Innocent Sesame Street Question Backfires Spectacularly
Published 6 years ago in Funny
You're stuck on an island. Who you got?
Sesame Street took to Twitter to find out which of the pals folks would want to be trapped with on a deserted island.
You’re stuck on a deserted island and you can pick one of these Sesame Street friends to come with you. Who are you picking and why? pic.twitter.com/bGjF7Bx5Xo
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) March 18, 2019
At first, the answers match the innocence of the question:
Oscar is tempting because his trashcan would be full of useful junk to get off, but he might not lend it to me out of spite. Grover has a can-do attitude and isn't going to eat our raft. So...Grover.
— Christine Whitlock, EdM (@StineWhitlock) March 18, 2019
But then things took a dark turn:
Is there one that tastes like chicken?
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 18, 2019
People wanted to eat the characters:
Cookie Monster because when the nights turn bitterly cold I can wear his skin like a onesie.
— Mike Emoose Prime (@mikimus_prime) March 19, 2019
who’s the fattest
— Sarah Beattie (@nachosarah) March 18, 2019
Cookie Monster. I’d pump his stomach for cookies, cook his meat, and make a blanket out of his fur. I’d sharpen his bones into spears that I could use for fishing. And I’d use the lenses from his eyes to start fires.
— feral steve (@politisteve) March 19, 2019
Cookie Monster, based solely on caloric density, but they all look delicious.
— Ray (@SirEviscerate) March 18, 2019
i woud pick cookie monster. he is the biggest. when i am done eating him, i will make his bones into a boat
— Kellen (@captainkalvis) March 19, 2019
Is this an example of marketing gone wrong? Or gone right?