"Goldfish in a coma/I know, I know/It's serious..."
Elmo's entertainment career took a turn that was nearly as tragic yesterday at the birthday party of Andre's one-year-old little girl Alexa (and Andre ought to get on his knees and thank the heavens every day that she inherited the beauty of Toleen instead of the wookie-like features of Andre).
Anyway, Cookie and Mojo were very excited to meet Alexa and all of her friends and family. And they were more than impressed when a giant, red, wookie-like creature ambled into the room and did the hokey pokey.
Wait a minute: that was Elmo!
Yes, Elmo arrived and delivered an in-depth performance for the young and the old. Mojo Jojo was absolutely transfixed, which is something we don't see very often. Cookie, on the other hand, was a skeptic. Perhaps it was the zipper that went down the length of the plush red costume. Perhaps it was the black mesh inside Elmo's permanently open mouth. Or perhaps it was the abundance of arm hair and leg hair that burst through the too short sleeves and cuffs of a costume that just didn't have enough square footage to cover Andre's surface area.
It was an hysterical perfomance, and the kids got a huge charge out of it. Maybe a year ago Cookie would've experienced it with the wonder that Mojo did. He still had fun with it. But now he's old enough to be cynical.
I thought we'd have more time before that happened.