'SNL': Elmo attempts to murder viral nemesis Rocco the rock in explosive 'Weekend Update' - USA TODAY

Jan 16, 2022

But on this weekend's "SNL," Fineman's Elmo assured "Weekend Update" anchor Michael Che that he and the inanimate object have buried the hatchet.

"Rocco doesn't need a chair!

Che only set Fineman's Elmo off even more, when he explained Rocco was in the building getting a COVID-19 test.

How?" Fineman's Elmo shouted?

Paper covers rock, Prepare to die, Rocco!" he shouted, before smothering the rock.

Earlier this month, a 2004 "Sesame Street" clip went viral on Twitter (with more than 100,000 retweets in a week) in which Elmo loses his cool after being denied a cookie because, according to his Muppet friend Zoe, her pet rock Rocco is going to eat it

Elmo's response: "Rocco doesn't even have a mouth, Rocco's just a rock