{"id":146886,"date":"2025-07-15T05:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T05:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/jon-stewart-presents-sesame-street-spoof-addressing-elmos-tweets\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T05:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T05:34:14","slug":"jon-stewart-presents-sesame-street-spoof-addressing-elmos-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/jon-stewart-presents-sesame-street-spoof-addressing-elmos-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Presents &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217; Spoof Addressing Elmo&#8217;s Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOnce once more, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jon-stewart\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jon-stewart\" data-tag=\"jon-stewart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Stewart<\/a> had a \u201ctremendous show planned for you \u2014 well-designed, articulate,\u201d however the tidal wave of present occasions wouldn&#8217;t let that slide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIt was \u201ca truly illuminating dive into the overlooked role of the commodities markets in trade deficit accounting,\u201d the host started on tonight\u2019s episode of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-daily-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-daily-show\" data-tag=\"the-daily-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Show<\/a><\/em>. \u201cIt was going to be so funny. But sadly at the last minute we had to scrap all that because <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/elmo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_elmo\" data-tag=\"elmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elmo<\/a> \u2026 lost his f\u2014ing mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStewart was referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/elmo-account-hacked-sesame-street-1236456579\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hacking of Elmo\u2019s X account<\/a> by an unknown entity on Sunday, with Sesame Workshop confirming this morning that the compromised account had now been \u201csecured.\u201d Before elimination, the tweets espoused racist and antisemitic views, and in addition referred to as for the discharge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeffrey-epstein\" data-tag=\"jeffrey-epstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> recordsdata by president <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" id=\"auto-tag_donald-trump\" data-tag=\"donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>, whom the account deemed a \u201cchild f\u2014er.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cAs someone who has worked with Elmo \u2026 as everybody definitely remembers,\u201d Stewart maintained the tweets have been \u201cshocking\u201d to him, earlier than continuing to spoof <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sesame-street\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sesame-street\" data-tag=\"sesame-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sesame Street<\/a> <\/em>together with his personal Elmo sock puppet. In mimicking the Muppet, Stewart appeared in a split-screen on-line, although in-person audiences might see he was puppeteering off to the aspect; in moments, the host was by chance caught doing the voice on digicam and struggled to suppress his laughter on the actually hilarious bit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAt first, Elmo hopped into the phase enthusiastically, prepared to speak about \u201crainbows,\u201d earlier than Stewart prompted him to show to the true topic of the day: \u201cThe Jews,\u201d mentioned a remorseful Elmo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCovering his face from guilt, the puppet maintained, \u201cThey hacked Elmo! They guessed Elmo\u2019s password was Elmo! Elmo123. Elmo knows passwords should have more numbers, but Elmo only knows three numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhen Stewart pressed additional, demanding accountability, Elmo\u2019s revelation shocked viewers members: \u201cIt\u2019s true, Elmo wasn\u2019t hacked. It was Elmo. But Elmo was radicalized by the manosphere. Elmo is part of the male loneliness epidemic. You-you-you see, what happened was, Elmo was doing his own research on flu shots. Six hours later, because of the algorithm, Elmo was moderating the QAnon Discord chat and building homemade bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAnd when the host hit a ache level in asking Elmo to say additional duty for his actions as a task mannequin for teenagers, the red-haired character exploded: \u201cAre you canceling Elmo?! Once again, the so-called tolerant left policing speech that\u2019s inconvenient to their woke dogma. Who\u2019s the real puppet now, Jon?! You! You\u2019re the real puppet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStewart, in fact, was left speechless, alleging Elmo was spewing \u201calt-right talking point word salad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cYeah, you said it, not Elmo. Elmo\u2019s alt-right. No reason to cancel Elmo\u2019s funding then,\u201d the puppet mentioned despondently, revealing one more stunning fact \u2014 that he\u2019s pandering to the GOP to maintain funding for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/pbs-kids\/\">PBS Kids<\/a> after the Trump\u00a0administration\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/05\/trump-pbs-kids-ready-to-learn-1236387066\/\">terminated training grants<\/a>\u00a0again in May. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe continued, \u201cElmo can\u2019t go back on the streets, Jon! You have no idea what it\u2019s like. Elmo\u2019s too pretty to live under a bridge, Jon. It\u2019s a life brought to you by the letter sucking d\u2014, OK? Elmo won\u2019t! Elmo won\u2019t go back. Elmo <em>can\u2019t <\/em>go back. No!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter the phase, Stewart dived into the latest right-wing ire at Trump\u2019s waffling on the discharge of the Epstein recordsdata, which was initially among the many basic factors of his platform. Before signing off, Elmo reappeared as soon as extra to declare: \u201cViva la revoluci\u00f3n! Antifa forever,\u201d including that listening to Stewart\u2019s \u201ctrenchant analysis of the many hypocrisies of the right have re-radicalized Elmo to the populist left. Free Luigi [Mangione]!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Once once more, Jon Stewart had a \u201ctremendous show planned for you \u2014 well-designed, articulate,\u201d however the tidal wave of present occasions wouldn&#8217;t let that slide. It was \u201ca truly illuminating dive into the overlooked role of the commodities markets in trade deficit accounting,\u201d the host started on tonight\u2019s episode of The Daily Show. 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