"Hi, I'm Cookie Masterson, and only you can prevent forest fires... Seriously, it has to be you. I'm sure as hell not gonna do it."
- Cookie Masterson, You Don't Know Jack 2015
Cookie Masterson is a Jellyvision host turned Jackbox host voiced by Tom Gottlieb. He has hosted games of You Don't Know Jack, most of the Fibbage series, and Fakin' It.
Appearances[]
You Don't Know Jack (series)[]
Cookie Masterson has appeared in several You Don't Know Jack games since the series began. For the first three installments, he served as the sign-in host for players. Starting with Movies, Cookie began hosting games and would go on to become one of the most regular hosts in the series. Starting with the 2011 version, Cookie became the permanent host of the show and has hosted every game since. Cookie's involvement with the series has grown since then, with question-types and sponsors themed around him and even introducing his ventriloquist puppet Billy O'Brien to read questions.
Fibbage (series)[]
Cookie has hosted all games of Fibbage since the original standalone release. In each installment, Cookie reads out a little-known fact with a word missing that players then need to fill in with a convincing lie. Keeping with his style of humor that he developed in You Don't Know Jack, Cookie may occasionally make a witty remark about the fact, mock other players lies or call everyone out for missing the truth. If a player takes too long to select a category, Cookie will grow impatient and pick one on their behalf.
Fakin' It[]
Cookie is the host of Fakin' It. In this game, he will send a prompt to all but one player's device, with the player who didn't get a prompt having to avoid being caught out. Cookie does very little in this game compared to other titles, though he may make snark remarks when players' choose the wrong person as 'the faker' or for failing to unanimously agree.
Trivia Murder Party[]
Cookie makes a cameo appearance in Trivia Murder Party. There is a random chance that the host's voice filter will turn off and reveal his true voice; one of these voices is Cookie's.
Trivia[]
- Cookie has two cats: Mayonnaise and Poopsie.
- He has two puppets, Peebo & Billy O'Brien.
- Due to him having trouble pronouncing his Bs, Ps, and Ms while doing ventriloquism; Billy has a speech impediment.
- He, however, has no trouble pronouncing these while voicing Peebo, despite Peebo coming first. This could imply that he practiced a different form of ventriloquism before puppeteering Billy, this however is only speculation and has not been conformed as the reasoning behind why Peebo can pronounce letters Billy can't.
- Due to him having trouble pronouncing his Bs, Ps, and Ms while doing ventriloquism; Billy has a speech impediment.
- Cookie's last name was originally going to be Jahr.
- Cookie was originally the sign-in host for You Don't Know Jack: Vol. 1 & You Don't Know Jack: Vol. 2. He was promoted to game show host in You Don't Know Jack: Vol. 3.
- He also had a much stronger Brooklyn accent, which became almost non-existant when he was promoted.
- Cookie shows up in a cameo appearance in You Don't Know Jack Television. upon completion of a question about the show "Dallas", Cookie arrives in the booth to take a shower, surprising Schmitty and confusing him about what is happening. Cookie then reveals the whole thing is a dream and the game force resets.[↑]
- The host of Champ'd Up, part of the Jackbox Party Pack 7, is voiced by Tom Gottlieb, but has canonically been confirmed to NOT be Cookie Masterson.
- He has an official Facebook account.
- He, like many many other characters, appears on the Quixort Forever online scoreboards, ranking number 27 with a score of 44,800.
- It's confirmed that he has hair, and it's quite thick.[↑]
- In You Don't Know Jack: 2011, he decapitates an intern named Josh with a Buzzsaw to see how much a brain weighs.
- He hosts tea parties and uses a secret password to enter.[audio]
- It's implied he hosts these tea parties alone, and the password is "fidelio".
- He likes little dogs...as lunch meat.[audio]
- His favorite food is fortune cookies, to the point he's gotten the nickname Fortune Cookie, as shown by You Don't Know Jack: 2011's question type "Cookie's Fortune Cookie Fortunes with Cookie "Fortune Cookie" Masterson.
- When he was a kid, people used to call him Shortbread as an insult.[audio]
- Another mean nickname he was called as a child was "Little Tommy Stout", which is really weird since his name is Cookie, not...Tom.[audio]
- He's left-handed.[audio][post]
- He has a gluten allergy[post]
- He keeps one of his kidneys in a jar he keeps next to his bed[post]
- He has a case of Irritable Vowel Syndrome[post]
- He has quite the artistic talent, and he views his skills quite highly too[post]
- He goes to a Zumba class[post].
- He watched Don Jon with his mom one time and very much regrets doing that[post].
- He has both a Pinterest board & a MySpace account.
- However, neither of these two are actual account on the platform, and are to be taken as just quirky lore bits (unlike his Facebook, which is real).
- Cookie has a habit of feeding his cat Poopsie very VERY bad things you should NOT be feeding your cat. These include the following:
- He needs to wrap his entire body in bandages and gauze every Wednesday[post]. The specific reason is unknown.
- To celebrate getting 3,000+ fans: he has named his individual strands of body hair after each and every one of them.[post]
- Stacy, however, has been plucked.
- He's at least 38% still certain that he's Khloe Kardashian's real father despite the paternity test stating otherwise.[post]
- If you look hard enough at his Facebook profile picture (or simple shift the photo in photoshop): you can see part of Cookie's face.[post]
- He has a Woody Woodpecker tattoo he can't seem to get rid of¹.
- He's not alright with sin². Despite being one of the most sinful characters out of the entire cast.
- His mother wanted him to be a girl³. Warning, this voice line has the word penis in it!
- This fact haunts him and it makes him very insecure and sometimes ashamed of his own manhood.
- He finds Mr. French from Family Affairs kinda pretty⁴.
- He's scared of horses despite claiming otherwise⁵.
- He started learning how to play his plastic xylophone at 11⁶.
- He once done a bit of performance art where he covered himself with whipped cream and asked passersby to flog him with licorice⁷.
- He is really, and i mean REALLY into Jean-Claude Van Damme, i mean it⁸.
- During the Unsentimental & Tasteless ending of The Ride: Cookie Masterson is the person on the far left, AKA "TH"⁹ ¹⁰.