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...doing Elmo something you can just turn on and off in your head, in terms of entering the character? A couple days ago [Sesame Street Muppeteer] Caroll Spinney did a radio interview, and he brought Oscar the Grouch. The interviewers were like, "But nobody can see him." Well, we're portraying these characters. We can't just sit there as ourselves and do that voice and personality. We're puppeteers. It's kind of weird for us to sit in front of people, even if it's radio, and not have the puppet there...
...everybody could see him personally thank everybody for all the years that he loved watching the show. I mean, to watch Ray Charles come in and sing the alphabet; to watch Tony Bennett singing "Slimey to the Moon"; to sit there with Robert De Niro and have him teach Elmo how to act - where else in this world, on television, could you get that? (See pictures of Sesame Street's 40-year cavalcade of stars...
...Street has always stood apart. The statistics of how many adults watch the show who don't have children is amazing. I got one letter from a husband and wife who said when they get home and they've had a bad day, they pop in the Best of Elmo video. The guy sent me the cover to sign, to give as a 10th anniversary gift to his wife. I hope that's not the only thing he was giving. But it was really sweet...
When you do live events with children and Elmo, do they see you? Some of the time they do. Most of the time they don't. But I'm telling you, they just see me holding their friend. They don't know me from a hole in the wall and they don't care...
...that guy hanging out with Elmo. I'm the guy holding their friend. Ever since I've been doing Sesame Street that's been the case. They don't care about...