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Who knew Cookie Monster moonlights as a Warner Bros. Interactive executive? Or that he could be such a tough sell? Sure, Schafer brought the right amount of pep without sounding pushy. And that black buttoned-up polo shirt played well off his stylized beard and unkempt hair, thus granting him the right amount of artistic accessibility.
But at the end of the day, Schafer sunk his own chances when he violated Rule No. 1 of the successful pitching playbook: always research your interviewer before the meeting. If he only spoke with Ed Boon beforehand, Schafer would have known how to properly schmooze his prospective financier by bringing a personalized Mrs. Fields cookie cake to his pitch session. How do you think Mortal Kombat got greenlit?
In fairness to the ravenous (albeit, culturally-aware) muppet, his take on Schafer’s zombie pitch seemed right on the money. Zombies are so 2007.
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster releases exclusively for the Kinect and Xbox 360 on October 26, 2011.
