The year is 1998. I’m 12 years old, and fond of wearing oversized sweatshirts with dalmatians on them. In Social Studies one day, my teacher, Mrs. G, tells the class about her imminent status of Best ...

In 1996, Tyco launched a toy called the Tickle Me Elmo that cost a mere $30 (£15). If you're not familiar with it then check it out on Wikipedia. It was so popular that parents attacked a Wal-Mart ...

Have you grabbed the new TMX “Extreme” Elmo? Don’t. Ten years ago, Elmo was like a cute little kid. Tickle, tickle, giggle, giggle. Today? He’s a desperate exhibitionist heading for a breakdown.

Greenland Town Clerk Pat Ferrelli is raffling off one of this year's hottest toys -- a Tickle Me Elmo "TMX" Extreme doll. The doll is so popular and often so hard to find that Fisher-Price, which ...

THE MAD RUSH for the new Elmo doll has become a matter of life and death. A man claiming to have a gun reportedly Muppet-napped a TMX (Tickle Me Extreme) Elmo in Florida. “He told me he had a loaded ...

If you hadn't noticed by now, Elmo is rapidly on his way from being a creepy laughing toy -- and annoyingly difficult to find during the holidays -- to being a full-fledged creepy robot... and even ...

Tyco is predicting a repeat of the Tickle Me Elmo sensation with its Sing & Snore Ernie. Dressed in striped pajamas, bunny slippers and eye mask, Ernie yawns and says, “I’m so sleepy” when you squeeze ...

A young man who accused the puppeteer for Elmo on Sesame Street of an inappropriate underage relationship now says it was an “adult consensual relationship“. A spokesman for Bert and Ernie said it was ...

The title says it all—someone has taken the beloved Tickle Me Xtreme Elmo and created a sex tape. Note that it could be considered NSFW. It doesn’t have any hoo-ha’s or ho-ho’s, but you know, it’s ...

Ragweed season is just about over on the East Coast, and that's good news for Andrea Seabrook, who had an allergy-induced coughing attack in last week's show. It sounded about as hysterical as the ...