[SESAME STREET THEME]
ELMO: You okay, Chris?
CHRIS: I'm--
I'm good.
ELMO: You ready?
CHRIS: Yeah, I'm ready!
ELMO: OK.
CHRIS: I'm re-- oh!
Oh!
Red light's on.
Hey!
Hi, everybody.
I'm Chris.
ELMO: Oh!
And Elmo's Elmo!
CHRIS: He sure is.
I work at Hooper's Store, right here on Sesame Street.
I'm on my lunch break right now, so I thought it would be
good to take some time to spend some good time with my
good buddy Elmo over here.
ELMO: Yeah, this is like a play date.
CHRIS: Yes, oh yeah!
ELMO: [LAUGHING]
CHRIS: Yes, a play date!
ELMO: OK.
CHRIS: OK.
Elmo, I was surprised to find out that there are a lot of
people interested in asking you questions.
ELMO: Really?
They are?
CHRIS: They really are.
ELMO: A lot?
CHRIS: A whole lot of questions.
ELMO: Wow.
CHRIS: In fact, questions came from all over the world, using
this platform called Moderator on YouTube.
Now, the public voted on which questions they liked the most,
and those are the questions I'm going to
be asking you today.
ELMO: Oh!
That sounds cool!
CHRIS: It is cool.
Hey, check it out.
From--
ELMO: From all over the world?
CHRIS: From all over the world.
And you know what?
While I was in the shower this morning
I thought of something.
Since--
ELMO: You going to tell us about what
you did in the shower?
CHRIS: Well, yeah.
Well, one of the things, other than washing!
Um, pfft-- hey, it's a true story!
ELMO: OK, go ahead.
CHRIS: I was thinking to myself that since, I'm going
to be the one asking you questions--
ELMO: Yes.
CHRIS: --I'm kind of the moderator for Moderator!
ELMO: [LAUGHING]
That's funny, Chris!
CHRIS: It's not--
ELMO: Elmo didn't get it.
CHRIS: Neither did I. I was hoping--
OK, why don't we get to the questions.
ELMO: OK!
CHRIS: There we are.
OK the first question is, "Hi Elmo, I was just wondering
what your favorite thing to do is!
Thanks!" That's from MezzoGirl101.
ELMO: MezzoGirl101.
Hi, MezzoGirl101!
What was that?
What Elmo likes to do?
CHRIS: Yes.
What's your favorite thing to do?
ELMO: My favorite thing to do.
Elmo loves to have play dates with all his friends.
CHRIS: Yeah, yeah!
And I--
ELMO: And also feed Dorothy, too.
CHRIS: Aah, feed Dorothy.
That's an--
OK, that's a really--
ELMO: She always gets so happy!
CHRIS: You get happy too, buddy.
ELMO: Yeah.
CHRIS: OK, what's our next question?
"Hey, Elmo"--
OK, this comes from Dophino22.
"Hey, Elmo--"
ELMO: Hello Dophino22!
OK, go ahead, Chris.
CHRIS: [LAUGHING]
OK.
"Hey, Elmo, I was wondering, how long did it take you to
crayon your whole apartment?"
ELMO: [LAUGHING]
Boy, that's a good question!
It took Elmo two and a half weeks.
CHRIS: Yeah, he wasn't the only one, too.
ELMO: No, because Elmo had some help.
CHRIS: Mm-hmm.
Messed up--
ELMO: From all of his friends on Sesame Street, too.
CHRIS: I messed up my jeans a couple of times, but it's OK.
It's OK.
ELMO: With the crayon?
CHRIS: Yeah!
You'd be surprised.
I can mess up pretty much anything.
Uh, what's our next question?
OK!
This one is "What would you do if you woke up and were
suddenly purple?" Eh!
ELMO: Purple?
Who's that from?
CHRIS: That is from M B sigurr--
segurae.
I hope I got that right.
ELMO: Mbsegurae!
Elmo hope so too!
[LAUGHING]
So what would Elmo do if he woke up and he was purple?
CHRIS: Mm-hmm!
ELMO: Hmm.
Elmo doesn't know!
Elmo--
Elmo would be kind of scared and concerned because Elmo
likes being red.
CHRIS: I would think it's just you holding your breath for a
really long time, like--
ELMO: No, that's a really long time!
CHRIS: Yeah, that's too long!
ELMO: But Elmo would talk to Elmo's Mommy and Daddy, and
ask them why.
And hopefully they would have an answer.
CHRIS: OK.
All right, that's a good answer, buddy.
I like that.
ELMO: Thank you!
CHRIS: Let's check out the next question.
DANIEL: Hi Elmo!
My name's Daniel.
ELMO: Hi Daniel!
DANIEL: This is Olivia.
And we wanted to know how do you actually
get to Sesame Street?
CHRIS: That is a good question.
How do you actually get to Sesame Street?
Hello, Olivia!
ELMO: Well, you could take a plane, and then you could take
a bus, and a subway, and then hopefully
you'll get there then.
CHRIS: Yes!
Yeah, OK, very good, buddy, very good.
Have you ever gotten lost on your way to Sesame Street?
ELMO: Well, no!
Because Elmo lives on Sesame Street, and if Elmo went
anywhere, his Mommy or his Daddy or a
grown-up would take him.
CHRIS: Good answer, buddy, good answer.
Let's check out the next question.
OK, this is--
ELMO: Wow, this is a long one!
CHRIS: Yes, this is from Oliver in Germany.
ELMO: Oh!
Hello, Oliver in Germany!
CHRIS: "Hi, Elmo, my name is Oliver.
My Daddy is in the Military and is deployed right now.
I know your Daddy has deployed too and I was just wondering
what you do to stay happy when your Daddy
is gone?" Good question.
ELMO: Well, one thing that Elmo does is Elmo looks at the
same moon that Elmo's Daddy does, at the same time.
And that's when we think about each other.
Yeah!
And then, sometimes we get to see each other on the
computer, to say hello.
And then Elmo sends him pictures of Elmo and the
things that he's doing.
So, we keep in contact that way.
And that makes both of us feel so much better.
CHRIS: That was a really good answer, Elmo.
ELMO: Thank you, Chris!
CHRIS: Do you ever show him pictures of us?
ELMO: Of you?
CHRIS: Yeah!
Well, me, everyone else on Sesame Street.
ELMO: Elmo will do that next time.
CHRIS: OK, OK.
Please tell him I said hi when you talk to him again, OK?
ELMO: OK.
CHRIS: Awesome!
OK, what's the next question?
"Hi Elmo!
How much does a house cost on Sesame Street, because I want
to move in." How much does a house cost?
ELMO: Who is that from?
CHRIS: That is from MyJKProductions.
ELMO: Hello MyJKProductions!
So you wanna move into Sesame Street.
You know, Elmo never had to worry about that because Elmo
Mommy and Daddy brought him here.
And they must have bought the place so with something.
CHRIS: Yeah--
ELMO: Elmo thinks it probably is a kazillion dollars.
CHRIS: No, no, no, buddy, it can't be that much.
ELMO: No?
It's not a kazillion dollars?
CHRIS: Naw!
ELMO: Why?
CHRIS: Because inflation--
ELMO: Well, is it a buyer market, or is
it a selling market?
CHRIS: Uh, uh-- that's a really good question, buddy.
I really--
ELMO: Elmo heard Mommy and Daddy talking about that.
CHRIS: I don't know!
ELMO: So you don't know if it's a buyer market or a
selling market on Sesame Street?
CHRIS: No, Elmo, I just came here to go to college--
ELMO: And you're the moderator?
CHRIS: Yeah-- hey, I moderate the questions, not the
answers, man!
ELMO: Ah!
OK, next question!
CHRIS: Yeah, there we go!
OK, this one says, "How did you and Ernie
become such good friends?
Because if you two have the courage to sing together, you
must be pretty tight." That's from Emily in Texas.
ELMO: Hello, Emily in Texas.
Well, Elmo is really tight with Ernie.
He's so cool.
We have a lovely time singing together and playing.
And he's silly, too!
[LAUGHING]
Elmo loves his laugh.
He laughs like this.
[BACK OF THE THROAT CHUCKLE]
CHRIS: [LAUGHING]
ELMO: [BACK OF THE THROAT CHUCKLE]
[NORMAL LAUGH]
Thanks for that question.
CHRIS: That was a good question.
OK, buddy, why don't we check out the next question?
ELMO: OK.
CHRIS: All right.
OK, this one comes from TheGreatGizzo.
ELMO: Oh!
Hello TheGreatGizzo!
CHRIS: Hello, GreatGizzo.
Um, the question is, "Don't you feel guilty that your
friend Oscar lives in a trash can?" And also, "You don't
throw your garbage in his home, do you?"
ELMO: Well, why would Elmo feel guilty about Oscar living
in a trash can?
That's the way he loves to live!
CHRIS: Mm-hmm, but do you ever throw trash in there?
ELMO: Only when he asks that he needs it.
Then Elmo would throw trash in there.
CHRIS: See, that's a good friend right there.
ELMO: Yeah.
You have to ask first.
CHRIS: Yes.
So it's very--
ELMO: But he loves living in a trash can!
You don't have to feel sorry for him.
CHRIS: See, if they lived on Sesame
Street they'd know that.
ELMO: Yes.
CHRIS: OK, let's check out the next question?
Ha!
OK, "Elmo, if you were given the chance, would you be the
first monster to ever go to the planet Mars?
And if so, what would you say when you first step on Mars?"
That's from Sean in California.
ELMO: Oh!
Hello, Sean from California!
CHRIS: It's a lot.
ELMO: Boy, yeah.
If Elmo was the first monster to be on in Mars?
CHRIS: Yes.
ELMO: And he saw a Martian?
CHRIS: Yeah.
ELMO: What would Elmo say?
CHRIS: Yeah!
ELMO: Yip-yip.
Yip-yip-yip.
Yip-yip, yip-yip.
[LAUGHING]
CHRIS: You'd try to speak his language?
ELMO: Yeah!
Because Elmo-- you know, we have Martians here on Sesame
Street, and they say "Yip-yip, yip-yip-yip-yip." So Elmo
would say "Yip-yip, yip-yip-yip!" [LAUGHING]
CHRIS: Mars is a big planet, man.
Maybe there's different languages--
ELMO: Elmo has no idea what he's saying, but Elmo hopes
it's friendly.
CHRIS: OK, buddy, why don't we check out the next question?
ELMO: OK!
CHRIS: OK.
Uh, video.
ELMO [IN VIDEO]: More about the sky.
CHRIS: It says, Elmo, do you still talk to
the sun or the moon?
This comes from Emily in Texas.
ELMO: Oh!
Hi, Emily.
Definitely.
Elmo definitely talks to the sun in the morning, and the
moon at night.
CHRIS: Hm.
Good question!
ELMO: We have good conversations, too!
We do!
CHRIS: What do you talk to the moon about?
ELMO: Just how lovely the stars are out tonight, and we
talk about that.
CHRIS: OK.
ELMO: And Elmo talks about his day.
CHRIS: OK!
ELMO: Because you know, the moon have days, too.
CHRIS: Yes, that's true!
The sun gets all the attention--
ELMO: We just get to see him at night.
CHRIS: Yeah.
OK, why don't we get to the next question?
ELMO: OK!
CHRIS: All right, this question comes from
CuddlesTaffy?
Ah!
CuddlesTaffy!
ELMO: Oh!
Hello CuddlesTaffy!
CHRIS: And I like the question.
"How come you never have birthdays, and you stay 3 for
the rest of your life?"
ELMO: Well, we do have birthdays.
Elmo's birthday is February third.
But Elmo just stays three and 1/2 all the time.
You should be so lucky.
[LAUGHING]
CHRIS: That's pretty cool.
ELMO: Isn't that cool?
CHRIS: That's very cool.
ELMO: It's a monster thing.
CHRIS: Ha!
ELMO [OFFENDED]: It really is!
CHRIS: OK.
Good answer.
OK, now I know what to say when someone asks me that.
OK, why don't we get to the next question?
ELMO: OK!
CHRIS: All right.
ASHTIN: Hi!
My name is Ashtin, and I want to talk to you.
ELMO: OK!
ASHTIN: I want to know what your favorite color is.
CHRIS: A ha!
ELMO: Ah!
Was that Ashtin?
CHRIS: Ashtin from Utah.
He wants to know what your favorite--
ELMO: Ashtin, Hello!
CHRIS: --color is.
ELMO: Elmo's favorite color is red!
[LAUGHING]
CHRIS: You had to look at yourself to be sure?
ELMO: No, no, no!
Elmo just did that because Elmo wanted to show Ashtin
that he was gonna say that.
Look again.
Red!
CHRIS: Great, how do I do that?
How do I do that?
ELMO: OK.
Go ahead.
CHRIS: Ready?
Because my favorite color is blue.
ELMO: OK, go ahead.
CHRIS: Ready?
Ehhhh--
Blue!
ELMO: Yeah!
CHRIS: It works?
Yeah, it works!
ELMO: You did that very well.
CHRIS: Thank you very much.
ELMO: Next question!
CHRIS: Next question.
The next question comes from lesha in Florida, and she--
ELMO: Oh!
Hello, lesha in Florida!
Elmo loves Florida.
CHRIS: Let's see, this question is, "Do you sleep
without a night light?
And if you don't, what tips can you give me to not be
afraid of the dark?"
ELMO: Well, Elmo does sleep with a night light.
But, tips as far as when you sleep at night in the dark?
Just think wonderful thoughts when you go to sleep.
And you'll find that that will work!
Just think of wonderful thoughts.
CHRIS: What's a wonderful thought?
ELMO: What you're gonna do in the morning, all the things
you get to do the next day.
CHRIS: OK.
ELMO: And you can always sing yourself to sleep, too.
CHRIS: Aaah!
ELMO: [HUMS BRAHAM'S LULLABY]
[SNORES]
See, see?
[LAUGHING]
Like that.
CHRIS: Good idea, buddy.
ELMO: OK, cool.
CHRIS: OK, let's get to the next question.
ELMO: OK.
CHRIS: OK, Casey in Southaven, Mississippi.
ELMO: Oh!
Hello, Casey in Southaven, Mississippi!
CHRIS: "What famous person would you really like to
meet?"
ELMO: Wow.
CHRIS: You've met a lot of people.
ELMO: A famous person who Elmo really like to meet.
Martin Luther King.
CHRIS: Wow.
Good answer.
ELMO: He seemed to be so cool.
CHRIS: Yeah!
That's a good answer.
ELMO: Really?
CHRIS: Yeah!
That's a really good answer.
ELMO: OK.
CHRIS: I like that.
OK, let's see, what's the next question?
Emily in T-- wow, Emily in Texas is on a roll.
ELMO: Really?
Hello Emily in Texas, again!
CHRIS: "How old are you, Elmo, and when is your birthday?
I'm wondering." Now, you answered a
little of the story--
ELMO: Yeah, we answered, but Elmo's three and 1/2.
And Elmo's birthday is February 3.
CHRIS: Ah!
Mine's the 25th.
ELMO: Really?
Of February?
CHRIS: Mm-hmm!
ELMO: Wow, that's cool!
CHRIS: Yeah, small wo--
ELMO: We should celebrate it together!
CHRIS: It's a really good month, man.
Really good.
ELMO: Really?
CHRIS: Yuh-huh!
Thank you Emily from Texas.
OK, what's the next question?
ELMO: Thanks, Emily!
CHRIS: Ha, video!
ELMO: Video!
GIRL: This is my question for you.
Why don't you have any tongue, and why don't
you have any teeth?
ELMO: [LAUGHING]
It's a monster thing.
Monsters don't have a tongue or teeth.
CHRIS: Wow.
ELMO: But actually we do have teeth, you
just can't see them.
CHRIS: They're really small?
ELMO: Yeah.
They're underneath Elmo's fur.
CHRIS: A-ha!
OK.
It's a monster thing.
You should write a book called It's a Monster Thing.
ELMO: You know, grouches have tongues.
CHRIS: Oh, yes, grouches do have tongues.
ELMO: But they have teeth, too, but you can't see them.
CHRIS: OK.
See, Elmo, you need to write a book, buddy.
ELMO: Oh, really?
CHRIS: "It's a Monster Thing." I'd read that!
ELMO: Oh yeah!
OK, it's called "It's a Monster Thing." That's cool.
CHRIS: OK.
What's the next question?
OK this is from ranger9257.
ELMO: Hello ranger92--
what?
CHRIS: 57.
ELMO: 57!
[BOTH LAUGHING]
CHRIS: "What do you do when get lonely?" Good question.
ELMO: Wow.
What does Elmo do when he gets lonely?
Hm.
Well, that's hard because Elmo's lonely not lonely!
Yeah, because Elmo's goldfish Dorothy is
right in his bedroom.
CHRIS: OK.
ELMO: And then sometimes when Elmo gets lonely, he goes and
cuddles with his Mommy and Daddy.
CHRIS: OK, OK.
Well, what if your Mommy and Daddy aren't right next to you
at that very moment, and you feel a little lonely.
ELMO: Well, then Dorothy's there.
CHRIS: OK.
All right.
ELMO: Yeah.
CHRIS: OK.
See, we have to get ranger9257 a Dorothy.
ELMO: Yes!
CHRIS: Yeah, that'd be cool!
ELMO: Or crawl up with your Mommy and Daddy.
CHRIS: Yes.
Good answer, buddy.
ELMO: They'll love that.
[LAUGHING]
CHRIS: OK, let's see the next question.
Ah, video!
ELMO: Cool!
AARON: Elmo, what is your favorite food?
ELMO: Elmo's favorite food is wasabi.
CHRIS: Wasabi?
ELMO: That's why Elmo has no eyelids.
[LAUGHING]
CHRIS: [DISBELIEVING]
Wasabi.
Oh my goodness.
ELMO: No, Elmo likes cookies.
CHRIS: OK.
ELMO: But Elmo knows that's a sometime food.
CHRIS: Very good.
ELMO: And Elmo likes pistachio ice cream.
But that's a sometime food, too.
And Elmo likes broccoli.
CHRIS: Ah!
ELMO: But that's something you can eat all the time.
CHRIS: Yes, you can.
Absolutely.
Good question.
ELMO: OK!
CHRIS: All right.
This one comes from zeezagon.
Or zay-gon?
Zeezagon.
ELMO: Hello zeezagon!
CHRIS: And the question is, "Why does--
why doesn't Cookie Monster have to eat vegetables?" Hmm.
ELMO: Why doesn't Cookie Monster have to eat
vegetables?
That's what we're trying to teach him to do!
To not--
because cookies are a sometime food.
So we are trying to get him to eat vegetables.
CHRIS: Mm-hmm!
ELMO: It's kinda challenging.
But we're trying.
Elmo think we-- you know, it's all about repetition.
CHRIS: Yes.
ELMO: So if we keep pushing vegetables too, then maybe
he'll get it!
CHRIS: Yes.
ELMO: He hasn't gotten it yet, but maybe he will.
CHRIS: OK.
All right.
Maybe if we make it in different ways.
ELMO: Yeah!
Maybe grill it.
CHRIS: Yes.
ELMO: Or put some butter and lemon on it.
CHRIS: Ooh, tasty.
ELMO: Or some cheese.
CHRIS: OK, you're making me hungry.
ELMO: OK, sorry.
What's the next question?
OK, Jose in New Jersey.
All right! "Elmo--
ELMO: Hello Jose in New Jersey!
CHRIS: "Elmo, how come Mr. Noodle and his brother, Mr.
Noodle, live outside your window?"
ELMO: [LAUGHING]
Elmo has no idea.
Sometimes they're there, and sometimes they're not.
CHRIS: OK!
All right--
ELMO: But when they're there, it's a lot of fun.
CHRIS: Awesome.
ELMO: Because Elmo can teach them what Elmo's learning on
Elmo's World.
CHRIS: Very nice!
OK.
All right, buddy!
Next question!
This one comes from SharonE in Sacramento, California.
ELMO: Ah!
What's her name again?
CHRIS: SharonE.
ELMO: Oh!
Hello SharonE in Sacramento, California!
CHRIS: "Elmo, why do you always refer to yourself in
the third person?"
ELMO: You know, that's been asked of Elmo before and Elmo
has no idea.
Elmo was just born this way.
CHRIS: [LAUGHING]
It's a monster thing.
ELMO: Elmo's comfortable with it!
Elmo hope you are too.
CHRIS: [LAUGHING]
Oh my goodness.
Let's go to the next question, OK?
ELMO: OK.
CHRIS: OK.
Marcela in Ecuador--
ELMO: Oh!
Hello Marcella in Ecuador!
CHRIS: "Hi, Elmo, my name is Marcela, and I'm from Ecuador.
Here comes my question.
If you weren't red, which color would you like to be?"
ELMO: You know what?
Elmo thought about that but, you know, Elmo's so happy
being red that Elmo just likes being red.
Elmo doesn't think about any other color, except for what
color he is.
And Elmo loves it.
CHRIS: I like red on you, too, buddy.
ELMO: Thank you!
CHRIS: Very nice, very nice.
OK, what's the next question?
Video!
ELMO: What am I saying?
CHRIS: OK.
"I've noticed you are a great dancer.
What is your favorite dance?
I'd like to see you dance with Ricky Gervais, a
tap routine, maybe.
That would be awesome.
When you think about that?" That comes from Ximena, in
Santiago, Chile.
ELMO: Oh!
Hello, Ximena--
oh, there you are.
Hello, Ximena--
where?
In Chile?
CHRIS: Yes.
ELMO: Wow, that's cool!
Well, Elmo loves to dance, and do all kinds of dances.
Elmo loves to learn new dances, too.
And Elmo has to call Mr. Ricky Gervais and see if he wants to
dance with Elmo.
CHRIS: That would be fun.
ELMO: Elmo will do that!
CHRIS: I think I would like seeing that.
ELMO: Let's check to see if Mr. Ricky
would like to do that.
CHRIS: OK.
ELMO: You know it takes two to tango!
CHRIS: Yes it does.
ELMO: [LAUGHING]
CHRIS: No you didn't.
ELMO: Yes, Elmo did.
CHRIS: OK, buddy, let's check out the next question.
ELMO: OK.
CHRIS: OK!
This one comes from Mimi in Atlanta, GA!
ELMO: Oh!
Hello Mimi in Atlanta, GA!
Elmo hopes the peaches are ripe.
CHRIS: Yes!
Elmo, what is your favorite thing to draw?"
ELMO: Elmo's favorite thing to draw--
hm--
is Elmo.
Elmo loves drawing Elmo!
That's fun.
[LAUGHING]
CHRIS: Nice!
Very nice.
I draw you too, sometimes.
ELMO: Oh, really?
CHRIS: Mm-hmm!
ELMO: Cool!
CHRIS: I'm working on it.
I gotta show you some.
ELMO: OK.
CHRIS: OK, Elmo, this next question is our last one.
ELMO: Aww!
CHRIS: Yeah, I know.
OK, let's check it out.
This one comes from CharlesBeefy.
ELMO: Hello CharlesBeefy!
[LAUGHING]
CHRIS: The question is, "What is the meaning of life for
Elmo?"
ELMO: The meaning of life.
The meaning of life for Elmo is respecting your elders by
saying Mr. And Ms., and saying thank you, and also giving
lots of loves and kisses.
CHRIS: Very nice!
ELMO: That's the meaning of life for Elmo!
CHRIS: That was a nice comment, buddy.
You're really good at this.
ELMO: Aw, thank you, Chris.
CHRIS: Well, as you know, I gotta get back to work.
ELMO: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah!
CHRIS: End of my lunch break.
So I guess we should say thank you to everybody.
ELMO: Aw, thank you for all the wonderful questions!
Elmo loves all of you very, very much.
Thank you.
CHRIS: And I love you, too!
All right, guys, take care.
Bye.
ELMO: Bye.
CHRIS: You wanna get something to eat?
ELMO: Yeah.
Good.
CHRIS: Come on.
ELMO: Come on, let's go.
CHRIS: All right, yeah.
SINGERS: Can you tell me how to get, how to
get to Sesame Street?