It'd be wrong to say that the cast of Sesame Street just discovered the internet. As it is, the show's characters have dozens of games and mobile apps, with a large video archive that goes at least as far back as "Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco." It would seem, though, that someone over at the Sesame Workshop has been working to bring Big Bird and co. into the twenty-first century. For starters, Big Bird only just issued his first tweet ("tweet" -- get it?) last week. Meanwhile, PBS Kids just premiered Cookie Monster's first movie, The Cookie Thief, and, in an effort to promote it, also came up with this ingenious gif generator that basically lets Cookie take over your browser. You can watch the movie for yourself through the PBS Kids Video app or any popular streaming device (like Apple TV, if that's your flavor). For now, though, in honor of Cookie's digital awakening, we caught up with the furry blue monster to see what he thinks about Twitter, his next duet, cookie drones, and Google's resistance to name Android after his favorite treat.
ME HAPPY YOU HERE, JOHN. AND YOU KNOW, ME LIKE ENGADGET.
Oh, you do?
YEAH, YOU MUST REALLY LIKE GADGETS.
I do like gadgets. Speaking of gadgets, I have a cookie for you.
COOKIE! YOU BROUGHT COOKIE FOR ME? OH ME LOVE YOU. ME GOING TO EAT IT RIGHT NOW. COWABUNGA! OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM. SO, INTERVIEW OVER? OK!
No, that's just to get you ready.
USUALLY THAT HAPPEN AT END OF INTERVIEW. ALRIGHT WE GET THAT OVER WITH SO WE JUST GET INTO IT.
You've just joined Twitter a couple months ago. How's that going for you? Do you write your own tweets?
OH YEAH. ME DO WRITE ME TWEETS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? ME MET LOTS OF FELLOW TWITTUHERRERRERS. THAT HOW YOU SAY THAT? TWITTUHURRERS....TWITTEHUHRRRERRRRS.
There's an operating system called Android and each time (Google) comes out with a new version, they name it after a different food item, like jelly bean, lollipops...
"OMNOMNOM OMNOMNOM OMNOMNOM"
OH! THAT'S CUTE
Yeah, but they never named it after a cookie. How do you feel about that?
WELL, ME OF COURSE WOULD PREFER THAT THEY NAME IT AFTER COOKIE.
So, what kind of cookie?
OH! CHOCOLATE CHIPPY! WOULD THAT SOUND OK THOUGH...CHOCOLATE CHIPPY AS PROGRAM?
Yeah, Android 6.0...Chocolate Chippy...
IT DON'T SOUND TOO GOOD. BISCOTTI! THAT SOUND GOOD!
I heard you like to rewrite a lot of popular songs. You sang Share It, Maybe...
YAH. ME WANT IT, BUT ME WAIT ...
...Yeah, there's a lot of singers and musicians that come to Sesame Street. Any songs you haven't had a chance to do that you'd like to sing in your own Cookie way?
OH BOY, YOU KNOW, UHM, YOU KNOW IT JUST SORT OF LIKE WE KIND OF SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE AND IF SOMETHING HIT US WE DO IT.
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