Cookie Monster got arrested yesterday for shoving a toddler. Obviously it was a man dressed up as Cookie Monster, and it happened in Times Square, where basically nothing good will ever happen, but still, come on Cookie Monster!
As it turns out, Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash is an innocent man after all -- the 'Sesame Street' veteran was recently accused of having an affair with a 16 year old some seven years ago, but now the accuser has recanted the allegations.
Several of the actors who voice Sesame Street characters are protesting budget cuts to Public Broadcasting. Emilio Delgado (Luis), Roscoe Orman (Gordon), and Bob McGrath (Bob) were in Washington to let congress members know their opposition to the proposed cuts.