Elmo was not expecting it to open a yawning chasm of despair. By Callie Holtermann On Monday the X account for Elmo, the fuzzy red monster from “Sesame Street,” posed a softball question to its ...

Thousands of people are unloading their life problems on Elmo this week after the red Muppet posed a casual question on X: “How is everybody doing?” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

At first glance, it might have looked like a run-of-the-mill social media check-in: "How is everybody doing?" But the message came from Elmo — the furry red friend to kids, Muppets and anyone else.

- Who's the funniest? Zoe's the funniest. - That's funny, because I was gonna say that you're the funniest. - Oh really? That's so funny. (both laughing) Oh, we should probably introduce ourselves, ...