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Elmo & Cookie Monster Visit LA For World Cup

Elmo and Cookie Monster bring fuzzy World Cup excitement to FOX 11 Los Angeles as Sesame Street joins FOX Sports for the 2026 tournament.
Cookie Monster and Elmo appear together during a FOX 11 Los Angeles World Cup segment Cookie Monster and Elmo appear together during a FOX 11 Los Angeles World Cup segment

Elmo and Cookie Monster Bring World Cup Fuzziness to FOX 11 LA

The World Cup is here, and you know what that means: the Blue Party equals Cookie Monster and the Red Party equals Elmo.

Cookie Monster and Elmo appear together during a FOX 11 Los Angeles World Cup segment
Cookie Monster and Elmo bring their fuzzy World Cup excitement to FOX 11 Los Angeles. Video still: FOX 11 Los Angeles/YouTube.

So catch up with the darling, furry, fuzzy gruesome twosome as they visit our local news station FOX 11 Los Angeles for a little World Cup chatter, laughter and unmistakable Sesame Street chaos.

The visit arrives as FOX Sports and Sesame Workshop join forces for a first-of-its-kind collaboration surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Elmo, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, The Count, Oscar the Grouch, Grover and more familiar faces are appearing across FOX Sports programming throughout the tournament, bringing the beautiful game to families in their own wonderfully fuzzy way.

No attack ads, no hard feelings—just cookies, giggles and the world’s biggest soccer party.

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Sesame Street Meets the World Cup

Explore the official collaboration and bring home more Elmo and Cookie Monster fun.

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The Furry Fuzzy Gruesome Twosome Hits Los Angeles

Cookie Monster may be representing the blue side while Elmo holds down the red, but this is one matchup where everybody leaves the field smiling.

The longtime Sesame Street favorites arrived in Los Angeles ready to take in their first FIFA World Cup, meet local television personalities and help introduce younger viewers to the tournament.

Elmo and Cookie Monster Take Over FOX 11

Dig out more fuzzy moments from Elmo and Cookie Monster’s World Cup visit to FOX 11 Los Angeles.

The partnership is also creating special World Cup segments built around the characters’ personalities. The Count is handling tournament numbers, Oscar the Grouch is delivering his own version of trash talk, and Grover is learning how to call a major soccer match.

Cookie Monster, naturally, appears to be most concerned with the snacks.

Honestly, that may be the most relatable World Cup analysis we receive all summer.

Elmo and Cookie Monster Visit LA for World Cup

FOX 11 Los Angeles catches up with Elmo and Cookie Monster as the Sesame Street favorites arrive in town for their first FIFA World Cup adventure.

The World Cup may be filled with international rivalries, championship pressure and very serious soccer analysis, but there will always be room for a red monster, a blue monster and a few emergency cookies.

Now that is what we call fuzzy football diplomacy.

Sources: FOX 11 Los Angeles’ Elmo and Cookie Monster World Cup segment and Sesame Workshop’s official FOX Sports collaboration announcement.

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