History of Sesame Street "phenomenon" until Clash took over the role in 1985. Eventually, Elmo became, as Davis reported, "the embodiment" of "Sesame Street", and "the marketing wonder of our age" when five million "Tickle Me Elmo" dolls were sold in 1996. Clash believed the "Tickle Me Elmo" phenomenon made Elmo a household name and led to the "Elmo's World" segment. Michael Jeter was a favorite with younger audiences in his role as Mr. Noodle's brother, Mister Noodle on Sesame Street from 1999 to 2003. In 2002, "Sesame Street"s producers went further in changing the show to reflect its younger demographic, fundamentally changing the
Rockne S. O'Bannon Rockne S. O'Bannon Rockne S. O'Bannon is an American television writer, screenwriter and producer. O'Bannon has created five original television series ("Farscape", "seaQuest", "Defiance", "Cult", and "Alien Nation"). O'Bannon made his writing debut selling spec material to NBC's "Amazing Stories" (1985) and CBS's "The Twilight Zone" (1985), but first garnered critical attention for his film "Alien Nation" (1988) and its subsequent spinoff television show. His next notable achievement was his original series "seaQuest DSV" (1993) which ran for three seasons. O'Bannon's most critically acclaimed success was the space epic "Farscape" on The Sci-Fi Channel (1999–2003) which ran for four seasons