Elmo Has an Awkwardly Funny ‘Chicken Shop’ Playdate With Amelia Dimoldenberg

Elmo’s traveled from Sesame Street all the way to a chicken shop in London to go on a date with Amelia Dimoldenberg.

The Chicken Shop Date creator/stae has had dates with many famous faces in her 10-year journey to find love at the chicken shop — most recently, Andrew Garfield. (If you’re one to read the comments, you’ll know fans of both have been convinced he’s the one.)

From the music world, Burna Boy, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Cher, Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Matty Healy, Rema, Rosalia, Ed Sheeran and SZA are among the many talented artists who’ve been to the chicken shop with Dimoldenberg. British rapper Ghettz was her first date, in 2014, for the series that’s become a short-form comedy hit on YouTube.

You might say she went for a different type for the latest episode of Chicken Shop Date.

Dimoldenberg invited Elmo, the lovable puppet from Sesame Street, out for a playdate version of one of her typical dates. She met with him at the chicken shop only to learn he doesn’t eat chicken, that he can match her deadpan delivery, and that he also has an innate talent for making the moment awkward.

“Does Elmo like nuggets?” she asks to open the episode, which dropped Friday (Nov. 15) on YouTube.

“Well, Elmo does vegetarian nuggets,” Elmo replies.

“Oh, you’re a vegetarian?” Amelia asks.

“Well, Elmo knows lots of chickens, you know. Elmo has friends that are chickens,” he says.

Elmo dishes the truth to his date about hugs (ask first), getting out of your head, and learning a word called “patience.” He also shouts out Beyoncé in hopes of bringing her to both Sesame Street and Chicken Shop Date — a move that Dimoldenberg warns him is desperate, before admitting that she’s desperate to be getting advice about romance from Elmo.

“What do you think Cookie Monster would make of chicken shops?” she wonders at another point.

“A mess,” Elmo says.

“Right,” says Amelia.

Watch Elmo on Chicken Shop Date below to see how the date went.