The Movie:
As my young son grows from infant to a lively toddler, we were looking for ways to entertain him recently. Having seen the Sesame Street magic work on him before, I wanted to see if I could press my luck with a “spin-off” of sorts from the franchise, featuring one of its popular current cast members, such as it was.
It’s going to date me a little bit when I first wrote this because Elmo (the furry red baby monster?) first appeared in 1985 and dang, I thought he didn’t appear until like the last decade or so, go figure. Anyway, Elmo has a long-running segment that is called “Elmo’s World,” aimed at toddlers and covers things like Father’s Day, families, calendar seasons and the like. Running about 12-15 minutes in length, the format is simple; Elmo intros the topic, a cell-phone named “Smarty” pops by to provide more information on same, Elmo “chats” with a speechle…Read the entire review
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