Elmo's World: Farms

Elmo's World
Written by	Emily Kingsley
Directed by	Steve Feldman Ken Diego
Video	Babies, Dogs & More!
First Appearance Episode 3879

Picture	Segment	Description
	Guess what Elmo's thinking about today?	Elmo opens his door and meets Old MacDonald, followed by a stampede of livestock and Muppet vegetables. A montage follows of kids and people feeding farm animals, gardening, and riding farm equipment.
	Dorothy's Question	A barn figurine adorns Dorothy's bowl, and she wants to know what animals live on a farm.
	The Noodle Family	Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle makes the sounds of an elephant and a monkey before clucking like a chicken, which attracts a trio of Muppet chickens.
	Kids and Baby	Kids act like pigs, ducks, and cows. Elmo gives a baby a plush lamb to play with.
	Elmo's Question	Elmo counts the six animated roosters (and one cow dressed as a rooster) driving tractors past him. A stampede of fruits and vegetables suddenly run out of Elmo's closet, followed closely by MacDonald ("Stop bein' so fresh!")
	Quiz	Elmo wants to know what grows on a farm and what doesn't. Corn grows in a cornfield (as high as an elephant's eye, as Elmo points out). Birthday cakes don't, but you can decorate your cake with farm animals. Pumpkins grow in a pumpkin patch. Telly and Rosita don't grow on farms, but they can be farmers, and appear as the couple from American Gothic.
	Film	Elmo narrates the time his friend Beth helped out on her family's farm, feeding the chickens, gathering their eggs, and helping her mother sell them. Elmo briefly checks on Mr. Noodle, who's having fun singing with his chicken friends.
	TV Cartoon	The Farm Channel presents The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Farmer. The titular character has difficulty when he first tries raising animals and growing crops in the city, on the beach, and on a boat before settling on doing it in the country. Coming up next: A Farewell to Farms starring Jeannette Old MacDonald and Nelson Piggy.
	Interview	Old MacDonald chases down his produce and animals again before talking to Elmo about the hard work farmers do.
	Tickle Me Land	Dorothy imagines Elmo as a farmer, feeding the pigs, driving a tractor (with a pig riding atop of it), and growing corn (being lifted upward by one of the stalks).
	Home Video	Elmo screens Oscar Feeding His Farm Animals. The video shows Elmo entering Oscar's trash can (shown within as eyes in the dark) to record him feeding his pigs. His curious goat also shows up sniffing around Elmo.
	The Farms Song	Elmo sings "The Farm Song" (appropriately to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" instead of "Jingle Bells") as Old MacDonald accompanies on the piano and his food and livestock join in.

Notes

• Elements present in early script drafts for the segment include:
  • Rather than Rosita and Telly, the monsters on the farm would be Telly, Grover, Cookie Monster, Herry Monster, and Frazzle.
  • Following the cartoon, Elmo appears dressed as a farmer.
  • One of Dorothy's fantasies was Elmo milking a cow instead of feeding pigs.

• Additional performers include Joey Mazzarino (Old MacDonald), John Tartaglia (cow), and Jim Martin (goat and carrot).