Elmo

It should be a year of celebration on Sesame Street. With First Lady Michelle Obama kicking off the season for the show's 40th anniversary next Tuesday, the program has no shortage or accomplishments to smile about. Sesame Street has won more than a hundred Emmys, and a handful of its staffers have...

Elmo, Sesame Street's most giggly spokesmonster, is going through some tough economic times. His mommy has lost her job. Elmo's daddy is still working. (Note: A Sesame spokeswoman tells me their names are Louie and Mae. I and many Internet sources called them George and Gladys.) But because money...

Roll over Cookie Monster and tell Elmo the news, the economic slowdown has hit Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit producer of the beloved children's series, announced yesterday that it was slashing 67 people from its staff of 355.