John Oliver and Cookie Monster discuss potential story ideas, including the debate over oatmeal cookies as a breakfast food, why sugar plums only dance in one's head, turning crumbs back into cookies, and making a whole cookie out of chocolate chip. However, their main purpose is to remind people to watch their special report on words.

Cookie Monster has a few ideas to share with John Oliver.
John just wants you to watch their special news report on words, which can be found here: 
http://youtu.be/iLi2xB82ZyI

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Hi there, I'm John Oliver and I'm here with Cookie Monster.

Yeah, it's very exciting for me because I'm a big fan of this guy.

Well that's very nice of you Cookie Monster.

We do have some ideas, though, maybe for stories.

Good breakfast food or only sometimes food?

Okay, that's not quite the area that we're looking at.

Why do sugar plums only dance in me head, not in me mouth.

When will science find a way to turn crumbs back into cookies?

This brilliant ideas scientist stepped up to plate.

We're mainly here to remind people to watch our special report on words.

Brought to you by all the letters of the alphabet, right?

Okay, why don't they just make a whole cookie out of chocolate chip?

Well, you're the only 1 that goes into it at this depth.

Me hitting hand on table with this cookie.

There is no point which is not emphasized better with that.


Speaker 0: Hi there, I'm John Oliver and I'm here with Cookie Monster. Hi. Yeah, it's very exciting for me because I'm a big fan of this guy.

Speaker 1: Oh really? Well you know what? Me big fan of you too.

Speaker 0: Well that's very nice of you Cookie Monster.

Speaker 1: Yeah, you know me never miss you show. Me love it.

Speaker 0: Well that's amazing. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you.

Speaker 1: We do have some ideas, though, maybe for stories.

Speaker 0: OK.

Speaker 1: Yeah. Sure. These big stories.

Speaker 0: OK. Give me them.

Speaker 1: This huge. You ready?

Speaker 0: OK. I'll get

Speaker 1: them. OK. Oatmeal cookies. Good breakfast food or only sometimes food?

Speaker 0: Okay, that's not quite the area that we're looking at.

Speaker 1: Okay, okay, how about this 1? Okay, sure. Okay. Why do sugar plums only dance in me head, not in me mouth. See what me mean?

That hard hitting story.

Speaker 0: I do see what you mean. I'm not

Speaker 1: sure if that kind

Speaker 0: of lens is...

Speaker 1: Or, me got another 1. Go for it. When will science find a way to turn crumbs back into cookies? This brilliant ideas scientist stepped up to plate. Let's go.

Speaker 0: OK, let's

Speaker 1: make this

Speaker 0: happen. Well, that's it. That's a plea. That's good. It's interesting stuff.

It's not quite what we're looking for. We're mainly here to remind people to watch our special report on words.

Speaker 1: Oh, on words. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Brought to you by all the letters of the alphabet, right? And viewers like you. Also brought to

Speaker 0: you by Sesame Street and Mashable.

Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's exciting. Wait, we got 1 more.

Speaker 0: Okay, go for it.

Speaker 1: Okay, why don't they just make a whole cookie out of chocolate chip? See what me saying? You... Am me the only 1 who think about this?

Speaker 0: No, you... Well, you're the only 1 that goes into it at this depth.

Speaker 1: Me think this could go deep into story.

Speaker 0: Okay, okay, look I admire your passion.

Speaker 1: Me hitting hand on table with this cookie. That's what

Speaker 0: drives it home, that drives it home. Yes. There is no point which is not emphasized better with that. Thank you.

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