Elmo's World

Elmo's World is an approximately 20-minute segment that has run at the end of every episode of Sesame Street since Season 30. The segments have also broadcast as a standalone program (on Britain's Channel Five, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and translated into Danish and Spanish, among others), and many have been released on video.

Regular features include inserts featuring the Noodle Family, Elmo asking questions of a baby and email messages which feature other Sesame Street regulars.

As shown in the Happy Holidays home video special, Elmo's World takes place inside one of Elmo's crayon drawings, which explains the scribbly look and bright colors of the digitally-generated set. While minor, one-shot Muppet characters have always appeared inside Elmo's World, it was not until the season 35 special The Street We Live On that major Muppet characters also visited Elmo's World in person. Most segments usually feature cameos by at least two other recognizable characters (one of whom usually appears in sequences where Elmo asks a yes or no-type question).

Kevin Clash is Elmo's principal puppeteer, but for shots that require the use of his entire body, Matt Vogel and John Tartaglia have traditionally served as handlers who are matted out digitally for final shots. Rick Lyon served as motion-capture puppeteer for Elmo's drawer, shade and door when the segments first started.

For the first few weeks of Season 30, each Elmo's World segment was repeated throughout all five shows for the week, but by the end of the season, this practice was dropped.

TV Guide magazine has suggested that Elmo's World might be turned into a movie; sources have suggested the project is in the earliest stages of development.

Specials

 * Elmo's World: Happy Holidays
 * The Street We Live On
 * Elmo's World: Wild Wild West