Cookie Monster is a blue furry muppet who lives on a fake street, but even he is sick of a real menace in supermarket aisles.

"If your kids get the joke aimed at the adults the problem is you, not the show," shared one social-media commenter.

Jim Henson’s Muppets have been an iconic piece of pop culture history since their creation in 1955 and have never quite left the public consciousness.