| Elmo's World | |
| Written by | Cathi Rosenberg-Turow |
| Book | Opposites! |
| Video | Elmo's World: Opposites |
| First Appearance Episode 4041 | |
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Guess what Elmo's thinking about today? | Elmo's thinking about things that open and close, but he's having a hard time doing just that with his door. |
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Dorothy's Question | Elmo notes that Dorothy's mouth opens and closes quite a bit. She wants to know how you open a back pack. |
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The Noodle Family | Mr. Noodle's mouth is wide open when Shade opens. Mr. Noodle struggles to open a backpack until the Kids coach him through it. Finally, toy snakes spring out of the pack and into Mr. Noodle's face. |
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Kids and Baby | Several kids show Dorothy how they open a book bag in great detail. |
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Elmo's Question | Elmo counts the three hamsters it takes to open the door. It only takes one Elmo to close it. |
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Video E-Mail | Super Grover attempts to illustrate "open" when his helmet closes over his eyes. He struggles with opening it again until Herry comes along and lifts it with one finger.
Note: This is Jerry Nelson's last major performance as Herry. |
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Quiz | Drawer won't open for Elmo until he pulls the knob with all his might. Objects in the quiz include a cake, a crayon and Oscar the Grouch. |
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Film | Elmo's friend Tyler opens and closes many jars, markers, scissors and other objects when he makes a picture in school. |
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TV Cartoon | On the "Open and Close" Channel, the Tulip Lady presents a study of how tulips open and close. Coming up next: Closed Encounters of the Third Kind starring Glenn Close. |
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Interview | Elmo talks to Book (who opens and closes himself) about a construction vehicle with jaws that open and close. |
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Tickle Me Land | Dorothy imagines Elmo as a construction worker using a construction vehicle to attempt to pick up a teddy bear and a jack-in-the-box. John Williams' famous two-note motif from Jaws is referenced in the underscore for the first scene, connecting to the use of the jaws of the vehicle. |
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