The Cast of 'Sesame Street' Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

hi there i'm burt and i'm ernie and this is our wired auto wait are you doing this for me elmo can't read yet so elmo has a helper she's very tall if it's autocomplete can i just not do this i'm so excited okay let's see how does sesame street change the world wow well sesame street changes the world by showing people the best in every one of us and he's helping us being smarter stronger and kinder boy elmo just thinks that sesame street makes people happy and spreads joy we all about kindness about being kind to everybody even this lady who we not see her face how does one get to sesame street i thought this was going to be a question really for the count are you coming from the east or from the west it makes a big difference take the r to steinway get out walk down the block and there you are i personally started a new little tunnel area right to my fairy garden a mole helped me i think one way is to be very generous and cooperate with other people you know and then you can just find your way to sesame street because sesame street has a way of attracting those kind of people brut that i think very well answer i think i i i think people were just wanting to know like you know basic directions oh uber maybe someone should write a song about it what's this one how does the sesame street song go okay everybody can you tell me how to get i'll get to sesame street how to get to sesame street that's how the sesame street song goes it's a beauty you should download it how does sesame street get celebrities how do we get celebrities um facebook i just always thought that they were on rosita's cell phone they just kind of drop out to the sky well you know what they're just people in our neighborhood yeah and i also think that big bird has all the contacts in his cell phone we also have a really good talent booking department what is big bird name in spanish oh that's easy it's pajaro grande what is big bird's dress on sesame street oh i live in my nest near 123 sesame street what's big bird's real name big bird or big bird what species is big bird well i've been told that i'm a lark um oscar says that i'm i'm part homing pigeon but but i think i'm a biggest canarius look it up what is big bird's favorite snack well you know i love bird seed milkshakes yeah mr hooper used to make them for me at hooper's store and now alan makes me bird seed milk cheeks yummy did cookie monster change to veggie monster we hear this all the time no me cookie monster once and for all me cookie monster me not brussel sprouts monster me not spinach monster me cookie monster can we put end to this vicious rumor next sorry we question a little carried away does cookie monster eat real cookies of course me cookie monster you think we eat a fake cookie no me it's real cookies and we love chocolate chippies disney favorite does cookie monster eat vegetables we do but we still cookie monster me not veggie monsters eat that where misconception happened we love all kinds of food but we love cookies but we eat vegetables be healthy monster does cookie monster have a nose we know you no can see it but we do have nose it's way down deep in the fur see me use me little tiny nose to smell cookies how does the count laugh where is the lightning where is the thunder what is the count's favorite number oh that is easy it is seven no at 12. now uh 26. no it is so difficult i have so many favorite numbers how many fingers does the count have let's count them one two three four five six seven eight eight fingers all together is the count from sesame street a vampire yes but i am a vampire with an unquenchable thirst for numbers how old is the count from sesame street i am six million five hundred twenty three thousand seven hundred twenty eight years old next october is sesame street real of course it's real i i'm there i live there there's my mommy and my daddy and all my friends the sesame street we love courses real quick i think the answer is obvious okay you you wouldn't be watching us answer these questions if it wasn't real right is sesame street in new york new york baby boy it does in the uh sixth borough i believe well sesame street is everywhere it's also in our heart oh as a matter of fact there's sesame street all over the world i forgot sesame street's the longest street in the whole wide world go figure all right all right let's get this over with uh who is oscar the grouch named after i'm named after my uncle phillip uh who is oscar the grouch's best friend well i don't really have a best friend but i am kind of close to uh this worm his name is slimy who is oscar the grouch's girlfriend oh you talking about grungetta yeah i like to argue with her a lot if that's who you're talking about all right so uh we're done here huh what a couple more oh come on you got to be kidding me does elmo have ears does elmo have ears no does elmo have a last name elmo monster naturally does elmo have a tail boy i'ma hope's not someone never thought about that before does elmo have parents a mommy and a daddy hi mommy hi daddy who this person holding card why we not see you face is cookie monster still on sesame street we got the rent control department me not going anywhere is cookie monster going away like vacation cookie monsters there's an s is cookie monster's real name sid actually it is the real name sid monster be intrigued by this person is cookie monster the here we go again with the veggie monster what we have to say in this world to convince people that we cookie monster what what we have lady what we have to do what is cookie monsters real we just we just got it sid well i want you to know that i really enjoyed working with you this has been really wonderful and i hope that someday people will get to see your face you want to come to sesame street come on let's go you got google maps

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Length: 8min 11sec (491 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 22 2017