Al Gray and Chiefs of Naval Operations Admirals Elmo Zumwalt and Carl Trost .
Elmo makes millions every year for Sesame Workshop, and much of that goes toward funding Sesame Street.
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Instead of an Elmo costume, I could have rented a life-size stuffed zebra, or a plastic cadaver.
In toyland, LOL Elmo is laughing all the way to the bank, despite being tinged by scandal.
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Clash receives a piece of licensing and merchandising featuring Elmo, and DVD sales.
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While the nonprofit Sesame Workshop says it lacks the resources to sue every street-walking Elmo imposter, Elmo suits are scarce.
It looked like Elmo, but a little off, the way a dollar-store sandwich cookie sort of tastes like an Oreo.
Its most popular video is "Elmo's Song, " which has been watched nearly 86 million times since being uploaded in 2009.
She plunked Elmo's head on the counter and returned with the body a furry red pajama suit with separate hands and feet.
The Elmo accused of an anti-Semitic rant pleaded guilty in September to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to two days of community service.
Back in the office, still in full Elmo regalia, I made my way to the desk of Fleming Meeks, the executive editor of Barron's.
In one widely reported case last June, a man dressed as Elmo from "Sesame Street" shouted an anti-Semitic rant before being taken into police custody.
Not to mention that my one-year-old son prefers football to Elmo.
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And Elmo was booked for berating tourists with anti-Semitic slurs.
Suddenly, a goliath-size Elmo approached with a vaguely menacing air.
Beloved characters include Elmo, the Cookie Monster and Big Bird.
"It started, frankly, when a female member of my staff said that she was walking through crowded Times Square and Elmo patted her on the backside, " Mr. Tompkins said.
Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind iconic Elmo of Sesame Street, has taken a leave of absence to fight accusations that he had a sexual relationship with an underage boy.
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The app duplicates the egg-shaped plastic toy that became a must-own sensation like Beanie Babies, Tickle Me Elmo and Furby after it was first released in 1996 in Japan.
Sesame Workshop, which owns the rights to Elmo, Cookie Monster and other stars of the long-running children's TV show, said it hasn't authorized any street performers to wear its costumes.
Things got worse by the Toys "R" Us store, where there was competition from a Mickey and Minnie, two Super Marios, a SpongeBob, another Elmo and a sad-looking Hello Kitty.
She hopes when Elmo throws a ball to a child and the child catches the virtual "ball" and throws it back, it will open up brand new experiences for those kids.
The children's TV show "Sesame Street, " long a source of preschool learning, recently launched a new segment, "Elmo the Musical, " which infuses counting, calculations and shapes into singing, dancing and games.
Will Elmo no longer have any reason to giggle?
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When the couple split, a former friend of Moore, actress Ally Sheedy - the two women starred in St Elmo's Fire - told US magazine that the marriage had been one of convenience.
The limited availability of certain products -- the iPhone now, Furbies in 1998, Tickle Me Elmo in 1996 -- gives them an extra allure that increases the value of the product, Yarrow said.
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