Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and a few weeks ago I was lucky enough to visit the set of the show to the shoot an episode of Rocketboom.
Here are the interviews with Elmo and Cookie Monster. I think you can tell from my permasmile that it was pure joy to meet these furry stalwarts of my youth. Thank you to Philip Toscano at Sesame Workshop and rockin’ Rocketboom producer Leah D’Emilio for facilitating the fulfillment of a childhood dream!
By the way, if you fancy taking a nostalgic trip back to the rhymes and songs you learned when you were four, the Sesame Street website has a heap of classic videos. (Remember Teeny Little Super Guy? And the emotionally resonant If The Moon Were A Cookie? I get all verklempt looking at this stuff.)
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You looked so full of childlike happiness through all the videos.
It was infectious.
I cannot fully express how happy & joyful those video made me this morning. Thank you Ella & Rocketboom!
Woh verklempt indeed!
Now you can say your have been on Sesame Street ! This is yoiu realise like haveing your own Hollywood Star! Congratulations Ella!
Awesome interviews. These clips are so fun & full of life! Keep up the good work.
Totally agree with Nick! After I watched your interviews with Elmo and Cookie Monster, I looked up your blog and your blog posts are inspiring and great to read. You definitely have something special about you that is infectious. Congrats on all your achievements and being brave enough to follow your dream.
The shot of you and Cookie Monster caught my eye on YouTube (and subsequently, made me discover your website here). Very cool adventures!
Now I’m going to find a lonely chocolate chip cookie and am going to Om Nom nOm NoM into happiness…
Thanks for the FUN video clips!
These are adorable. The Cookie Monster interview is priceless.
Ella! Your Sesame Street interviews are a categorical delight! To begin, your rapport with the characters makes them absolutely real; it’s like some sort of soul-to-soul relationship. You do a great job of conveying the significance of the creatures and their world. Most of all, and this can’t be understated, you are just a gem. Keep believing in yourself with abandon!
great interview, I really enjoy it
Another great piece of work. I hate to admit my age but I grew up on Sesame Street, the early years, and I’m glad to see that Sesame Street is alive and well after all these years and generating interest from new media like your blog and Rocketboom. Thanks for the smiles.
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Freaking awesome! I loved the interviews and how timely. Never got the whole “Om nom nom nom” thing up until now. I know – how old school.
The best interviews I’ve seen in an age – even eclipsing this Mr T one : http://gnatgnat.com/2009/09/mr-t-interviewed/
Awesome work…
A friend of mine linked the Cookie Monster interview on Facebook and from there I have become a fan of you. You’re blog and videos are so much fun, and you seem to have an amazing personality. It almost makes me wish I still lived in NYC in the off chance I would meet you on the street, in a totally non-creepy the way you wanted to meet Gillian Anderson way.
Hi Ella Morton
I was looking for some videos of Sesame Street when I found your interview with Cookie Monster.
I’ve watched it a few times, so far, and it never ceases to amaze me. There’s such a chemistry between Cookie Monster and you. It’s such a pity that we don’t have Sesame Street in English here in Brazil. The RocketBoom interview led me to other videos you shot and to A Sprinkle of Ginger and Rocket Boom itself, wich I didn’t knew. You’re very charismatic as an entertainer . Keep up the good work!
I really enjoyed the interviews you had with our furry friends. Seriously, they’ve been on for so long, and are so much part of our social psyche, that they can be considered as old friends
I must admit, I am a bit envious that you get to trade banter and dance with them, even get your own “Ella’s world” song. But that smile you have during the interviews made the green eyed non-Sesame Street monster go away.
Keep up the awesome work!
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM…
Like everyone else who’ve commented, I find these videos adorable and joyful… but I can’t help wondering if it’s weird with the muppeteer under the couch.
Your easy chemistry with the Sesame Street characters reminds me of a “talking head” documentary I saw once that talked about how children visit the set and interact with the characters. Children don’t see the adult attached to the muppet – they see only the character.
These videos, especially your “Nom nom nom” interview with Cookie Monster, demonstrate not only your childlike glee at having that opportunity but your excellent presentation skills. Well done!
I love Elmo, and am always surprised when I recall he is played by this rather tall black man.