# \[Man in Elmo Costume arrested -- Edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308 "2012-06-26T00:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/1 "2012-06-26T00:29:27Z")
[A real shame](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/jew-hating-elmo-768943) it’s come to this. > [@](#): > > A man who haunts Central Park dressed as Elmo, the lovable Sesame Street character, was handcuffed by New York City cops yesterday and whisked away in an ambulance after he launched into one of his trademark anti-Semitic rants. > > The unidentified man, who police say was not arrested, was removed from the vicinity of the Central Park Zoo, where he has alternately posed for photos with park visitors, screamed curses, and launched into diatribes about assorted Jewish conspiracies. > > For instance, last week the man was filmed loudly complaining that he was not making money because “the Jewish cops” were harassing him. He also suggested that parkgoers read “The International Jew,” a notorious series of anti-Semitic pamphlets distributed about 90 years ago by the auto magnate Henry Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/2 "2012-06-26T00:37:25Z")
Don’t the Jews run all the hospitals too now? Boy he’s going to be pissed when he finds that out. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/3 "2012-06-26T00:38:46Z")
How dumb can you get? If you are afraid of or dislike Jews or Judaism, New York is the worst place after Israel, it’s got more Jews than Jerusalem ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/4 "2012-06-26T00:44:31Z")
Mel? Nah, he’ll be okay once they get him on the right drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/5 "2012-06-26T00:47:35Z")
Are they sure it wasn’t [Gitmo](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-22-2009/gitmo-s-world---death-to-america)? > [@Namkcalb](#): > > How dumb can you get? If you are afraid of or dislike Jews or Judaism, New York is the worst place after Israel, it’s got more Jews than Jerusalem Who would’ve thought a paranoid schizophrenic wouldn’t have thought all this out more carefully. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/6 "2012-06-26T00:52:34Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Are they sure it wasn’t [Gitmo](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-22-2009/gitmo-s-world---death-to-america)? > > Who would’ve thought a paranoid schizophrenic wouldn’t have thought all this out more carefully. I’ve heard that kind is hasty. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/7 "2012-06-26T11:13:38Z")
OK, I read the article, and nowhere does it say it was Mel Gibson. Is there a link to an article where it does say it is Mel Gibson? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/8 "2012-06-26T11:34:38Z")
“After having his Elmo head removed, the costumed, middle-aged man was placed into an ambulance…” Jews have no tolerance for Elmos. Off with his head! ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/9 "2012-06-26T11:38:33Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > OK, I read the article, and nowhere does it say it was Mel Gibson. Is there a link to an article where it does say it is Mel Gibson? Gotta read between the lines. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/10 "2012-06-26T11:38:52Z")
I do believe the Mel Gibson part was a joke… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/11 "2012-06-26T12:21:19Z")
I do believe that Mel Gibson is a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/12 "2012-06-26T12:45:37Z")
Well, I guess that goes with out saying. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/13 "2012-06-26T12:56:17Z")
\*All \*Elmos terrify me. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/14 "2012-06-26T14:09:53Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > How dumb can you get? If you are afraid of or dislike Jews or Judaism, New York is the worst place after Israel, it’s got more Jews than Jerusalem Just think, in a decade or two, we will have to have this conversation all over again about his plan to retire to Florida. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/15 "2012-06-26T14:43:13Z")
I think the Mel Gibson thing was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/16 "2012-06-26T14:50:33Z")
I thought it was Tickle Me Elmo, not Circumcise Me, but what do I know. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/17 "2012-06-26T16:46:45Z")
But the real question is: Was the anti-Semitic rant spoken in the third person? “Elmo hates the filthy yarmulke wearing sub-apes. Elmo likes his friend Ahmed Ahmadinejad. Do you want to help Elmo destroy Israel?..we can have lots of fun!” Somehow this sounded really funny in my head and looks really dumb now that I have typed it out…and my fingers feel all dirty. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/18 "2012-06-26T16:51:37Z")
> [@Kevbo](#): > > But the real question is: Was the anti-Semitic rant spoken in the third person? > > “Elmo hates the filthy yarmulke wearing sub-apes. Elmo likes his friend Ahmed Ahmadinejad. Do you want to help Elmo destroy Israel?..we can have lots of fun!” George is gettin’ upset! ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/19 "2012-06-26T18:41:05Z")
If I didn’t know better, I’d think Andy Kaufman was alive and living inside that Elmo suit. Nah, on second thought, Andy wouldn’t go that far for a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/20 "2012-06-26T19:34:30Z")
Astro, please use accurate titles for your threads…the one you had previously, about Mel Gibson, was pretty misleading. I’ve changed the thread title to show what the thread is really about. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308.md?page=2)