Julius Randle came under fire on Thursday and Friday for giving New York Knicks fans a thumb down and telling the press that was his way to say “shut the f*ck up.” Randle, during the fourth quarter of the Knicks’ 25-point comeback against the Boston Celtics on Thursday that was capped off with a game-winner by RJ Barrett, made a basket and did the gesture to the crowd at Madison Square Garden.
In the aftermath of the game, Randle was asked about the gesture, which he said was a way to express his frustrations over the fact that the hometown fans will boo the Knicks’ players. He came under fire from the Inside the NBA crew for his comments, as they more or less said this sort of thing happens in New York and that Randle shouldn’t be surprised that fans were upset at the time that they booed because the Knicks were losing.
One day later and Randle has issued up a statement on his Instagram account about the whole thing — while he did not explicitly say he was sorry, the All-Star forward told fans that “I should have handled things last night differently and expressed myself with more professionalism and more appropriate language in the heat of the moment.”
Randle’s next game in front of Knicks fans will be on Monday night when the team hosts the Spurs.
There are few pairings that go together better than stout and whiskey. That’s especially true when you’re talking about finishing whiskey in stout barrels. There’s a special alchemy that happens when wood soaked in the heavily roasted ale hits well-aged whiskey. Those deep bitter flavor notes from the stout — think coffee beans, dark chocolate, burnt vanilla, subtle spice, dried fruit, and dark sugar — can massage a whiskey towards bolder and deeper flavors that the palate adores.
With the whole whiskey world (and the entire spirits industry) booming, it’s no surprise to find that stout finished whisk(e)y is becoming more and more common around the world. Below, I’m ranking ten stout finished whiskeys that I dig. They each have a different vibe since we’re covering bourbon, Tennessee whiskey, Irish whiskey, scotch, and American single malt, but that’s what makes this so fun — surely there’ll be something for you in this mix.
This is classic blended Irish whiskey of 75 percent grain whiskey and 25 percent malt whiskey. That blend is then transferred into stout barrels that held Blacks of Kinsale Stout. It’s then batched, proofed all the way down, and bottled.
Tasting Notes:
The whiskey opens with an oatmeal cookie vibe with plenty of walnuts and raisins in the mix with mild spice, buttery (almost creamy) oats, and a nice dose of brown sugar. The palate adds vanilla into the mix as the taste darkens toward cooking-grade dark chocolate, a touch of espresso bitterness, and a slight sense of rum-raisin. The finish is pretty short, leans into the nuttiness and dried fruit, and leaves you with a mildly sweet note.
Bottom Line:
This is a very easy-drinking Irish whiskey. It’s straightforward, approachable, and affordable. But it’s also really more of a mixing whiskey than anything else, and you’ll feel the water from all that proofing.
Dubliner teamed up with Rascals Brewery in Dublin to create this “smoked” stout Irish whiskey. In this case, the stout is the smoked component. The whiskey is unpeated. Those barrels were sent back to Dubliner where they refilled them with their signature blended whiskey (grain and malt).
Tasting Notes:
This is the closest to a classic oatmeal cookie on the nose I think I’ve ever smelled with clear cinnamon powder, oats, butter, and brown sugar. That sweetness turns into pure honey on the nose with a floral nod that leads towards more cinnamon, a light note of heavily roasted walnut. A touch of singed coffee beans arrives late which denotes the “smoked stout” aspect, while a hint of vanilla leads back towards the cinnamon spice and honey on the back end.
Bottom Line:
This is just interesting all around. It’s one of those drams that grow on you the more you drink it.
This whisky is a trans-Atlantic concoction. Barrels from New Holland’s Dragon’s Milk Stout are shipped to the Highlands of Scotland for the finishing maturation of this unpeated malt whisky.
Tasting Notes:
This is very fruity from top to bottom with a nose full of grapefruit pith, cinnamon, oats, and maybe some apricot jam with a hint of wet straw. The taste builds on that straw towards a spicy graham cracker with drip coffee just inching in on the mid-palate. The finish arrives pretty quickly with that coffee leading towards a coffee creamer vibe with distant hints of vanilla, raisin, and maybe some ginger near the end.
Bottom Line:
This is interesting for a single malt. The fruitiness and maltiness of the Highland malt invite you in but then it’s the stout cask that keeps your attention. I kind of want this to be bolder or sharper with the stout notes but it was still perfectly fine, especially if you’re cutting it with a fizzy soda.
7. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Tasters’ Selection Barrel Reunion #2
This is classic Jack that’s finished off in barrels that held oatmeal stout from Tennessee breweries. That whiskey is then vatted, proofed with that iconic Jack Daniel’s cave water, and then bottled in the very limited run from 2020.
Tasting Notes:
The nose has a dryness to it that leans toward stringy cedar bark, dried espresso beans, and vanilla husks with a little note of dark chocolate-covered brandy cherries lurking in there somewhere. The palate really delivers on those boozy and chocolate-y cherries while layering in more dry wood bark that’s counterpointed by a sense of vanilla pudding that turns into a mint chocolate ice cream from the grocery store. The finish takes that dry wood and mint and cream and sort of turns it into a very faint menthol with a savory banana vibe and a final note of that cherry.
Bottom Line:
This was a bit all over the place for me back when I tasted it. Still, it has that familiar Jack vibe — thanks to the cherry — but then veers towards places you really wouldn’t expect. I can see some people really digging that or really not. For me, it’s interesting but not enthralling.
This Oregon whiskey is all about in-house production. The beer/base of the whiskey comes from Rogue’s own brewery. The juice is distilled on-site. And, finally, the barrels are hand-crafted — from barrels that held Rogue’s stout — at Rogue’s own barrel works. The American single malt spends one year mellowing in new Oregon oak casks before the juice is re-barreled in those stout casks for an additional two years of maturation.
Tasting Notes:
The nose invites you with a dark roast coffee cut with a few pumps of orange syrup and topped with a dark chocolate foam with a dusting of nutmeg. The palate largely delivers on that but lets the coffee bitter towards an espresso bean while the dark chocolate dries out into a powder and the spice warms towards candy cinnamon with a touch more of that orange lurking in the background. The mid-palate veers away from the dryness towards a creamy vanilla finish with a touch of powdered sugar and dark chocolate powder.
Bottom Line:
It’s easy to see how this took Double Gold at San Francisco last year. It’s super easy to drink and feels like a great introduction to stout finished whiskey. It does lean a little sweet for me, hence this ranking. Still, this is a fine bottle to grab if you come across it.
The triple distilled tipple is finished in stout casks from Galway Bay Brewery, making for a special bottle with plenty of depth that transports you straight to Ireland.
Tasting Notes:
Rye spice lurks behind notes of dark chocolate on the nose with a hint of dark citrus oils adding depth. Rich caramel and vanilla show up on the palate with a note of fatty and sweet plums next to sharp orange zest and eggnog spices. Finally, that caramel and chocolate marry with a slightly herbal/minty note that leads towards and spicy and warming end.
Bottom Line:
This is one of those bottles that I wish there was more off, especially for winter sipping. This feels like winter vibes in a bottle and makes for an excellent highball this time of year, especially with an orange twist.
Jameson Caskmates is the most accessible option on this list — you can get this stuff nationwide very easily. The whiskey barrels are seasoned with local Dubliner craft stout before the old-school Jameson juice goes in for a long mellowing period. The result is a blend that marries Irish whiskey with its most famous style of beer.
Tasting Notes:
Bales of hay stacked under apple and pear trees weighed down with fruit mingle with milk chocolate, hazelnuts, spice, and green tea, all accented by a hint of lemon zest. On the palate, florals and apples with spice give way to a clear sense of bitter coffee beans and cocoa nibs, with a distant echo of resin-forward hops. The chocolate comes back into play with a note of butterscotch as the long finish lingers and warms.
Bottom Line:
This really feels like the quintessential stout finished whiskey. It’s very clearly an Irish whiskey that embraces the finishing as it builds towards a finish on your palate. It’s not mind-blowing but it’s just really, really easy drinking and tasty.
This whiskey is a match made in Colorado. The whiskey is aged in imperial oatmeal stout from Breckenridge Brewing. The brewery and distillery are only two miles apart. So, there’s very little time in between the beer getting emptied from the barrels and the whiskey getting filled in, adding extra layers of flavor to the final product. Moreover, you can actually get the beer that was aged in the bourbon barrels for this project from Breckenridge Brewing in case you’re looking for a good pairing this winter.
Tasting Notes:
The nose on this one is surprisingly fruity with a mix of dark berries that are almost ntart with hints of ripe banana and chocolate-covered strawberries with a hint of burnt vanilla husks. The palate dries out that strawberry while the chocolate darkens as salted caramel kicks with an eggnog spice base and a touch of dry and mild chili pepper flakes. The finish lingers for a while as the burnt vanilla, caramel, and dark berries coalesce under the dark and bitter chocolate.
Bottom Line:
This dropped late last year and really shines as something both unique and bold. It feels like it takes the genre in a slightly new direction while still giving off those stout vibes. It’s a nice pour over a rock.
This whiskey is a collaboration between Blackstone Brewery and Nelson’s Green Brier Distilling, both in Nashville. The juice is a nine-year-old bourbon (from MGP) that spends an additional one year and eleven months in an imperial stout barrel from Blackstone in the Green Brier warehouse. That whiskey is then bottled as-is to highlight the beauty of that process.
Tasting Notes:
This opens up your sense with big notes of peppery rye spice next to orange oils, fresh and oily vanilla husks, and big woody sticks of cinnamon. The palate marries that cinnamon to a dark chocolate note that’s more like ground cacao nibs than a bar of chocolate while hints of brittle toffee, nutmeg, whole black peppercorns, and dried orange rind lurk just under the surface. The finish darkens that cacao towards oily and damn near sour espresso beans as the sip slowly fades back through the spice, sweetness, and citrus towards a warming and comforting finish.
Bottom Line:
This might as well be a tie for first place. Though these yearly releases are very rare, they’re worth lining up at the distillery to get. This is damn near perfection with a balance between real, deep bourbon notes and a stout essence that shines through but doesn’t overwhelm. Add a rock or a few drops of water and spend some time really diving deeply into this one.
Portland’s Westward knows how to make a killer American single malt and how to finish that juice in a quality barrel. This whiskey was finished in barrels that held several different breweries’ stouts from all over Oregon. Those barrels were sent back to Westward where this whiskey spent another year maturing before proofing and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
The nose draws you in with an apricot jam vibe that’s accented by a dense scone with a hint of whipped butter and leather. The taste lets you know the malts are there but leans them into an almost pecan danish vibe as the mid-palate embraces a slight powdered sugar icing with hints of apple core and dark chocolate shavings. The finish builds on that chocolate as it dries out towards a mildly warm and soft finish.
Bottom Line:
This is damn near magic in a glass. It’s complex and really opens up with a little water or a rock.
Alex Jones recently lost a lawsuit concerning his misinformation about Sandy Hook parents and mass shootings. He’s also acted like a jilted lover over Trump’s support of vaccines and claimed that he was “in fear for his life” after his wife attacked him over alleged infidelity.
All of that adds up to one giant bowl of messiness, and that doesn’t even touch how he decided to plead the 5th Amendment because he wanted to avoid “spend[ing] the rest of my life in prison” for telling lies under oath. And lately, he’s been asking for donations on his Infowars show, which isn’t exactly new, but the calls seem more dire. As Huffington Post reports, however, Jones is raking in a lot of cash by selling supplements and other, uh, equipment. To the tune of $165 million in sales over three years.
“As much begging as I do, we can barely pay the bills,” Jones told a caller on Thursday during a segment on his radio show promoting the Infowars store. “I’m not going to stop growth and let them push us backwards. I need your help, Frank. I need your help!”
Despite his pleas for money, Infowars’ store — where Jones sells an amalgamation of dietary supplements and survival gear — made $165 million in sales from September 2015 to the end of 2018, according to court filings related to a lawsuit Jones recently lost over his lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.
That would buy a whole lot of chili, which Jones has admitted that he enjoys. Sure, he’s almost certainly full of legal bills over the Sandy Hook lawsuit, but on-air, he’s framing it as “[t]he enemy wants to cut off our funding to destroy us.” That’s what he declared in 2018, and he added, “If you don’t fund us, we’ll be shut down.” But if it’s working for him to raise money in such a manner, then, well, it’s working for Infowars.
With the third season premiere of FX’s hit show Atlantaset for next March, fans face an agonizingly long wait to find out what happens to our guys Earn, Alfred, and Darius. Until then, though, they’re filling the days with a vast array of fascinating projects. Brian Tyree Henry, who plays Al — aka Paper Boi — just made his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as The Eternals‘ Phastos and is currently on post-production for the Fox animated comedy Housebroken, while Donald Glover, the show’s creator and star as Earn, is finishing up his TV series remake of spy rom-com Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Meanwhile, Lakeith Stanfield, the mysterious and off-beat Darius, is coming off a thrilling turn as cowboy Cherokee Bill in the Western fantasy The Harder They Fall. He’s also fond of doing surprise side projects like popping up in the visualizer for SZA’s new hit single, “I Hate U,” which dropped today, three weeks after the song broke an Apple Music streaming record. In the clip, Lakeith is the poor fella on the receiving end of SZA’s wrath, arguing with her over the phone while standing alone on a windswept bluff overlooking a stormy beach. When he receives the final, relationship-ending text, he’s overcome with the loss and chucks his iPhone in the ocean — which is something I don’t think Apple Care covers. The video closes with the cryptic message “Not the end,” which SZA fans are sure to interpret as a signal that the long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed debut album CTRL is on the way.
Casting has begun for Wes Anderson’s latest project, an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s whimsical short story collection, The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar And Six More, which is slated for a Netflix release.
In typical Anderson fashion, it will feature a star-studded ensemble cast, including acting legends Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes. This will mark Fiennes’ second Anderson film, as he also starred in 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. Other cast members include Dr. Strange himself Benedict Cumberbatch, who will play the titular role of Henry Sugar, a man who steals a book that grants him mysterious powers. Anderson will both write and direct the adaptation.
Fresh from his role as a Sir Gawain in The Green Knight, Dev Patel has also signed on to the Netflix project, which is slated to begin filming this month. It is unclear if the project will be every short story in one or an anthology of short films.
This isn’t the first time Anderson has made a Dahl story into a feature project. Fantastic Mr. Foxwas released to critical praise in 2009, starring George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray and more.
Netflix made headlines last fall for acquiring Roald Dahl’s story company and is expected to produce more adaptations of classic Dahl tales. This also marks the first collaboration between Wes Anderson and Netflix. No release date has been announced at this time.
Back in September, Ellen Pompeo revealed that she once clashed with Denzel Washington when he was brought on to direct an episode of her hit series Grey’s Anatomy. As Pompeo described it on her podcast, Washington went “HAM” on her after she improvised a line while filming a scene with co-star Patrick Dempsey. Pompeo had yelled “Look at me when you apologize,” which Washington mistook as the Grey’s star telling Dempsey what to do.
“He was like, ‘I’m the director. Don’t you tell him what to do,’” Pompeo recalled before revealing that she fired back at Washington with some choice profanity. As for his side of the story, well, let’s just say The Tragedy of Macbeth actor wasn’t entirely thrilled to be asked about the fracas during a recent interview. However, he did make sure to say there’s no bad blood. Via Variety:
As Ellen Pompeo recalled in a podcast in September, she clashed with Washington because he wouldn’t let her improvise in a scene. “Denzel went HAM on my ass,” Pompeo said, which led her to shoot back: “Listen, motherf*cker, this is my show!”
When asked about the incident, Washington sidesteps the question. “No, no,” he says, claiming that he doesn’t recall that day. Then, with a slight grin, he adds, “But it’s all good.”
On an interesting note, that was the first and last time Denzel Washington directed an episode of television, so either he was not a fan of the experience or Shonda Rhimes wields an insane amount of power. It’s a toss-up.
Now, before you say it, in a day and age where it seems every peripheral character in every major piece of intellectual property gets their own movie and/or series, it’s easy to say, well, of course Boba Fett, this very popular character, has his own series. (In fact, it’s so easy to say, I just said it.) The difference here is, for longtime Star Wars fans (let’s say, “members of Generation X”), we’ve been down this road before with Mr. Fett many, many times before with nothing much to show for it. It seemed there was always something cooking with Boba Fett, some rumor that always wound up falling through. Even right before the Prequels, there were rumors Jet Li would be playing Boba Fett. To the point I remember seeing Lethal Weapon 4 in theaters and studying every move Jet Li made in that movie thinking, oh wow, he’s going to be Boba Fett! Spoiler: Let Li never played Boba Fett. (My favorite rumor was, around the time The Phantom Menace came out, the Anakin’s buddy Kitster would grow up to become Boba Fett. Spoiler: Kitster is not Boba Fett.)
There seem to be three camps when it comes to Boba Fett. There’s the “Boba Fett is stupid, he never did anything in the movies and it’s dumb people like him,” people. Well, sure, he didn’t do a lot in the two movies from the Original Trilogy he was in except look cool (I am not counting his retconned appearance in the original Star Wars), but he did seem to sass Darth Vader a bit in The Empire Strikes Back and that’s a pretty brave thing to do. I’ve written about this aspect before, but a lot of the love for Boba Fett came from his appearance in an animated segment from 1978’s Star Wars Holiday Special (personally I never saw this until many, many years later) and from a mail-away action figure that was released a year before The Empire Strikes Back even came out. (Today, Lucasfilm is so secretive about new characters the action figures usually don’t come out until a year after the character’s debut.)
The description of Fett on the mail-away offer offered just enough information to let a kid’s imagination run wild:
Kenner
Especially the whole, “A threat to the Rebel Alliance, especially Han Solo!,” is a pretty genius line – making a vague reference to an entire organization, then one very specific threat to an extremely popular character. “Oh no, what does that mean? What will Boba Fett do to Han?!” And what’s pretty great is that wound up not being an idle threat. We were promised Boba Fett is bad news for Han Solo and that wound up being accurate. (By the way, the only reason this description exists was as a sticker to cover up a picture of the Boba Fett action figure firing a missile from his jetpack. Something, for safety reasons, the Boba Fett figure did not do.)
Another camp are the people who kind of take that first part too far in the other direction. The whole, “Look, Boba Fett was better off clouded in mystery.” Yeah, okay, sure, that was fun. But we’ve had almost 42 years of “mystery.” I think that’s enough. If we want to get technical and take it back to the Holiday Special, that’s over 43 years of “mystery.” Personally, I think at this point it’s fine to learn a little more about what makes one of the most recognizable and popular characters in Star Wars tick.
And then there’s the third camp, the one I’m in, the one who is enjoying every second of The Book of Boba Fett and still can’t quite believe a Boba Fett-led, live-action entity exists at all.
The closest we got before was the Boba Fett movie that Josh Trank was going to direct. At this point I kind of wish he’d blow up his NDA and pull a Colin Trevorrow and just release his outline for what the movie was going to be. (For what it’s worth, Trevorrow’s vision for Episode IX still sounds pretty rad.) But everything I heard through the grapevine about Trank’s Boba Fett movie was the script was tricky because Attack of the Clones exists and that established that Boba Fett had to look exactly like Temuera Morrison’s Jango Fett from Attack of the Clones. And spending a fortune to make a Star Wars movie starring an actor people didn’t know that well at the time (this is now changing), or just having a character who never took his helmet off for the whole movie, didn’t seem very realistic. But then if you cast someone people know better, how do you explain why Boba Fett doesn’t look like Jango Fett?
Look, I have no idea what’s in that Boba Fett movie script (release the script, Josh!), but I do wonder how much was co-opted a bit for both The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. There were rumors about someone else finding the armor and taking on the mantle of Boba Fett, which would then let them cast anyone they wanted. And we saw this with Timothy Olyphant’s Cobb Vanth. (And way back in the 1990s with the whole Jaster Mereel saga, which is long and complicated.) And with The Mandalorian in general, I always have wondered if that’s what they came up with when they couldn’t crack a Boba Fett movie. “Well, okay, what if we just do a series with a guy who looks just like Boba Fett, but he’s not Boba Fett.” Then, a year later, “Hey maybe we should just do Boba Fett now?”
It feels like Boba Fett can only exist now with Disney+. It’s a place someone like Temuera Morrison can actually star in the series and no one has to hear studio feedback like, “How do we sell a movie to the masses when the star of the movie isn’t a famous person in the United States?” And that is probably why, more than any reason, we are finally, after all these years, getting a Boba Fett-led story. The medium for this to succeed didn’t exist until recently.
And you know what, I am enjoying every second of this show because, after all these years, I can’t believe it exists. I love that he’s being humanized. I love that he’s not just some murdering mercenary. I’ve always thought of Fett as a businessman. “Look, nothing personal, but I have a contract to fulfill.” Now, I was not expecting The Book of Boba Fett to have elements of Dances with Wolves to be a major storyline, but, see, that’s interesting. I have zero idea where this is going. But, for the next few weeks, I basically get a mini Boba Fett movie every Wednesday morning and, honestly, I truly can’t believe this is finally a thing.
Burna Boy and Wizkid bring out the titular trophies in their triumphant video for “B. D’OR” — which they promptly slice in half, turning the coveted football awards into expensive-looking chalices. While I’m almost certain the trophies used in the video — which was shot in Lagos and features a cameo from UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman — are replicas rather than the real thing, it’s still a flex for the two Nigerian superstars, who spend the remainder of the video riding jetskis and hosting a yacht party in the Lagos bay.
The collaboration, which is the second in a year for the two famed Afrobeats stars, is named for the prestigious Ballon d’Or award given to the “best male football player in the world.” While the two stars’ own soccer skills are mostly unknown, the two certainly can claim to be in a similar echelon of worldwide popularity as the award’s various winners, as they are the most well-known artists in their genre (incidentally, the last and only African player to receive the award was Liberian striker George Weah in 1995).
Things have definitely taken a turn for the weird in America over the past few years. So much so that I’ve had many a morning where I wake up with the John Lennon song, “Nobody Told Me” stuck in my head.
“Strange days, indeed. Most peculiar, mamma,” Lennon sang on his posthumous hit.
There’s been political unrest, ecological disasters, that weird monolith that popped up in the Utah desert and super credible-looking UFO videos.
Oh yeah, there’s also that pandemic thing that’s still going on.
The sheer absurdity of it all prompted comedian Caleb Hearon to tweet “i think cults are about to have a huge comeback” on Wednesday and a lot of people agreed with him.
It’s been said that people often join cults to soothe their fears and anxieties. If that’s the case, then Hearon may be right. A recent study found that there was a 26% increase in anxiety worldwide in 2021 due to the pandemic.
To make things even more interesting, there are many who feel anxiety about the pandemic ending because they don’t want to go back to normal.
Hearon’s tweet kicked off a great discussion on Twitter on whether or not we’re already in the midst of a cult renaissance.
Yeah, but if the fashion is this good, sign me up. I am not doing that prairie dress garbage even if it is in style. I want that nutso, futuristic Zardoz dancing around a glowing orb and chanting stuff.
For real I went through the new hire orientation at Tesla years back when I was desperate for work and the it was the most cultish shit I’ve ever seen in my life. I quit before I ever started working in the factory
After reading the responses it looks like Hearon wasn’t far from the truth. A lot of people raised their hands and said “I’m in” after thinking about the potential benefits that come with being in a cult.
While others claimed there are plenty of cults happening right now, it’s just that people don’t know they’re in them.
Steven Hassan, author of “Combating Cult Mind Control: The Guide to Protection, Rescue and Recovery from Destructive Cults” and a former member of the Moonies, no less, says that there are essentially four types of cults: behavior control, information control, thought control and emotional control.
He also says that just about anyone is susceptible to being the victim of a cult.
“If you think it could never happen to you, then you’re the most vulnerable. Because nobody’s impervious,” he says.
If Hearon is right, there may be some super culty stuff happening all around us in the coming months. If you’re not down for the cult lifestyle, then it’s best to keep your eyes wide open for suspicious groups gathering in unlikely places.
Elmo has been a fixture on “Sesame Street” since 1984 and is one of the most recognized and beloved characters around the world. His signature cute voice and third-person references to himself endear him to children and adults alike, but one of his ongoing bits has the people of Twitter in stitches.
Elmo’s decades-long beef with his friend Zoe’s pet rock, Rocco, occasionally goes viral, and for good reason. It’s hilarious. Rocco first appeared on “Sesame Street” in 1999, and Elmo has been exasperated by it ever since. Who can blame him, though, when Zoe constantly puts Rocco first, insists that he’s real and forces Elmo into her make-believe world?
Perhaps it feels extra relatable right now, as so many people watch friends and family descend into alternate realities, unable to convince them that what they believe isn’t real. How many of us have been in Elmo’s shoes, at the end of our wits, fruitlessly stating facts in the face of fantasy?
Watching Elmo lose it is almost as cathartic as it is funny. Over-the-edge Elmo is the best Elmo.
there are tears in my eyes yu2019all my stomach hurtingpic.twitter.com/bbkF9yDZLf
“HOW? How is Rocco gonna eat that cookie, Zoe? TELL ELMO.”
This is how I’m going to respond to everyone who refuses to get vaccinated and refuses to wear a mask and complains about every other pandemic mitigation tool. “HOW? How are we going to get through this pandemic doing nothing, Chad? TELL ELMO.”
Rocco has Elmo in an existential vice grip, torn between mind-numbing annoyance and the desire to be supportive of his friend. Pretty tough spot for a perpetual preschooler.
Elmo reassures us that he and Zoe are fine, their friendship is solid and all is well.
He just doesn’t want to talk about Rocco.
Don’t worry everybody! Elmo and Zoe practiced sharing and are still best buds forever! Elmo loves you Zoe! Ha ha ha!nnElmo doesn’t want to talk about Rocco.
Even The Rock himself got into the action, responding to Elmo’s tweet about whether a rock can actually eat a cookie. Well played, Dwayne.
Yes, my friend. nThis Rock devours cookies. nAll kinds of cookies nIu2019ll introduce you to #CheatMeals and itu2019ll change your life. nTell Cookie Monster to move it over, cuz Iu2019m coming to Sesame Street to kick ass and eat cookies. nAnd Iu2019m almost all outta cookies.n~ Rock https://twitter.com/elmo/status/1478840478409756677u00a0u2026
For more Elmo vs. Rocco fun, here’s a compilation of some highlights. Enjoy.
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