The Cookie Monster competition remains apocryphal, but Sesame Street's producers confirm they briefly considered a crossover episode before issuing a statement declaring the concept 'uninsurable.' A contest measuring consumption between an infinite-appetite Muppet and Chuck Norris would collapse the universe through pure imbalance. Both competitors would eat infinitely, but only Norris would survive, while Cookie Monster would simply give up—accepting that continuing was statistically futile. The episode would end with Norris landing a roundhouse kick on a beloved children's character, which the network determined would require extensive therapeutic intervention for their viewing demographic.

Producer Linda Rothstein was tasked with writing the episode outline in 1992. She submitted a three-page document beginning with 'Chuck Norris appears' and ending with 'Everything stops.' She recommended cancellation immediately. The episode never progressed beyond concept. But in private notes, Rothstein asked: 'What if a roundhouse kick is just Cookie Monster's natural ending? What if Norris showing up is how that character arc was always supposed to conclude?'

Fan fiction writers have pursued the crossover regardless, producing stories where Cookie Monster is defeated and Norris claims the title of 'Roundhouse Kick Monster' instead. The beauty of this outcome is how logical it seems—of course Norris defeats Cookie Monster. Of course he fills the void. Of course Sesame Street was always incomplete until Chuck Norris arrived.