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'''''Elmo's Alphabet Challenge''''' is a 50-minute ''[[Sesame Street]]'' direct-to-video feature released on DVD in 2012. The DVD includes animated versions of the ''[[Sesame Street ABCs]]'' book series as a bonus feature.
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'''''Elmo's Alphabet Challenge''''' is a 50-minute ''[[Sesame Street]]'' DVD released on August 14, 2012.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Elmos-Alphabet-Challenge/dp/B0081LTBS2/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1336593899&sr=1-2 Amazon.com: Sesame Street: Elmo's Alphabet Challenge: Movies & TV]</ref><ref>[http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/320618/whv-announcement-elmos-alphabet-challenge WHV Announcement: Elmo's Alphabet Challenge]</ref> The video was written by [[Christine Ferraro]] and directed by [[Joey Mazzarino]].
  
   
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==Plot==
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{{quote|Are you up for a challenge? An Alphabet Challenge? In this all new never before seen DVD, join ''Sesame Street'' friends [[Elmo]], [[Abby Cadabby|Abby]] and [[Telly Monster|Telly]] on an amazing learning adventure! Abby is excited to show her friends her new [[Apple Computer|Fairy Fly Pad]], a magical tablet loaded with cool games. But with a simple tap they accidentally get trapped inside the video game world of [[A. B. C-more]], a mischievous elf obsessed with the alphabet. In order to get back to [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]], the friends must defeat A. B. C-more in different video game challenges that test their knowledge of the entire alphabet. Kids will love to play along and learn in a series of fun video game spoofs that will teach both letter recognition and sounds in a fun and entertaining way. Employing many familiar conventions of video games in a cool animated world, you have never seen Elmo, Abby and Telly like this before! Can Elmo "munch" his way through a maze like game where he must find objects that start with certain sounds? What happens when the friends encounter some letters from "angry words"? Can Elmo dance his way through a game where his moves need to match movements that start with certain letters? Will Abby be a "hero" as she rocks out with a guitar in another game? With 7 challenging games to play the friends will discover it is not as easy as ABC to win against A. B. C-more!<ref>[http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1614604 Sesame Street: Elmo's Alphabet Challenge DVD @ DVD Empire]</ref>}}
  
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[[Elmo]] and [[Telly Monster]] are playing basketball when [[Abby Cadabby]] shows them her new Fairy Fly Pad. They decide to play an alphabet game, which sends them into the Fairy Fly Pad. They meet [[A. B. C-more]] who tells them that in order to get out they have to find items beginning with each letter of the alphabet before A.B.C-more, who claims to be the greatest alphabet expert ever.
   
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Throughout the challenge, A.B.C-more competes with either Abby or Elmo in parodies of a variety of video games, including ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Angry Birds]]'', ''[[Pac-Man]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero]]'', ''[[Just Dance]]'', and ''Mario Kart''. During the challenge, it becomes clear that A.B.C-more is not the alphabet expert he claims to be, constantly thinking that items don't begin with the letter they're focused on, and mistakenly thinking items that don't do begin with those letters, while the others always succeed in finding the right items.
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With only a few letters left, A.B.C-more puts them in the hardest game in the challenge, a parody of ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. Since it's the hardest part of the challenge, A.B.C-more decides to let all three play, but Telly, who had avoided playing all other parts of the challenge, avoids playing this one as well. A.B.C-more zaps Elmo and Abby with [[X]]'s, saying that the only way to stop it is to find some X items. At this point Telly decides to finally join in the game, throwing an x-ray machine and xylophone at the Xs.
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When they get to the letter [[Z]], Telly finds a zucchini on the ground. After initially struggling to pick it off the vine, Telly finally picks it and they win the game. A.B.C-more is impressed that they are better alphabet experts than he is, but Abby points out that they got a lot of practice on Sesame Street. A.B.C-more sends them back home, and even decides to visit their world. At first he wants to return home after a short while, but then they point out all the letters he can find on Sesame Street.
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==Credits==
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[[File:FlyPadSong.png|thumb|300px]]
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* Executive Producer: [[Carol-Lynn Parente]]
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* Co-Executive Producer: [[Kevin Clash]]
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* Supervising Producer: [[Melissa Dino]]
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* Producers: Jane Lee and [[Benjamin Lehmann]]
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* Directed By: [[Joey Mazzarino]]
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* Head Writer: Joey Mazzarino
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* Written By: [[Christine Ferraro]]
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* Starring The Muppets of Sesame Street:
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**[[Pam Arciero]] (Telly assistant)
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**[[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]] as Abby
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**Joey Mazzarino as A.B.C-more
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**[[Martin P. Robinson]] as Telly
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**[[Matt Vogel]] (voice of the Fly-Pad)
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**and Kevin Clash as Elmo
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* Production Designer: [[Bob Phillips]]
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* Senior Muppet Consultant: Kevin Clash
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* Assistant Muppet Captain: Matt Vogel
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* [[The Muppet Workshop|Jim Henson's Creature Shop]]: [[Jason Weber]], [[Rollie Krewson]], [[Polly Smith]], [[Michelle Hickey]], [[Andrea Detwiler]], James Chai, [[Amanda Maddock]], [[Colette Nickola]], [[Stacey Weingarten]]
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* Music Director: [[Bill Sherman]]
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* Music Director - Arrangements: [[Joe Fiedler]]
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* Music Director - Studio: [[Paul Rudolph]]
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* Music By: Bill Sherman, Joe Fiedler, Peter Durwood
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*Composers: [[Michael Aarons]], [[Chris Jackson]], Brian McKenna, [[Kathryn Raio-Rende|Kathryn Raio]], [[JP Rende]]
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* Title Card: [[Rickey Boyd]]
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* Associate Director: [[Ken Diego]]
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* Production Stage Manager: [[Mindy Fila]]
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* Sound Effects: [[Dick Maitland]], C.A.S.
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* Cameras: [[Frank Biondo]], Jerry Cancel, Anthony Lenzo
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* Production Assistants: [[Geri Cole]], Rachel Colleen Smith, [[Andrew Moriarty]], Maxwell Nicoll
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* Animation By: [[Magnetic Dreams]]
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* Animation Art Direction: Rickey Boyd and [[Michael Lapinski]]
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* Animation Reference: Jennifer Spriggs
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* Dance Talent: Alex Murphy
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* DVD Production: [[Frank Campagna]], Franco Schettino, William D'Amico
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* Senior Vice President of Education and Research: [[Rosemarie Truglio]], Ph.D.
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* Taped at [[Kaufman Astoria Studios]]
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150606093923/http://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/08/23/elmos-alphabet-challenge-the-story-behind-the-animation/ The Story Behind the Animation] at SesameWorkshop.org (archive link)
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*[http://mlapinski.blogspot.com/2012/08/elmos-alphabet-challenge-concept-and.html Concept art by Michael Lapinski]
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Revision as of 14:48, 11 September 2020

Elmo's Alphabet Challenge
Release Date August 14, 2012
Produced by Warner Home Video
Catalogue no. SS00264
Format DVD
Discs 1
Region 1
EAC-Title

Title card

Elmo's Alphabet Challenge is a 50-minute Sesame Street direct-to-video feature released on DVD in 2012. The DVD includes animated versions of the Sesame Street ABCs book series as a bonus feature.

Plot

Elmo and Telly Monster are playing basketball when Abby Cadabby shows them her new Fairy Fly Pad. They decide to play an alphabet game, which sends them into the Fairy Fly Pad. They meet A. B. C-more who tells them that in order to get out they have to find items beginning with each letter of the alphabet before A.B.C-more, who claims to be the greatest alphabet expert ever.

Throughout the challenge, A.B.C-more competes with either Abby or Elmo in parodies of a variety of video games, including Super Mario Bros., Angry Birds, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, Just Dance, and Mario Kart. During the challenge, it becomes clear that A.B.C-more is not the alphabet expert he claims to be, constantly thinking that items don't begin with the letter they're focused on, and mistakenly thinking items that don't do begin with those letters, while the others always succeed in finding the right items.

With only a few letters left, A.B.C-more puts them in the hardest game in the challenge, a parody of World of Warcraft. Since it's the hardest part of the challenge, A.B.C-more decides to let all three play, but Telly, who had avoided playing all other parts of the challenge, avoids playing this one as well. A.B.C-more zaps Elmo and Abby with X's, saying that the only way to stop it is to find some X items. At this point Telly decides to finally join in the game, throwing an x-ray machine and xylophone at the Xs.

When they get to the letter Z, Telly finds a zucchini on the ground. After initially struggling to pick it off the vine, Telly finally picks it and they win the game. A.B.C-more is impressed that they are better alphabet experts than he is, but Abby points out that they got a lot of practice on Sesame Street. A.B.C-more sends them back home, and even decides to visit their world. At first he wants to return home after a short while, but then they point out all the letters he can find on Sesame Street.

Sesame_Street_"Elmo's_Alphabet_Challenge"_Preview

Credits

FlyPadSong
AlphaChallenge-CGIcrew
AlphaChallenge-Zuchini
AlphaChallenge-EndingCrew

External links

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