Die Wut nach Sesamstrasse

The Knicks beat the Spurs 105-104 in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points. Knicks fans celebrated by flooding Elmo's social media posts with thousands of aggressive comments. Elmo was forced to respond publicly. A watch party outside Madison Square Garden ended with 26 arrests — one fan punched a police officer, then bit another. Performed as a full Wagnerian grand opera: Heldentenor, Dramatic Soprano, brass orchestra, leitmotifs, the complete musical language of the Ring Cycle. Elmo's plight treated as the central tragedy of the age. The biting incident included as a subplot of Götterdämmerung proportions. Total sincerity. #WrongGenre

The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 105–104 in Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points. The Knicks are two wins from their first championship in decades. Their fans celebrated by going to Elmo's social media posts and leaving thousands of aggressive comments. Elmo — the three-year-old red Muppet from Sesame Street — was forced to respond publicly. Meanwhile, a watch party outside Madison Square Garden ended with 26 arrests. One fan punched a police officer. Then bit another one.

Performed as a full Wagnerian grand opera in the language of the Ring Cycle — Heldentenor announcing the victories of the Knicks with mythic heroism, Dramatic Soprano delivering Elmo's lament with the full weight of a Götterdämmerung heroine. Leitmotifs. Brass orchestra. Complete sincerity. The biting is treated as foretold in ancient lore.

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Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1] The Knicks have slain the Spurs in battle! One hundred five to one hundred four! Brunson thundered thirty points of glory, Two victories — two more remain before!

[Chorus] I am Elmo! I am small and red! I posted greetings — now I wish I were dead! A thousand Knicks fans — they found my page! I am only three years old and I cannot bear their rage!

[Verse 2] Outside the Garden — twenty-six are taken! One fan struck the guardian of the law! Then bit another — teeth upon the flesh of duty! A biting — as foretold in the ancient lore!

[Final Aria] I had to answer! I was forced to speak! The internet has found me — small and weak! Oh Knicks fans! Can you hear me through the fire? The red one falls — and none shall lift him higher!

[Outro]