Sesame Street used Google Moderator to sort through questions from Elmo’s fans then put the red furry guy in a YouTube video to answer them. The resulting 20-minute interview is both adorable and touching, and it has accumulated more than 3.5 million views over the weekend.
Questions were asked by kids and adults alike, and they included standards like “What’s your favorite food?” along with “How do you actually get to Sesame Street?” and serious ones like, “How do you keep from getting sad when your daddy is away?”
Soliciting questions from fans on the Internet and answering them in web videos is commonplace now. It’s been going on for a long time, but the recent megahit ad campaign featuring the Old Spice Guy took it to a new level, and even TV host Conan O’Brien has jumped on the bandwagon.
The Old Spice Guy is sexy and Conan is hilarious, but we challenge you to make the case that either one of them is anywhere near as heartwarming as Elmo!
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