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<p>A viral online video imagines lovable &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; character Elmo getting fired due to budget cuts to PBS.</p><p>The video shows an unseen man delivering the news to Elmo in a nondescript room. Elmo doesn&#8217;t take the news well, complaining that he&#8217;s worked at &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; for 32 years. He also wonders what&#8217;s going to happen to his medical insurance, given that he has a pre-existing condition.</p><p>The man suggests Elmo take pictures with tourists in New York&#8217;s Times Square for his next job.</p><p>Elmo isn&#8217;t the only &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; character laid off in the scenario, the man mentions Cookie Monster and Telly have also been let go.</p><p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s proposed budget seeks to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund PBS.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">In this Jan. 24, 2011, file photo, Elmo of the film &quot;Being Elmo&quot; poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. A viral video posted online Friday, March 17, 2017, imagined Elmo getting fired from &quot;Sesame Street&quot; due to PBS budget cuts. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_115671730-b7f8d4f38e6d405bae339ffa022afa3a.jpg</photo0><caption0>In this Jan. 24, 2011, file photo, Elmo of the film &quot;Being Elmo&quot; poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. A viral video posted online Friday, March 17, 2017, imagined Elmo getting fired from &quot;Sesame Street&quot; due to PBS budget cuts. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
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Viral video imagines Elmo getting fired over PBS budget cuts