That Time Giggly Elmo Got A Bunch Of People Trampled

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Images:
Elmo,
Office of Senator Jeff Sessions, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Beanie Baby,
www.amazon.co.uk/TY-Zip-Cat-B...
Turbo Man,
www.ebay.co.uk/p/1400094481
Taz,
tinytoons.fandom.com/wiki/Tas...
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Clips:
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"Two Finger Johnny" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)

[@kyuubithekitty]

My Mum worked in Toys R Us during this time and she figured out she could buy like 6 of them and try to sell them on before Christmas. The issues was my Mum didn’t have much drive to actually sell them so a lot of my childhood memories involve my house being full with an army of tickle me Elmos… As they were all simultaneously running out of batteries they would just randomly go off from the corners of rooms or under beds. It was like living in a home haunted by Elmos.

[@shotgunner75]

That's terrifying

[@m2pt5]

I have a friend who worked at Toys Я Us the year of Elmo. One time, she was carrying a new unmarked box of Elmos out to the floor, it slipped out of her grip and fell, and on impact all of them started giggling. She just fucking RAN.

[@geraltrivia6148]

The only reasonable response.

[@jaysonlester4584]

How the fuck did you flip your R?

[@davidgusquiloor2665]

"Step on me Elmo" That is some interesting toy you have imagined

[@ricepresident2990]

“Complete w/ PVC clothing!”

[@Mousy677]

"a garage full of jar-jar binks" "meesa going into landfill!"

[@weaselrider]

I remember when tickle me Elmo came out. It was absolutely wild. People would storm stores, get in fights, and sprint through stores to buy them. I remember people standing in front of things like grocery stores selling them out of the backs of cars. Greed is a crazy thing.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

Beanie Babies truly were the NFT portfolios of the 90s

[@wildlock1552]

I can only imagine the horror and regret on that man's face as he was slowly gliding down and saw the Left 4 Dead zombie horde below

[@itzvictoryy3866]

I had a tickle me elmo as a kid and i never remember receiving it, it was just there. I am now wondering what kind of doom rampage my parents might have had to go on to get that.

[@geraltrivia6148]

If you didn't ask for it they probably didn't go to too much effort. I got one for my niece during the craze because I just happened to be present when the store restocked. I had no idea if she even wanted one, but I knew they were in high demand so I seized the opportunity. There were probably a lot of kids who got tickle-me-Elmos they didn't want, just because parents and relatives heard they were 'the' hottest toy.

[@alteregobruh]

I got one, too. I doubt I asked for one, I doubt I WANTED one, I doubt I even cared for Elmo (watched Sesame Street, but it was never my favorite)

[@jamalhanna95]

I didn't realise how rare Taz was. I had one as a kid and it scared the absolute shit out of me.

[@jmurray1110]

Amazing alliteration though

[@haileyprendergast8886]

I totally had a tickle me taz! It spun around when you tickled it!

[@guillermopena8412]

Action Man vs Max Steel was one of the main Death Battle arguments me and my cousins would have growing up. The funniest part was that my little sister used to steal them and made them fight over her Barbies because she didn't like Ken. So, basically, my little sister's Barbie would have a harem of Action Man and Max Steel while Ken was out there getting cocked XD.

[@grumpymonk2460]

She also had the action man vs max steel debate lmao

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@grumpymonk2460 Implying Barbie couldn't have Action Man AND Max Steel?

[@Wizardbeard91]

This is hilarious thank you for sharing this

[@cyblox07]

Your sister is based lmao.

[@YumeNetwork]

Hear me out on an idea for a future video... What if... Karl in the end screen was just pretending to be a still image, and at a random point started talking, possibly scaring a couple of people : )

[@dark0ronin]

The obvious pun “Tackle me Elmo”.

[@Xman_supreme]

I just wanna say, this particular sponsorship reading is the ONLY ONE I don't skip through. Because I absolutely love the triumph of the Smallwood small wood realization.

[@Xman_supreme]

@@adamnicholls8708 fair, and it probably wouldn't be difficult for them to plant more trees per transaction...but it's fun for people. A lot of folks spend more for less. And even still, it's one tree more that we didn't have.

[@MineZilla123]

Everyone complains about this sponsorship just like Adam is but who cares. Its like selling stars in space, it's not really real but it's fun still, and you only buy it if you can afford it it's not a essential item. If someone likes it and it brings them satisfaction. I know people will still complain and say oh it doesn't matter it's still not real, misleading, ect But what can you say to them they won't see any funny. And Karl's reason of the Smallwood's small woods cracks me up so I fully support that

[@Xman_supreme]

@@joshuameasey8611 damn I hope that's not true. But if it is I hope it gets around.

[@hazetko7586]

it appears as tho ET has been called out as a scam, hopefully karl or someone look into it after reading some other comments i'm glad people have already brought it up

[@Xman_supreme]

@@hazetko7586 idunno...I'm trying to find info on it now. Trustpilot shows a high review, though a bunch of people are leaving comments saying bad things. Of course, internet comments really aren't a credible source for evidence...

[@christopherjamesboudoir]

I had forgotten about Rosie doing a bit on the Elmo the creators sent her. The Rosie O'Donnell show was HUGE back in the 90s. It was a late night style talk show, but would be on at 10 or 11 in the morning. She also tailored the humor to people that would be watching that early, adults with young kids, very family orientated. It was a lot of fun. I remember watching it when I was on summer vacation. But I can see how the demand would kick up after she promoted it. And the only time I went crazy for something was a Playstation 2. I got up at 3am, when to a store and was 13th in line for one. The store had 15. I had fun playing SSX all weekend, after I took a nap, lol.

[@RikuAzhurlar]

my favorite story similar to the sanitizer one, in my city we are close to the US great lakes, a few years ago due to an algae bloom our water became 100% unusable for 3-5 days couldnt shower with it couldn't drink it nothing. so bottled water demands skyrocketed, a bunch of scalpers and mom and pop carryout started jacking up the prices on their stock or flar out buying big box water and selling it at an upcharge, upwards of like $50+ USD for a 12 pack of water. the local government fined everyone they could find to HELL for this. let it be known scalping will meet you with scorn in one way or another

[@Daisysdomain]

I remember coming across tickle me Elmo in my local Woolworths ( a much missed high street shop) and trying it. I have it a tickle, nothing happened. I tickled it a bit harder, nothing happened again. I punched it and then it laughed. Another favourite memory from Woolworths toy section was setting of a whole shelf load of bounce me Tigger's. Me and a friend lent on a whole shelf load of these and went round the corner to the sound of "I'm going to bounce" followed by the shelf vibrating to the bouncing toys. Now that I work in retail I wish to apologize to all the staff of the store, but it was funny.

[@GorillaLancaster]

That Elmo is existential horror! I remember the Elmo craze and even the Cabbage Patch Kids. It was wierd when I think of it now

[@rmo9808]

Don't forget the Furby craze. I opted for the Ocarina of Time. I still have my gold cartridge.

[@SilentKnight234]

@@rmo9808 Nooooo! Not the Furby's! Those things were/ARE nightmare fuel! Good call on Orcarina of time though 😎👍

[@critter42]

Don't forget the OG Toys R Us riot starter - CABBAGE PATCH KIDS!

[@TheNewSam]

The sudden reference to Greg Davies and B.T. took me completely by surprise, and now I'm cleaning fruit punch off my keyboard, so thanks for that 😂

[@thesun7787]

My favorite childhood toy is a teddy bear that I would sleep with every night. Once, when my older sister was super mad at me (can't remember why), she tied it up and put needles in it like a really weird version of a voodo doll

[@joelatkinson4967]

They should bring action man back, give him a movie where he does a heap of stuff then a sequel is a GI JOE team up and he’s like “oh you need an entire team to do stuff, I’m basically all of you”

[@bullettimegaming]

The segway to the ad was brilliant

[@DefendYoungstown]

Also, I vaugely remember that Taz, because instead of the giggle fit Elmo did, he made his spinning tornado noise whist vibrating around.

[@mooing_cowmilk]

Elmo only became Giggly after A Bunch Of People Got Trampled

[@mooing_cowmilk]

@Factfiend. Screw you but who would with that crappy of a life

[@AeroQC]

"We also had a Dragonzord." You can stop rubbing it in *Braddles*. XD

[@MINKIN2]

When your parents don't know the distinction between the toy that you wanted and the dodgy knock-offs from the market stalls. Poor Brad got a "Tickle-me Rizzo"

[@Erictime4fun]

This story right here shows me just how petty humans can be sometimes. I really wish we would strive for more than getting the next marketable toy for our kids or the next clothing line or car or whatever.

[@courier11sec]

Mate, I worked at the target store nearest the Canadian border the year Elmo came out. It was incredibly terrifying the way people behaved. Absolutely nuts. Ooh just got to the sponsorship bit. 😬

[@neozero245]

There was a similar situation (though much less insane) with the Tracy Island set from Thunderbirds. It was so popular Blue Peter showed how you can make your own one at home.

[@RobinAlucard123]

Apparently the company who made the Tracy Island set lost a lot of money because kids were making their own thanks to Blue Peter. My dad made one for my Aunt.

[@pyra4eva]

I remember that after the success of Tickle Me Elmo, they came out with Tickle Me Cookie Monster. I only remember because I wasn't an Elmo fan but Cookie Monster definitely peaked my interest.

[@The_Keh27]

Our hospital was donated a couple during that whole thing. As they couldn't take stuffed animals, they gave them to families for their sick kids. My mother got one for my sister, who wasn't a fan of it at all.

[@derekshropshire2513]

Have you guys covered the Cabbage Patch Kids riots of 1983? I remember two times in my life I personally witnessed two toy brawls. One was in fact over a Tickle Me Elmo and the other was a group of parents beating the hell out of each other over Furbies.

[@fairystail1]

Can't blame the parents in the second situation. When Furbies demand blood you give them blood.

[@Segafishy]

A lot of Jingle all the ways shennanigans were based on the Cabbage Patch Kids incident of the early 80s as that was similarly brutal as was the 1977 run of Star Wars figures, supply couldn't meet demand so parents went postal. Might be an idea for a fact fiend for instances where scaplers got screwed, it's always nice to see when they pull it for the supply to then suddenly open up rendering their attempts pointless.

[@danielmcgill8234]

I used to work for Toys R US' online store. Every time there was an email that there were some available, we'd get calls for the next two days of people who didn't get Elmo on time, trying to get it over the phone. Calls for hours of, if it's not online, we can't order it.

[@Kitsune-Chaos]

I still remember the nightmare that was the Tickle-Me Elmo release when they first came out. Nothing has phased me since, when talking about aggressive product hype and scalping practices.

[@donney3389]

I remember Touch me Elmo from South Park

[@andrewb8698]

Brad used to play dead rat conkers. I dearly hope someone gets this.

[@kolelokaram8541]

I do. But have a bunch of morbid questions about how that works.

[@TreeFrog851]

I'm suprised you didn't mention the Cabage Patch craze of the mid '80's. It's the first mass toy craze I remember, and there were mews stories of injuries from the crash of people rushing in to buy those as well.

[@sophiathekitty]

They should make a Taz toy that's soft enough to hug... But has some sort of weighted spinner in the center that weighs more than the rest of the toy... And maybe the center core is like a capsule and the bottom of the toy is a base that lets the toy sit up and spin around.... With some sort of trigger mechanism like the tickle me Elmo...

[@AlexSDU]

Someone should make a Tickle-Me Mr. Bean's teddy bear. And when you tickle it, you can hear the voice of Mr. Bean laughing.

[@janasubrtova808]

I just realised what was inspired for Tikkle-Me-Wiggly in Starkid Productions' Black Friday.

[@badwolfest83o8]

Didn't this sort of thing also happen with Buzz Lightyear toys?

[@Scriven42]

Childhood toys NEVER GET OLD. Keep them if you have the space.

[@burtcocain1986]

I love the Simpsons "Tickle me Krusty" doll. "Ahu hu HU HU HU! Hey kid, get your finger outta there!"

[@Yorkcraft-ep7fv]

The amount of times I've walked home at 5am in the morning from a lock in at work and listening to your guys videos have made me feel safe. Much love

[@katepeterson5478]

They must have eventually made other Sesame Street characters, because I had a Tickle Me Cookie Monster. Its laugh was frankly terrifying.

[@markiearendelle3605]

My wife and I were walking through Walmart with a cart in the toy section the year Tickle Me Elmo came out. Like, THE year. We had absolutely no plan on it. There weren't any available. They just were not there. An employee comes up to us and asks us if we have kids. The kid was less than 6 months old and home with Grandma. I said yeah and scoffingly brought up Tickle Me Elmo. It was a total joke. This woman put a Tickle Me Elmo in our cart and said "Merry Christmas. Hide it." I just realized I've never told that story before!

[@ShinM.]

To be honest, I don't mind the sponsorships/ads you've had to start including in the production. It's well done, different, and most importantly interesting. Love your works, keep it up guys!

[@LuluDrakonite]

I lost my crap and my beer at "Braddles." And the toy I remember REALLY wanting as a kid was the Teksta dog I did get it, remember being so disappointed at the advertisement lies, ended up playing with it for about 15 minutes before getting bored. Sorry Chris.

[@jamescole7614]

What gets me is, and I can remember this time cause Inwas a teen, after people went though this insanity to get Tickle Me Elmo some new stations after Cristmas reports to show the fruits of peope's mad scamble to secure the hot new toy,and found the kids, the ones for whom people fought tooth and nail or get this doll for.. didn't even want it. Most kids who got a Tickle Me Elmo didn't want one and quicky grew borde of the toy if they had gotten one. Parents didn't ask their kids if they wanted the toy, they trusted that a celebrity was correct in her assumption every kid loved Elmo as much as she did. Even the kids obessed wit Elmo wanted the big plush Elmo doll not the creepy laughing doll.

[@tumpo6901]

Hey fact fiend crew. Just wanted to say that the live event was an awesome night, and I had an amazing time ruining TOTO with Karl. Thank you all x

[@ABirdWithNoName]

There were other Sesame Street characters made but I think it was after the initial rush. I had an Ernie that an aunt gave me to annoy my parents with.

[@ThatVincion]

I had Sindys and Barbies, but they never wore dresses. Only actionmen gear.

[@jasontorrens626]

They also made a Tickle Me Cookie Monster.

[@jamesjennings3726]

Established Titles has been rumbled as a scam.

[@DKQuagmire]

i remember when the cartoon South park even made an episode with Tickle me Elmo, only it said some rather disturbing things if i remember correctly.

[@berttorpson2592]

When yall both say "Weird that, innit" ye boi

[@normanpotter5184]

Oh that's what you meant 🤣 We call it tickle me Elmo in the states

[@CrudzMcKenzie]

I would have bought a tickle me Taz.

[@deadlymelody27]

BRADLES 🤣🤣🤣 Amazing. Lets keep that

[@sandwichqueen]

Someone actually made a racist tickle me Elmo

[@Meanpeagreen]

My childhood hurts now knowing there was a Tickle me Taz.... my jaw literally dropped 😄

[@MrBluman999]

The most excited ive ever been for a present was when I got my hands on a brand new PS2

[@maizhing]

i still have my favourite bear Hannibal, Named after a very similar bear in a tvshow for kids, he is at least 34 years old and looks like new veen though i played with him

[@99jmaster]

16:46 I was under the assumption that action man was just GI Joe but under a different name because of weird licensing shit for other countries

[@TheNewSam]

Action Man started as a rebranded GI Joe when Palitoy in the UK licensed the 1960s GI Joe from Hasbro. In 1982 both lines relaunched (independently of one another but quickly working together again) as Action Force in the UK, and GI Joe: A Real American Hero in the US. Action Man eventually relaunched as a 12" figure line again with new characters and a greater emphasis on action/adventure and sometimes spy stories

[@nickthelick]

I thought it was gonna be something like: 🥚🥚"Tickle Me Bollocks (Please, Babe)!"🥔🥔 🤔 😁 🤣

[@DefendYoungstown]

I'm glad I missed Tickle-Me Elmo Christmas... I did start working retail the Christmas for Furby. It was a frenzy, but nowhere NEAR the chaos of TME.

[@theoutcastplays6635]

8:02 Fuck it Elmo. Sounds like the perfect gift for those who want to top Elmo lol 10:47 Step on me mommy Elmo.. No words lol

[@kuppabrew6902]

2:16 “yousa can never leave”

[@kolelokaram8541]

There was much more kink-talk here than the main topic would suggest.

[@0ceanmachine]

I heard rumours about the tickle me Taz as a kid but obviously, never got one

[@tyrune30]

Speaking of Power Rangers at the beginning, R.I.P. Jason David Frank

[@samuraiway11]

This video made me sad cause it reminded me that my uncle put my giant teddy bear that my father gave when i was born in a garbage dump like three days before i went back to get it

[@TheAeroAceMix]

I know you gota pay dem bills but the same sponsor everytime is putting me off

[@moxbroker]

Cabbage Patch Kids. Look up the OG version from the 80s.

[@reggiewood5164]

Because of the power ranger talk... RIP TOMMY

[@lazzeretto-9671]

Speaking of Star wars toys, I know a guy who's one of the top Star wars sellers on eBay. Or at least he used to be, Mos Eisley does great work but it is a weird feeling walking into a building and seeing rows and rows of jar jar Binks toys from the 90s in their original blister packs

[@brknglasses2734]

Best ad transition of all time!

[@ChefJoy10]

Tickle me Elmo was big out here in the states too you guys

[@cymraegandconfused9721]

the entire video I was thinking of all those Crazy Murder Elmo memes. also, my fav toy was a stuffed puppet dog I was given as a toddler. Twenty years on, I still have Dog on my shelves looking down on my bed. He has stitches on his face from where my actual dog bit him (I guess she liked the material?), which is also the only reason he's on a shelf instead of in my bed.

[@JesseWinford69]

Honestly thinking back the best toy I had as a kid in the 90s was definitely a mega zoid from power rangers. R.i.p Jason aka (Tommy the green/white ranger). I had all 5 of the zoids that could be combined together for the ultimate mega zoid. That thing was awesome. The only other things I can think that had equal excitement was my Megatron dragon from transformers and bionic figurines that I would combine into my own.

[@kase1898]

A beautiful ad read, I just loved it

[@lbryant2261]

I've heard this one for years... not sure of the origin of it: A guy got a job at a factory that made the Tickle Me Elmo toys. His first day, the line supervisor went to the plant manager and said, "We've got to do something. This guy is supposed to be doing QA on the toys, but he's taking twenty minutes for each doll." So the manager and the supervisor when to check on the guy. He had a needle, thread, a big box of marbles, and a bunch of squares of the Elmo fur fabric. They watched him pick up one of the dolls, a couple of the marbles, a patch of fur, and start sewing. After a few minutes, the manager started laughing. He went over to the guy and said, "I think you might have misheard me. I said to give each Elmo two TEST TICKLES."

[@tommyleejones623]

Karl becomes a demon when doing an add in the middle of the video, hence interrupting the flow? Well, make sense. And we’re fucked.

[@josephfluharty9361]

Am I the only one who thought this was going to be about Travis the chimp?

[@Decanta]

I have fond memories of tickle me elmo! my mom got the very last one at some store.

[@charlesnc]

Amiibo I remember the hype for amiibo when they came out

[@jaakkomehtatalo]

Black Friday Bunduru 😄

[@jojotheswede8444]

my favourite childhood toy is an old panda teddy bear, his name is Gob.

[@DrTurtleBee]

Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written.

[@therealbenlove]

Tackle me Elmo

[@kestrels-in-the-sky]

Is Braddles the cousin of raffles?

[@jamesjennings3726]

I remember buying a girlfriend one of these, she lost her shit over it.

[@jonharvey6277]

Zy the makers of beanie babies called zebby Ziggy when they sold it

[@nanodose]

Carl 2.0 you can't fool me into buying fake land

[@HarrysDogmalaysia]

5:35 hold up, wut?????

[@MahkyVmedia1]

Cabbage Patch Kids the OG toy to fight over

[@UbeR000]

aw hell naw elmo got that :'D

[@masteroker357]

Just imagine the hell that would have happened if they made a barbie version