butter and banana sandwich.) ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/19 "2004-10-20T22:24:52Z")
My friends, in the same vein we give you: **MUPPET KUMITE!** [Over har](http://www.livejournal.com/community/muppet_kumite/556.html). ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260/20 "2004-10-20T22:42:36Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > My friends, in the same vein we give you: > > **MUPPET KUMITE!** > > [Over har](http://www.livejournal.com/community/muppet_kumite/556.html). Good lord! I created that community and I’d forgotten all about it. People are still using it? _reads_ Hoo **BOY** , are people still using it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-street-meets-alive-warning-not-for-the-squeamish-or-humor-impaired/270260.md?page=2)