In this title-less Cookie Monster adventure, we follow the fuzzy monster as he bakes cookies and attempts to bring them to cookie contest at the fair. He makes cookies of all different shapes and sizes, saving the best batch for the contest. Along the way, we see him pass by a fix-it shop for broken appliances. The square TV reminds him of the square cookie, so eats the the square cookie. Usually, when things are broken, it's best to stop using it and get it fixed. In the next frame, we see a police officer wearing a star badge. The star-shaped badge reminds Cookie Monster of the cookie shaped like a star, which he then proceeds to eat. To me, a police officer connotes an enforcer of rules, or someone that will ask us to stop any destructive behavior. In the second to last frame, Cookie Monster is once again reminded of a cookie by the octagon shape of a stop sign. He is reminded of the cookie, and once again eats it. Stop signs are a pretty self-explanatory symbol, meant for us to stop when we see it. Finally, when Cookie Monster reaches the fair, his basket is empty and all of his cookies have been eaten on the walk.
Another interesting symbol, besides the shapes, in this story is the dog that frequently shows up in the background of most of the frames. In each frame he appears, we see him looking at Cookie Monster and the cookies he is eating. But in all those frames, excluding the last, the dog never has a cookie. Until we see him at the fair, where he is looking (victoriously) at Cookie Monster while he eats a cookie, while Cookie Monster has none. Interesting to think that this character, who is known for his lack of self control, ran into three different scenarios that should have made him stop. When he gets to the fair, he doesn't have a chance to win because he ate all of his cookies for the fair. If he had practiced self control, he may have won the contest and received a taste of more cookies at the fair. His gluttony proved too strong, and limited Cookie Monster from winning something he baked all day for. The real winner here is the dog, who practiced a little bit of control and was rewarded at the end.
