A simple question from a children’s television character is highlighting a very serious problem: the mental health crisis in the U.S.

The co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” Lloyd Morrisett has died.

Elmo got a COVID-19 vaccine.

Look, life as we know it right now is pretty insane. Omicron is raging across the country, it didn’t even feel like 2021 happened and America’s sweetheart, Betty White, is dead.

(Richard Termine/Sesame Workshop via AP)Is a pandemic the perfect time to launch a new and relatively expensive streaming service? The phone company is investing billions in HBO Max, its first big entertainment venture since it spent $85 billion for Time Warner in 2018. HBO Max costs $15, same as the HBO Now streaming service it's supposed to replace, with discounts after the launch limited to some AT&T customers. Disney launched Disney Plus and the sports-focused ESPN Plus and took control of Hulu from an industry joint venture. It's easy to prompt HBO Now users to switch to Max if they signed up directly through HBO, and many big cable companies have agreed to promote HBO Max to their existing HBO customers.

[ READ NEXT: Children who watched 'Sesame Street' performed better in school, study says | How well do you know Epcot's World Showcase? | Sesame Street becomes real intersection in New York City ]Let's go over everything that's offered at Sesame Street land, shall we? Look for the green and yellow street sign and you'll know that you've made it to Sesame Street. Sesame Street knows how to throw a street party. Like most theme parks, Sesame Street land has a gift shop positioned perfectly across the street from the splash pad.

Its been more than a decade since a Tennessee mother saw her late sons lost toy Elmo, but the stuffed animal made its way back home, a day before what would have been the boys 14th birthday. During his life, Tucker and his toy Elmo, which he called Melmo, were inseparable. Tucker had his Elmo that he always took everywhere with him and he became kind of a comfort buddy for him, Scarbrough said. It was a very cute picture but somewhere that day, we lost Elmo, Scarbrough said, and the family eventually replaced Melmo with a different toy Elmo they found on eBay. Thats when the woman told Scarbrough that she used to work at that photo studio, and remembered a kid leaving their toy Elmo behind.