Allistar Cookie's pipe

[minor muppetz]

I was reading at Muppet Wiki that in the earlier Monsterpiece Theater skecthes, Allistar Cookie had a pipe in his mouth, and at the end of the skits, he ate the pipe, but then he eventually stopped having a pipe, possibly out of fear that it was making kids want to smoke. Now, I remember seeing him with a pipe, but don't ever remember seeing him eat the pipe. Which Monsterpeice Theater skits had Allistar holding a pipe? Sesame Workshop stop including these skits in new episodes after they stopepd having him with a pipe?

I don't ever remember seeing Upstairs, Downstairs or Me, Claudius, so if certain skits were no longer shown because of the pipe, then it would make sense that I haven't seen them (though I would think Me, Claudius would have stopped being shown because it has Elmo with a different voice). Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting has a clip from a Monsterpiece Theater skit that I haven't seen anywhere else, in which the set is bright green instead of brown. I guess this was an early set, and if a pipe can't be associated with the skits, then these probably couldn't be shown. There are also a lot of Monsterpiece Theater skits that I really liked that I haven't seen in a long time, like Charots of Fur and The Taming of the Shoe. Was there a pipe in these?

 

[Krazedmuppet]

I think this is a big reason why you never see Pink Panther cartoons anymore either. He always had a cigarette. (sp?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqWNkbbOeko


see? Good cartoon.

I also think this is why The Great Mouse Detective is not on dvd (or at least I dont think it is...) they smoke a lot in that movie, bad guys and good guys, and too much to edit out. Also a good movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkFDFFA8hRE

 

[Krazedmuppet]

I think it also became a law that cartoon characters are not allowed to smoke anymore, you never see it. Also Camel on the packs of cigarettes was no longer allowed to be a friendly cartoon, just realistic picture. (remember Joe Camel?) I think this was one of the major focuses, because he sold them.


and no- I dont smoke.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

It's funny because sesame street had used made use of pipe's lately when ever they tell the story of Old King Cole. Of course it was used for blowing bubbles, but I can't help but wonder he this story is next to go?

 

[travellingpat]

The Great Mouse Detective is on DVD

 

[Java]

I think I remember seeing him eat the pipe a few times but I couldn't tell you which skits these were.

 

[mikebennidict]

He did with the Upstairs,Downstairs one and I think also with the Me Claudius. I don't know about the others.

 

[Grover]

They use to show Pink Panther cartoons on Boomerang with his ciggarette.

 

[Censored]

I was reading at Muppet Wiki that in the earlier Monsterpiece Theater skecthes, Allistar Cookie had a pipe in his mouth, and at the end of the skits, he ate the pipe, but then he eventually stopped having a pipe, possibly out of fear that it was making kids want to smoke.

Either that or they were afraid it would make kids want to chew tobacco.

 

[wiley207]

Here's a Monsterpiece Theater "pipe" sketch: "Chariots of Fur." This is the original version with the "Union Jack" titles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGCjqTjZxFM&mode=related&search=monsterpiece theatre