#56: Is Elmo Lying About His "Eternal" Age?

From Answer for It! by Answer for It

May 5, 2026 · 51 min

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The episode discusses various trivia questions including Elmo's age and historical events.

Support us on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠!⁠⁠ patreon.com/answerforit Sylvester Stallone cast Mr. T as Rocky’s rival Clubber Lang in Rocky III, after seeing him on what TV show? According to Sesame Workshop, everyone's favorite red monster Elmo is eternally what age? The act of “raising a toast” dates all the way back to Ancient Rome, but why was it coined? What was the European Recovery Program, signed on April 3, 1948 by President Harry Truman, better known as? Until switching to vanilla in the 1940s Hostess Twinkies had what flavor creme filling? In 1998, rapper Vanilla Ice played a free concert in Birmingham, AL, to promote a thrash metal version of "Ice Ice Baby" -- what did the audience do when he threw out free copies of his album? New episodes every Tuesday. Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠James Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zach Anner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AJ LoCascio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Casey Edwards⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Answer for It is sold by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.airwavemedia.com.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on the show! Learn more about your ad…

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Hosts: Elyse Willems, James Willems, Zach Anner, AJ LoCascio

Topics covered

Elmo's age
Rocky III
raising a toast
European Recovery Program
Hostess Twinkies
Vanilla Ice concert

Keywords

Elmo
Sylvester Stallone
Rocky III
Hostess Twinkies
Vanilla Ice
European Recovery Program
raising a toast

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Organizations: Sesame Workshop, Hostess, Casey Edwards, Airwave Media