Elmo Muppeteer Kevin Clash resigns from Sesame Street

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TMZ clearly caught Tom Kenny off guard. Not surprising.

Yeah that ended up being pretty pointless, lol. Though I did like his answer. Adults in general have added responsibility towards children, not just child entertainers, lol.

 

[D'Snowth]

Hey, I love Tom Kenny, he's one of the greats of our time, like a modern-day Mel Blanc, but I don't see the connection between him and the Muppets or SST, am I missing something? Why are they asking him for opinions?

 

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Hey, I love Tom Kenny, he's one of the greats of our time, like a modern-day Mel Blanc, but I don't see the connection between him and the Muppets or SST, am I missing something? Why are they asking him for opinions?

Because he's also someone who works in the children's entertainment field, whose character became very high profile. But yeah ultimately the connection was a stretch. Fellow voice actors would probably know each other but puppeteers are a different profession.

 

[Mo Frackle]

Because he's also someone who works in the children's entertainment field, whose character became very high profile. But yeah ultimately the connection was a stretch. Fellow voice actors would probably know each other but puppeteers are a different profession.

And I doubt TMZ knows the difference (the video description refers to Kevin as one of Tom's "fellow voice actors"). But in fairness, they're not the first.

 

[mupcollector1]

http://www.tmz.com/2012/11/25/kevin-clash-elmo-tom-kenny-spongebob-sesame-street/

TMZ clearly caught Tom Kenny off guard. Not surprising. And TMZ referred to Kevin as a "fellow voice actor", despite Tom clearly stating that he and Kevin are in two different fields. Again, not surprising.

I've seen this last week and boy did I get Mad at TMZ for it. I complained to them. And I got even more angry when they went after Brian Henson asking the same.

 

[MrBloogarFoobly]

TMZ has no class. They make the National Enquirer look reputable.

 

[mupcollector1]

TMZ has no class. They make the National Enquirer look reputable.

They make Fleet Scribber look lovable. lol

 

[Mo Frackle]

*Sigh* More people making videos on youtube in which they show off their attempts at imitating Elmo's voice. And they say that they can "replace" Kevin.

Okay, I've said this before, I'll say it again. Whomever is in charge of this matter isn't going to hold auditions, and grab some random person they never even met.

What will most likely happen is Kevin will name the new performer himself (or maybe he already has, I don't know).

Besides that, people are only caring about the voice. The performers are puppeteers, not voice actors. Voice is only about 10% of the performances.

 

[muppetlover123]

*Sigh* More people making videos on youtube in which they show off their attempts at imitating Elmo's voice. And they say that they can "replace" Kevin.

Okay, I've said this before, I'll say it again. Whomever is in charge of this matter isn't going to hold auditions, and grab some random person they never even met.

What will most likely happen is Kevin will name the new performer himself (or maybe he already has, I don't know).

Besides that, people are only caring about the voice. The performers are puppeteers, not voice actors. Voice is only about 10% of the performances.

nicely put i myself haven't seen the videos but still ...

 

[SSLFan]

http://www.muppetcentral.com/forum/...special-monday-december-10.53457/#post-989703

Looks like we will see "new Elmo" sooner then we thought guys. I must admit I'm very interested in seeing how this goes.