| Elmo's World | |
| Written by | Molly Boylan |
| Directed by | Ken Diego Victor DiNapoli Jim Martin Steve Feldman |
| Book | Pets! Animals! |
| Video | Springtime Fun! All About Animals |
| First Appearance Episode 3945 | |
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Guess what Elmo's thinking about today? | Elmo opens his door and is flocked by lots of Muppet birds that fly or waddle in (including a pigeon, a robin, a dove, a chicken, a rooster, a penguin, a bluejay, a duck, and an owl, among others). A montage follows of birds of all kinds (including a rather familiar one crossing the street with some kids). |
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Dorothy's Question | A parrot figurine adorns Dorothy's fishbowl, and she wants to know what birds sound like. |
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The Noodle Family | Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle falls from hanging upside down before imitating the sound of a telephone, a fire engine, and a raspberry before finally tooting on a duck call. Pretty soon he attracts a gaggle of gabby Muppet birds when he tries even more bird calls: a duck, a chicken, an owl, a crow, a pigeon, a turkey, and a robin. |
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Kids and Baby | Kids make the sounds of an owl, a rooster, and a turkey for Dorothy. When Elmo asks a baby, he's taken aback when they let out a gurgle! |
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Video E-Mail | Bert (Eric Jacobson) intends for Bernice to make pigeon sounds, but she's too shy. |
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Elmo's Question | Elmo counts how many eggs a cartoon goose can lay; she produces twelve eggs (and one tickly feather). |
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Film | Elmo's friend Cassidy tells the story about her duck named Tracy that lives on her farm, and the eggs that she laid which hatched into five ducklings. |
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Quiz | Elmo wonders where birds make their nests. Nests aren't built on the moon or in a bathtub, but they are built in a tree. Nests aren't built on a telephone or on a birthday cake, but they are built outside of a house. Nests aren't built on a cow or on a basketball, but one particular nest is built right on Sesame Street... Big Bird's! |
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TV Cartoon | The birds flock around Elmo to watch the Bird Channel, where the Bird Lady shows how to do "The Chicken Dance." The Bird Lady works herself into a frenzy while dancing: "You're the wind beneath my wings! Shake that booty! Omelets for all!!" Coming up next: The Loon Ranger, starring Walter Pidgeon. |
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Interview | Elmo talks to a robin (Stephanie D'Abruzzo) who says that all birds have beaks and feathers, and some like her can sing and fly. |
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Tickle Me Land | Dorothy imagines Elmo flying like a bird (at least momentarily before stopping midway and plummeting), then as a penguin who slides down the ice into some water, and as a proud peacock with a beautiful tail. |
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The Bird Song | Elmo and the birds sing "The Bird Song," with the birds adding their own unique calls into the mix. |
Notes[]
- The opening montage features a cameo from Big Bird taken from the opening credits during the show's run starting in 1998. Footage also comes from the "See Like a Bird" song (with a robin) and a film of flamingos (First: Episode 2498).
- Additional performers include Matt Vogel, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia, and Jim Martin as the various birds.