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Did anyone notice the Elmo puppet being used in this film?

posted 16 years ago by sinceimetjc
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I just rented the movie, and was watching it today with my daughter and my father. I had just finished telling my dad about how Elmo wasn't around when this movie was made, when long and behold, I see the Elmo puppet. He's very near the end of the movie, when Big Bird comes back to Sesame Street. You see him after Maria says that BB doesn't need another family. They show some puppets hanging out of a window,a nd he says, "No, no, no, ho," but his voice is not the same. It looks like Elmo started out as an extra puppet that was lying around, and they decided to make a main character out of him. What do you think?

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[–] wyldmandann 16 years ago

it was probly just a random red muppet that was lieing around.
unless of course Elmo's evil plan to destroy everything good and decent about Sesame Street includes time travel

[–] branenj001 16 years ago

Yeah, Elmo has been around since almost the begining apparently but as a background monster. He just came forward as a main charactor in recent years to drive us all batty LOL

[–] calishreveguy 16 years ago

He is probably the only muppet ever that I cringe every time I see it. I wanted to gauge my eyes out the millionth time I saw the tickle me elmo commercial.

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[–] rooseveltfranklin1982 16 years ago

I think Richard Hunt performed Elmo during this movie. This movie actually came out right before Elmo became a full time charachter, played by Kevin Clash.

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[–] weird_beard 14 years ago

How old is the "Me Claudius" episode of Monsterpiece Theater? He was one of the muppets in that as well, and that's from the late 70s or very early 80s, I think.

[–] Bridget99 14 years ago

Why did the two Sleaze Brothers go to jail, when it was only Sam whom stole the apple?

What did Sid do wrong? Who did he upset? It is presumed that Sid had to spend the rest of his life behind bars for a crime that he didn't even commit. Miss Finch deserved a comupprance for persecuting Big Bird.

Miss Finch was much nasty than Sid, although probably not as evil as Sam.

Both Sam Sleaze and Miss Finch deserved imprisionment, but Sid should have got away scott free. After all, Sid was bullied an awful lot by his brother Sam.