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ididnotnothat
11-20-2012, 11:55 AM
Kevin Clash, Elmo Puppeteer has resigned due to the sexaul assault allegations against him.

I'm sure they'll find a replacement soon enough.
spurs_fan_in_exile
11-20-2012, 11:58 AM
Which end of Elmo was he using?
Wild Cobra
11-20-2012, 12:11 PM
This isn't going no where. The accuser keeps changing his story.
leemajors
11-20-2012, 12:23 PM
This isn't going no where. The accuser keeps changing his story.

this is a new allegation, allegedly took place ~20 years ago:

http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/clash-leaving-sesame-street.html
spurs_fan_in_exile
11-20-2012, 01:28 PM
As to the actual question of the thread title it won't end Elmo (and the OP states as much) but I can't think of a worse time for it to hit than the busiest shopping week of the year. I don't want to throw around the word "conspiracy" but Dora and Diego's Christmas may have gotten a little merrier. Honestly I don't even know what's supposed to be the big seller this year. Still it's tough to see a big ad blitz for him or almost anything Sesame Street, and tarnished nostalgia might turn off the aunts and uncles of the world looking for gift ideas regardless of the veracity of the charges.
monosylab1k
11-20-2012, 02:32 PM
I bought Being Elmo a few weeks ago but haven't gotten around to watching it, this news should make that documentary a little more interesting :lol
Buddy Holly
11-21-2012, 12:28 AM
Kevin Clash, Elmo Puppeteer has resigned due to the sexaul assault allegations against him.

I'm sure they'll find a replacement soon enough.

The puppets on Sesame Street and the Muppets have two or three different voice actors behind them. Kevin Clash probably did 30% of the Elmo voice in the last few years. He was the main guy in the office at Sesame Street.
Wild Cobra
11-21-2012, 03:50 AM
I wonder how Elmo toys will be selling this Christmas season?
Smart Ass
11-21-2012, 04:53 PM
I wonder how Elmo toys will be selling this Christmas season?

They will all end up in the closet.
Wild Cobra
11-22-2012, 04:09 AM
They will all end up in the closet.
LOL...

Quick whited, aren't you...
LkrFan
11-23-2012, 06:31 PM
Which end of Elmo was he using?
:lol
Wild Cobra
11-24-2012, 07:43 PM
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/Misc/elmo-01.jpg

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