Chad Pennington, Laveranues Coles tackle Sesame Street
Dancing with his 2-year-old son, Cole, during a taping last Tuesday of an “Elmo’s World” segment of “Sesame Street,” Pennington, the Jets’ quarterback, felt disembodied from his serious, studious self. It was as if, like Elmo himself, Pennington’s arms and legs were being operated by somebody else.
Eric Mangini, the Jets’ coach, and his 2-year-old son, Jake, shared the stage with Pennington. Joining them were receiver Laveranues Coles and punter Ben Graham and his two daughters. For a few hours they enjoyed a few laughs and a connection that did not fade to black when the cameras stopped rolling.
“I can’t thank Eric enough to have something set up like that,” Pennington said. “It was really neat.”
