It may be hard to believe, but Elmo was originally conceived as a generic background figure, appearing as a wordless extra and brought to life by different puppeteers, one of whom gave him a deep, ...

The lovable fuzzy "Sesame Street" Muppet celebrates in a big way on Feb. 3. Elmo is turning 3-and-a-half, his age forever and always, since he joined "Sesame Street" in 1980. Just go with it. After ...