I watched Sesame Street when I was young and I think I had Elmo, or some form of him, though I can't remember having him, but all kids have Elmo at some point, probably. Back when I was that young, they didn't have Elmo machines that moved as far as I know. Just inanimate stuffies (in the late 80's). They came out with the first Tickle Me Elmo around 1997, I think. You were 3 and I was 14, probably, but did you watch both vids all the way through? It has a few million views and few thousand comments too.
I grew up with Muphet Babies, Sesame Street, Ninja turtles, Captain Planet, GI Joes, Conan, and things like that. More of those low tech 80's, early 90's shows. I prefer newer shows or remakes of certain shows in most cases.
Yeah I was 3, thus I got full exposure

. Yeah I did think it was kinda' funny, but I felt guilty laughing.