"Elmo is the only non-human to testify before Congress!" - JOSH CLARK, We Got to Sesame Street, Stuff You Should Know #StuffYouShouldKnow #SYSK #HappyBirthdayElmo #Elmo #ElmoBirthday #JoshClark

"They still know who Elmo is!" - DAVID KAMP, Is this the End of Sesame Street?, What Next #WhatNext #HappyBirthdayElmo #Elmo #ElmoBirthday #DavidKamp

"Was there any training to be Elmo?" - MARISSA PHILLIPS, Costumed Performers, Y'all Heard #YallHeard #yallheardpod #HappyBirthdayElmo #Elmo #ElmoBirthday #MarissaPhillips

"I could see Elmo!" - GRANNIE SHEILA HAAGENSON, Toy Riots, American Hysteria #HappyBirthdayElmo #Elmo #ElmoBirthday #GrannieSheilaHaagenson

"The Tickle Me Elmo doll was such a phenomenon that its Christmas release has gone down in history as one of the most chaotic toy crazes of all time!" - DALLAS TAYLOR, Noise 'R' Us, Twenty Thousand Hertz #TwentyThousandHertz #ElmosBirthday #HappyBirthdayElmo #DallasTaylor

"Elmo is doing this?" - DYLAN GELULA, whale songs//prank calls, Lecture Hall Podcast #lecturehallpod #lecturehallpodcast #ElmosBirthday #HappyBirthdayElmo #DylanGelula

"And Elmo was first introduced by name on Sesame Street!" - DAVID W. COLLINS, The Music of Super Mario Bros., The Soundtrack Show #TheSoundtrackShow #ElmosBirthday #HappyBirthdayElmo #DavidWCollins

"It was more fun to watch than Elmo." - AMY SILVERMAN, Social Engineering, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #SocialEngineering #ElmosBirthday #HappyBirthdayElmo #AmySilverman

"So I have many friends that know Elmo, but don't know that Sesame Street was an American children's program." - ALISA FREEDMAN, The Most Popular Snoopy Quote in Japan, Underunderstood #Underunderstood #ElmosBirthday #HappyBirthdayElmo #AlisaFreedman

"Don't beat up Elmo!" - AMORY SIVERTSON, The Lullaby, Endless Thread #EndlessThread #ElmosBirthday #HappyBirthdayElmo #AmorySivertson