Elmo’s World

Elmo's World is a segment shown at the end of the American children's television program Sesame Street. It premiered on November 16, 1998, as part of the show's structural change and originally lasted fifteen minutes at the end of each episode until 2009. However it was then rebooted in 2017, until stopping production in 2021. The show was designed to appeal to younger viewers and to increase ratings, which had fallen in the past decade. The segment is presented from the perspective of a three-year-old child as represented by its host, the Muppet Elmo, performed by Kevin Clash in the original series and Ryan Dillon in the 2017 reboot.

Why Elmo's World Isn't Really Perfect (Bad Qualities)

 * 1) The segment was only made in an attempt to boost the ratings of Sesame Street, which fell in the '90s and also during which children were starting to lose attention with Sesame Street after 40 to 45 minutes.
 * 2) It took up 1/4 of Sesame Street 's runtime and was basically used as filler.
 * 3) Quantity Over Quality: Despite its problems, the original incarnation of the segment ran for 11 years and had a total of 65 15-minute episodes.
 * 4) The whole segment is quite repetitive, as it follows the same structure each episode.
 * 5) So much filler.
 * 6) Elmo has been flanderized to treat the audience like how Angela from Angela Anaconda, JoJo from JoJo's Circus, the mh:besttvshows:Little Einsteins, the Sensational Six from mh:besttvshows:Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, the narrators and puppets from Baby Einstein, Diego from Go, Diego, Go!, Dora the Explorer and the Teletubbies would. He's also a lot more loud and obnoxious than he was previously.
 * 7) The "la-la-la-la" song is quite annoying. It can also make the "la, la, la-la-la-la" song from The Smurfs (2011) sound pleasant.
 * 8) Elmo talking about the same subject the whole time may get on your last nerve.
 * 9) The scene with live-action kids demonstrating how to do something involving the segment's topic in front of Dorothy is pointless, because she's just an orange goldfish.
 * 10) Elmo asking babies how they do something involving the topics is also pointless, because babies can't talk, let alone barely move. What do you expect?
 * 11) The series will often talk down to its audience and treat them like how Dora from Dora the Explorer would treat them.
 * 12) The quizzes are cheaply-made and they all look like a PowerPoint presentation. They're mostly done in still photo animation.
 * 13) Constant frame-rate drops, with the Noodle Family bits running at 30FPS or less.
 * 14) The computer constantly says "You got mail." or "Elmo has mail."
 * 15) The music is quite annoying and painful to hear, given that it's mostly kazoos, toy pianos, and toy horns.
 * 16) From "Balls" to "Drawing", Mr. Noodle is against a background that looks very plain and boring.
 * 17) The "home video" part (which was dropped in Season 32) is really poor, as the camera constantly shakes and Elmo's hands can be seen over the lens.
 * 18) The cartoons that Elmo watches are repetitive, often involving the Lecture Lady, "The Girl/Boy Who Loved (Topic)" and/or Bubbles Martin. The animation also makes them look like something that would belong in Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom or T.U.F.F. Puppy rather than Sesame Street.
 * 19) Severe frame-rate issues during the Noodle Family bits, which often run at 30FPS or less.
 * 20) Cheap-looking and mediocre CGI animation, especially in the first ten episodes, all of which aired as part of Sesame Street's 30th season.
 * 21) Some of the imagery is just weird, gross, and at times even disturbing. Examples:
 * 22) *A mailbox in the "Hair" quiz wearing Elvis Presley's hairstyle and briefly coming to life saying Elvis' catchphrase ("Thank you, thank you very much").
 * 23) *Half of "Teeth". This includes a birthday cake with a mouth in the quiz and close-ups of actual teeth.
 * 24) * A horse, a pineapple, and a clock each having literal hands in the "Hands" quiz.
 * 25) *The segment "Noses". A nose wearing a hat even visits Elmo towards the end.
 * 26) *The segment "Mouths". Not to mention, the quiz has a flower pot with lips and we see Elmo put on a pair of pink wax lips.
 * 27) *Close-ups of insects in "Bugs" (depending on your view, at least).
 * 28) *The segment "Feet". Almost all of it, not to mention the cartoon features a girl who loves her feet (Ew!) and a literal foot named Bigfoot visits Elmo (also ew!). Even DeviantArt users would find the whole segment gross or disturbing.
 * 29) Unfunny, mean-spirited, and weak jokes, especially everything the Noodle Family does and the shade refusing to let Elmo pull it.
 * 30) The whole segment is barely educational.
 * 31) It is filled to the brim with bad/mediocre episodes, including:
 * 32) *"Balls"
 * 33) *"Music"
 * 34) *"Flowers, Plants and Trees"
 * 35) *"Bananas"
 * 36) *"Transportation"
 * 37) *"Farms"
 * 38) *"Feet" (the worst episode of the show)
 * 39) *"Babies"
 * 40) *"Birds"
 * 41) *"Cats"
 * 42) *"Fish"
 * 43) *"Dogs"
 * 44) *"Pets"
 * 45) *"Horses"
 * 46) *"Doctors"
 * 47) *"Games"
 * 48) *"Weather"
 * 49) *"Hands"
 * 50) *"Eyes"
 * 51) *"Noses"
 * 52) *"Hair"
 * 53) *"Teeth"
 * 54) *"Bugs"
 * 55) *"Singing"
 * 56) *"Drawing"
 * 57) *"Sleep"
 * 58) *"Getting Dressed"
 * 59) *"Birthdays"
 * 60) *"Games"
 * 61) *"Bells"
 * 62) *"Drawing"
 * 63) * "Telephones"
 * 64) *"Friends"
 * 65) *"Penguins"
 * 66) *"Wild Animals"
 * 67) * "Frogs"
 * 68) Pointless side characters:
 * 69) *Dorothy does nothing but swim in her fishbowl.
 * 70) * All the side-table drawer does is move around Elmo's room and knock him down in the process of getting out the photo quiz.
 * 71) *The door doesn't do anything apart from Elmo opening and closing it.
 * 72) *The Noodle Family are just generic comic reliefs.
 * 73) *The Lecture Lady is a generic television reporter.
 * 74) *Bubbles Martin is a knock-off of Betty Boop.
 * 75) *The kids in the cartoons only do what their names say they do ("the girl who loved birthdays" travels around the world to celebrate people's birthday, "the horse who loved his girl" just spends time with his owner, etc.)
 * 76) The segment destroyed Sesame Street and was partly responsible for its decline in quality, as after its debut Elmo became a massive cash cow.
 * 77) *It has also badly influenced some other kids' shows to do the same thing like it by being extremely goofy and hyperactive, going against the tone of their source material, flanderizing characters, and just changing too many things.
 * 78) *It caused Sesame Street to focus less on older, more mature Muppets like Big Bird and the Count and more on younger Muppets who relate to children in the 2-4 age range (such as Zoe, Baby Bear, Abby Cadabby, and the aforementioned Elmo).
 * 79) *The success of the segment inspired SW to create more segments based around Elmo after it ended, most notably Elmo the Musical.
 * 80) The voice acting is more annoying than it was in Sesame Street, as Elmo often yells or screams most of his lines.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Great puppetry, just like in the main show.
 * 2) Good voice acting for the Computer and the cartoon characters.
 * 3) There are some educational value.
 * 4) The show was slightly redeemed in 2017, as its runtime was reduced to five minutes.
 * 5) Elmo & Tango's Mysterious Mysteries is a major improvement over this segment.