Elmo is still out of work. And he’s hoping people will open their wallets to help him and his friend at PBS .
The creators behind the viral post about Elmo getting fired from “Sesame Street” — purportedly pink-slipped because of President Trump’s campaign to defund PBS — have brought the fan-favorite red monster back on a new fundraising site.
“Elmo was defunded by the government and lost his job. Elmo did what people do when they need job. Elmo posted on LinkedIn,” the site, elmoopentowork.com , says.
LinkedIn pulled down the fake Elmo account of his sad layoff news shortly after it was posted. But it still got more than 5 billion impressions organically, according to the team behind the stunt. “Elmo was like, wow, Elmo can’t even count up to 5 billion,” the new site says.
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