They really don’t look at me when they see Elmo. They run to Elmo because it’s a friend of theirs that they’ve been talking to and communicating with and singing with for so many years. We’ve found that the delusion is not broken by seeing us puppeteers. — Kevin Clash

I love the simplicity of Sesame Street characters. I love that [Elmo is] just an orange nose and two eyes and no tongue — just a black mouth — and you just find that by just the tilt of the head or looking up, it says something. There’s an emotion there.

— Kevin Clash: Making Elmo Come To Life

How do you get to Sesame Street? Practice, practice, practice.

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[And then I’d say,] ‘Give Elmo a hug and let’s sing. I tried to pull them away from it as much as possible. Mommy and Daddy were there to explain a little bit more, and we’re there to entertain and try and take them away from it.

— Kevin Clash on visiting with small kids affected by September 11th. 

They really don’t look at me when they see Elmo. They run to Elmo because it’s a friend of theirs that they’ve been talking to and communicating with and singing with for so many years. We’ve found that the delusion is not broken by seeing us puppeteers.

— Kevin Clash, the man behind Sesame Street’s Elmo. 

Meet Kevin Clash. Over the past 25 years, Clash has transformed Elmo into one of the most recognizable characters on Sesame Street.

Israeli Sesame Street. Indian Sesame Street. French Sesame Street. Brazilian Sesame Street.

Bert & Ernie ~ Porch Pumpkins 2009 (by Angie Naron)

One of tomorrow’s guests is red, furry, 3, and yes, he’s interviewed Neil Patrick Harris. He also has his own theme song. (Kevin Clash and Elmo are our guests.)

bookshelvesofdoom:

Sesame Street: At Your Library.

oh hey childhood memory that didn’t come back until right now.

Tomorrow is 11/1/11.

The numbers all go to ELEVEN! (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest)

SpiderMonster: The Musical

Related: At Long Last, Curtain To Rise On Spider-Man (NPR)

Rubber Duckie by Little Richard

sesamestreet:

Happy birthday, Elmo! 

Happy Birthday, you furry little monster!

Elmo on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me

Composing Sesame Street’s Music

Sesame Street’s Former Head Writer, Jeff Moss, on Fresh Air