One promo on the Rosie O’Donnell show was all it took to spark Tickle Me Elmo mania. Tickle Me Elmo’s sweet voice and vibrating laugh had parents fighting in the aisles. The hottest toy of 1996 was, ...

It was two decades ago this holiday season that parents across America were fighting each other over a little red creature with a tickling fetish. During the months leading up to Christmas 1996, the ...

The chatty midnight riddler or the giggle monster, which would you choose? The chatty midnight riddler or the giggle monster, which would you choose? The chatty midnight riddler or the giggle monster, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The holidays are here! For many, that could mean buying gifts. While shopping will look a lot different in 2020, one thing is the same---getting our hands on the hottest toy.

Which Elmo toy is best? Elmo from “Sesame Street” has been well-known by kids in hundreds of countries for many years. Perhaps reaching peak popularity as a toy during the 1996 Christmas season, Elmo ...

The quirky owlish Furby toy isn't fooling anyone at the Pentagon or at NASA. *** new Air Force memo forbids anyone to bring *** Furby into areas like this at the Cape. It's here that engineers track ...