WATCH: Elmo Defends Redheads For Conan O’Brien

by Julia Rubin | 2:22 pm, October 12th, 2011

What do Conan O’Brien and Elmo have in common? Besides being lovable cultural phenomenons, they also both have red hair! Red hair rules!

But not everyone agrees. As a child (and grandchild, niece, and cousin) of redheads, I thought red hair was the BEST growing up. But kids are jerks and apparently tease their redheaded peers? In an effort to curb hair color-related atrocities, Conan called upon Elmo to teach kids some tolerance. And this is what happened: