Someone PLEASE Help Elmo! (Sesame Street)

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🗓️ 19 November 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Join Film Theory Host MatPat as he settles the LEGENDARY feud between Elmo and Rocco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right guys, it's time to reveal the theory of the day.
0:03.0	Are you ready?
0:04.0	Okay, okay, here I go.
0:05.5	The theory of the day is...
0:07.0	Sesame Street!
0:08.0	My friend, Toothpicky here.
0:10.0	Say hi Toothpicky.
0:12.0	Toothpicky says that the theory of the day is that Sesame Street has a dark secret.
0:18.0	And that it all begins with Elmo wanting to bump off his friend's pet
0:21.6	Rock.
0:22.6	But I wanted to...
0:23.6	But that really?
0:24.6	The root of the problem is more systematic.
0:26.6	Toothbicki says that in the end, what Rocco represents is older generations failing to establish
0:31.6	proper social norms and a troubling tendency of defaulting to victim blaming!
0:36.6	Uh, wow, that was very insightful.
0:38.3	He said all that?
0:39.3	Yup.
0:40.3	Now I'm curious, what else does toothpickie have to say?
0:43.3	That I deserve a raise?
0:44.3	Your toothpick friend is stupid, Dan. Hello internet, welcome to film theory, the show that'll always let you have the last oatmeal raisin cookie.
1:09.4	You know what's wild? My parents grew up with Sesame Street and then I grew up with Sesame Street and now my son Oliver can also grow up with Sesame Street after his Paul Patrol phase of course. This show started all the way back in 1969. It has run for an insane 52 seasons. A total of 4,626 episodes so far.
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