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Ian McKellen Teaches Cookie Monster The Meaning Of "Resist," Fails Miserably: WATCH

Sir Ian McKellen appeared on Sesame Street this week to promote good vocabulary (and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, out now!) Gandalf was pared with Cookie Monster for a segment explaining the meaning of the word "resist," a lesson the snack-obsessed Muppet apparently never learned.

Related: Sesame Street's "Lord Of The Rings" Parody Is Perfect

With all the amazing celebrities PBS gets for Sesame Street these days—John Hamm, Janelle Monae, Kellan Lutz—we're more into the show now that we were as tots.

Watch Sir Ian (and his honey-dripping baritone voice) hang with Cookie Monster below.

h/t: Tech Times

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