--- description: Someone has probably already sent you this link, but it's late in the day and it's still funny: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr9_5uZn6ds] title: Ricky Gervais and Elmo: Who's Funnier? Who's Softer? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Ricky Gervais and Elmo: Who's Funnier? Who's Softer? by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Mar 12, 2009 8:43 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Mar 12, 2009 8:43 PM CUT Someone has probably already sent you this link, but it’s late in the day and it’s still funny: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7128706/ricky-gervais-and-elmo-whos-funnier-whos-softer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7128706/ricky-gervais-and-elmo-whos-funnier-whos-softer/"},"headline":"Ricky Gervais and Elmo: Who's Funnier? Who's Softer?","datePublished":"2009-03-12T20:43:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T08:03:28.133Z","description":"Someone has probably already sent you this link, but it's late in the day and it's still funny: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr9_5uZn6ds]","url":"https://time.com/archive/7128706/ricky-gervais-and-elmo-whos-funnier-whos-softer/","keywords":["pbs"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7128706/ricky-gervais-and-elmo-whos-funnier-whos-softer/","name":"Ricky Gervais and Elmo: Who's Funnier? Who's Softer?"}}]}] ```