Back in January, beloved "Sesame Street" Muppet Elmo logged on to an array of social media platforms to see how everybody was doing at the start of 2024. "Elmo is just checking in!" He posted.

Elmo began as an "Anything Muppet"—an extra, if you will, until Kevin Clash refashioned his character into the one we know—and kids love–today. Throughout the '80s his star continued to ...