Review: Cookie Puss

How do they get away with this? Being delicious. That's why Cookie Puss is so endearing. But besides the fact of taste, this is one of the bigger what the fucks. So big- that you have to bring your 'A' game to make fun of it. Patton Oswalt, on his 'Feeling kind of Patton' album, waxs way more intellectual than any of us hope to achieve, specifically in Tom Carvel's radio spots for Cookie Puss. "Tom Carvel sounds like Tom Waits gargling hot asphalt."

Just the name puss is hilarious enough. The Beastie Boys second EP was called Cooky Puss and goodness knows back in those days they had nothing but 'A' game. They say 'Pussy Crumbs'! Crude? Yes. Hilarious? Another yes.

How about some pop culture humor from James L. Brooks completely dated TV yet amazing TV hero 'The Critic'? Jay takes son Marty to Judo class where Jay is promised a Cookie Puss for each class Marty takes. Marty meets his first opponent, Shatashi the Eater of Souls, who says he will eat Marty's soul. Cut to:

Cookie Puss is not so much a part of pop culture, as he is a joke within Pop Culture. He is an alien themed cake with a backstory that says he is from the planet Birthday, and that I wish I made up myself. It's beyond ridiculous so much that it is accepted ridiculousness. For the height of Cookie Puss as means of inspiration to make fun of, we turn to the king, Howard Stern. Howard made fun of Fred so much for buying his Mom a cookie puss that he received a card from Carvel for mentioning them so much. This is something I can't full recap because recapping Howard Stern is like recapping The Bible over 1000s of years and interpreting into something that makes young gay people commit suicide. ANYWAY, Cookie Puss. It's a light bulb type shape that is still available, and still hilarious. Example: when the State reunited:

And with that, we hit all the surface level ridiculousness that is Cookie Puss. We get the backstory, and the fact that it is still delicious. But it still is something hilarious to say. There's not too much thought to be behind a Cookie Puss other than 'ok' and 'yea it is weird'. Cookie Puss is something to revel in. I, for one, hope to be able to make fun of Cookie Puss in new and exciting ways. But for now, this blog entry + that's enough.