The Sesame Street monster was just being friendly on X. Now, he’s drowning in election anxiety, relationship troubles and existential dread Name: Elmo. Age: Three and a half. His birthday is on 3 ...

The year was 1996 and all of America was in a frenzy over an adorable–but extremely hard-to-nab–laughing little toy. Tickle Me Elmo was the hottest Christmas item of the season, and remains to date ...

At first glance, it might have looked like a run-of-the-mill social media check-in: "How is everybody doing?" But the message came from Elmo — the furry red friend to kids, Muppets and anyone else.

Listen — when I first saw the images of the furless Tickle-Me-Elmo on Twitter last night, I shut off my laptop, turned out the lights, and canceled myself for the next eight hours. I wasn't going to ...