Elmo's World: Families

Elmo's World
Written by	Tony Geiss
Directed by	Ken Diego Victor DiNapoli Jim Martin Steve Feldman Ted May Lisa Simon
Book	Love!
Video	Families, Mail, & Bath Time! All Day With Elmo
First Appearance Episode 3975

Picture	Segment	Description
	Guess what Elmo's thinking about today?	Elmo points to a picture on the wall that he drew of his mommy and daddy. He opens his door several times to show pictures of various families. One of them is a Honker family with a mommy, a daddy, a baby, and a granddaddy.
	Dorothy's Question	Dorothy's family is visiting, including her Uncle Frank. She wants to know what other families like to do together.
	The Noodle Family	Mr. Noodle and Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle are visiting with one another. They like to dance the Noodle family dance, which Elmo joins in on by dressing up as one of the Noodles.
	Kids and Baby	Kids tickle and play piggy back with their families. This is one of the few episodes where an adult appears in the Ask A Baby segment.
	Video E-mail	Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear tell Elmo that families like them can eat porridge. (In some later episodes, this portion is edited out.)
	Elmo's Question	Elmo counts how many members of a clown family can fit into a clown car.
	Quiz	Super Grover and his mom (in her own superhero persona) crash land in the park.
	Film	Elmo's friend Rena goes to lunch at a Chinese food restaurant for her grandmother's birthday.
	TV Cartoon	The Family Channel answers the question: Can Elmo see all kinds of families? Coming up next: "Uncle Vanya, Charley's Aunt, and Whistler's Mother," starring Moms Mabley.
	Interview	Elmo talks to The Oinker Sisters; he has their album, "The Days of Swine and Roses."
	Tickle Me Land	Dorothy imagines Elmo as a goatherd family.
	The Families Song	Elmo and the Oinker Sisters sing "The Families Song."

Notes

• The hillside background used during Super Grover's appearance is lifted from "I Get There."