If you tuned into Good Morning America this morning, you may have noticed Diane Sawyer extracting something from a safe. And, yes, that red and furry object was the new Tickle Me Elmo T.M.X. - T.M.X. for Tickle Me eXtreme. Not only the the doll talk in the third person and giggle, Elmo basically has a crazy laughing fit - slapping his knee, falling on his back and convulsing, getting back up, falling on his side, rolling to his front, slapping the floor, getting back up. Forget getting this for kids - this is totally what we're getting everyone for their birthdays. Or we're just going to buy a lot and sell them on eBay, most likely at a loss.
Watch the clip on ABC News. There's something hilarious about Diane Sawyer getting excited about TMX Elmo - and her pointing to a "line outside the Times Square Toys R Us" when camera cuts to the store and there are maybe only five people.
Photograph of potential Tickle Me Elmo TMX buyers at the Manhattan Mall by Shiho Fukada/AP
