There’s a new Facebook campaign to get Cookie Monster to host Saturday Night Live.
It sounds like a silly fan thing, but in fact, if you click this link you’ll seeit’s an actual movement started by the Sesame Street people via their official YouTube channel and Cookie’s official Facebook page. Could this actually happen? Well, it worked for Betty White last year, and although Cookie’s television career doesn’t go back quite as far as White’s, he’s about as beloved as TV icons get.
And yeah, SNL pretty much sucks now, but Cookie Monster would still be Cookie Monster, even in a terrible sketch. And I’m sure Sesame Workshop would set restrictions on what he could and couldn’t do on the show, so unlike Betty White he wouldn’t get stuck doing entire sketches where the only joke is that he’s saying obscene, unfunny things.
But if it doesn’t happen, that’s okay, because the Sesame folks madethisdelightful video of Cookie Monster’s audition tape for the show, and really, this is all we need.
Click here to speculate about a Cookie Monster/Gilly teamup on the Tough Pigs forum!
by Ryan Roe – Ryan@ToughPigs.com
