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The Muppet Elmo, who represented the three-year-old child, was chosen as host of Elmo's World because he had always tested well with Sesame Street ' s younger viewers. [10] Elmo was created in 1979 and was performed by various puppeteers, including Richard Hunt , but did not become what his eventual portrayer Kevin Clash called a "phenomenon ...
For season 33, Mooba was renamed Googel and Groogle was renamed Phoebe. In season 33, the segments were shortened, and the monsters would do three or four of the activities. They are snack time, furry feeling/shape/animal sound of the day, dance time, nap time, mail time, and being pursued by an elephant.
Eventually, Elmo became, as Davis reported, "the embodiment" of Sesame Street, and "the marketing wonder of our age" [169] when five million "Tickle Me Elmo" dolls were sold in 1996. Clash believed the "Tickle Me Elmo" phenomenon made Elmo a household name and led to the "Elmo's World" segment. [170]
Unlike the realism of the rest of the show, "Elmo's World" took place in a stylized crayon-drawn universe as conceived by its host. [50] Elmo, who represented the younger audience, was chosen as the host of the closing segment because younger toddlers identified with him [51] and because he had always tested well with them. [52] [note 7]
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In various re-airings on PBS in the late 1980s the closing scene with Susan and Gordon finding that Cookie Monster ate the needles and discovered off their Christmas tree was cut, likely due to a combination of the PBS closing credits at the end of the original and for Cookie Monster's excessive belching. [citation needed]
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years is the home video version of Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration, a special aired on PBS during their pledge drive on March 6, 1994, that commemorates Sesame Street’s 25th anniversary in 1994.