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Sesame Street Is Staying At Home, Too

By LAist Staff
Published Apr 13, 2020 11:00 AM
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If there's one guy who likes a little isolation, we figured that would be Oscar the Grouch. So we asked him and his friends at Sesame Street for a little help getting the word out about social distancing.

Oscar told us:

I don't care if you're alone or safe at home with someone else, as long as you're not near me.

Listen to his PSA and another one from Oscar's longtime colleague Grover — who is a bit friendlier! Oh, and in case you missed it, you get the bonus of Randy Newman's terrific song "Stay Away From Me" that he wrote specifically for our audience (and the rest of humanity).

LISTEN TO THE PSAS:

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