Elmo opens up Door to reveal Computer, as he's been thinking about computers. A montage follows of kids (and one cat) using computers for various activities.
Dorothy's Question
Dorothy, with a miniature computer figurine in her bowl, wants to know how you use a computer to write.
The Noodle Family
Elmo scares Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle to cure his hiccups before he asks him the question of the day. Mr. Noodle tries placing a piece of paper on top of a computer monitor to write on it before he's instructed to turn the computer on. He then pets the mouse as if it's a small rodent and finally figures out how to type on the keyboard. He starts typing in an exuberant flurry until he flies from the desk and gets the hiccups again.
Kids and Baby
Some kids show various levels of familiarity with computer skills, writing the letter A and some names. A baby has a toy computer, but only plays with the toy mouse when Elmo approaches them.
Elmo's Question
Elmo counts 11 animated computer mice doing the cha-cha, followed by a toaster that pops up two pieces of toast. Afterwards, Computer passes by alerting, "You've got mail!" and Elmo unsuccessfully tries to call it back.
Quiz
Elmo looks at all the different places one can find a computer, which is displayed onscreen as a computer game. You can't find a computer in a tree or on a birthday cake, but you can find one in a library. You can't find a computer in a bathtub or on a zebra, but you can find one in a school. You can't find a computer on a bicycle or in a shoe, but you could find one in a trash can... Oscar's trash can, to be precise.
Film
Elmo narrates the time his friend Jordan made a birthday card for her dad on the computer. She even gave Elmo a picture of a dinosaur she drew on the computer that he shows afterwards.
TV Cartoon
Computer wanders through again, and Elmo wonders if he'll ever get his e-mail. Meanwhile, TV sneaks up behind Elmo and shows The Computer Channel, on which a computer sings "I Get a Click Out of You" to her mouse. Stay tuned for "Lost in Cyberspace."
Video Email
Elmo finally stops Computer from leaving so he can check his e-mail. He watches a video message from Telly and Rosita, who tell Elmo about how much they've loved learning how to use the computer. Telly loves chanting "Dot com! Dot com!" over and over.
Dorothy imagines Elmo in a number of computer games. First, he's in a Super Mario Bros.-esque point-and-click game trying to leap onto clouds. Next he's in a desktop paint program, getting his fur changed into different colors and patterns. Finally, he features in an interactive story of The Three Little Pigs, posing as the pigs (who somewhat resemble the Three Stooges) and the wolf.
This episode of Elmo's World introduces Computer, and its recurring segment of Elmo receiving a video e-mail from his Sesame Street friends would replace the home video portions for the rest of the series' run.
During the computer montage, a child can be seen playing the Sesame Street CD-ROM Letters (in which Telly briefly appears onscreen), and another child can be seen playing Create and Draw in Elmo's World.
A new instrumental of "Family" plays during the film segment with Jordan, followed by a brief fanfare of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow."
