Just Ask the Locals

Big Bird and Elmo are among the New York City celebrities featured in the third phase of the Just Ask the Locals taxi cab tourist informational campaign, launched in 2008. The video includes footage from a skating scene on Sesame Street and Episode 3981 ("Elmo Visits the Firehouse").
Myrna Suarez is listed on the site as the photographer for the print ad; the characters are on a CitySights NY bus.
==About the campaign==
According to the press release:
Other participants included Cynthia Nixon, Wynton Marsalis, Itzhak Perlman, Kevin Bacon, Ivanka Trump, Sean Combs, Alan Cumming, Tim Gunn, Debbie Harry, Matt Lauer, and various others.
==Big Bird and Elmo's tips==
: B: I like the B train. B for Big Bird.
: E: Elmo’s favorite letter train is the E train. For Elmo.
: E: Elmo loves taking taxis with his mommy and daddy, because taxi drivers are so cool. You learn a lot about New York City just talking to the taxi driver.
: B: I like to find a taxi with a sunroof so I can stick my head up through, 'cause I'm so tall.
: E: Elmo loves SoHo. Sometimes Elmo's Mom and daddy go down to SoHo.
: B: I like the Upper West Side. I've got a lot of friends there.
: E: The firemen and policemen are very good. Very good at keeping you safe. They're very important and we love them very much.
: B: Yes. They're our heroes.
: B: We go ice skating in Central Park.
: B: I like to go to Central Park. Lots of people feed the pigeons and squirrels, and I like what they like! Yum!
: B: I like that natural history museum. I specially like seeing the dinosaurs because they're my distant ancestors.
: B: I like to take the A train.
: B: I went to the farmers market in Union Square. They have all of these fresh vegetables and fruit. It comes down from the country and they sell it here.
: E: Elmo's favorite New York City street is Sesame Street, of course! Second favorite would be Times Square.
: E: When Elmo wants to laugh a lot and have fun, Elmo rides his tricycle through Central Park and watches as Elmo's dad tries to keep up with him.
==See also==
* I Love New York
* New York City Family Ambassadors
==External links==
* Official site
* Interview with Elmo and Big Bird
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