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...award-winning performer and producer with dozens of TV and film credits to his name, but he's far better known as a furry red monster. Clash is the puppeteer and the voice behind Elmo, one of the most popular characters on the seminal children's television show Sesame Street, which this week marks its 40th anniversary with a series of special episodes and a two-disc DVD set, Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days. Clash spoke to TIME about becoming Elmo, the show's many celebrity guests and why even grown-ups need a Sesame Street fix once...
...those lucky days that I was in the Muppeteer greenroom by myself, and he threw it to me and he said, "Come up with a voice." And I said [in Elmo's voice], "Hi everybody, it's Elmo!" and he said, "O.K., fine." (See the top 10 Sesame Street moments...
...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...
...know how many celebrity guests there have been on Sesame Street? I know that James Earl Jones was the first. And now we've had over 400. The most memorable were the ones that come in and have that feel for what the show has meant. I remember when Tracy Chapman came in, she was crying as she sang her song; she was just so overwhelmed by being there. Danny DeVito stood up on the steps so everybody could see him personally thank everybody for all the years that he loved watching the show. I mean, to watch Ray Charles...
...always have to be sensitive to the businesses,” she said. “When you close the street, you impact foot traffic, [but] it draws a lot of people to the square, people who want to be part of the action...