Elmo

Elmo celebrated his birthday earlier this month. The beloved children’s entertainer made his first appearance on Sesame Street in 1980, so it seems like a fair guess that he would have turned at least 44 years old this year. By any normal measure, Elmo should be a middle-aged man, but lurking in the details of his back story is a fact so bizarre that it strains our most basic assumptions about the universe. Elmo is three and a half years old—and every year, on February 3rd, he turns three and a half again.Why Bitcoin…

Trigger warning: explicit description of child abuseAmidst the chaos of morning television, Larry David’s unexpected tussle with Elmo on the Today show left viewers both amused and puzzled. But Wil Wheaton had a decidedly less jovial take, likening Larry’s antics to a traumatic blast from his childhood past.The former Star Trek star took to his Facebook page on Thursday (February 8) to post an explosive online rant about Larry attacking Elmo, which had brought up scarring memories of his abusive childhood.The…

Wil Wheaton has unloaded on Larry David for the Curb Your Enthusiasm star’s on-air Elmo attack. The Star Trek: The Next Generation actor posted an intense 900-word essay on Facebook about the viral stunt, where David throttled the ever-cheerful and child-like Sesame Street icon live on NBC’s Today during a segment on mental health, and then told viewers “somebody had to do it.” David was prodded into apologizing for the incident, but he did so seemingly reluctantly and with a smile. Wheaton had…

It was the live TV attack that shocked the world. Furry red monster Elmo was making an appearance on the Today Show on Thursday, speaking about the importance of mental health, when all of a sudden, Larry David launched toward the muppet and attacked him, grabbing his face and throwing a punch at the Sesame Street legend. “Somebody had to do it!” David said with a giggle. David later returned for a different Today segment and apologized to Elmo, who quickly accepted the sentiment. But looks like it was not…

“Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?” the account for the cheerful red monster innocently wrote Monday morning. It was the perfect setup for the cynics of Twitter/X. Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?— Elmo (@elmo) January 29, 2024 The response to the question was a resounding and viral “not great!” From celebrities to brands and many other users across the platform, folks chimed in to share their despair with Hollywood’s most ticklish friend. Elmo trended up to number…

Cameo has added a pair of timeless superstars to its stable of celebrities (a term used loosely in some cases) available for personalized video greetings. Cookie Monster and Elmo, who may or may not have fallen on hard times, will shamelessly plug their services on the six-year-old platform, offering to count to your kid’s age or rattle off words that start with the same letter as your child’s name — for $25 a pop. Perhaps that relatively low price for the Sesame Street icons is because humans don’t appear to record their…

Nerf was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame Friday, as the longtime fan favorite secured its legacy as one of the greatest toys of all time. Nerf blasters were the coveted toy of any 90s child, and its foam balls, originally released in the 1960s, unleashed indoor sports for countless children when the weather turned.What Inspired Dominic Monaghan's Performance in Moriarty?The Hall of Fame class of 2023 also includes baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids, and the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, enshrining the legacy of…

Photo: The Tetris CompanyMay brings with it the first long weekend of the (almost) Summer season, and usually kicks off keynote season, with Google announcing lots of new hardware at its annual I/O developer’s conference. But there was a lot more than just Pixel devices in May. There were lots of weird and wonderful gadgets revealed that you may have missed.We’re not entirely sure why people feel the need to reinvent the bicycle wheel, but in addition to a bike with triangular wheels, May also brought us lots of new Dyson…