Created as a spoof of the original Masterpiece Theatre host Alistair Cooke , Alistair Cookie is basically Cookie Monster in an English smoking jacket and ascot tie .
Alistair Cooke was neither a pipe smoker nor did Alistair Cooke wear a smoking jacket on Masterpiece Theatre .
Created as a spoof of the original Masterpiece Theatre host Alistair Cooke , Alistair Cookie is basically Cookie Monster in an English smoking jacket and ascot tie , although Cooke was neither a pipe smoker nor did he wear a smoking jacket on Masterpiece Theatre .