Yes, I can confirm that this skit existed. Here's what I remember:
This skit was tied into the "King Minus" cartoon, where King Minus makes things disappear when he touches them. After that cartoon would air, the scene would switch to the street with Cookie and Big Bird staring into the camera, commenting on the cartoon. Cookie begins to imagine what would happen if everything he touched turned into cookies. (The picture goes wavy and we get the light music as the scene shifts to Cookie's imagination). Then Cookie touches something by Hooper's store (the newsstand, maybe?) and it turns into a pile of cookies. A minute later, Bob and Susan walk by, and Cookie touches them as he tells them about his new power. A flash of smoke, and then Bob and Susan are gone, replaced with piles of cookies!
Then David walks by, and Cookie tries to explain that the cookies are actually Bob and Susan. "Get outta here!" David says, and he almost touches Cookie! But Cookie tells him to stay back, as the music plays and the scene shifts back to a frightened Cookie on the street, who is glad he doesn't have the "cookie touch."
It was a fun skit, but I understand why a young child might be scared by it. That’s probably one reason why I remember it! This is one they should add to the next “old school” collection.
Okay, now here’s one that I don’t remember, but a friend of mine does. He recalls Cookie Monster singing a song while surrounded by huge piles of Cookies all around him. Sounds like Heaven for Cookie! But I don’t recall it. Does anyone remember this? The skit would have aired in about the same time period (late 1970s) as the “Cookie Monster Midas touch” skit.
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