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

 * 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) The whole segment is extremely repetitive, as it follows the same structure each episode.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4) Elmo talking about the same subject the whole time may get on your last nerve.
 * 5) *Speaking of subjects, the whole segment isn't very educational.
 * 6) Dorothy is a useless character who does nothing but swim in her fishbowl.
 * 7) 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 a goldfish.
 * 8) 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?
 * 9) The series will often talk down to its audience and treat them like how Dora from Dora the Explorer would treat them.
 * 10) The quizzes are poorly animated and they all look like a PowerPoint presentation. They're mostly done in still photo animation.
 * 11) Constant frame-rate drops, with the Noodle Family bits running at 30FPS or less.
 * 12) The computer constantly says "Elmo has mail."
 * 13) The music is quite annoying and painful to hear, given that it's mostly kazoos and horn instruments.
 * 14) From "Balls" to "Drawing", Mr. Noodle is against a background that looks very plain and boring.
 * 15) 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.
 * 16) The cartoons that Elmo watches are repetitive, often involving the Lecture Lady and/or "The Girl/Boy Who Loved (Topic)". The animation also makes them look like something that would belong in Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls or The Fairly OddParents rather than Sesame Street.
 * 17) Cheap-looking and abysmal CGI. It looked even worse in the first ten episodes, all of which aired as part of Sesame Street’s 30th season.
 * 18) Some of the imagery is just weird, gross, and at times even disturbing. Examples:
 * 19) *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").
 * 20) *Half of "Teeth". This includes a birthday cake with a mouth in the quiz and close-ups of actual teeth.
 * 21) *A horse, a pineapple, and a clock each having literal hands in the "Hands" quiz.
 * 22) *The segment "Noses". A nose wearing a hat even visits Elmo towards the end.
 * 23) *The segment "Mouths". Not to mention, the quiz has a flower pot with lips and we see Elmo put on a pair of wax lips.
 * 24) *Close-ups of insects in "Bugs" (depending on your view, at least).
 * 25) *The segment "Feet". Almost all of it, not to mention the cartoon features a girl who loves her feet (YUCK!) and a literal foot named Bigfoot visits Elmo (YUCK!). Even DeviantArt users would find the whole segment gross or disturbing.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Great puppetry, just like in the main show.
 * 2) Good voice acting for the Computer and the cartoon characters.
 * 3) Great humor with the Noodle Family, even though they are not perfect.

Comments
I’m not surprised some of the pointers are nitpicky

-- LifeWasGoodOnHotdogStand (talk) 23:37, 4 March 2022 (UTC)