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Ok, ok, ok…I’m tempted to make some half-hearted joke about LL Cool J and his penchant for smacking his lips (for serious, that dude is constantly licking, puckering, and smacking his lips - pause - during interviews) and the way it makes him look like a Muppet but I just don’t have it in me today. Sorry.
But look! LL Cool J on “Sesame Street”! I still get a kick out of seeing rappers do things like this. And so does super-lovely MTV News super-producer, Vanessa White Wolf, who was on the set of the children’s show yesterday getting a sneak peek at LL’s stint as host. She writes:
Well, it happened. I’ve finally learned just how to get to “Sesame Street.” Turns out you gotta go to Queens. Yesterday our crew (Dee, Brendan, Kara, myself) headed to Kaufman Astoria Studios to shoot the one and only LL Cool J while he filmed a segment for “Sesame Street.”
And can I just say, I was suffocating in adorableness?
LL was shooting a scene with Oscar, Elmo, and Abby – they were learning the meaning of the word ‘unanimous.’ He seemed genuinely psyched to be there, chatting with the Muppeteers and ad-libbing jokes during the segment. After several takes, LL and the Muppets all stopped for a quick interview – I unfortunately wasn’t able to ask any news-y questions because really, asking about his battle with Jay-Z in front of Elmo? AWKWARD!
LL headed off to the in-studio recording studio to practice his rap for the music video they planned on shooting that night. During the interview he defended going on a children’s show, beloved as it may be, because “it might be ‘Sesame Street’ - but it’s still THE STREET.”
Oh, Todd.
Another picture, after the jump.
This episode of “Sesame Street” won’t air until August, so you’re getting the super-early look. And we can’t really roll out our footage until around then. But it will be great. We promise.
In the meantime, here’s Vanessa in Oscar the Grouch’s trashcan.
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