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for the Word on the Street.
What's the Word on the Street?
- Investigate. - What does investigate mean?
- To find out more about something.
- To do research to get the answer.
- It's good to carry a notebook to
remember pieces of the puzzle.
- What did you investigate? - Once I lost my jacket.
I asked everyone to see if they saw it.
- Did you ever find your jacket?
- Yes! - Keep listening for the word
investigate today on "Sesame Street."
- Investigate. - That's the Word on the Street!
- ♪ Can you tell me how to get? ♪
♪ Can you tell me how to get? ♪
♪ Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away ♪
♪ On my way to where the air is sweet ♪
♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪
♪ How to get to Sesame Street? ♪
♪ Can you tell me how to get? ♪
♪ Come and play ♪
♪ Everything's A-OK ♪
- Ha ha ha!
- ♪ Friendly neighbors there ♪
♪ That's where we meet ♪
♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪
♪ How to get to Sesame Street? ♪
♪ Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? ♪
[Children giggling]
- Hi, Jonathan! Hi! Elmo has got it!
- Hey, Jonathan! Hey, Elmo. I'm open.
I'm open, I'm open! I got it. Ha ha ha!
- You got it? Good.
- Elmo, look, look, look.
Hi. Welcome to Sesame Street.
- Yeah. Telly and Elmo are playing basketball!
- We're the team with a dream.
- The dribblers with kabibblers.
- The kabibblers?
- Yeah. Elmo just made that up, Telly.
Ha ha! Play ball!
- Wait, wait, wait, Elmo.
Before we start, let's go have a healthy power snack so our
dribbling and kabibbling is even more awesome!
- Oh, good idea, Telly!
- Alright. Rest up, little basketball.
You're gonna need it with all the hoop-shooting
you're gonna do.
- Yeah, baby! Come on, Telly!
- Hey, Chris!
- Chris, Chris.
- Hey, guys. - Hey, Chris!
- Hello, Telly. Hello, Elmo.
What's happening?
- Elmo and Telly want a healthy power snack.
- Yeah, so we can be the--
- To get ready for basketball.
- So we can be the team with a dream.
- Yeah, the dribblers with the kabibblers.
- The kabibblers?
You made that up, didn't you?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I figured.
I tell you what, you dribblers and kabibblers,
I have just the thing for you guys.
- It's a healthy yet tasty snack, apple slices.
- Ooh. Apples.
- Here you go, Elmo. - Thank you, Chris.
- Telly, you got yours? That's what I'm talking about.
Okay. Enjoy.
- Alright, Dream Team. Hoop-shooting time!
- Yeah. Thanks, Chris!
- Okay. No problem. Have fun. See you.
Oh. Oh, boy!
Oh, oh!
Ooh. There goes that wind again.
Stay. Oh, no.
- Dribblers with the kabibblers, play ball!
- But...
[Ominous music]
Where's the ball?
- Where is the ball?
Telly was holding it last.
- I know, but I put it down right here,
and now it's gone!
- Where could it be?
- I have no idea!
- This is a mystery!
- You're right, Elmo. It is a mystery.
We need to investigate.
- Investigate? - Yes!
Investigate is when you do things that will help you find
answers to your question. Be right back.
- Okay, Elmo will wait right here.
- There. I've got my investigator's hat,
my investigator's pad, and my crayon, which means...
[Ominous music plays]
we're ready to investigate.
- Ah. Ha ha! But how will Elmo and Telly do that?
- First we look around for clues,
and I jot them down in this little pad.
Then we make a hypothesis.
- A hippopotamus?
- No, no, no, no.
Hypothesis. That means a guess.
- Well, how do we make an herpothesis?
- We use our clues.
Alright. What do we know so far?
- Well, that the basketball is not there anymore.
- You're right, you're right.
Our basketball disappeared.
Great start. - Good.
- Now what we have to do is figure out
who can make things disappear.
- Ahh.
- Who can make things disappear?
Who can make things disappear?
- Ohh!
- Hi there, Elmo. Hi, Telly.
- Not now, Abby. Elmo and Telly are
trying to find out who can make things disappear.
- Wait a minute! - Huh?
- Abby can make things disappear!
- That's right. I can.
- So Abby must have made our basketball disappear.
- Huh? - Telly thinks Abby did it?
- That's my hypothesis.
Abby made the basketball disappear.
- But I didn't make your basketball disappear.
I was singing with the 7 dwarves.
I came by here to pick up their lunch.
All 7 of them will tell you I didn't do it,
but I do hope you find your ball, though.
- Hey, Abby.
I have your 7 mulligatawny soups here, extra small.
Pass that to Abby, please. Thank you, Telly.
- Hey, is there bread in here?
- There sure is. - Okay.
Um, hey, good luck finding your ball.
- There she goes. - Oops.
Well, I guess my hypothesis was wrong.
Abby didn't make our ball disappear.
- So now what?
- Well, we investigate further, but where?
- Hmm. Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
Maybe the ball just fell under the table.
Let's investigate down there.
- Brilliant idea, Investigator Elmo.
We will investigate under the table.
I'll just put down my investigator's crayon and pad.
- Nothing under here.
- Nope. I better write that information down
on my investigator's pad.
- Okay.
- Oh, no!
[Ominous music plays]
- What? - My investigator's pad
and my investigator's crayon-- they're gone, too!
The mystery's getting more mysterious.
- But wait, wait, Investigator Telly.
This time Elmo has a clue.
- What clue? - Well, Elmo heard a sound.
It went like this.
Whoosh!
- Now that you mention it, Investigator Elmo,
I heard it, too, a mysterious sound indeed!
Whoosh!
Now where have I heard that whoosh sound before?
- Ooh, ooh! Elmo knows! Elmo will be right back.
This is where Elmo heard it, in the story
of "The 3 Little Pigs."
Here, Telly.
- Gee. Hmm.
- Read what it says under the picture of the wolf.
- Right. "The Big Bad Wolf said to the little pig,
"You'd better come out, or I'll huff and I'll puff,
"and I'll blow your house down,"
"And then he went Whoooosh!"
- See? Now Elmo has a hoppopotamus.
- Hypothesis. - Yeah, what you said.
Elmo guesses that the Big Bad Wolf blew away the basketball,
too, with a great big Whoooosh!
- Good hypothesis, Investigator Elmo.
That does sound like the Big Bad Wolf, and if it sounds like
the Big Bad Wolf, then it must be the Big Bad Wolf!
- Yes! - Now, hold on a second there.
- The Big Bad Wolf! - I knew it!
- No, you don't. I heard your hypothesis and
came to tell you you're wrong.
- Wait a minute. You could hear us?
- How? - I've got, uh, very big ears,
the better to hear what people say about me,
and, you see, I'm not into huffing
and puffing at pigs' houses anymore.
- You're not?! - No.
Now I work as a blow dryer in a beauty parlor.
- A beauty parlor?
- Yeah, in fact, I was just working on a customer.
Mrs. Hathakugel! I'll have her come
and prove it to you, help me save my good name.
- Wolfy, what's the big idea?
You left me with my hair all dripping.
- I know. I'm sorry, Mrs. Hathakugel.
Something came up, but just stand right there,
and I'll finish your blow-dry.
- Alright.
[Whoosh]
Ahh. Ahh.
- There. All done!
[High-pitched voice] You look fabulous--
[Deep voice] Ahem! Fabulous.
- Oh, Wolfy, you're such an artiste,
best blow dryer in town.
See you same time next week, darling.
- You got it.
Believe me now?
- Amazing!
- Gee, I'm sorry we blamed you!
- Oh, forget about it.
Here. Take my business card
in case you ever want a new fur do.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back...
[High-pitched voice] to the salon!
[Deep voice] Ahem. Salon.
- He was cool.
So now what, Investigator Telly?
- Uh, well, now we investigate further.
We'll look really closely at everything around us.
- Right, Investigator Telly!
[Whoosh]
Ooh. Elmo heard that sound again.
- Yeah, yeah, me, too,
but nothing disappeared this time, did it?
- Elmo doesn't think so.
Did you see anything disappear?
Hey, hey, hey!
- What? - Telly's hat!
- Yes! That's my investigator's hat.
I always wear it when I'm investigating a--
My investigator's hat! It's gone!
- Oh, no!
[Ominous music plays]
- Wait, wait! Wait, wait, wait!
I think I have another clue. - What, what?
- This time I felt something.
I felt a tickle when I heard that whoosh!
- Well, Elmo felt it also, but Elmo didn't see anything.
- Neither did I.
- Oh, what's wrong, guys?
- Oh, Leela! Things keep disappearing!
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, the basketball, Telly's pad,
and the crayons and his investigator hat.
- But we can't figure out what's doing it!
[Whoosh]
There's that sound again.
We hear it each time something disappears.
- Just like that. Whoooosh!
- Whoooosh!
And we feel something sort of tickle us, too.
- But Elmo and Telly can't see what it is.
It's a big mystery.
- Hmm. I can see that. You know what?
Maybe if we put our heads together,
we can solve this mystery.
- You think so?
- Let's try! - okay.
- Now, it seems to me that you have 3 clues.
- Yeah. - Mm-hmm.
- Things keep disappearing. - Yeah.
- You keep hearing this whoosh sound!
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- And you can feel something tickle you,
but you can't see anything.
- So what could it be, Leela?
- This mystery is driving me bananas!
- Yes! - Whoa, whoa!
Alright, alright. Let's think about it.
What could be around us that we could feel
and sometimes hear, but can't see?
- Hmm.
Ooh, ooh, ooh! Wait, wait, wait!
Air is all around us, and Elmo can't see air.
Maybe air did it!
- No way, Elmo!
Air can't make all those things disappear.
- Well, but the wind could, Telly,
and wind is just air moving really fast.
- It is?
- Aha!
Then Elmo bets the wind did it!
That is Elmo's new hypothesis!
- Uh, I'm still not convinced, Elmo.
- Well, tell you what.
Why don't you experiment and test Elmo's hypothesis
to see if the wind can, in fact, move things?
- Great idea, Leela, but what can Investigator Elmo
and Investigator Telly use to do the experiment?
- We'll use my hat!
Oh, no. No. That's gone.
And so are my pad and crayon.
- Oh, hey, hey, hey!
Let's see if the wind can move Leela.
- Yeah. - What? Ha ha!
I think I'm a little too heavy for that.
Try something lighter.
- Okay, let's see.
I know what we can use.
A leaf.
- Ah.
- Uh-huh. - Great idea, Telly.
- Thank you. - I'll hold it up.
- ♪ Can the wind with a whoosh ♪
♪ Give a leaf a push? ♪
- ♪ We'll have to wait and see ♪
♪ To solve this mystery ♪
- It's not moving.
- Be patient, Telly.
- ♪ But can the wind whooshing by ♪
♪ Make this little leaf fly? ♪
- ♪ We'll have to wait a little longer ♪
♪ Till the wind gets stronger... ♪
- ♪ Whoosh, whoosh ♪
♪ Wow, watch it go flying ♪
- ♪ Whoosh, whoosh, now there's no denying ♪
- ♪ The wind can move a leaf ♪
- ♪ Well, the wind with a whoosh ♪
♪ Gave the leaf a push ♪
♪ Now Elmo wants to know how far it's gonna go ♪
- ♪ Let's go! ♪
Watch the leaf, watch the leaf.
The wind is gonna go back again.
- The wind is making it spin!
- Wow! Look at the plastic bag!
An umbrella!
- Whoa! A newspaper!
- Hey, look! Our basketball!
- And Telly's pad and investigator's hat!
Boy, the wind did blow it all away.
- ♪ Whoosh, whoosh ♪
♪ Wow, watch things go flying ♪
- ♪ Whoosh, whoosh ♪
♪ Now there's no denying ♪
♪ The wind with a whoosh ♪
♪ Can give lots of things a push ♪
- Ha ha ha ha!
- Hi. I'm Colin. - And Elmo is Elmo.
- We're here to tell you about the word,
uh, about the word-- - What, what, what?
- You know what? I can't remember the word.
- Oh, neither can Elmo.
What word are Mr. Colin and Elmo supposed to talk about?
- Elmo, we'd better investigate.
- Huh? - Investigate.
To do things that will help you find out
the answer to a question.
- Oh, right. Then let's investigate.
- Waah waah waah!
- There's a penguin. Hello, penguin.
- Excuse me, Mr. Penguin.
- Yes? - Do you know today's word?
- Oh, I'm afraid I do not. You know what?
You should ask someone that's orange.
- Someone that's orange? Who's orange?
- Elmo and Mr. Colin better keep investigating.
- Okay. - Look, look, look!
- Ooh, carrots. They're orange.
Let's ask the carrots. - Yeah, go ahead.
- Hey, carrots, What's today's word?
- Oh, don't ask me.
Ask the orange guy covered in fur.
- Something tells me we need to look
for the orange guy covered in fur.
- The carrots just said it.
- Right. Let's investigate.
- Okay!
- ♪ La la la ♪
- Oh! Ha! He's orange and--and furry.
- Ha ha! You're tall and h-handsome.
- Well, thank you. - That's Murray.
He always knows today's word.
- Great! Murray, what's today's word?
- Investigate.
- Uh--hubba-wha?
- Today's word is investigate!
- Investigate. It means to do things that will help you
find out the answer to a question.
- Hey, that's right! You're pretty smart!
- Hey, you know what that means?
- What? - It means we
investigated "investigate."
- Oh, ha ha ha!
- Investigate!
- Nice investigation.
- Well done, lads.
- Are you ready to twinkle think?
Good! Because Abby's Flying Fairy School is coming soon!
But first, it's time for the letter "J"!
That's why we're gonna play Bring Out Your "J"!
What sound does the letter "J" make?
- Jjj. - Jjj.
- Jjj. Jjj.
- Jjj. "J"! That's right!
Now, come on!
Let's find some things that start with the letter "J."
Bring out your "J"!
Bring out your "J"!
Do you have anything here that starts with the letter "J"?
- Jacket. - Yes!
Jacket begins with the letter "j."
Do you have anything on you that begins with the letter "J"?
- I have some jelly.
- Jelly has the jjj sound.
Jelly starts with "J"!
Bring out your "J"!
- I have jewelry.
- Jewelry begins with "J."
I'm doing something that starts with the letter "J."
Do you know what it is?
I'm jjj...jjj...jjj...jumping!
Right! Ha ha ha!
Whoa! Whoa. Hee hee!
Ha ha ha! Joy!
Now let's check out more of the letter "J."
- Letter "J" is taking us to a word
that starts with the sound jjj.
Jjj, jjj, jacket.
Ha ha ha! Ooh! Letter "J," come back.
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jjj ♪
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jacket ♪
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jjj ♪
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jacket ♪
- ♪ Jacket is a word ♪
♪ That starts with "J" ♪
Jacket. Can you say jacket?
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jjj ♪
Jacket!
Now sing with Elmo!
Ha ha ha!
Come on, everybody.
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jjj ♪
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jacket ♪
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jjj ♪
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jacket ♪
- ♪ Jacket is a word ♪
♪ That starts with "J" ♪
Jacket. Can you say jacket?
- ♪ Jjj, jjj, jjj, jjj ♪
Jacket!
- Hey, Carson, tell them what's coming up next!
- Abby's Flying Fairy School!
- That sounds great!
[Horn honks]
- ♪ Look up high in the sky ♪
♪ It's a school, it can fly ♪
- ♪ Let's all hurry to ♪
♪ The Flying Fairy School ♪
♪ Grab your wands ♪ - Yee-ha!
- ♪ Bring your wings ♪ - Yeah!
- ♪ We will learn magic things ♪
♪ Let's all hurry to the Flying Fairy School ♪
♪ How to make us grow ♪
♪ And how to make us shrink ♪ - Whoa!
- ♪ How to solve a problem ♪
♪ With a simple twinkle think ♪
♪ The school is really magic ♪
♪ And magic's really cool ♪
♪ Let's go in, let's begin ♪
♪ It's Flying Fairy School ♪
- Ha ha ha!
- Ha ha!
- The green bin will be for paper,
yellow for metal, and blue for plastic!
[Clang]
Ahem. Oh. Hello.
Welcome to Flying Fairy School.
It's time to recycle!
- Yay! Recycling! Boo-yah!
Um, what's recycling again?
- Oh, don't you remember, Blogg?
Recycling is when you take something that's been used
and turn it into something new that can be used again.
- Oh, yeah! Why do we do that exactly?
- So that there's less trash. - That makes sense.
Come on. Let's recycle.
- Okay, Gonnigan,
what did you bring for us to recycle?
- Well, uh, the only thing I could find
were these old empty cans.
- Perfect, Gonnigan!
Cans can be recycled into a little birdhouse.
- Aw! Enjoy your new home.
- Ooh! My turn, my turn!
Recycle this, please.
- Oh, my, Blogg. What is that?
- Bellybutton lint! I collect my own.
- Oh, I'm not quite sure I know
what to recycle that into.
- Well, I do!
A bellybutton lint doll!
I think I shall call her Belinta.
Want to give her a smooch? - Ew!
- Abby, what did you bring to recycle?
- Well, my mommy gave me a bunch
of old empty bottles and jars.
This one had applesauce, this one had pickles,
and this one--
Gee! Ha!
This one's so dusty, I can't even tell what it had.
I just better dust it a little and--ooh.
Whoa! Oh.
- I think you should stop rubbing it, Abby.
I have a feeling that bottle has a genie!
[Pop]
- Kazeeks!
I'm out of the bottle! I'm out, I'm out!
I'm out, I'm out, I'm--ow, ow, ow!
Oh, dear.
199 years in a 2-liter wreaks havoc with the lumbars.
- Wow! A real genie!
- Oh, the name's Gene, Gene the Genie.
- Oh, boy! Say, what's it like living in a bottle?
- Terrible.
It's really small, really tight, no cable TV.
I tell you this, I'm never going back
in that bottle again.
- Oh, oh, the bottle's moving.
Why is it moving?
- Oh, no. It's because I said I'm not going back in.
That bottle hates to be left empty.
Oh, oh.
Kazoomba!
- Oh, dear.
- Mrs. Sparklenose!
- Oh, my genieness!
Do you know what this means?
- It means Mrs. Sparklenose is trapped in your bottle!
- No. It means I can go on my dream vacation,
1,001 nights in Vegas.
[AS ELVIS PRESLEY] Thank you very much.
Kazoomba!
- Oh, no! What are we gonna do?
- Stand back! I shall take care of this.
- I wouldn't do that if I were you.
- Ow! You--you--ow!
- Told you so.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have a flying carpet to catch.
- But, Mr. Genie, you can't leave now!
- You're absolutely right.
- You mean, you're gonna help Mrs. Sparklenose
get out of the bottle?
- No. I forgot to pack my swimsuit.
- Oh, What do we do now?
- Wait a minute.
Aren't all genies supposed to grant 3 wishes?
- Oh, man!
- Okay, our first wish is
that you get Mrs. Sparklenose out of that bottle
right now.
- Wish number one granted.
Kazoomba!
- Whoa! Wait a minute!
Now what's Niblet doing in there?
- Well, all you wished was for Mrs. Sparklenose to get out.
- Maybe you can think of another way to make the wish.
- Oh, okay. Um, I'll try one.
Uh, this time, we wish, um,
that we don't want any one of us inside that bottle.
- You sure that's your wish?
- Yes! - Second wish granted!
Kazoomba!
- Whoa! Hey! What's the big idea?
- You said you didn't want any one of you in there,
so I put all of you in.
- Looks like we could use some help.
Spot! Oh, Spot!
- [Barking]
- How do we make a wish to get all of us out of the bottle?
- Fetch, Spot! Fetch!
[Spot barks]
- None of the pickles are in the jar.
Oh, there they go. They're getting in.
Now all of the--oops!
- Wait for me, wait for me!
- All the pickles are in the jar.
- Oh, now I get it. We need to wish for pickles.
- No, Blogg.
Think about the words "none" and "all."
We want none of us in the bottle
and all of us out, right?
- So that should be our wish.
- So no pickles?
- Kazaa! I found my swimsuit.
Hurry up, make your third wish, so I can hit the hotel pool.
- Okay, here it is.
We wish that all of us are out of this bottle.
- And none of us are left inside.
- Oh, alright.
Wish granted.
Kazoomba!
- Aah! Aah! Watch out for that bottle!
It doesn't want to be empty!
- Oh, no! Mrs. Sparklenose is in the bottle again.
- Now off to Vegas.
[AS ELVIS PRESLEY] The genie has left the building.
- Mr. Genie, wait!
I know we have no more wishes left,
but you can't leave Mrs. Sparklenose in there.
- Listen, I'd love to get her out,
I really would, but if I do,
then who's going to live inside the bottle?
- Well, it is your home.
Couldn't you live there?
- Me?! No way!
It's not big enough, and it's not comfortable.
- Wait. You mean, if your bottle was bigger
and more comfortable, you'd stay?
- Sure, but it's impossible.
You can't make my bottle into something else.
- Maybe we can.
Let's twinkle think.
How could we change the genie's bottle?
- Twinkle think, twinkle think.
- Hmm. Let's see.
We want to take something that's old and used...
- And make it into something new
that can be used again.
- Wait a minute!
That is recycling!
- Yeah. Recycling!
- Re-what-cling?
- Recycling.
We can change your old bottle into something new again,
but first, you have to get Mrs. Sparklenose out.
- Oh, alright, but only because I'm intrigued.
Kazoomba!
- Ohh! Thank you!
A fairy needs to fly and fly free!
- Oh, we better hurry and recycle
before that bottle sucks someone else inside!
- Right! Gonnigan, Blogg,
gather up all those old bottles.
- Okay.
- Now let's do some magical recycling.
Use your wand!
Spittle, spattle, spin, span, spun,
recycle these bottles into a big one!
- Wow!
It's beautiful!
Uh, but wait a minute.
I still don't want to be stuck in there
for another 199 years.
- I can solve that problem.
Voila! Sliding glass doors.
- Oh, man! How cool is that?
- Great problem-solving, fairies,
and great recycling!
- Is there any way you can recycle me up a Jacuzzi?
[Water bubbling]
- It's almost time for Super Grover,
but first we're gonna find out about...
[Children] 17.
- How many is 17?
- These are 17 of my paintings right here.
- Oh. 17!
17 pieces of chalk!
Can you count to 17?
- 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 17!
- I love the number 17!
Come on. Let's see some more about the number 17!
- 17.
- 17.
- 17.
- 17.
- 17.
- 17.
- Hey, Nika! What's coming up next?
- Super Grover!
- Oh, boy!
- He observes.
- Oh, look!
No! No! Aah!
- He questions.
- Hubba-wha?
- He investigates.
- Hmm. What does this button do?
Aah!
- Super Grover 2.0!
He shows up!
[Bird screeches]
- In a desert covered in sand and dust,
one cactus is about to have a very prickly problem.
- Oh, boy! I'm gonna play with my new ball.
Yay!
Oh, no. Oh, no. What's happening?
My new ball! Help!
Help, somebody! Help!
- Aah! Ohh!
[Moaning]
Boy, that smarts.
- It's Super Grover 2.0!
You showed up!
- It is what I do.
Now, what seems to be the problem?
- This.
I was about to play with my new ball,
but look what's happening.
- Stand back, for I will engage
my super power of observation!
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
My super eyes see
that that ball is shrinking.
And wait.
What is that? My super ears hear something.
- I hear it, too.
It's a sss sound.
I think it's coming from the ball!
- That can only mean one thing.
There is a snake in that ball!
Come on out of there, snake!
Come on. We can hear you.
I feel something.
I think the snake just blew into my ear.
- Super Grover, there's a hole in the ball.
I think the air is leaking out.
Oh. I'll never get to play with the ball now.
- Aw, there, there--ow!
Wow! [Whimpers]
I am now observing that you are covered
in sharp, little, prickly pointies.
Aah! Aah! Unh!
- Yeah, I am a cactus.
- Ah. Right.
- Wait a minute!
Maybe I'm the reason the ball has a hole in it.
Maybe it's because of me.
- Aw, do not blame yours--aah! Yow!
That hurts just as much the second time!
Oh, oh! - Don't you see?
I think I'm making the holes in the ball
with my prickly parts, my spines.
Oh, I'll never be able to play ball.
- Of course, you will.
We just have to answer the question,
What kind of ball can a cactus play with?
It is time to unleash the power of investigation!
Be right back.
- Ohh! That was fast.
- Here is the perfect ball for you.
- A bowling ball?
- Yes. Look.
It already has holes,
but no air is leaking out.
Here. Try it.
- Alright.
Uhh! Whoa!
Sure is heavy.
- But it is not leaking air.
Come on. Throw it to me. I am wide open.
- Alright.
- Aah!
- Super Grover 2.0, are you okay?
- Yes, just feeling a little bowled over.
- Oh, I think I need a lighter ball.
- Then I shall investigate further for you.
Be right back.
- Aah! - Sorry I took so long.
I took a wrong turn in Antarctica.
- You went to the South Pole?
- Yes! To get you this ball.
- A snowball?
- It is lighter than a bowling ball.
- But we're in a desert, where it's really hot.
- So?
- So the snowball is starting to melt!
- So? [Gasps]
Then we must play with it quickly, before it melts!
Here! Throw it to me fast!
- Oh, okay.
- Where did the ball go?
- It just broke apart.
Ohh! Maybe there just isn't a ball
that a cactus can play with.
- Aw, there, there--ow!
I have got to stop doing that! Oh!
- I don't suppose you've got anything
in that utility sock of yours, do you?
- Good idea. I will check.
No, no.
Just my lunch.
- ♪ Dee dee dee ♪
A meatball hero sandwich.
Mmm, mmm, mmm!
This superhero needs to take a lunch break
and eat this super hero.
- Wait! - Hmm?
- What is that? - This?
This is merely the foil from my sandwich. It is nothing.
- But it looks like you could make it
into any shape you want.
I wonder if you can shape it into a ball.
- Let me investigate this.
Little patty-pat here and a patty-pat there and--
ah, ha ha ha!
Why, yes, I can! Check it out.
- It's not filled with air,
and it's not too heavy, and it's not melting.
It's the perfect ball for me.
Heads-up!
- And so, thanks to his powers of observation
and investigation, our hero found that a foil ball
was the perfect ball for a cactus to play with.
- Ha ha ha!
Give me a hug!
Come here, you.
Aah!
I think I'm leaking air.
- Keep your eye on the ball.
- ♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Roly poly ♪
♪ Roll it here, uh-huh! ♪
♪ Roll it there, oh, yeah ♪
♪ He's bowling ♪
[Bowling pins crash]
♪ Roll that ball most anywhere ♪
♪ Watch that ball ♪
♪ Run up to it ♪
♪ Come on, let's go! ♪
♪ Kick the kick, kick it now! ♪
♪ Get up and do it ♪
[Aroo]
♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Football ♪
♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Come on, y'all! ♪
♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Ping pong! ♪
♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Play ball! ♪
♪ If not at first ♪
♪ Try some more ♪
♪ Keep on trying! ♪
♪ Keep your eye on the ball ♪
♪ Keep your eye on the ball ♪ - ♪ Ooh! ♪
- ♪ Keep your eye on the ball and you'll get it ♪
♪ For sure, hey! ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Tennis! ♪
♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Basketball! ♪
♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Baseball! ♪
♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Play ball! ♪
♪ Come on, y'all! ♪
♪ Play ball ♪
♪ Now let's get up and do it ♪
♪ Let's play ball! ♪
- Elmo's World is coming soon,
but right now, I'd like to show you outside and inside.
Right now, I'm outside.
Now I'm inside.
Now I'm outside.
Inside.
What am I now?
- Outside!
- And now?
- Inside!
- How about now?
- Outside!
- Now here's the inside
and outside scoop.
Elmo's World is on the way.
[Train horn honks]
[Subway train rumbling]
[Train stops]
[Train rumbling]
[Train stops]
[Horn honks]
[Train rumbling]
- Hey, everybody, let's play guess the season.
- You know the seasons-- summer, fall, winter, spring.
- We will give you the clues, and you guess the season.
- Let's do it, girls!
- ♪ Oh, rain can fall and wind can blow ♪
♪ As round and round the seasons we go ♪
♪ There's summer, winter, fall, and spring ♪
♪ Guess the seasons while we sing ♪
- ♪ It's time to wear your coat and hat ♪
♪ Because staying warm is where it's at ♪
- ♪ My feet are tingling from the chill ♪
- ♪ Skating and sledding are a thrill ♪
- ♪ There are icicles, frost, and snow ♪
- ♪ What season is it, do you know? ♪
♪ Tick tock, tick tock ♪
It's...
Winter!
- Did you guess right?
- On to the next season.
♪ The leaves are budding on the trees ♪
- ♪ Flowers are full of buzzing bees ♪
- ♪ It's time to plant some seeds in the ground ♪
- ♪ Baby animals can be found ♪
- ♪ Rain is making everything grow ♪
- ♪ What season is it, do you know? ♪
♪ Tick tock, tick tock ♪
It's...
Spring!
[Giggling]
Did you guess right?
- Next season, please.
♪ It's hot out, so you can keep cool ♪
- ♪ Like going swimming in the pool ♪
- ♪ Relax with a book in the shade ♪
- ♪ Or drink a glass of lemonade ♪
- The beach is a great place to go!
- ♪ What season is it, do you know? ♪
♪ Tick tock, tick tock ♪
It's...
Summer!
- Did you guess?
- Time for the last season.
- ♪ Once again, the weather is cool ♪
- ♪ And it's time to go back to school ♪
- ♪ Leaves change color and start to drop ♪
- ♪ Into leaf piles you can hop ♪
- Hop, hop, hop, hop!
- Only pumpkins still need to grow.
- ♪ What season is it, do you know? ♪
♪ Tick tock, tick tock ♪
It's...
Fall!
- Hee hee hee!
- Did you guess?
That's all 4 seasons.
- Our game is done!
- ♪ Oh, rain can fall and wind can blow ♪
♪ As round and round and round and round ♪
♪ And round and round and round and round ♪
♪ The seasons we go ♪
- Ha ha! - Yeah!
- Oh, it was so much fun! Oh, pumpkin...
- ♪ La la la la! ♪
It's time for...
- Elmo's World!
- ♪ La la la la ♪
♪ La la la la ♪
♪ Elmo's World ♪
♪ La la la la ♪
♪ La la la la ♪
♪ Elmo's World ♪
♪ Elmo loves his goldfish ♪
♪ His crayon, too ♪
Yeah!
Ha ha ha!
♪ That's Elmo's World ♪
Hi. Welcome to Elmo's World.
Oh, Elmo's so happy to see you. Oh, and so is Dorothy.
Say hello, Dorothy.
Ha ha! Guess what Elmo's thinking about today.
Ya da da da!
Here's a clue.
[Hums]
Ha ha!
See, Elmo is looking at you with them.
Yeah, it is very good to see you!
Ha ha! Oh, did you guess yet?
Yeah! Eyes! You know. Eyes.
- [Snores]
- Oh, look, look! Dorothy has been thinking about eyes, too.
Dorothy. What's that, Dorothy? Huh?
Oh, and Dorothy has a question. How do you wink?
Boy, that's some question, Dorothy. Ha ha!
Let's ask Mr. Noodle. Mr. Noodle!
Oh, go up, Shade, please.
Oh, Elmo will watch Shade go up with his eyes.
Hee hee!
Aw. Oh, Shade is feeling shy. Aw.
Well, okay. Elmo won't watch Shade go up.
Elmo will hide Elmo's eyes. Hee hee.
Is Shade up?
Is Shade up yet?
Shade?
Oh! Ha ha ha!
Hey, Mr. Noodle, give Elmo a hug.
Hug, hug.
It's so good to see you.
Is Mr. Noodle ready for Dorothy's question?
Good, good, good.
Okay, Mr. Noodle, how do you wink?
- How do you wink, Mr. Noodle?
- What's that for?
- He's got water.
- That's not for winking.
- [Gulping] - That's drinking.
- "Drink" and "wink," they sound the same,
but they're not the same.
Try again, Mr. Noodle.
- Yeah, try again.
- He's getting smaller.
- What is he doing?
- I know. He's shrinking.
- That's not winking. That's shrinking.
- "Shrink" and "wink" sound the same.
- Need some help?
- You wink with your eyes, Mr. Noodle.
Do you remember where your eyes are?
- No, not there.
- That's your chin.
- No, that's your mouth.
Try again! That's your nose.
- Where's your eye, Mr. Noodle?
- No, not over there.
- That's your eyebrow.
- Just a little lower.
- No, now he's back to the nose.
Yes, you got it!
- That's your eye. Yeah! Ha ha ha!
Mr. Noodle, those are your eyes now. Now wink.
- Yeah, wink, Mr. Noodle.
- Wink, Mr. Noodle.
- That's not really winking.
- That's blinking, Mr. Noodle.
"Blinking" rhymes with "winking," too.
You blink with 2 eyes, but you only use 1 eye to wink.
- Just do 1 eye.
- Only 1.
- You can do it.
- Concentrate.
- You almost have it. - Almost.
- There you go!
- Yeah! - Yay, Mr. Noodle!
- Way to go, Mr. Noodle!
- Now, open it, Mr. Noodle.
- Yes! - Close it. Open.
- Yes! - He's winking like crazy.
- Way to go, Mr. Noodle.
- Now you're blinking and you're winking.
Ha ha ha! Mr. Noodle!
Here's looking at you, Mr. Noodle. Ha ha ha!
And now--
- Elmo has mail! - Where are you, Computer?
- Elmo has mail! Elmo has mail!
- Watch where you're going, Computer!
- Elmo has mail! - That's okay.
- Elmo has mail! - Let's see who it's from.
Oh! Oh, boy.
It's from Elmo's best friend Ernie.
- Hi there, Elmo.
You know, sometimes you can tell how somebody feels
by looking at their eyes.
Well, I can tell how my buddy Bert feels
by looking at his eyebrows.
See there? The eyebrows are right above the eyes.
Bert really just has 1 long eyebrow, doesn't he?
Ha ha ha ha!
- The pigeons of Pisa eat Italian bread crumbs. Huh.
I guess that makes sense, yeah.
- Mm-hmm. Now watch Bert's eyebrows go up. Shh!
Surprise, Bert!
- Aah! Ohh. Ohh.
- Aha. Surprised eyebrows.
You look surprised, Bert.
- What? That's because you surprised me, Ernie.
- Aha. - Can't you see I'm reading?
- Oh!
Gee, you have angry eyebrows now, Bert.
- Huh? - Why, I just mean
you look angry, Bert.
- Well, I'm feeling angry, Ernie.
I just want to be left alone to read my book.
- Aha. Well, will it make you happy
if I leave you alone, Bert?
- Yes, it will, Ernie. - Uh-huh.
Watch his eyebrows. Oh, okay, Bert.
I'm just going to leave you alone.
- Ha ha! Thanks, Ernie.
Ha ha ha!
- And now Bert's happy once again.
It's all in the eyes, Elmo,
or the eyebrows.
- Oh, this is great.
- Bye-bye.
- Hee hee.
Thanks, Computer.
Boy, Ernie and Bert sure are good friends.
Elmo's good friend Elizabeth went to the eye doctor
to get her eyes checked, and she told Elmo all about it.
- I went to the optometrist.
That's an eye doctor.
I had to get my eyes checked before I started school.
We played a game.
The doctor showed to me pictures on a computer
that I had to match with the pictures on the chart.
Telephone.
Hand.
Duck bird. Ha ha!
Then she held the pictures in front of me
and I told her what I saw.
Cake.
Then the doctor moved a little puppet in front of me,
and I followed it with my eyes.
Then she used something called a retina scope
to look in my eyes.
It has a bright light.
The doctor wanted to make sure that I could see colors,
so I had to find the colored shapes in a book.
Circle, square.
After that, she used a different light
to look into my eyes to make sure they're growing okay.
Then she put drops in my eyes.
It didn't hurt, but it surprised me a bit.
Wow!
The drops made my pupils bigger,
so she could look all the way at the back of my eyes.
Then the eye exam was over, but the doctor said
I needed glasses to see better.
I got to pick out my own eyeglass frame.
I picked some really nice ones.
I like my new glasses.
So does my mom and my friends.
- Aw! Elmo loves Elizabeth's glasses, too.
Now Elmo wants to learn even more about eyes, don't you?
How could we find out even more?
Oh! Oh! Oh! Elmo knows. Elmo knows.
We can watch the Eye Channel on TV with our eyes.
Hee hee!
Come on. Oh, TV? Where are you, TV?
TV? Oh, there you are.
Turn yourself on, TV, please.
Thank you.
- Welcome to the Eyes Channel,
where the eyes have it.
Now here's something to focus on--
the king of Eyedaho.
- Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Eyedaho,
there lived a king who didn't know how
to take care of his eyes.
- Oh, dear! I don't know how
to take care of my royal eyes.
- But a little girl named Eyerene knew how.
- I know how!
- So the king called for her.
- Eyerene!
- You called, Your Royal Eyeness?
- Yes, Eyerene.
Please tell me how to take care of my royal eyes.
- Okay! On a sunny day,
it's good for your eyes to wear sunglasses
or a hat that will cover your face.
- Royal hat person!
- The king's royal hat that will cover his royal face.
- Who turned out the lights?
You don't wear it like that, Your Royal Eyeness. Ha ha!
You wear it on your head.
- Oh, it protects my royal eyes.
- Eyerene told him some other ways
to take care of his eyes.
- It's good for your eyes
to eat dark green, leafy vegetables.
Royal dark green leafy vegetable person!
- The king's royal spinach.
- It's good for your eyes to have enough light
when you read or write or draw.
- Royal light person!
- The king's royal reading, writing, and drawing light.
- Ooh! A horsey!
- From then on, the king of Eyedaho
took very good care of his eyes.
And whenever the king went on vacation,
he left Eyerene in charge.
- Keep an eye on things, Eyerene.
- Okay, Your Royal Eyeness.
- The End.
- Coming up next, "Eye Noon."
- Oh, thanks, TV.
Elmo still wants to find out more about eyes. Don't you?
How can we find out more?
[Ding ***]
Who could that be?
Whoa! What's going on?
- Say the secret word and see what happens.
- Ha ha! Secret word? What secret word?
- I can't tell you. It's a secret.
- Ha ha ha!
- Are you ready to play the game?
- What game? - Here's the first question.
- Okay. - I'm looking at you
and you with my...
- Eyes?
- Quack, quack, quack!
- You said the secret word.
See what happened? Ready for the second question?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah! - Ahem.
These are the eyelids.
When you sleep or blink, they cover your...
- Eyes!
- Quack, quack, quack! - Oh, yay!
- You've played this game before, huh?
- Oh, no, no. Elmo hasn't.
- Then we'll go on to the next question.
- Okay, okay. - This is called the iris.
- Iris. - Is there an echo in here?
- Hee hee! - The iris is
the brown or green or blue or hazel part of your...
- Eyes!
- Quack, quack, quack! - Oh, yay!
- I used to know a girl named Iris.
She was a sight for sore eyes.
- Quack, quack, quack!
- Mr. Glasses said the secret word.
- Wise guy. Here's your last question, kid.
- Okay, okay. - This little black circle
in the middle of the iris is called the pupil.
- Pupil, pupil. - There is an echo in here!
- Ha ha!
- The pupils let light enter the...
- Eyes! What?
Where is...eyes!
- Quack, quack, quack!
- That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.
- W-w-what's the duck wearing over his eyes and why?
- Those are special goggles you wear underwater
when you go scuba diving, but I don't know why a duck--
- Hey, look, look, look! Dorothy is imagining
Elmo scuba diving underwater with goggles.
Look, look! Ha!
- The goggles keep the water
outta your eyes and help you see.
- Here's looking at you, kid.
- Ha ha ha ha! Hee hee hee!
- Ho ho ho! Oh, that's neat.
- You wear special goggles
when you go snowboarding, too.
The goggles protect your eyes and help you see,
especially when it's snowing.
- Whoa. Whoa.
Whoa! Whee!
Yeah! Whoa!
[Splash]
Ha ha! Elmo's eyes are okay.
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha! Oh, Elmo loves eyes.
- Quack, quack.
- You said the secret word again, kid.
- No, no. Elmo's going to sing the secret word now.
- Good idea. - Sing with Elmo.
Oh, you, too, Mr. Glasses.
- Thought you'd never ask.
- ♪ Doo do doo doo doo ♪
- ♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪
♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪
- Come on! Sing, everybody!
- ♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪
♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪
♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪
♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪
♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪
♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes eyes, eyes ♪
- Say goodbye, Dorothy.
Oh, say goodbye, Mr. Glasses.
- Hello. I must be going.
- Bye. Take care of your eyes.
Ha ha ha!
- Quack, quack, quack.
- ♪ Doo doo doo doo doo! ♪
Here's looking at you!
♪ That's Elmo's World ♪
- ♪ Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack ♪
♪ Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack ♪
- Ha ha ha!
- "Sesame Street" was brought to you today
by the letter--uh.
Uh-oh. I forgot today's letter.
Let's think.
Ooh! Look! There it is!
What letter is that?
- "J"! - Right!
"J" is the letter of the day,
but what's today's number?
Hmm.
Oh, there it is. What number is it?
- 17! - Yes!
17 is the number of the day,
so "Sesame Street" was brought to you today
by the letter "J"
and by the number 17!
This is Murray saying see you next time on the street. Peace!
Hi.
I'm Murray from "Sesame Street,"
and I'm looking for the Word on the Street.
- What's the Word on the Street? - Compare.
- What does compare mean?
- When you talk about 2 things
how they're similar or different.
- What kinda things can you compare?
- I once compared a toad to a frog.
- Sneakers and sandals.
Sandals are open, and sneakers are closed in.
- Apples and oranges.
- Totally different. - That's right.
- But they're both fruit.
Keep listening for the word compare
today on "Sesame Street."
- Compare! - That's the word on the street.
- Okay. Here you go, Detective Betts.
- Ah. Oh, please, Chris.
I'm on vacation.
Call me Alphie.
- Oh, okay, Alphie. Here's your raisin raspberry ravioli.
- Wow! Thank you.
That looks delicious. Mmm!
- Hi. Welcome to Sesame Street.
- You look magical today!
- Yeah! Ha ha ha!
- ♪ Vacation, not on the go... ♪
- Who is that?
- I don't know.
- Let's go say hi. - Okay.
- Hello! - Hi!
- Hi there! - Hello.
My name is, um--
- Abby Cadabby. You're the daughter
of the fairy godmother, and you go to a flying school.
- Wow! He knows a lot about Abby.
- And you are Elmo, age 3 1/2.
You love your goldfish and your crayon, too, and you have
a habit of speaking in the third person.
- Elmo does?
- How do you know all this? - Yeah!
- That's my job.
I'm a detective, Detective Alphie Betts.
- Ohh! Nice to meet you, Detective Betts.
- Nice to meet you, too, but, please, I'm on vacation,
so call me Alphie.
- Well, how did Alphie find out all about Elmo?
- Because I'm a detective. That's what I do.
- I investigate. - Oh.
- I do things to find answers to problems and questions,
and I always do a little investigating
before I go on vacation.
- You're taking a vacation on Sesame Street?
- Of course! Hooper's has an amazing rating
on traveltravesty.com.
- Ooh!
- Aah!
My robot! My remote!
- Oh, Telly. What's wrong? - Yeah.
- I was playing with my robot and my remote,
and now they're both gone!
- Gone? How? - I--I don't know.
I went to get a drink of water, and now they're missing!
- Well, don't worry. We can get help!
- From who?
- Can you investigate, Detective Betts?
- Please. I'm on vacation.
Call me Alphie.
- Can you investigate, Alphie?
- I'm sorry, Abby, but I'm on vacation.
- Hey, guys. Has anyone seen my roses or rake?
I left them in the garden, and they're gone.
- Oh, no! First my robot and remote,
and now Leela's roses and rake!
- Well, can Detective Betts investigate?
- Please. I'm on vacation.
Could you call me Alphie?
- Well, can Alphie investigate?
- I'm sorry, Elmo, but I'm on vacation, and I just don't
investigate when I'm on vacay.
I just want to relax and eat my raisin raspberry ravioli.
Hey! Wait! My raisin raspberry ravioli is gone!
- Oh, no! The ravioli's missing, too!
- That's it! I've had enough!
Somebody has to investigate.
- But you're on vacation!
- Not anymore, I'm not.
I'm back on the job.
- Yay, Alphie!
- Please. I'm working.
Call me Detective Betts.
- Yay, Detective Betts!
- Heh. Oh, no.
- What? - What's wrong?
- Well, if I'm going to be investigating, I'm going to
need a crackerjack team of detectives.
- Oh. Well, Elmo can be on your team.
- Yeah, yeah! Me, too!
- I don't know.
You don't look like detectives.
- Oh, I can fix that.
- Ha ha ha!
- Detective Abby!
- Yes, and Detective Elmo...
reporting for duty! - Reporting for duty!
- Looks good. Very professional, like me.
Hey. I'm wearing shorts with pineapples on them.
One moment, please.
That's more like it.
Alright, detectives.
Let's strike a detectivey pose.
- Oh.
- Right. Now let's investigate.
- Yeah! - Yeah!
- Okay, team. What do we know so far, hmm?
What's missing?
- Um, a robot.
- A remote!
- A rake.
- Roses.
- Raisin raspberry ravioli.
What do all these things have in common?
- Hmm. Rrr, rrr, robot.
- Rrr, rrr, remote.
- Rrr, rake.
- Rrr, roses.
- Raisin raspberry ravioli.
- Rrr.
- Wait a minute. I think I know that sound.
Make it again.
- Rrr.
- What makes that sound?
- Oh, oh! "R"!
- Rrr.
- Hey! It's the letter "R"!
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Like robot!
- Remote!
- Roses!
- Rake!
- And raspberry raisin ravioli all start with the letter "R"!
- Good work, team, but now the question is, why are things
with the letter "R" disappearing?
- Oh, my, oh, my, oh, me, oh, my.
- Oh, what's the matter, Mr. Mumford?
- I was practicing my magic trick, and my
rabbit disappeared.
- Hey. Isn't that a good thing?
- No. I was about to make the rabbit disappear, but somebody
beat me to it, and now my rabbit is gone.
- Oh!
Rrr, rabbit!
- Hey, hey, hey! Rabbit starts with the letter "R," too!
- Yes. It all seems to be part of the same mystery.
We have to keep investigating.
- Good!
- Tell me something, magic man.
Did you see who took the rabbit?
- Well, as a matter of fact, I did see someone running away.
- I saw someone running by when I went to get a drink of water!
- Okay. Now, in order to investigate, we need to make
a drawing of who Telly and Mumford saw.
Can you describe this someone?
- Well, he had one line going straight down.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember that!
One long, straight line.
- And there was a curvy line coming out
from the top of the line this way.
- Yeah, yeah, but it didn't go to the bottom
of the line. No, no.
- I believe it came in at the middle.
- Okay.
Good. What else?
- Well, there was another line that came out from the middle
of the straight line.
- Yes, and it went diagonally like this.
- Okay. Anybody recognize this guy?
- Oh! Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That looks like the letter "R"!
- Huh? The letter "R".
Yeah. It is the letter "R".
- Hmm. - He's our prime suspect.
- Oh, boy! What do we do next?
- Yeah!
- We need a plan
to bring the letter "R" in for questioning.
- Oh.
- Well, we know he likes rakes.
- And roses.
- And raisin raspberry raviolis.
- Oh! I know!
What if we leave something out that starts
with the letter "R"?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Then hide and see if "R"
tries to take it.
- A letter "R" stakeout.
That's a great idea, detectives.
- Thank you.
- Ooh, boy, but what "R" thing can we use?
- Ooh, ooh! How about rigatoni?
Oh! Good idea!
Rigatoni starts with "R"!
- Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Plus the "R" might be hungry for some pasta
after all that running around.
- Some rigatoni to catch an "R".
That's a great idea, detectives.
Let's rock that rigatoni!
- Yeah, baby! Let's go!
- Okay, team. Everybody in position?
- Check! - Check!
- Keep your eyes open.
- Okay! - Okay!
- Oh.
Oh! There's a letter!
- Is it the letter "R"?
- Let's compare it to the drawing.
- Okay.
- It has a straight line like the one in the drawing.
- Errp!
- And a curvy line at the top.
- And both letters have the line going diagonally.
- It's the letter "R"!
- Let's rush him!
- Yeah! Let's go, let's go!
- Ooh! The letter "R" is gone.
- Ooh! And so is the rigatoni.
- Yeah. Well, at least now we know that it is the letter "R"
that's taking all of the "R" things.
- Yeah, yeah.
- We just need to try something else
that starts with the letter "R" to try and catch him again.
- Well, what can we detectives use that will keep letter "R"
from running away so fast?
- Well, hey. Maybe if we find something heavy
that starts with the letter "R".
- What's heavy that starts with "R"?
- Oh! I know!
How about a rock?
- A rock! - A rock is definitely heavy.
- Yeah, and it starts with the letter "R".
- Ooh, ooh! And Elmo saw a huge rock over in the garden.
- Great job, detectives.
Let's go rock that rock!
- Yeah, baby! - Okay!
- Everybody ready?
- Check! - Check!
- Ha ha ha!
Rrr! Rrr! Rrr!
- It's the letter "R"!
- Let's roll! - Yeah!
- Alright, letter "R." You drop that rock now.
Okay.
- Ow! Ow! Ow!
Officer with a rock on his foot.
All units, please respond!
- Stop right there, "R"!
- Backups are here! - Yeah!
Now listen here, "R"!
Did you take a robot and a remote?
- And a rake, roses, and rabbit?
- And a raisin raspberry ravioli?
- I admit it! It was me!
I just love things that start with "R"!
I can't help myself.
- There are other people who love those "R" things
as well, and they want them back.
- Okay. Okay. I repent!
I'm sorry!
Take me back to my room so I can return them.
- Come on, "R."
- Okay. - Come on! Get moving.
- Oh, my robot and remote.
Ohh! I never thought I'd see you again. Mwah!
- My rake and roses.
Thank you.
- And my rabbit.
Come on, Rodney!
This time, I will make you disappear.
Ha ha ha!
- And the letter "R" won't be taking any of your "R" things
again, right, "R"?
- Oh, no, no. I'm rehabilitated.
Ha ha ha!
- Thanks for all your help.
- Thank you!
- No problem, guys.
Thank you, Detective Abby and Detective Elmo,
for being a part of my team.
- Well, Detective Betts is welcome.
- Ah, ah, ah.
Please. I'm on vacation, so call me Alphie.
- Here's your raisin raspberry ravioli, Alphie.
I kept it in the refrigerator.
- Well, thank you, "R".
Ahh.
Relaxing.
- Hey, chief, can we go home now?
I'm tired of working.
- Now, detectives, you know I never go home
until all my cases are closed.
- But we closed all the cases, chief.
- Is that right, sergeant? - Yes.
- Now, what have we got here? Oh, oh, oh.
Isn't this a pretty pencil case?
Looks like somebody left it open.
- It wasn't me, chief. I didn't do it. No way.
- Mm-hmm. Was it you, Sergeant Gabriel?
Did you leave this case open?
- Yes, chief. See, I needed a pencil, and I just--
- Mm-hmm. Case closed.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, my.
Are my eyes playing tricks on me?
Is this eyeglass case open, lieutenant?
- Uh, ahem, it looks that way, chief. Mm-hmm.
- You left this case open, did you not, Lieutenant Tao?
- Yes! I needed my glasses. I couldn't see.
- Mm-hmm. Case closed.
- Provenza... - Huh?
- what do you suppose a suitcase is doing
in the Los Angeles Police Department?
Is someone going away, Provenza,
for a very long time?
- I was thinking of going to my grandma's.
- With an open suitcase?
- I tried to close it, chief, but it won't close.
- Ha ha! Well, of course not, silly.
You have too much stuff in it.
- Whoa, whoa. Hey--
- Mm-hmm. There you go. Case closed.
- Now, that's what I call an open-and-shut case.
- Hmm. Anyone know why this briefcase is open?
- No, chief. I have no idea.
- Chief, chief, chief, that's your briefcase.
- Oh. Heh. Well, of course it is.
Just wanted to see if you all were paying attention.
Ha ha ha! Case closed.
- Nobody closes a case the way she does.
- Mm-hmm. - Can we go home now, chief?
- Not yet.
- But we closed all our cases.
- Yes, but that's not all that needs closing around here.
What about that drawer over there and that window,
that bag, that box, that off-brand notebook computer,
those blinds, hmm, hmm, hmm?
Now close your mouth, Provenza,
unless you want me to close it for you.
- [Gulp] - Mm-hmm.
- No wonder they call her the Closer.
- Abby's Flying Fairy School is coming soon, but right now,
let's figure out the letter of the day.
Hee hee hee!
Ovejita!
Ha ha! - Hee hee!
- Ovejita. - Si?
- Will you give us some letter of the day clues?
- Muy bien! - Great!
Ooh! Oh!
Look. It's a radio.
Huh. I think I need another clue.
- Si! - Great.
Ohh! Ooh! A rock.
- We have a radio and a rock. - Si!
- Huh. Can I have one more clue, please?
- Ooh! Whoa! What was that thing?
- Hee hee hee! Whee! - It's moving so fast!
Hey! Stop! Ooh! Ohh!
- Hee hee hee! - Rrr!
- Ooh! It's a rabbit!
We have a rrr, rrr, radio and a rrr, rrr, rock
and a rrr, rrr, rabbit.
Do you know what the letter is?
"R"!
Yes! Today's letter of the day is the letter "R"!
Ha ha ha!
Come on. Let's race like rabbits and see more
on the letter "R"!
- Whee!
"R"!
Running!
[Yelling]
"R"!
"R" is for running!
"R"!
- What's coming up next?
- Abby's Flying Fairy School!
- I can't wait!
[Horn honks]
♪ Look up high in the sky ♪
♪ It's a school, it can fly ♪
- ♪ Let's all hurry to the Flying Fairy School ♪
♪ Grab your wands ♪ - Yee-ha!
- ♪ Bring your wings ♪ - Yeah!
- ♪ We will learn magic things ♪
♪ Let's all hurry to the Flying Fairy School ♪
♪ How to make us grow ♪
♪ And how to make us shrink ♪
- Whoa!
- ♪ How to solve a problem with a simple twinkle think ♪
♪ The school is really magic ♪
♪ And magic's really cool ♪
♪ Let's go in, let's begin ♪
♪ It's Flying Fairy School ♪
Ha ha ha!
Ahh.
[Sputtering]
- Whoa! [Honk!]
Hello. Welcome to Flying Fairy School!
We're right in the middle of music class, so sit back,
relax, and listen to the sweet sounds of music.
- [Playing sour notes]
- Eep eep!
[Sighs]
- Niblet's right. We sound terrible.
- Can't we just use magic to play music, Mrs. Sparklenose?
- Sorry, Abby. No magic.
The only way to play an instrument well is practice,
practice, practice.
- Who needs practice?
I am a pro!
Whoa!
Maybe you're not supposed to play it with your buttocks.
- Don't give up, fairies.
I'll practice with you.
Where's my glockenspiel?
- Mrs. Sparklenose is right.
We just need practice.
[Blaaat]
Oh. Who am I kidding?
We do need magic.
[Music playing]
- Tired of practicing day after day?
- Yes!
- Want to make music the magical way?
- Yes, yes!
- Then what are you waiting for?
Just press play.
- Okay.
Whoa!
Who are you?
- I'm Morty the Muse, and I say hello with a do-re,
a mi-fa, and a so-la-ti-do.
- Ohh! Morty the Musical Muse of Music!
- What are you doing here? - What can I say?
- They pressed play. - Yeah.
- We're gonna learn music the easy way.
- Oh, that's what you think, dear.
They're all yours, Morty!
- Now here are the rules of how it must be.
I can't leave till you finish my challenges 3.
- I'm ready for the first challenge, sir.
- With a tip of a my hat and a wave of my stick, it's time to
face the fairy music.
[Trombone playing]
- Aah!
- Abby, you got to stop that horn.
- Right!
Hyah! Whoa!
What do I do now?
- Morty's challenges always involve playing music, Abby.
Try playing it.
- [Inhales]
[Plays note]
[Plays higher note]
Oh! It's not working!
Every time I play, I go higher.
- If you want to succeed and not hit a glitch,
what you need to do is change the pitch.
- This is music, not baseball.
- No. Wait.
I think pitch has something to do with music.
- That's right, Gonnigan.
In music, pitch means how high or low
the sound of the musical note is.
- High and low.
Must be a clue.
I'd better twinkle think.
Twinkle think, twinkle think.
Okay. When I play a high note, I go high,
so what should I play to get low?
Oh! Maybe a low note.
I'll try!
[Plays low note]
- It's working!
- [Plays lower note]
- How low can you go?
- [Plays lower note]
- Yay!
- Pitch perfect, Abby.
- Wow! I never knew I could make so many different sounds
with a trombone.
- You did it. You made it!
Challenge 1 is through.
Now it's time to face challenge 2!
- Oh, I can't.
- Of course you can, Gonnigan.
Gonnigan? Where's Gonnigan?
- He's gone again.
- Flying away doesn't matter a tick.
You still have to face the fairy music.
- Aah! My maracas are quaking!
- Your maracas aren't the only thing quaking.
Whoa!
You better stop those maracas.
- I'm trying, but I can't.
They just keep shaking.
I need a clue.
- If you want them to stop and not to go, sounds like you
need to change the tempo.
- Tempo? Is that one of those fancy music words?
- It sure is, Blogg.
Tempo is the speed of the music.
- Speed of music.
I'd better twinkle think.
Right now everything is moving fast.
What's the opposite of fast?
Slow!
Twinkle think, twinkle think.
So if I want everything to slow down and stop,
maybe I have to shake the maracas
slowly, slower, slower.
- Ahh. It's working.
Everything's getting slower.
- Slower...and...stop.
- Ah! You did it!
- You are like a tempo pro.
- Huh. I had no idea I could shake the maracas at so many
different speeds.
- Don't celebrate yet.
No shouting, "Yippee," for now it's time
for challenge number 3.
- Let it begin!
- You're ready, you say, for a little drumstick?
Then it's time to face the fairy music.
- Oh, I so got this.
- Don't you want a clue?
- Uh-Uh. I'm better when I'm clueless.
Hyah!
Maybe I'll take the clue.
Ow! Ow! Ow!
- To stop the drum, there are no tricks.
What you need is a change...
in the dynamics!
- Dynamics must be another music word.
- It is. Dynamics means how loud or soft you play.
- Ow! Does this mean I need to twinkle think?
- Couldn't hurt.
- At least not as much as this drum.
Okay. How do I stop the drum with dynamics?
Twinkle think, twinkle think.
Okay. The drum is playing loudly.
What's the opposite of loud?
Soft. That's it!
I have to play softly.
Come on, king conga!
Time to change this dynamic.
Hyah!
- You have to play softer, Blogg, remember?
- Oh, right. Softer.
Softer.
- Oh! It's working!
- [Whispers] Softer...and stop.
- You did it! Great job, Blogg!
- I didn't even know you could play a drum softly.
- You faced my 3 challenges.
You did it so quick, and now you know more about music,
but alas and alack, Morty's muse work is done,
so someone, please hit the rewind button.
- My pleasure.
- Ta-ta!
[Music playing]
- Alright, class. It's snack time.
- Aw. We learned so many new things
to do with our instruments.
Can't we practice a little more, please?
- Absolutely.
1, 2, 3, 4!
[Playing sour notes]
- Ahh. Music to my ears.
- Eep.
[Asian music playing]
[Music stops]
[Percussion playing]
[Music stops]
[Piano playing waltz]
[Music stops]
[Funk music playing]
[Music stops]
[Latin music playing]
- We are going to choose the number of the day.
Ovejita, hit that button!
- Shabba-doo!
- Ooh! I can't wait to see the number!
Whoa! Ohh!
Ahh!
Behold! Today's number is the number 19.
Congratulations to all our winners.
Now let's see more on the number 19!
- 1!
2!
3!
4!
5!
6!
7!
8!
9!
10!
11!
12!
13!
[Chirping]
14!
[Splash]
15!
16!
[Quack quack]
17!
18!
19!
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
- 19.
- Hey, guys! Tell them what's coming up next!
- Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures!
- Oh, boy!
[Snoring]
- ♪ Every night when I lie in bed ♪
- Oh, no.
- ♪ I see pictures dancing in my head ♪
- Picture sleep.
- ♪ Buddy Bert ♪ - What?
- ♪ Buckle up, and we'll fly away ♪
- Whoa! - Yeah!
♪ We're adventuring ♪
♪ Every time the bed starts tapping ♪
♪ Something special's gonna happen ♪
- This is kind of catchy.
- ♪ My favorite kind of traveling ♪
- Hyah!
♪ We're adventuring ♪
♪ Come along with Bert and Ernie ♪
♪ We're gonna take a little journey ♪
♪ "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" ♪
- Gee, Bert. Isn't it exciting being detectives?
- It would be more exciting if we had a mystery to solve.
[Knock on door]
- Aha! - Come in!
- Hello. My name's Veronica Lambshank.
Where can I find the world-famous duck detectives?
- Right here.
- What can we do for you, Miss Lambshank?
- I've come because I have a very strange friend.
- Hmm. - Tell us more.
- His name is Malty, and he says he's a Maltese duck.
- Well, he looks like a duck.
- Yes. He waddles like a duck, too, but never, ever quacks.
I'm wondering what he really is
and want you to investigate.
- Duck detectives on the case!
- Meet me at the sheep meadow.
Malty hangs out by the pond, but I don't want him to know
I've hired detectives.
You'll need a disguise.
- Just leave that to us. - Baa-ye!
- Malty, I'd like you to meet my cousins from out of town.
- Pleased to meet you, Malty.
- [Italian accent] Enchante.
- Cousin Ernie, can I talk to you a minute?
- Sure, Cousin Bert.
Excuse us, Malty.
- That Malty does seem like an odd duck.
He didn't quack at all.
[Squeak]
- What's that, Rubber Duckie? - [Squeak]
- Great idea!
Rubber Duckie says that if he's a real duck,
he'll quack when he swims.
- But how can we get Malty to swim?
- I know. Jump in the pond, Bert.
- Oh, no, no, no, no.
I don't like cold water!
Aah, aah, aah!
- Malty, help Cousin Bert!
- Hmm. Still not one quack.
- Here you are, Cousin Bert.
You seem to have lost your ears.
Sheep cousins. Strange.
Now if you'll excuse me, I must fly.
Ciao, bella!
- He mysteriously leaves like that every afternoon.
- We'll get to the bottom of this.
There he is!
[Footsteps]
- Wait, Ernie. I think someone's following us.
I hear footsteps.
- Bert, those are our footsteps.
We're the ones following--Malty?
Oh, no. We lost him. Now what will we do?
Rubber Duckie says to keep our ears open for clues.
- ♪ La donna e mobile... ♪
- That sounds like him, and it's coming from
over there!
- Get out of my house!
- Guess that wasn't Malty.
[Footsteps]
Shh! Hear that, Ernie?
Walk slower.
[Slow footsteps]
Let's walk faster.
[Fast footsteps]
- Let's try a little dance.
[Dancing footsteps]
Someone is definitely following us.
Alright. Come on out!
- Miss Lambshank?
- I was too curious to stay and wait at home.
- [Whistling]
- What was that?
- Sounds like whistling coming from that door.
- Well, ducks don't whistle, so we
know that can't be--
- Malty!
- Miss Lambshank.
- What are you doing there?
- I have a secret to confess.
- What is it? - Uh...
[British accent] I'm not a Maltese duck at all.
I'm a black-bellied whistling duck.
- A black-bellied whistling duck?
- Why didn't you tell me before?
- I was afraid you'd laugh at me for being a duck
who can't quack.
- Laugh at you?
Never. I'll always be your friend,
even if you can't quack.
Besides, I love whistling,
only I never learned how.
- It's simple. You just put your beak together and blow.
- [Ppppttt]
- Try this. - [Whistles]
- Well, Malty, you won't have to hide
your whistling anymore.
- Why don't we all celebrate with some whistling?
[Whistling]
- [Whistles]
[Clock ticking]
- Goodnight, Bert.
- Goodnight, Ernie.
[Stomping]
Uh-oh.
- [Snoring]
- Elmo's coming soon, but right now,
let's play dare to compare!
♪ Look real closely here and there ♪
♪ If you dare, dare to compare ♪
Let's compare!
Which vegetables are the same?
Is it these?
Nah. Different.
What about these?
Nah. Different.
Is it these?
Nope. They're different.
Is it these?
Yes! The eggplants are the same!
Ha ha ha! Good job!
Now stay tuned because Elmo's on the way!
- Yo. I'm Ziggy the rapping zebra-saurus.
Ready to learn some shapes?
Great.
♪ Come draw with me ♪
♪ It sure is great ♪
♪ A circle is round just like this plate ♪
♪ We start at the top, then bring the line around ♪
♪ And when we are finished ♪
♪ A circle can be found ♪
♪ A triangle has 3 sides ♪
♪ 1, 2, 3 ♪
♪ Put your finger in the air ♪
♪ Come on, draw it with me ♪
♪ A straight line to start ♪
♪ Then across we go ♪
♪ Back up to the top ♪
♪ It's a triangle, you know ♪
♪ Now put together 2 triangles ♪
♪ And what do you see? ♪
♪ It's called a rhombus ♪
♪ Come count the sides with me ♪
♪ 1, 2, 3, 4 ♪
♪ Hey, a kite, let's watch it soar ♪
♪ A pentagon is the next one to do ♪
♪ It's like the shape of a house ♪
♪ You can do it, too ♪
♪ Start with 2 lines on an angle ♪
♪ Then a third we draw ♪
♪ Have we finished yet? ♪
♪ Uh-uh, there's more ♪
♪ A straight line down, and we're nearly done ♪
♪ Across at the bottom ♪
♪ Great job, everyone ♪
♪ So that's the end of my shape rap beat ♪
♪ Try and find a cool shape ♪
♪ On your street ♪
[Buzz!]
- Hey, Elijah and Jet Li.
Tell them what's coming up next.
- Elmo!
- Yeah!
- ♪ La la la la ♪
♪ La la la la ♪
♪ Elmo's World ♪
♪ La la la la ♪
♪ La la la la ♪
♪ Elmo's World ♪
♪ Elmo loves his goldfish ♪
♪ His crayon, too ♪
Yeah!
Ha ha ha!
♪ That's Elmo's World ♪
Oh, hello. This is Elmo's World.
Elmo's so happy to see you. Oh, and so is Dorothy.
Say hello, Dorothy.
Ha ha! Guess what Elmo's thinking about today.
♪ Ya da da da! ♪
Oh, look, Elmo's drawer gave a clue.
Oh, did you guess?
Well, Elmo's thinking about--
- [Creaks] - Abou--
- [Creaks] - Ha ha ha!
Come on, door. - [Creaking]
- Doorknob!
Oh, boy.
[Sighs]
Elmo's gonna use all his muscle.
Here Elmo go.
- [Creaking]
- [Grunting]
[Panting]
Oh, open! That's right. Open. And--
[Grunting]
[Panting]
Aha, close. You know, things that open and close. Yay!
Ha ha ha.
- [Instrumental music]
- Aha, look, Dorothy's been thinking
about open and close too.
Oh, look, Dorothy's mouth opens and closes.
It opens and closes. It opens and closes.
Oh, Dorothy knows a lot about open and close.
Oh, what's that, Dorothy?
Oh, okay, okay.
Dorothy has a question. See?
Dorothy's pack is closed.
So, she wants to know how do you open a pack?
Oh, good question, Dorothy.
Oh, let's ask Mr. Noodle.
Mr. Noodle!
Oh, open, close, open, close.
Ready, Shade? Ah, thank you.
Oh, look, Mr. Noodle's mouth is wide open.
He's yawning.
Still open.
Ah, nice close, Mr. Noodle.
Dorothy has a question, Mr. Noodle.
Is Mr. Noodle ready for a question?
Of course, you are. Ha ha.
Okay, how do you open a pack, Mr. Noodle?
- [Zapping]
- You have to take the backpack off.
- Oh.
Yeah, it's on your back, Mr. Noodle.
There it is.
- You have to take the pack off your back.
- That's not how you open a pack, Mr. Noodle.
- That won't work.
- Try opening it a different way.
- No, don't spin, that'll make you dizzy.
- Where'd he go?
- Mr. Noodle?
[Elmo chuckles]
You have to take it off your back first.
- Slide it off your back from your shoulders.
- Yay!
- Very good, Mr. Noodle. Ha ha ha.
Now, open the pack.
- Yeah, open the flap.
- Whoa! - He's gonna get dizzy.
- You can't open it that way, Mr. Noodle.
You have to open the flap.
- The flap.
- No, not like a bird. - The flap on your pack.
- Open the flap on the pack.
- Yeah, open the flap.
- No, not like that, Mr. Noodle.
[Elmo laughing]
- You have to unhook it.
- Unhook it, Mr. Noodle.
- Open the buckle, yeah, the buckle, in front of the pack.
There you go, Mr. Noodle. Oh.
- He did it. - Yay! Ha ha.
- You have to open it more.
- But it's still not open, Mr. Noodle.
- Pull the strings apart. - And open the bag.
- There you go.
Come on. There you go!
- Yay! - He did it.
I wonder what's inside.
- Ah! - Mr. Noodle. Mr. Noodle.
- Are you okay, Mr. Noodle?
Mr. Noodle.
Ha ha ha. Well, at least Mr. Noodle opened it.
Oh, what's that, Dorothy?
Oh, okay, okay.
Dorothy wants to ask someone else.
How do you open a pack?
- Hi, Dorothy. This is how I open a book bag.
First, I take these two fingers and I put it on the zipper
and I zip all the way to the end.
See? My book bag is open.
- Hi, Dorothy. This is how I open my backpack.
First I squeeze the buckle, then I open the backpack.
That's how I open my backpack.
- Oh, thanks, everybody.
Oh, and thank you too, Dorothy.
Now Elmo will ask a baby.
[Elmo humming]
Oh, hello, baby, poo poo poo.
Baby, how do you open up a pack?
[Elmo Laughing]
Oh, thank you, baby.
Mwah, mwah, mwah.
And now--
Oh, look, Dorothy opened her pack.
Ha ha ha.
Boy, Dorothy learns fast.
Ha ha ha.
And now--
Oh! Oh, there you are! Ha ha.
And now, Elmo has a question for you.
How many hamsters does it take to open a door?
Let's count them and see.
1, 2, 3.
Three hamsters to open the door.
Ha ha ha. Bye!
And one Elmo to close it.
[Elmo chuckling]
Great counting, everybody. And now--
- Elmo has mail. Elmo has mail. - Oh, yeah.
- Elmo has mail. Elmo has mail. - Oh, stop, stop, Computer.
- Stop! - Elmo has mail.
- Yeah. Elmo wants to see his email.
Oh! Oh, look, look, look!
Oh, go show 'em, Computer.
See?
That email envelope is closed.
Yeah. Okay.
Elmo will open it.
Mouse.
Ah, yay! It's open!
Show them, Computer. Ha ha.
See?
Oh, boy! Elmo got email from Super Grover!
- Hello, Elmo.
It is I, your cute, little, furry super pal, Su-per Grover.
Aha ha ha ha. And I'm here to show you all about open.
Now then, as you can see, my cute little super helmet
is now open. What-what, who-who turned out the lights?
What--
Ah. Aha ha ha ha.
Oh, my cute little super helmet is not open.
No. Now, it is closed.
But it will be open in a jiffy.
Ah. Ha.
Now, then, as I was saying...
This is going to take a little super strength.
[grunting]
Come on helmet. Open. Open, will you?
[grunting]
Open..
- Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Easy. Easy there, Super Grover.
- Who goes there? - It's me Herry.
- Oh. Herry. Herry. Oh. I'm so sorry.
But as you can see I cannot see.
- I see.
- My super helmet seems to be stuck closed.
- Oh. - [Screeches]
- I can help you with that.
- What? - I can help.
I can see!
Oh, Herry, Herry, I can see.
You've shown me the light. Oh, Herry, oh, thank you.
- Thank you. - Hey, no problem.
I was glad to help, Super Grover.
- Mm-hmm. - Now, if you'll just...
- What? What? - Excuse me.
- Thank you very much. - Oh, sure, anytime.
Now, as you can see my cute little super helmet
is now open...
Well, that is my super email for today.
So long, Elmo.
Oh, look. The envelope on Elmo's computer is closed at the end.
Oh, just like Super Grover's helmet.
Ha ha. Oh, thank you, Computer.
Thank you.
But now we can watch the "Open And Close Channel."
- The "Open And Close Channel.
We stay open and closed 24 hours a day.
And now the "Open And Closed World Of Nature"
presents the tulip
with the Tulip Lady.
- Ooh. Hello.
You're just in time for one of nature's most exciting moments.
The tulip is going to open.
Note that the tulip is closed.
But as soon as the sun shines its rosy face upon the tulip
it will open.
Oh, I can hardly wait. Can you?
- ***-a-doodle-do.
Hark, the rooster crows
which means dawn is bursting at the seams.
- [Yawning]
Behold! The tulip
opens.
Oh. What's that?
You ought to see it close.
Well, it won't close until the sun sets
and it's nighttime again.
We'll wait.
Oh, well, perhaps time will fly
if we sing. Ready?
♪ Tulips in the garden ♪
♪ Tulips in the pot but the best place for tulips ♪
♪ Are in the dark ♪
Oh. And it's still day.
Hmm. I have an idea.
We'll speed up time and make night fall faster.
Here we go.
♪ Tulips in the garden Tulips in the pot ♪
♪ But the place for tulips are in the dark ♪
Stop.
Night has fallen.
- [Yawns]
Behold! The tulip closes.
And there you have it.
See you next time
on the "Open And Closed World Of Nature."
- [Snores]
- Coming up next
"Closed Encounters Of The Third Kind."
Starring Glenn Close.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait TV.
I would like to find out even more about open and close.
Don't you?
Where can we find out more?
- How about talking to a book?
- Okay.
- My life's an open book.
- My life's a closed book too. - Ha ha.
Yeah. Books open and close.
- So true.
If books didn't open
you wouldn't be able to read them.
- That's right.
Oh, does book know anything else we couldn't do
if things didn't open and close?
- Are you kidding? That's what I'm all about.
- Oh, boy!
Oh, what else, Book, tell Elmo.
- Well, if things didn't open and close...
- Uh-huh. - you couldn't use this.
- Wow! Look, a crane.
- With a jaws attachment on the ends.
- Yeah. Elmo sees. - See.
Construction workers need to be able to open and close it
to lift and move things.
- Ooh.
Look. Look, book. - Hmm.
Dorothy is imagining Elmo as a construction worker
in a crane with jaws.
- Up, Jaws.
["Jaws" music plays]
Open, Jaws.
Good. Now, down, Jaws.
Close, Jaws.
Gotcha!
Up, Jaws.
Yay! Ha ha.
- You couldn't play with a Jack in the box
if it didn't open and close. - No.
The Jack in the box is closed.
["Pop Goes The Weasel" music plays]
♪ La la la ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ Tu tu tu tu tu tu ♪
♪ La la la ♪
The Jack in the box is open.
Ha ha.
Ha ha.
- You couldn't do any of those things
if they didn't open and close.
Wow! Thanks, Book.
Elmo really loves things that open and close.
So does Dorothy.
That's why Dorothy wants us to sing
the "Open And Closed Song."
- Ha ha. - Yay!
My favorite.
Mind if I sing along?
Oh, sing with Elmo.
Oh, you can sing along too.
Here we go.
["Jingle Bell" music plays]
♪ Tu tu tu tu tu tu ♪
♪ Open and close Open and close ♪
♪ Open and close ♪
Come on, everybody.
♪ Open and close Open and close ♪
♪ Open and close ♪
♪ Open and close Open and close ♪
♪ Open and close ♪
♪ Open and close Open and close ♪
♪ Open and close ♪
Say goodbye, Dorothy.
Sesame Street was brought to you today
by the letter R.
And by the number 19.
This is Murray saying see you next time on the street.
Peace.