Sesame Street characters spoof The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Cookie Monster and friends created their own version of the sequel of the dystopian thriller
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Your support makes all the difference.For avid fans of The Hunger Games the wait is over... well, sort of. Cookie Monster and other Sesame Street characters have created a parody version Catching Fire, the second installment of the blockbuster franchise.
In the short spoof video, Cookie Monster wears a wig and takes on the role of 'Cookieness Evereat', who participates in 'The Hungry Games'.
Cookieness races through the jungle solving puzzles and identifying healthy foods in a race against the clock. She is joined by her friends, which includes a piece of bread called 'Pita' in reference to the character Peeta Mellark.
This is not the first time Sesame Street has poked fun at a serious film or television programme, most recently the Muppets sent up drama series Homeland.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth and will be released this week. The film is based on a trilogy of books of the same name by Suzanne Collins, and the new film is anticipated to be even better than the first installment.
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