Episode 4067



Elmo, Grover, Zoe and Rosita are part of a singing group, "The Cute and Fuzzy Four." They have a gig at Hooper's Store, but Zoe and Rosita's parents send them home, and Grover has to go to work, making the performance impossible. Meanwhile, Gordon's father (played by Carl Gordon) comes over. Gordon, Miles, and Gordon's dad are trying to figure out something they all can do together when they learn that Elmo needs some new singing partners. Elmo asks Miles to participate in the performance, since he is in a singing group, but when Elmo asks Gordon to join, Miles is surprised to learn that, as a teenager, Gordon was once in a band known as "The Electric Three" with Luis and Bob. When Elmo asks Gordon's father to participate, Gordon is surprised to learn that, before he was born, his dad was a singer known as "Johnny Uno," and he had a hit song called "Do the Macaroni." The four of them get together that night and perform as "The Cute But Not So Fuzzy Four."

Segments

 * Animated cartoon: Love
 * Live Action Song: "Doing the Family Thing"
 * The Letter of the Day: K: Kowabunga
 * Film: Ornate Ks fly through the air to a song.
 * Cartoon: A Kangaroo with a K on his shirt looks for his mother.
 * The Spanish Word of the Day: Si (Yes) and No (No)
 * Live action: A girl talks about a day at dance lessons
 * Journey to Ernie: Musical Instruments Land
 * Bert teaches Ernie to think before he does anything
 * Global Grover: Australia
 * Global Thingy
 * The Number of the Day: 4: The Count counts four bats.
 * Number Guy: How Many Elephants Can Fit in a Room?
 * Count von Count counts musicians in the Tokyo String Quartet.
 * Elmo's World: Families
 * Chapter 698: Why Trash Gordon crosses past a huge chicken.

Trivia

 * Although the song that is sung at the performance is "Monster in the Mirror," everybody refers to this song as "The Wubba Wubba Wubba Song," and only a few lyrics are sung, leaving out the "Monster in the Mirror" parts.


 * In this episode, Gordon says that he, Bob, and Luis were in a band during the 1970s. However, the characters were already adults when the series began in 1969, and Luis didn't join the cast until 1971.


 * Luis talks about being in love with Maria, even though they weren't actually in love on the show until 1988.


 * Bob's remark that he hopes that Maria doesn't break up the band is a reference to Yoko Ono breaking up The Beatles.