Elmo's Anti-Bullying PSA Defends Redheads... Except For Conan O'Brien (VIDEO)

Bullying has never been okay, but recently, a resurgence of anti-bullying sentiment has made its way onto our televisions and Internets. Always on the forefront of making sure kids are playing nicely, one of the most beloved "Sesame Street" characters made a special appearance on "Conan" on Monday to tell kids never to pick on anyone, especially redheads, because they're so cool.

But Elmo didn't expect the kids to respond so angrily to one particular redhead. Check out the clip, if you can stand the horror.

(As much as we love any Muppet on Conan's show, we still prefer Vomiting Kermit.)

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Comments

[AudreyLee]

07:06 PM on 10/13/2011

Ha! Tell 'em, Elmo!! Redheads are amazing. (HINT: I'm a redhead.)

[DaniFoxy]

01:30 PM on 10/13/2011

Elmo is the Ginja-ninja!

[Ides]

04:45 PM on 10/12/2011

Elmo's my favorite redhead...

[makito93]

04:41 PM on 10/11/2011

Omg...this was too funny.

And look, to all you guys taking this to the heart, we get it...discrimination OF ANY KIND is "no joke" but you see this what we call humor. Without it, this world would be too serious and not fun. You guys gotta learn that humor is a necessity...however a lot of people have to learn that sometimes certain situations don't call for humor, but you see...making fun of discrimination is a really good thing...it always brings out WHY people make fun of whoever they're discriminating against and really shows how stupid those reasons are and that in itself is really funny. It's sort of like, you know you shouldn't bubble in that answer but your hand still does it and you sorta laugh like...then why'd I do it.

You can't blame humor if it's done in a respectful and timely way. You can only blame people who misinterpret the message and the purpose of things like this.

[Janita]

02:49 PM on 10/11/2011

Ginger discrimination is no joke!!!

[19th Amendment]

02:04 PM on 10/11/2011

Absolutely adorable! I'm all for bringing awareness to any type of bullying. Hopefully these recent anti-bullying campaigns are educating our young ones...and some adults as well.

[AAHewetson]

02:00 PM on 10/11/2011

That was genuinely funny ... and I'm sure that Conan is willing to take a hit to raise awareness about the fundamental un-coolness of harassing someone for their hair color.

It also passed my personal test for humor - the punch line was surprising enough that I ended up sneezing soda.

[JustinBeiberJr]

01:51 PM on 10/11/2011

Crimes against Gingers should not be taken as a joke.