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By: STEPHEN LEWIS, Post Columnist

Posted: Sunday, October 5, 2008 7:23 am

Can you believe all this fuss over a silly puppet? In case you haven’t heard, the show “Murphry’s Burrow,” which features a rabbit named Murphry, is adding a new puppet character. The new character is going to be a Hispanic donkey. Apparently some feel this is offensive to Hispanics. I can’t believe it is any more offensive than the next characters they plan to introduce: “Ali,” the camel, from the Middle East and “Harpoon,” the whale, from Japan.

Besides, puppets have been a way that adults explain the differences in people to children for decades. Think about Sesame Street for a minute. Two of the main characters, Bert and Ernie, are middle-aged men who have been living together for 40 years. I watched Sesame Street for years and never saw either one go on a date with a woman. Let’s face it; they both enjoy the company of men. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

And while we’re talking about Sesame Street, what’s up with Big Bird? Obviously he was battling LSD hallucinations from past drug abuse. Don’t know what I’m talking about? If you remember, he was the only one who saw Mr. Snuffleupagus, the giant wooly mammoth. I think it’s pretty likely that if Mr. Snuffleupagus actually existed then everyone on the show would have seen him. Even so, I don’t think hippies are offended that Big Bird portrays one of their own. Maybe it’s because they are too busy seeing their own Mr. Snuffleupaguses.

Of course Cookie Monster had his own drug issues too. Let’s face it; nobody eats that many cookies unless they are suffering from a chronic case of “munchies.” Apparently Cookie Monster liked to take the occasional toke off a joint. It also explains why his eyes were always so googly.

So let’s get off the back of these fine adults that are trying to explain to children that people are different. And only when we embrace these differences can we know what it’s like to be patriotic Americans. Sure, maybe we have to use the occasional stereotype to get our point across. But it’s all in good fun for honorable purposes.

And if you don’t agree you can always look at the bright side. Since the new character is a donkey, and donkeys are known to kick, maybe, just maybe, he’ll kick the rabbit character in the head and kill it. Then federal ICE agents will be called to investigate. They will discover the donkey doesn’t have a green card and will deport him back to his homeland. Where he’ll make repeated trips back into the U.S. because the Texas border is such a joke and continue to kick other rabbits in the head until finally he kicks the head of a rabbit related to a big politician and then finally gets put in jail.

Whoa! Where did all that come from? I think I need to relax. Hey Cookie Monster, how about passing me that plate of cookies?

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By: UT_Number_92 on 10/5/08
Wow, I LOL'd at this all day. Definitly one of your funniest:D

By: jmw5h on 10/6/08
creative

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