Every year, the holiday season gives us The Toy, the perfect device to appease our children, boost our ratings as parents and — not incidentally — lift the sagging economy. This year, the burden falls ...

LOS ANGELES — Elmo is tickled by his time away from Sesame Street. The not-so-self-aware furry red monster, who has testified before the U.S. Congress and presented at the Daytime Emmys, is now ...

This interview was originally broadcast on December 15, 2011.Being Elmo premieres on the PBS program Independent Lens on April 5th. When Elmo first appeared on Sesame Street, the little red monster ...

Ask a toddler to name his or her favorite Sesame Street character and chances are the response will be a giddy cry of "Elmo!" The fuzzy, cherry red Muppet with the high-pitched voice and tendency to ...

- Who's the funniest? Zoe's the funniest. - That's funny, because I was gonna say that you're the funniest. - Oh really? That's so funny. (both laughing) Oh, we should probably introduce ourselves, ...

When Elmo first appeared on Sesame Street, the little red monster had a deep voice and rarely laughed. But then puppeteer Kevin Clash started working with the furry red creature. Clash, now the senior ...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The latest Elmo incarnation was unveiled on Thursday -- a new version of last year's hit T.M.X. Elmo that allows kids to induce a case of the hiccups or a laughing fit ...

Elmo is getting a talk show. Sesame Workshop and HBO Max announced a deal for a new slate of Sesame Street programming. We have news of a major celebrity this morning, one we follow closely on NPR ...