Elmo has become one of the most famous residents of Sesame Street, but the kind hearted monster originally had a much different personality.

One promo on the Rosie O’Donnell show was all it took to spark Tickle Me Elmo mania. Tickle Me Elmo’s sweet voice and vibrating laugh had parents fighting in the aisles. The hottest toy of 1996 was, ...

On Monday morning, January 29, 2024, Christina Vittas posted a nine-word tweet: “Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?” Apparently, not so great. Vittas had been managing the social ...

How do you feel about Elmo? It might depend on how old you were one autumn 40 years ago, when the diminutive, fuzzy red monster first appeared as a regular character on the educational children’s ...