Petition updateKevin Clash, please come back to "Sesame Street" as the puppeteer and voice of "Elmo".A person goes on an obtuse rant against my protest!
Ian CotterKea'au, HI, United States
May 3, 2017

Hello there again. I have to announce about just a little bit of bad news, but it's not big bad news, it's just a little bit of it.

A person named Anthony Thompson, who's a huge fan of The Muppets, like I am, and who's also a volunteer at Center for Puppetry Arts (located in Atlanta, Georgia) (I heard it's a good place, though, where you can learn about the history of The Muppets), has sent me, not a comment, but a message, as he sent me a private message, talking to me about my Facebook page, along with my change.org online petition, and according to what he told me, he was like:

Hey. I think you should realize that Kevin being at the age he is now, can't do Elmo's falsetto voice anymore. It would be nice if Keven came back to Sesame, but he doesn't need to take back the role of Elmo. Some people say that Ryan Dillon's Elmo is actually more tolerable because, he feels like a real child. So if you want Kevin to come back to Sesame, change the petition and Facebook page to say bring Kevin back as a puppeteer and senior creative adviser, so that Hoots the Owl can come back and all the humans can come back, and Ryan can still have the role of Elmo. Just a suggestion.

And then, I edited my change.org online petition, just a little bit, along with my Facebook page, just a little bit, too, but just to make both of them even more pointful. But I really didn't want to do what he told me to do. And then, later on, after that, I sent him a message back, just to tell him that I did just a little bit of editing on both my change.org online petition, along with my Facebook page. And then, later on, after that, while he sent me back a message, he was then like:

It doesn't look like you edited anything. I told you, Kevin shouldn't come back as Elmo; he should come back as a puppeteer and Sesame Street's senior creative adviser. When Brian Meehl came back to Sesame in '93, he didn't take back the roles of Telly and Elmo. It should be the same with Kevin. So please change your Facebook page and petition to say that.

But, once again, like I said before, I really didn't want to do what he told me to do. And so, unfortunately, instead of agreeing with me, he missed my point, and while that, instead, he went on an obtuse rant against me! Just because he disagreed with me (and I'm fine with that), it doesn't mean that he has to tell me to do something, that I don't want to do! My main point is, is that, when this awful scandal happened to Kevin Clash, and forced him to resign, I was angry and against it, and I still am! And that is why I am going to keep on protesting, and I am NOT planning on ending the protest anytime soon, and it will end when Kevin Clash comes back to Sesame Street as the puppeteer and voice of Elmo, because, again, I miss him, especially his Elmo puppeteering and voice, and it has adored my childhood! And also, that's why my page, along with my petition, is only recommended for huge fans of both Elmo and Kevin Clash, and for those out there who agree and are with me! Now, this is just for an example here; Kevin Clash's last known public performance of Elmo was during a radio interview with WNYC on October 30th, 2012, shortly following the Hurricane Sandy, which struck the eastern seaboard that week (20 days before his official resignation from Sesame Workshop). If you don't believe me, click on the link to listen to the full-length audio clip, so that, you could hear it for yourself:

https://www.wnyc.org/story/247294-elmo-explains-hurricane-sandy/

Now, for those of you out there, I do thank you for liking my Facebook page, and for signing my petition, too. And for those of you out there who haven't yet signed my petition, please do so here, and share it with others. And also, for those of you out there who haven't yet gave my Facebook page a like, please do so, and share it with others, so that, they could also give it a like. Here's the link, once again:

https://www.facebook.com/comebackkevinclash/

Oh, and speaking of which, another person named Evy Breit, who's the manager at Sesame Street, just recently gave my Facebook page a like, and I do thank her for doing that, and I also give her my big shout-out to her. Please check out her Facebook account here:

https://www.facebook.com/evy.breit

If you're reading this message, Evy Breit, that's my big shout-out to you, and I do thank you for giving my Facebook page a like. And also, please make sure that you sign my petition here, and share it with others, too.

That's all I have to say for right now. Thanks for reading and listening to my message.

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