Original term, pre-Sesame-Street, for what is now universally called
a {cookie monster}. A correspondent observes "In those days, hackers
were actually getting their yucks from...sit down now...Andy
Williams. Yes, that Andy Williams. Seems he had a rather hip (by the
standards of the day) TV variety show. One of the best parts of the
show was the recurring `cookie bear' sketch. In these sketches, a guy
in a bear suit tried all sorts of tricks to get a cookie out of
Williams. The sketches would always end with Williams shrieking (and
I don't mean figuratively), `No cookies! Not now, not
ever...NEVER!!!' And the bear would fall down. Great stuff."
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {cookie monster}]