Elmo: You okay, Chris?

Chris: I'm good, I'm good.

Elmo: You ready?

Chris: Yeah, I'm ready. Oh, hey!

Red light's on. Hey, hi, everybody.

I'm Chris.

Elmo: Oh, and Elmo's Elmo.

Chris: Mm-hmm, he sure is.

I work at Hooper's Store right here on Sesame Street.

I'm on my lunch break right now,

so I thought it would be good to take some time

to spend some good time with my good buddy Elmo over here.

Elmo: Oh. Yeah, this is like a play date.

Chris: Yes. Oh, yeah. Yes, a play date.

Elmo: Okay.

Chris: Okay. Um Elmo, I was surprised to find out

that there are a lot of people

interested in asking you questions.

Elmo: Really? They are?

Chris: They really are.

Elmo: A lot?

Chris: A whole lot of questions.

Elmo: Wow.

Chris: In fact, questions came

from all over the world

using this platform called Moderator on YouTube.

Now, the public voted on which questions they liked the most,

and those are the questions I'm going to be asking you today.

Elmo: Oh, that sounds cool.

Chris: It is cool. Hey, check it out.

Elmo: From all over the world?

Chris: From all over the world.

And you know what?

While I was in the shower this morning,

I thought of something.

Elmo: Are you gonna tell us

about what you did in the shower?

Chris: Well, yeah. Well, one thing, other than washing.

Um, hey, true story.

Elmo: Okay, go ahead.

Chris: I was thinking to myself

that since I'm gonna be the one asking you questions--

Elmo: Yes?

Chris: Uh, I'm kind of the moderator for Moderator.

Elmo: Ha ha ha ha! That's funny, Chris.

Chris: It's not.

Elmo: Elmo didn't get it.

Chris: Neither did I. I was hoping.

Okay, why don't we get to the questions?

Elmo: Oh, okay.

Chris: There we go. All right.

Okay, the first question is...

Elmo: Hmm?

Chris: "Hi Elmo,

"I was just wondering what your favorite thing to do is!

Thanks!"

That's from MezzoGirl101.

Elmo: MezzoGirl101.

Hi, MezzoGirl101.

What--what was that?

What Elmo likes to do?

Chris: Yes. What's your favorite thing to do?

Elmo: My first favorite thing to do...

Chris: Yes?

Elmo: Um, Elmo loves to have play dates

with all his friends.

Chris: Yeah, yeah.

Elmo: And also feed Dorothy too.

Chris: Ah, feed Dorothy. That's a--okay, that's really--

Elmo: She always gets so happy. Ha ha ha!

Chris: You get happy too, buddy.

Elmo: Yeah.

Chris: Okay, what's our next question?

"Hey Elmo." Okay, this comes from dophino22.

"Hey Elmo."

Elmo: Hello, dophino22.

Okay, go ahead, Chris.

Chris: Okay, good.

"Hey Elmo, I was wondering,

how long did it take you to crayon your whole apartment?"

Elmo: Ha ha ha ha! Hey, that's a good question.

It took Elmo 2 1/2 weeks.

Chris: Yeah, he wasn't the only one, too.

Elmo: Yeah, because Elmo had some help.

Chris: Mm-hmm. Messed up--

Elmo: From all of his friends on Sesame Street.

Chris: I messed up my jeans a couple times,

but it's okay, it's okay.

Elmo: With a crayon?

Chris: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you'd be surprised.

I can mess up pretty much anything.

Uh, what's our next question?

Okay, this one is, "What would you do

if you woke up and were suddenly purple?"

Eh!

Elmo: Purple? Who is that from?

Chris: That is from mbsegurae.

I hope I got that right.

Elmo: mbsegurae. Elmo hopes so too.

Ha ha ha ha!

So what-- what would Elmo do

if he woke up and he was purple?

Chris: Mm-hmm.

Elmo: Hmm. Elmo doesn't know.

Elmo--Elmo would be kind of scared and concerned,

because Elmo likes being red.

Chris: Really?

I would think it was just you

holding your breath for a really long time, like...

Elmo: No, that's a really long time.

Chris: Yeah, it's too long.

Elmo: But Elmo would talk to Elmo's mommy and daddy

and ask them why,

and hopefully, they would have an answer.

Chris: Okay, all right. That's a good answer, buddy.

I like that. Okay.

Elmo: Thank you.

Chris: Let's check out the next question.

Daniel: Hi, Elmo. My name is Daniel.

Elmo: Hi, Daniel!

Daniel: And this is Olivia.

And we wanted to know,

how do you actually get to Sesame Street?

Chris: That is a good question.

How do you actually get to Sesame Street?

Hello, Olivia.

Elmo: Well, you could take a plane.

Chris: Mm-hmm.

Elmo: And then you could take a bus.

Chris: Mm-hmm.

Elmo: And the subway.

And then, hopefully, you'd get there then.

Chris: Yes, yeah, okay. Very good, buddy.

Have you ever gotten lost on your way to Sesame Street?

Elmo: Well, no, because Elmo lives on Sesame Street,

and if Elmo went anywhere,

his mommy or his daddy or a grownup would take him.

Chris: Good answer, buddy. Good answer.

Okay, let's check out the next question.

Okay, this is--

Elmo: Wow, this is a long one.

Chris: Yeah, this is from Oliver in Germany.

Elmo: Oh! Hello, Oliver in Germany!

Chris: "Hi Elmo, my name is Oliver.

My daddy is in the military and is deployed right now."

Elmo: Oh.

Chris: "I know your daddy has deployed too,

"and I was just wondering what you do

to stay happy when your daddy is gone?"

Good question.

Elmo: Well, one thing that Elmo does is,

Elmo looks at the same moon that Elmo's daddy does

at the same time.

And that's when we think about each other.

Yeah, and then, sometimes,

we get to see each other on the computer

and say hello.

And then Elmo sends him pictures of Elmo

and the things that he's doing.

So, we keep in contact that way,

and that makes both of us feel so much better.

Chris: That was a really good answer, Elmo.

Elmo: Why, thank you.

Chris: Do you ever show him pictures of us?

Elmo: Of you?

Chris: Yeah, well, me and everyone else on Sesame Street.

Elmo: Yeah, Elmo will do that next time.

Chris: Okay, okay. All right.

Please tell him I say hi when you talk to him again, okay?

Elmo: Okay.

Chris: Awesome. Okay. What's the next question?

"Hi Elmo!

"How much does a house cost on Sesame Street,

because I want to move in."

How much does a house cost?

Elmo: Wait, who is that from?

Chris: That is from MyJKProductions.

Elmo: Hello, MyJKProductions!

So you want to move in to Sesame Street.

You know, Elmo never had to worry about that,

because Elmo's mommy and daddy brought him here.

Chris: Mm-hmm.

Elmo: And they must have bought the place or something.

Um, Elmo thinks it probably is a gazillion dollars.

Chris: No, no, no, buddy. It can't be that much.

Elmo: No? Not a gazillion dollars?

Chris: No, no.

Elmo: Why?

Chris: Because inflation--

Elmo: Well, is it a buyer market

or is it a selling market?

Chris: Uh, that's a really good question, buddy. I really--

Elmo: Elmo heard Mommy and Daddy talking about that.

Chris: I don't know.

Elmo: So you don't know if it's a buyer market

or a selling market on Sesame Street?

Chris: No, Elmo, I just came here to go to college.

Elmo: And you're the moderator?

Chris: Yeah. Hey, I moderate the questions, not the answers.

Elmo: Oh, okay. Next question.

Chris: Yeah, there we go. Okay.

[serene music]

Okay, this one says,

"How did you and Ernie become such good friends?

"Because if you two have the courage to sing together,

you must be pretty tight."

That's from Emily in Texas.

Elmo: Hello, Emily in Texas.

Well, Elmo is really, really tight with Ernie.

He's so cool.

We have a lovely time singing together and playing.

And he's silly, too. Ha ha ha!

Elmo loves his laugh. He laughs like this.

[imitates Ernie's laugh]

[Chris laughs]

Elmo: Ha ha ha ha ha!

Thanks for that question.

Chris: That was a good question.

Elmo: Yeah.

Chris: Oh, okay, buddy.

Why don't we check out the next question?

Elmo: Okay.

Chris: All right. Okay, this one comes from TheGreatGizzo.

Elmo: Oh, hello, TheGreatGizzo.

Chris: Hello, GreatGizzo.

Um, the question is, "Don't you feel guilty

that your friend Oscar lives in a trashcan?"

And also,

"You don't throw your garbage in his home, do you?"

Elmo: Well, why would Elmo feel guilty

about Oscar living in a trashcan?

That's the way he loves to live.

Chris: Mm-hmm, but do you throw trash in there?

Elmo: Uh, only when he asks, that he needs it,

that Elmo would throw trash in there.

Chris: See, that's a good friend, right there.

Elmo: Yeah. You have to ask first.

Chris: Yes.

Elmo: Yeah.

But he loves living in a trashcan.

You don't have to feel sorry for him.

Chris: See, if they lived on Sesame Street,

they'd know that.

Elmo: Yes.

Chris: Mm-hmm. Okay.

Let's check out the next question.

Ha! Okay!

"Elmo, if you were given the chance,

"would you be the first monster

"to ever go to the planet Mars?

And, "If so, what would you say when you first step on Mars?"

That's from Sean in California.

Elmo: Oh, hello, Sean in California.

Chris: That's a lot.

Elmo: Boy, yeah.

Um, if Elmo was the first monster

to be on Mars--

Chris: Yes?

Elmo: And he saw a Martian

Chris: Yes?

Elmo: What would Elmo say?

Chris: Yeah.