ELMO QUOTES

quotations about Elmo

I have a soft spot in my heart for the little guy but the explosive force of his runaway popularity single-handedly made the show skew younger and sappier. It's certainly no coincidence that in the wake of Elmo's runaway popularity the show introduced even younger-skewing baby characters like Alice Snuffleupagus and Curly Bear, who were so relentlessly adorable, all soft fur, big eyes and long, long eyelashes that they made Elmo look like Travis Bickle by comparison.

NATHAN RABIN

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Elmo is kindness personified, but he's also 3-and-a-half years old and acts his age.

NATHAN RABIN

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Elmo is so happy to see you! Welcome to Sesame Street!

ELMO

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Elmo helped the show attain giddy new heights of popularity but at a cost. Elmo is like the Fonz or Jimmie "J.J" Walker, a breakout star so hot and so popular that his massive fame played havoc with the delicate alchemy of the show he became the uncontested star of.

NATHAN RABIN

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Sesame [Street] was all about adults having the answers and giving kids instructions. "Elmo's World" is all about kids getting interested in a topic, asking questions, making observations and drawing conclusions. Say what you like about The Red Menace (and I have, I have), "Elmo's World" gets the pedagogy right. From now on, if you got a problem with Elmo, then you got a problem with me. I got that monster's back.

DANNY HORN

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Tickle Me Elmo is, like, the cutest fuzzy little red fella on God's green earth.

ROSEMARY ROSSI

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I know that children love Elmo. But children are idiots.

JOEL STEIN

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Elmo connects with children and adults on the purest and most fundamental level, and that is the human desire to love and be loved. It's as simple as that.

KEVIN CLASH

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First things first, Elmo is out. It's nothing personal. I love Elmo. Everyone loves Elmo. But there are only two ways this whole thing can go. In one, Elmo's relentless positivity begins to wear on you around week three of being marooned on an island. You suck it up and deal with it, though, because like, it's Elmo. It's his thing. But time goes on -- weeks, months, years, heaven forbid -- and you start to crack. This is your fault, not his. You're the weak one. And one day, when Elmo comes back from the food search with a smile and a single rotten coconut, you finally snap and heave his tiny fuzzy body into the ocean.

BRIAN GRUBB

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I'm sorry. It feels like the moment calls for some humor. You're ranting and dressed like Elmo.

RION AMILCAR SCOTT

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All the Elmo Detractors are on one side, hissing and booing and throwing rocks and stuff, saying that Elmo is a one-note tickle-bot who takes the focus away from all the other Sesame characters. And I'm over on the other side (also known as: the side of truth and light), saying: Um, no. Not really.

DANNY HORN

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Though Elmo is quick to say "Elmo loves you," he doesn't express his feelings through words alone. Elmo backs up his words with warm hugs and a gentle rain of kisses for any child who wants them.

KEVIN CLASH

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Elmo doesn't grow. People show him something and he laughs. He doesn't learn a lesson. It's the exact opposite of what old "Sesame Street" used to do. Elmo has been learning the same lesson his whole life, which is that Elmo likes Elmo.

JOHN LEE

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I used to have wicked nightmares ... stupid dreams about being chased by Elmo. A psycho Elmo with eyes like that Chucky doll. I'd wake up screaming and Vicky would come running in and ask what the nightmare was about. I never told her. I was too embarrassed.

ROBIN STEVENSON

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