Elmo's World

Overview
Elmo's World is an approximately 20-minute segment that has run at the end of every episode of Sesame Street since Season 30. The segments have also broadcast as a standalone program (on Britain's Channel Five and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, among others), and many have been released on video.

Regular features include inserts featuring the Noodle Family, Elmo asking questions of a baby and email messages which feature other Sesame Street regulars.

As shown in the Happy Holidays home video special, Elmo's World takes place inside one of Elmo's crayon drawings. This is why the digitally generated set looks the way it does. Other characters appear inside Elmo's drawing (World), and beginning with The Street We Live On, main characters also visited Elmo's World in person (and not just via email). Most segments usually feature cameos by at least two other recognizable characters (one of whom usually appears in sequences where Elmo asks a yes or no-type question).

Kevin Clash is Elmo's principal puppeteer, but for shots that require the use of his entire body, Matt Vogel and John Tartaglia have traditionally served as handlers who are matted out digitally for final shots. Rick Lyon served as motion-capture puppeteer for Elmo's drawer, shade and door when the segments first started.

For the first few weeks of Season 30, each individual segment was shown in all five shows throughout the week. Later in the season, it was decided not to have the same sketch on throughout the week.

Episodes
Here is a partial list of episodes.


 * animals
 * babies
 * balls (first Elmo's World segment)
 * bananas
 * bicycles
 * birds
 * birthdays
 * books
 * bugs
 * cameras
 * clothes
 * computers
 * dancing
 * dinosaurs
 * doctors
 * dogs
 * drawing
 * ears
 * exercise
 * families
 * farms
 * feet
 * firefighters
 * fish
 * flowers
 * food (eating)
 * games
 * hair
 * hands
 * hats
 * jackets
 * mail
 * music
 * open and close
 * pets
 * shoes
 * singing
 * sky
 * sleep
 * teeth
 * telephones
 * transportation
 * up and down
 * water
 * weather

Video releases

 * Elmo's World: Babies, Dogs & More
 * Elmo's World: Birthdays, Games & More
 * Elmo's World: Dancing Music Books
 * Elmo's World: Dancing, Music, Books
 * Elmo's World: Elmo Has Two
 * Elmo's World: Families, Mail, & Bath
 * Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More
 * Elmo's World: Food, Water & Exercise
 * Elmo's World: Happy Holidays (full-length video)
 * Elmo's World: Head to Toe with Elmo
 * Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky
 * Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More
 * Elmo's World: Springtime Fun
 * Elmo's World: The Great Outdoors
 * Elmo's World: The Street We Live On (full-length video)
 * Elmo's World: Wake Up with Elmo
 * Elmo's World: Wild Wild West (full-length video)