While “Elmo” has its share of awkward moments ... Williams, who turns up as the Queen of Trash (“Are you the one who trashed my dump?”) but looks more like her former beauty-contestant ...

The story calls for Elmo to stumble into a land populated by rude, trash-loving grouches with Williams as the Queen of Trash and Patinkin as a greedy thief. Fourth-and-3. Game on the line.

Give me that, you! Get out of my way! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Elmo doesn't want Mr. Grump's trash. What do you mean you don't want my trash? Elmo just likes to help. Elmo's going to go and ...