| Elmo's World | |
| Written by | Jeff Moss |
| Directed by | Ted May |
| Book | Music! |
| Video | Dancing, Music, Books! |
| First Appearance Episode 3824 | |
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Guess what Elmo's thinking about today? | Elmo opens his door and becomes buried under dozens of toy brass instruments. The opening montage features different instruments playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with a piano, a violin, toy recorders, kazoos, a children's choir singing "la, la..." and an orchestra. |
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Dorothy's Question | Dorothy wants to know how you make music with a drum. |
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The Noodle Family | Mr. Noodle attempts to play a marching band drum by wearing it on his back. After he finally straps it on properly, he finds that it's difficult to pick up the drum stick. When he finally beats the drum, it makes his body shake all over. |
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Kids and Baby | Kids play different types of simple drums, and one boy plays a professional drum set. When Elmo asks a baby, he bangs away on a bowl with a plastic spoon. |
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Elmo's Question | Elmo wants to know how many strings a typical guitar has. |
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Quiz | Drawer plays some big band music and opens up to show the options in Elmo's quiz. Trombones do. Boxes don't, unless it's a music box. Birthday cakes don't, but singing "Happy Birthday" is music. Little birds make music, and so do Big Birds.
The home video version omits the children singing "Happy Birthday to You". |
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Film | Some of Elmo's friends in school make their own instruments with ordinary objects. In a rare move for one of Elmo's friend's films, Oscar makes an appearance at the end to smash two trash can lids together. |
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TV Cartoon | The Music Channel shows a documentary about the very first music played in the entire world ever. Coming up next: The Music Man, The Sound of Music and Name That Tune. |
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Interview | Elmo talks to an accordion (Jerry Nelson) and a clarinet. |
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Tickle Me Land | Dorothy imagines Elmo in a New Orleans jazz band. |
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Home Video | Elmo has made a video of Herry humming the "Elmo's World Theme," which Elmo can't help joining in on. |
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The Music Song | Elmo sings the "Music Song" while playing on his piano along with the Accordion and his furniture - Drawer, Door and Shade - imitating musical instruments, all of them making music in harmony. Note: The soundtrack for the inanimate objects imitating musical instruments is cut from the U.S./U.K. VHS and DVD release of "Dancing, Music and Books." However, international releases and Sesame Street episodes that aired this segment kept it. |