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May 18, 2014 · In this classic Elmo's World episode, Elmo is learning that each game has their own special ball, like Soccer, Basketball, or Tennis! Subscribe to the Sesame...
- 14 min
- 369.6M
- Sesame Street
Join Elmo in two hours of fun as he wonders and learns about new things like songs, homes, even people, in this two hour E...
- 121 min
- 128.3M
- Sesame Street
Nov 4, 2023 · Elmo is excited to share all the wonderful things he's learned about on this two hour compilation of Elmo's World! Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel her...
- 121 min
- 11.2M
- Sesame Street
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- Inside Elmo's World
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- Behind The Scenes
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One characteristic feature of Elmo's Worldis that every episode has the same segments, in the same order. Research has shown that the formula appeals to young children's attraction to ritual and routine, and that children's participation with the program increases with repetition. 1. Guess what Elmo's thinking about today: Elmointroduces the episod...
As shown in the Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! home video special, Elmo's World takes place inside one of Elmo's crayon drawings, which explains the scribbly look and bright colors of the digitally-generated set. While Muppet representations of the day's topic have always appeared inside Elmo's World, it was not until the season 35 special The Stree...
See Elmo's World CharactersElmoDorothy(Elmo's pet goldfish)Mr. Noodle (Bill Irwin)Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle (Michael Jeter)Mr. Noodle's sister, Ms. Noodle (Kristin Chenoweth)Origins
The idea for an Elmo-centered segment came just before the 30th season of Sesame Street. Research was showing that the average viewing age of the program was getting younger and was more popular with viewers under the age of three than ever before. Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, vice president of Education and Research for Sesame Street, attested that tests showed younger viewers were losing interest around the show's 45-minute mark. Producers came up with the idea for the original format to end arou...
Production
Elmo's room is a simple raised set comprised of three walls (painted scenery flats) with crayon drawing designs. The episodes are produced outside of the regular seasons' production schedules. Early on, many of the animated characters who interacted with Elmo — including his Drawer, Shade, Door, and TV — were performed in real-time alongside the puppet through the use of motion-capture puppeteering. Motion-capture performers included Rick Lyon, John Tartaglia, Matt Vogel, and Jim Martin (who...
Retirement and Revival
The last new episode of Elmo's World in its original format, "Frogs," aired in 2009. Repeats continued to be a regular feature in new Sesame Street episodes up until season 42. In a 2011 interview with the fan website ToughPigs, Kevin Clash revealed that the segment would be replaced by a new, 11-minute Elmo segment, created by Joey Mazzarino, Belinda Ward, Luis Santeiro, Molly Boylan, Christine Ferraro, and Annie Evans. The resulting segment, "Elmo the Musical," debuted in season 43. After E...
The segments have also been broadcast as a standalone program (on Britain's Channel Five, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's Family Channel (later Treehouse TV) and translatedinto Danish and Spanish, among others). Bangladeshi co-production Sisimpur has a segment inspired by Elmo's World, Ikri's World. Instead of being inhabited by a...
Jul 8, 2022 · Join Elmo in exploring places around the community as he learns about the supermarket, theater, restaurants, and more in this Elmo's World compilation! ...more.
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Elmo's World - Sesame Street
↑ The segment replaced Elmo's World: Bugs in reruns starting on December 19, 2003. It was then included in Episode 4062 which first aired on April 12, 2004.
