10 Facts About Elmo's World

1.

Elmo's World is a segment that is shown at the end of the long-running American children's television program Sesame Street which premiered on November 16th, 1998, as part of a broader structural change to the show.

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2.

Elmo's World used traditional production elements, but had a more sustained narrative.

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3.

Elmo's World continues to air on the show periodically on reruns.

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4.

In late 1998, they created a new 15-minute segment entitled Elmo's World, hosted by the Muppet Elmo, that was shown at the end of each episode.

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5.

Elmo's World followed the same structure each episode, and depended heavily on repetition.

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6.

Elmo's World stated that the segment provided him with new challenges and opportunities for "creative risk-taking".

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7.

Dorothy's silence allowed children to fill in the blanks, and her curiosity, which was created and enhanced by Elmo's World imagination, allowed the writers and researchers to insert the curriculum lessons they want to convey.

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8.

In 2009, when Elmo's World temporarily ceased production, the producers of Sesame Street began taking steps to increase the age of their viewers and to increase their ratings.

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9.

Elmo's World has appeared on repeats of Sesame Street, on DVDs, and on the show's website, which sold products related to the segment.

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10.

In 2017, the 47th season of Sesame Street began airing on the cable subscription service HBO; Elmo's World returned, in a newly designed segment that ran five minutes at the end of each episode.

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