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@sesamestreet It’s Weekday Update with your hosts, Colin Toast and Michael ChELMO!
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- Length · 29 Oct 2026
- 2:21
Video #47812 · Skit
Muppet news show parody skitfrom @sesamestreet
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Overview
The video presents a parody of a news update show, hosted by Sesame Street's Cookie Monster and Elmo as 'Colin Toast' and 'Michael ChELMO.' They deliver a series of pun-based news jokes about Humpty Dumpty and pumpkins, complete with picture-in-picture graphics. The skit features a guest segment with Kenan Thompson, who is comically prevented from eating a fall treat when Cookie Monster eats it first, reinforcing his character's classic trait.
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Simple outline
- 1Establish parody format
- 2Deliver quick wordplay joke
- 3Introduce guest with a problem
- 4Character's signature action creates the problem
- 5Deliver final misunderstanding joke
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Classification
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Hook analysis
What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 35%
WEEKDAY UPDATE
Verbal hook · 40%
It's weekday update with Colin Toast and Michael Chelmer.
Visual hook · 25%
Iconic Sesame Street characters, Cookie Monster and Elmo, are dressed in suits and sitting at a news anchor desk, creating a humorous juxtaposition.
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Hook template
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It's with and .
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Hook and payoff
The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
The video opens with a professional news show intro (music, graphics), immediately juxtaposed with familiar, non-serious characters to establish a parody format.
Payoff
A 'straight man' character calmly points out the obvious logical flaw in the final headline, instantly deflating the manufactured drama and ending the sketch on a final, simple punchline.
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Narrative framework
The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Comedic News Desk
A parody of a news broadcast format, where a series of short, self-contained comedic bits are presented as 'news stories' by two hosts. The humor is driven by puns, character-based gags, and absurd misunderstandings.
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The Parody Frame
The hosts introduce themselves and the show, mimicking the cadence and roles of real news anchors to solidify the parody premise.
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The Pun Headline
The first 'news story' is delivered as a simple, self-contained joke that relies on a pun or wordplay for a quick, low-effort laugh.
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The Guest Segment Introduction
The hosts pivot to a new segment, introducing an external character (a 'guest') who is supposedly an expert or has a story related to the current topic. The introduction itself contains a layer of humor.
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The Subversive Reveal
The guest defies the audience's expectation by revealing a problem or a twist that is the opposite of what they were introduced to discuss, often blaming one of the hosts.
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The Inevitable Character Gag
A host with a well-established, predictable character flaw performs that exact action, proving the guest's point and serving as a physical punchline that derails the segment.
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The Absurd Final Headline
The hosts present one final 'news story' based on a comically flawed or illogical premise, delivered with mock seriousness.
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Post caption
It’s Weekday Update with your hosts, Colin Toast and Michael ChELMO!
Transcript
It's weekday update with Colin Worst and Michael Chelmer. Good afternoon. This is Michael Chelmer. And me, Colin Toast. Our top story today, Humpty Dumpty, is having a great fall. Well, the fall season brings lots of yummy treats. Here to comment on how they taste is the man who is always behind Cookie Monster at the bakery. Hello. So how does treats taste then? Well, I wouldn't know. I've never even had a taste of anything. Yeah. That's okay. We just happen to have a fall treat for you to try right here. Yay. Me next. Me next. Oh, come on. Better time. The man who was always behind Cookie Monster at the bakery. See you tomorrow. Yeah. You wish. In other news, local jack o'-lanterns have been spotted without their faces. Oh, no. But but those are just pumpkins. Oh, yeah. Rank. Of course. Yeah. Yeah.