Elmo was born in 1980 as part of the supporting cast of ‘Sesame Street’, but gradually gained popularity to the point of practically surpassing any other character on the children’s show in plush toys, affection, nostalgia, and love. Over the years, the muppet has had his quarrels with pet rocks (it’s a long story) and has even had the last five minutes of the show all to himself. All for Elmo. Until now.
Elmo’s mental health
And the Muppet has had two very crazy moments this week that no one saw coming. The first one has to do with a tweet in which he wrote, from Sesame Street, “Elmo is checking! How is everyone doing?”. The responses were not long in coming and soon people from all over the world started sharing their mental health problems with a furry monster. “Every morning, I can’t wait to go back to sleep. Every Monday, I can’t wait for Friday to come” was one of the most retweeted. In the end, Elmo concluded with a “Wow! Elmo is glad he asked! Elmo has learned that it is important to ask a friend how they are“. Well saved by his social media team. But.
That same week, Elmo went to ‘Today’, the legendary morning show on NBC, to talk about mental health. At that moment, Larry David (co-creator of ‘Seinfeld’) appeared out of nowhere to throw a couple of punches saying, “Someone had to do it!”. Apparently, the writer and actor, who is preparing for the premiere of the last season of ‘Curb your enthusiasm’, couldn’t stand to hear any more about mental health and decided to break Elmo. Maybe it’s time for us to ask him how he’s doing. That’s what friends do, right?
