| Elmo's World | |
| Written by | Christine Ferraro |
| Book | Space! |
| Video | Reach for the Sky! Elmo Wonders |
| First Appearance Episode 3982 | |
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Guess what Elmo's thinking about today? | After some struggling with the knob, Elmo opens Door to see a CGI animated sun, clouds, stars, and the moon. A montage plays of children looking at the sky and pretending to fly toys through the air. |
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Dorothy's Question | Dorothy has a copy of van Gogh's The Starry Night on a miniature easel in her fishbowl and has a question: "What do you see when you look up in the sky?" |
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The Noodle Family | Mr. Noodle rides a toy car and pretends to surf before producing a kite. He has trouble getting it to fly, but when the wind finally lifts the kite into the air, it's so strong Mr. Noodle flies into the air as well! |
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Kids and Baby | Kids share pictures they drew of things they see in the sky, including the sun, an airplane, a shooting star, and some planets. Elmo then asks a baby with a plush bird. |
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Humphrey and Ingrid look in the sky and ask "Is it a diaper? Is it a blanky? No, it's Superbaby!" as their daughter flies through the air wearing a cape. | |
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Elmo's Question | Elmo counts how many animated birds are flying past his window. 12 birds fly across, followed by a kangaroo flapping its arms before falling and bouncing away. |
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Quiz | Elmo asks questions about things you see in the sky. You can't see an elephant or a mailbox in the sky, but you can see a cloud. You can't see a birthday cake or a bunny rabbit in the sky, but you can see a rocket. You can't see a turtle, a rock, or a worm in the sky... unless it's Slimey flying a worm-sized biplane. |
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Film | Elmo narrates as his friend Cheryl Lynn and her mommy go to the beach and look at things in the sky. |
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TV Cartoon | The Sky Animal Channel shows The Little Penguin Who Tried To Fly In The Sky. After a few failed attempts, a penguin is able to fly by using a hot-air balloon; his friends follow using other methods. Coming up next, The Sky Who Loved Me. |
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Interview | Elmo talks with Muppet versions of the sun and the moon. The room darkens and brightens appropriately in their presence as they chat about themselves. |
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Tickle Me Land | Dorothy imagines Elmo dancing on the moon in the cosmos (to the tune of "Survivor") with stars and planets behind him, sitting on a rainbow in the day time (where he slides off one side and lands on a cloud), and as a constellation at night (where he fades into a set of connected lines dressed as a Roman holding up a goldfish bowl).
(Footage of Elmo dancing from this scene was later used for the credit sequence for Season 38.) |
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The Sky Song | Elmo, the Sun, and the Moon sing "The Sky Song." |