Elmo

According to several articles, the voice of Elmo, Kevin Clash, has resigned from his job being a voice on Sesame Street.  He was recently accused of being involved in a sex scandal.  A few people have come forward claiming that the man behind the famous Elmo character has sexually abused them when they were younger.  He has been the voice of Elmo for about 28 years. With Christmas coming up, and Elmo toys being very popular, there was an article on USA Today that talked about how this would affect the sales.  According to the article, the sales will not be changing. Analysts say that Elmo is a much bigger icon than the man behind it, therefore, Hasbro could still sell $150 million or more of toys this holiday season.  I thought that this was interesting because I would think that it would change the sales, however, Elmo is everywhere, so it is almost hard to avoid it.