How old is Elmo on Sesame Street? Learn why the iconic red character is permanently 3½ years old, the educational reasoning behind his age, and how ages work for other Sesame Street characters.

Big Bird, Elmo, Grover, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert and Oscar the Grouch celebrate 50 years on Sesame Street. (Photos by Sesame Workshop) Fifty years ago, a television producer’s desire to teach ...

Jonathan Bailey spent time with Sesame Street's beloved Muppets Bert, Ernie and Elmo on Tuesday, Nov. 18 The Wicked: For Good star and PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive danced with Bert and Ernie and spoke ...

Elmo won't be getting unemployment benefits just yet. "Unfortunately, Elmo was recently laid off because of the federal budget cuts," the now-deleted post circulating on social media began. "Elmo ...

PBS kids’ staple Sesame Street recently published multiple Pride Month posts to Twitter, using several of its kid-favorite puppet characters to "celebrate diversity." The posts generated a wave a ...

In the history of pop culture, there have been some famous and infamous questions that we – as a nation – have been forced to confront and address. From the foundational existential dilemma faced by ...

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PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive also shared a tender moment with Elmo during his visit to 'Sesame Street' Tommy McArdle is a writer-reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. Tommy joined PEOPLE in 2022.

After a viral LinkedIn post from an account claiming to be Elmo said that he had been laid off from Sesame Street due to “federal budget cuts,” Sesame Workshop confirmed it was a parody.