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Rove Live

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Rove Live (known as of 2007 as just "Rove") is an Australian late-night talk show hosted by Rove McManus.

Muppet Appearances

Elmo appeared on March 20, 2001 as the first Muppet guest on Rove Live. In the interview, Elmo talked about about how disgusting Vegemite, and at one point, barked, "Get your facts straight, Rove!" Kevin Clash's head was briefly visible during the segment in which Elmo was dancing. Rove later described the interview as "the coolest thing I have ever done."

In Elmo's second appearance, he wore a chicken suit to promote the Chicken Dance Elmo toy.

In 2003, Miss Piggy appeared on the show and hassled Rove for not flying her out to Melbourne for the interview. She complained that even the background was fake. The interview was to promote It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. Rove questioned Piggy about punching co-star Joan Cusack in the stomach. Piggy replied: "What Hollywood star doesn't dream of punching a Cusack in the stomach?"

In 2008, Elmo appeared for the second time in the studio. He and Rove discussed climbing the Sydney harbor Bridge - which ended up with urine jokes. Elmo clearly realized he went too far at one stage and added "Oh, that's terrible" to a joke he'd made about orange fur (Red and yellow make orange - you figure it out). Elmo also seemed to know about the the current state of the US economy and the price of a barrel of oil when he commented "Do you know how much it costs to fly yet? Do you know how much petrol costs?". Elmo later joined the cast in their final segment "These Things We Love" where his contribution was "Elmo likes wasabi. That's why Elmo doesn't have any eyelids." (this is in reference to Rove's interview with Elmo's good friend and Muppeteer Kevin Clash, who allowed Elmo to say the same thing during his interview).

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