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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Wikipedia's article for Creator/{{Freeform}}'s 25 Days of Christmas listed the film as part of the non-Christmas movies that the block aired. There's no evidence of the film having aired on the network, and it's likely that whoever made the edit confused the airing for the airing of ''Elmo's Christmas Countdown'' on the main ABC network. The entry mentioning the film's airing wasn't removed until 2021.
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* VindicatedByVideo: Much like the first ''Series/SesameStreet'' film, ''[[Film/SesameStreetPresentsFollowThatBird Follow That Bird]]''. Parents felt it wasn't worth the money taking their kids to see Elmo on the big screen when they could see him on television for free, not to mention both the aforementioned issues that turned it into an OldShame for CTW, and the movie coming out when Elmo was experiencing [[HypeBacklash backlash among viewers]] because of his popularity. It nevertheless did very well on home video and premium cable channels.
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* VindicatedByVideo: Much like the first ''Series/SesameStreet'' film, ''[[Film/SesameStreetPresentsFollowThatBird Follow That Bird]]''. Parents felt it wasn't worth the money taking their kids to see Elmo on the big screen when they could see him on television for free, not to mention both the aforementioned personal issues that turned it into an OldShame for CTW, CTW had with the film, and the movie coming out when Elmo was experiencing [[HypeBacklash backlash among viewers]] because of his popularity. It nevertheless did very well on home video and premium cable channels.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite doing well on home video, the movie has never been released on Blu-ray (though it is available digitally). It is still in print on DVD, but it has never been officially reissued on it; as a result, it still uses the same master and box art as its original 1999 release, decades after Sony's home video division dropped the Columbia [=TriStar=] name the said release is still credited to.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite doing well on home video, the movie has never been released on Blu-ray (though it is available digitally). It is still in print on DVD, but it has never been officially reissued on it; as a result, it still uses the same master and box art as its original 1999 release, almost two decades after Sony's home video division dropped the Columbia [=TriStar=] name the said release is still credited to.
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** Almost immediately, Children's Television Workshop regretted taking part in the film after early screenings of the film's rough cut proved that the film's target audience was scared of Huxley and legitimately worried about Elmo. Scenes featuring Ernie re-assuring Bert and the audience that everything will be okay were hastily filmed in New York months after production on the film wrapped but in CTW's eyes, the damage was already done. They deemed the film unsuitable to their standards, did the promotion they were contractually obligated to and have since distanced themselves from the film — which seldom comes up in any ''Sesame'' retrospectives and even barely comes up as a conversation topic within the Henson fandom.
** As if to drive the point home, Elmo, in an appearance on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' where Elmo ([[ItMakesSenseInContext participating in a rap version of the Sesame Street theme]]) [[Main/DisContinuityNod says]] "[[https://youtu.be/TQFPi1i20BA?t=120 Elmo tries to avoid Grouchland at any and all costs!]]"
** Almost immediately, Children's Television Workshop regretted taking part in the film after early screenings of the film's rough cut proved that the film's target audience was scared of Huxley and legitimately worried about Elmo. Scenes featuring Ernie re-assuring Bert and the audience that everything will be okay were hastily filmed in New York months after production on the film wrapped but in CTW's eyes, the damage was already done. They deemed the film unsuitable to their standards, did the promotion they were contractually obligated to and have since distanced themselves from the film — which seldom comes up in any ''Sesame'' retrospectives and even barely comes up as a conversation topic within the Henson fandom.
** As if to drive the point home, Elmo, in an appearance on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' where Elmo ([[ItMakesSenseInContext participating in a rap version of the Sesame Street theme]]) [[Main/DisContinuityNod says]] "[[https://youtu.be/TQFPi1i20BA?t=120 Elmo tries to avoid Grouchland at any and all costs!]]"
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** Almost immediately, Children's Television Workshop regretted taking part in the film after early screenings of the film's rough cut proved that the film's target audience was scared of Huxley and legitimately worried about Elmo. Scenes featuring Ernie re-assuring Bert and the audience that everything will be okay were hastily filmed in New York months after production on the film wrapped but in CTW's eyes, the damage was already done. They deemed the film unsuitable to their standards, did the promotion they were contractually obligated to and have since distanced themselves from the film — which seldom comes up in any ''Sesame'' retrospectives and even barely comes up as a conversation topic within the Henson fandom.
** As if to drive the point home, Elmo, in an appearance on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' where Elmo ([[ItMakesSenseInContext participating in a rap version of the Sesame Street theme]]) [[Main/DisContinuityNod says]] "[[https://youtu.be/TQFPi1i20BA?t=120 Elmo tries to avoid Grouchland at any and all costs!]]"
** Almost immediately, Children's Television Workshop regretted taking part in the film after early screenings of the film's rough cut proved that the film's target audience was scared of Huxley and legitimately worried about Elmo. Scenes featuring Ernie re-assuring Bert and the audience that everything will be okay were hastily filmed in New York months after production on the film wrapped but in CTW's eyes, the damage was already done. They deemed the film unsuitable to their standards, did the promotion they were contractually obligated to and have since distanced themselves from the film — which seldom comes up in any ''Sesame'' retrospectives and even barely comes up as a conversation topic within the Henson fandom.
** As if to drive the point home, Elmo, in an appearance on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' where Elmo ([[ItMakesSenseInContext participating in a rap version of the Sesame Street theme]]) [[Main/DisContinuityNod says]] "[[https://youtu.be/TQFPi1i20BA?t=120 Elmo tries to avoid Grouchland at any and all costs!]]"
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* VindicatedByVideo: Much like the first ''Series/SesameStreet'' film, ''[[Film/SesameStreetPresentsFollowThatBird Follow That Bird]]''. Parents felt it wasn't worth the money taking their kids to see Elmo on the big screen when they could see him on television for free, not to mention both the aforementioned issues that turned it into an OldShame for CTW, and the movie coming out when Elmo was experiencing [[HypeBacklash backlash among viewers]] because of his popularity. It nevertheless did very well on home video and movie channels.
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* VindicatedByVideo: Much like the first ''Series/SesameStreet'' film, ''[[Film/SesameStreetPresentsFollowThatBird Follow That Bird]]''. Parents felt it wasn't worth the money taking their kids to see Elmo on the big screen when they could see him on television for free, not to mention both the aforementioned issues that turned it into an OldShame for CTW, and the movie coming out when Elmo was experiencing [[HypeBacklash backlash among viewers]] because of his popularity. It nevertheless did very well on home video and movie premium cable channels.
