‘Who Wants To Die’ Talking Elmo

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Tickle Me Kevorkian?!?

A less emotionally loaded answer to this mess is that the word 'die' is a corrupted end of the sentence that should come out as 'try and go potty' and the recording stops there. Maybe someone passed this thing through a strong magnetic field and fritzed the recording?

Maybe someone passed this thing through a strong magnetic field and fritzed the recording?

Darn good point!!!

My name is Talking Tina, and I don't like you.

I have two talking star trek action figures that I've had since I was a kid, one of them Captain Picard and one Will Riker. Captain Picard says "Damage Report" and "Engage" and Will Riker says "Shields up" and "Red Alert." However if you press their buttons quickly you can get Picard to say "Damnit engage!" and Riker to say "Shit Red Alert!" Two of the best toys I ever had.

Yes, there isn't really a lot of difference between "try" and "die", especially if the recording got mangled a bit towards the end.

Personally, I find the concept of "Potty Time With Elmo" equally as disturbing as death threats from Elmo.

Better than those damn Bert and Ernie dolls I had as a toddler. Couldn't keep them apart.

My friend got a screwed up furbie for Christmas:

Friend: "I love you, Furbie"

Furbie: "Me no like you."

I've noticed a lot of toys with batteries failing knock off parts of sentences or phrases...or sound like they're underwater. I just replace the batteries, and once again our home is filled with the sweet sounds of, "Wooohooohooohoo!!! THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT TIGGERS!!" played over and over and over again.

"Status: Either a prank or a manufacturing defect"

or a way to get money. Google "how to hack elmo"

My name is Talky Tina, and I don't like imposters...

I vote for demonic possession.

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47368,00.html
It seems Elmo could be worth a lot of money...

I'm leaning towards Maegan's answer on this one. I collect books like those, and they do play interesting sounds when the batteries run dry. Those books do sometimes arrive at bookstores with already weak batteries (or it would be abused in bookstores enough to have the batteries grow weak by the time someone pick it up). If they picked it up on eBay, chances are it would be played with enough to have a weak battery too.

Would be very funny if it's true.

I used to have a kiddie cd player thing that would say over and over when there was no disk, "please insert disk." When the batteries ran down, it said "please insert piss."

http://www.mysimon.com/Elmo_Has_a_Potty_Mouth/4050-11029_8-6395370.html

great gift! haha

Here is a link for the book for sale on ebay!!
Can you believe that people are going crazy for it!!!

It reminds me of this legend:
http://snopes.com/disney/films/rafiki.htm

Its not fake you morons

Copy the link its an mp3 of what it says

My nephew had it before they brought it back to the store

Sorry here..........

http://www.myfilestash.com/userfiles/Symbios/Tobey/Who_Wet_The_Bed.mp3

You folks are all speculating on this thing without having seen the book. I have the book. Every other button works fine so it's not the battery. And it's certainly not the word 'try' with the end of the sentence cut off. It took us a little time to figure out what it said, but if you look at the context of the sound within the text of the book, then you'll realize that this woman is just over reacting and the recording is actually saying, "Uh Oh, who has to go?" but of course, Elmo, not having teeth or a tongue and a bunch of fur surrounding his mouth has never been known for good pronounciation, so it's just hard to understand.

The button in question is supposed to be pressed whenever the child sees a picture of Elmo's little doll, 'Baby David' in the text of the book.

It's pressed in the following context:

Text "Do you have to use the potty, Baby David?"
Sound "Uh Oh, Who has to go?"
Text: "You do? Let's go!"

This woman is just looking for a lawsuit.

It reminds me of the weird al song, 'furby prank call'. I find it a bit funny, is that twisted?

My son had a possessed "Tickle Me Elmo." He would start giggling when no one was near him. It had new batteries so I know it wasn't almost dead batteries. We ended up putting it in a closet and giving it away later.

I work for the company that produced this. This was a manufacturing error. Somehow the sound file was compressed. The reason all of the books don't say the same thing is because the problem was caught, but then the printer mistakenly distributed some of the defective books. I have one sitting on my desk, and I think it's hilarious...

We've got the book and I can tell you it is not weak batteries, all the other keys work fine. It is entirely obvious that some employee somewhere along the line is playing a prank.

On review it does clearly sound like "who has to go" when you are listening for those words. You can listen to it repeatedly and clearly hear EITHER phrase depending on what you are expecting. Interesting. On other sites the correct books seem to say "who wants to try to go potty", was this what "who has to go" was changed to so there would be no remote way of getting to "who wants to die"?
Why can't the makers just tell us what was the text supposed to be? Not sure what error and comprimised really means.

If you're refering to J's comment, he didn't say "compromised." He said "compressed," if that helps.

this kinda reminds me of a story in the news where one of those teletubbie dolls (the big purple one) said something like "I got a gun"

Hey lets go shoot mommy!

: this kinda reminds me of a story in the news
: where one of those teletubbie dolls (the big
: purple one) said something like "I got a gun"
If I'm not mistaken, it's the red one, and he said something along the lines of "f****t" and "b**e my b**t"(also sounds like "I got a gun").

I'm not sure if it was a purple one but I do know it was a tellitubby....

The doll of Tinky Winky (the purple Tellytubby) sounded like a pervert even when his sound files weren't messed up.

"You folks are all speculating on this thing without having seen the book. I have the book. Every other button works fine so it's not the battery. And it's certainly not the word 'try' with the end of the sentence cut off. It took us a little time to figure out what it said, but if you look at the context of the sound within the text of the book, then you'll realize that this woman is just over reacting and the recording is actually saying, "Uh Oh, who has to go?" but of course, Elmo, not having teeth or a tongue and a bunch of fur surrounding his mouth has never been known for good pronounciation, so it's just hard to understand."

It seems like snotty, quoted above, is speculatin' just to speculate, thinkin' he's the master and stuff just because he has the book. Last year, when this happened, I rode my bike to four Border's until I found one of the "defective" books. It definitely says "Oh, oh, who want's to die!" People thought I was a nut, going through rows of Elmo Potty books, frantically. I found the golden one, and clutched it all the way to the cashier. Okay, I am a nut.

Anyway, the reality was on the news. A programmer bought a bunch of Potty Time with Elmo books, reprogammed them to say "Who wants to die?" and then sent them all back to Borders. It's actually funny as hell. I have mine sitting here on my desk and it entertains all my office visitors.

Ok this last guy is sorta off his rock...
I bought no less than 6 of these books from different wal-marts. Each one had the lovely phrase "who wants to die". This was not the work of some super cool hacker that bought a bunch of books at borders and then returned em reprogramed. I mean come on please does this even sound believable?
Erik

I'm nuts? You bought four of 'em, dork. Look it was in the news, when the manufacturer was notifed. This was January, 2006. Google it or something. That was the press release that the manufacturer, Publications International Ltd, released. If you don't believe me, call them and get off my johnson.

If you found and bought four, maybe your dork ass should have played the lottery that day instead.

Oh, I'm sorry. SIX of them. My bad.

Yes I bought 6 of them.. and did what any good american would do... Sold them to idiots on ebay. I purchased em for 6 dollars and sold them for 50-90 dollars each.
Thats right I'm the moron..
Erik

My husband and I purchased a potty time with elmo book from wal mart back in september of 2005. I never was sure exactley what that thing said but I knew it didn't sound right. It wasn't until it was on the news in 2006 that I realized I had one of those defected books. I played it over and over letting friends and family hear it. I just honestly don't understand how it could be a manufacturing error. It has to be a joke. Well the book is in my closet on the shelf so my kids can't get to it. Maybe I will try ebay seeing that they sell for so much!!!!!!

My God, the Willy, Gilbert & AJ Show was right! That's the thing from the Willy, Gilbert & AJ Show!!! OMG!! Thomas Farris was right they didn't make it up!

I EXPLAIN:
The Willy, Gilbert & AJ Show has a plot outline about an army of Kamikaze Elmo Dolls that say "WHo want sto die?" but I didn't know it was loosely based on actual events! Awesome

Here is a funny story related to this one:
http://www.wgem.com/News/index.php?ID=14508

Beat up Elmo! Rip out your fur! Come on and shout! Shout! Come on and Shout! Shout!
Come on and shout!

What is that Who wet the bed audio?


LOL!

It reminds me of that Cookie monster book that says "I like to f**t" instead of
"I like my truck"!
This also reminds me of a story in the news where one of those teletubbies dolls (the big purple one) said something like "I've got a gun!"

Otaku-maniac wrote:
I used to have a kiddie cd player thing that would say over and over when there was no disk, "please insert disk." When the batteries ran down, it said "please insert piss."
LOL!

I have furbies just like Tru's cousin.

However, when the book's buttons are pressed, it reportedly says something it is not supposed to -- "who wants to die?"
LOL!

I have an Abby Cadabby doll that says "Twinkle Ouch!" instead of "Twinkle Out!"!

-sings to the tune of YMCA-
Who wet the bed?
We're gonna say it now,
Who wet the bed?
I don't know who did,
But it was a little seapony kid!
Who wet the bed?

I love My Little Pony!
LOL at rip out your fur!

My older brother bought a copy of this book, just to see if it said that, and it does!!! He moved and now i have the book, when you press the button with the purple background it really does say "who wants to die"

That's terrible. Who wants to teach their kids something inappropriate? Before you know it, they're saying "Uh oh, who wants to die?"

There was this story where My Little Pony Newborn Rainbow Dash said "F*** you!" instead of "I Love You!"
I have her,but she doesn't curse!

How about America stops being so lazy and just stops importing? America can't so anything for themselves. Look at how it is effecting the generations to come. First lead paint and now this? What is going on? It's obviously a case of sneaky pot shots against America. How many are we going to take before we finally put our foot down?

its batteries or a hoax. new one is out now. could be a manafacuture idea to get press