“Elmo is just checking in. How is everybody doing?” In a handful of words on X (previously Twitter), Elmo, the beloved red Muppet of “Sesame Street,” unleashed a wave of unvarnished emotion from ...

How do you feel about Elmo? It might depend on how old you were one autumn 40 years ago, when the diminutive, fuzzy red monster first appeared as a regular character on the educational children’s ...