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Elmo made his earliest named appearance in Season 11 Episode , where he was first performed by Brian Muehl. In this early appearance, Elmo communicates with Maria only in mumbles. After he was established on the show, press releases for Season 12 described him as a character who communicates with sounds rather than words.
Elmo was considered such a minor character, that the puppet was still used as an AM monster in inserts, and in these instances, as with most background Muppets, had rotating performers. Hunt disliked playing Elmo and couldn't make the character work. On November 26, , after the taping of Episode that morning, [11] Hunt came into the studio's Muppet green room and literally tossed the puppet to Kevin Clash , asking him what he could get out of it.
Clash performed Elmo in remaining material for the season, and in the interim between seasons, he thought about what he could bring to the role. Clash said, "I knew that Elmo should represent love - just kissing and hugging. Soon after, Elmo started to build in popularity, as research showed that viewers were not only entertained by the character, but they were learning from him. Elmo with Rosie O'Donnell in Elmopalooza. Elmo appeared in an episode of The Torkelsons in and had occasional guest spots on The Frugal Gourmet.
In the mids, Elmo became a regular guest on The Rosie O'Donnell Show , appearing more than a dozen times between and The Tickle Me Elmo doll was manufactured in his likeness, and became the must-have toy during the Christmas season; and subsequent variations and other Elmo dolls such as Chicken Dance Elmo , Let's Rock! Additionally, Elmo was the star of the full-length, theatrically released motion picture The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.
Elmo also stars in the spin-off series, The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo , where he hosts his own late-night talk show that takes place just before his bedtime. In , Elmo had a "Best of" video released; a sequel, The Best of Elmo 2 , was released in , and a third installment, The Best of Elmo 3 , followed in A "Best of" album was also released in Each of the show's international co-productions is carefully crafted to meet the specific needs of the local children, dealing with regional-specific issues.
While there are some familiar characters in the international versions, each show has its own unique Muppets that you won't find on the U.
China has Xiao Mei Zi, a bright red female monster. Mexico's version of Big Bird is a huge green, yellow, and red parrot. Here's a look at some of the characters used in international productions of "Sesame Street":. In the next section, we'll discuss "Elmo's World. So you think you know it all about the Muppets? Think again. Here's some interesting trivia:. Rosemarie Truglio, vice president of Education and Research for "Sesame Street," gave us a rare look into what goes on behind the scenes at "Elmo's World.
The idea for an Elmo segment came just before the 30th season of "Sesame Street. The show was more popular with the under three crowd than ever before, but Truglio says that the younger viewers were losing interest around the show's 45 minute mark. Producers sought a way to capitalize on the research.
They came up with the idea for a truncated version of "Sesame Street. Elmo had always tested well with young audiences, so he was the natural choice for the show's host. The show-within-a-show fit perfectly with the season's "Discovery and Exploration" theme, as Elmo investigated the world in a way young preschoolers understood: through simple subject-matter and lots -- and lots -- of repetition.
For example, every "Elmo's World" episode begins with Elmo announcing the topic of the day. The topics are something simple and familiar in a child's life, such as shoes, music, the sky, dogs, mail, or babies. Noodle explore the topics through a child's eyes with a series of kits and interviews.
One characteristic feature of "Elmo's World" that children love and may drive some parents crazy is that it has precisely the same segments, in the same exact order, every day. Like it or not, "Sesame" research has shown that the formula appeals to young children's attraction to ritual and routine, and that children's participation in the show through singing, dancing, or talking to the TV screen increases with repetition.
The finale of each episode of "Elmo's World" is when Elmo sings his hit single, to the tune of "Jingle Bells. When it first appeared, Elmo narrated the mini-documentaries. Today, the documentaries, which feature real kids, are shot and narrated by the young filmmakers. In the beginning, the same "Elmo's World" segment was repeated on all five shows for the week, but by the end of the inital season, this practice was dropped.
In , Elmo's crayon-animated computer began delivering e-mail from his Sesame Street friends about games, bugs, and the topic of the day. These computer segments replaced the "Elmocam" home video portion of the show used in the first two seasons. Parents may be wondering if there is more to "Elmo's World" than singing and silliness. Learn about the learning aspects of Elmo in the next section. Since it's part of "Sesame Street," each "Elmo's World" episode is based on extensive research and is created to deliver specially targeted educational messages.
It really keeps the focus on the educational value and objectives," said Rosemarie Truglio, Ph. Called the Sesame Workshop Model, the approach equally integrates research, educational content and production. The process starts with the "Sesame Street" curriculum document, created by the advisory team. The curriculum document guides all aspects of production, and includes educational goals and the messages for the writers to address in their scripts.
If the writers somehow miss the target messages, or if there are issues with the execution of the goals, they are addressed with the writers during the script review.
The writers understand that the educational message is important and make changes when needed. The "take-away messages" built into every episode of "Elmo's World" are among the key things that make the show unique. For example, the episode about dogs teaches that dogs need water, food, and exercise to stay healthy. Viewers learn that dogs communicate by barking and wagging their tail, and children should never pet a dog they don't know.
An episode about the sky explains the objects children might find in the sky such as the sun, moon, and clouds , and that some things can be found both in the sky and on the Earth such as kites, airplanes, and birds. Truglio says that because "Elmo's World" is so focused and child-friendly, it is well-suited for parents to reinforce the learning elements with their child after the show.
In the next section, we'll meet some of the characters that your preschooler will learn from when watching "Elmo's World. Then star of "Elmo's World" is, of course, Elmo himself, but his co-stars and friends are critical to the show's success as well.
The following is a look at each "Elmo's World" character. Elmo is a three-and-a-half-year-old furry red monster with an infectious giggle. Elmo is also known for refering to himself in the third person.
Enthusiastic, friendly, and always cheerful, he wants to be part of everything that goes on. Like most preschoolers, he sometimes doesn't have the knowledge or skills to do the things he wants. Although it can cause some interesting predicaments, it never stops him because he has a very positive, optimistic view of himself and life. In a street story, Elmo plays pretend school with Alan. They sing the alphabet, read stories, and draw while Alan works at Mr. Hooper's Store. Dorothy, a goldfish who can understand Elmo through her goldfish bowl, is Elmo's best friend.
Dorothy is inquisitive and possesses an active imagination. Linz says the audience does part of that work themselves, projecting their own feelings onto a puppet. The ultimate proof might be in the example of Miss Piggy. Sesame Street utilizes three major varieties of character.
Cookie Monster can pick things up. Elmo can, but it takes longer. You need to stop [filming] and attach something to his hands with tape or a pin. But Linz says that the Sesame Street crew and the rest of the Muppets were designed by Henson with that in mind.
Turning the puppet even slightly, he says, and they will wind up looking at something else. Being a Sesame Street puppeteer requires more than just having performing chops.
On set, characters that may be at waist level with their human co-stars are operated by performers crouched below frame, often on wheeled boards called rollies. Your arm is up in the air performing. Fortunately, not every scene requires contortions. Some sets are built raised so performers can stand up straight. Scenes set on a stoop usually mean the performer is lying down behind the steps. Lurking in the offices of Sesame Workshop is a puppet factory that, according to Dillon, houses a number of "Anything Muppets"—blank designs that may one day be used as the template for a brand-new character.
Really fun. And then on the outside, like 4, turkey feathers that have been meticulously grated and steamed and dyed. Big Bird is the heaviest puppet in the world. No, I don't know, I don't know how much he weighs. Elmo laughing Hi there. Hi Oscar, oh, Elmo and Rosita, I thought we'd keep the street nice and clean.
So Elmo is a standard hand and rod Muppet, meaning that my hand controls him like this. It's very important when you're puppeteering in this style to not flap the top of your mouth because we don't do that as humans, so you drop the jaw on all the syllables. His hands are worked by what we call arm rods.
They're just two metal rods with dowels in them and I tend to control them on my own, but sometimes I'll have an assistant performer come in and help for more difficult scenes. There's a number of ways where we have a character pick things up. Sometimes you can use magnets, insert them in the palm of the hand.
Cookie Monster, Ernie, Telly, they can pick things up with no problem because they have live hands. Elmo, Abby, those characters are a little trickier. There's wire in the arms, but we can't actually move the fingers. Most puppets that are built in this television style are built with very specific materials, the main material being foam rubber. After they've been built with the foam, they will then be covered in fake fur, which is what Elmo is covered in.
Elmo doesn't have eyelids. His eyes are attached in his head with a wooden dowel so that if you move that dowel with your finger, he can do this sort of funny look with his eyes and it's sort of a vague, sort of emotional expression that he can give.
I don't know, I've never been in a car before. And so he doesn't really have a mechanism necessarily, but he does have that, which I use more than I probably should. What are we gonna do? We both wanna do different things. My name is Martin Robinson.
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