Tickle Me Elmo Best Buy, Target, Toys R Us before it closed and more. It can still be found Tickle Me Elmo Tickle Me Elmo is a children's plush toy from Tyco Preschool, a division of Tyco Toys, of the Muppet character Elmo from the children's television show, Sesame Street. When squeezed, Elmo shakes, vibrates, and recites his trademark giggle, "Uh-ha-ha-ha-hee-hee!". The toy was first produced in the United States in 1996 and slowly became a fad toy. Some instances of violence were reported over the limited supply amidst heavy consumer demand. "People" reported that the toy which retailed for $28.99 according to
S. A. Wakefield S. A. Wakefield Sydney Wakefield was born in Australia to English immigrant parents on 13 May 1927. In 1945 he enlisted and was commissioned into the 2nd Punjab Regiment. After the end of World War 2 he joined his father who had an orchard Gosford, New South Wales. After studying Social Studies at Sydney University (1949-50), he married (1953), and started a farm at Kariong, New South Wales. He wrote short stories for children about "Bottersnikes and Gumbles", which contain a mixture of absurdity, humour, puns, as well as carrying an environmental message. Wakefield wrote four books about the Bottersnikes