| Elmo's World | |
| Written by | Belinda Ward |
| Directed by | Ken Diego Jim Martin Ted May |
| Video | Singing, Drawing & More! |
| First Appearance Episode 3870 | |
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Guess what Elmo's thinking about today? | Elmo's room shakes with the fury of dozens of ringing phones. He picks one up to talk to his mommy. |
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Dorothy's Question | Dorothy wants to know how you use a telephone. |
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The Noodle Family | Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle has some trouble answering phones. |
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Kids and Baby | A girl calls Tyler James Williams on the phone. |
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Elmo's Question | Elmo counts how many penguins are waiting to use the telephone. |
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Quiz | Elmo wants to know what talks on the telephone and what doesn't. Pizzas don't, but you can order a pizza on the phone. Birthday cakes don't, but you can use the phone to wish someone "Happy Birthday." Birds don't, except when the bird is Big Bird, who calls Snuffy. Elmo thinks that's a bird call. |
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Film | Elmo tells the story of how his friend Nya made her very first phone call to her grandma. Afterwards, Elmo gets a phone call from Nya. In the broadcast version, this segment is underscored by a cover of Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You." The home video version replaces this with the backing track from "I Know How to Swing." |
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TV Cartoon | The History of the Telephone. Coming up Next: "Dialing for Telephones" and "The Telephone Always Rings Twice." |
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Interview | Elmo talks to a telephone. |
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Tickle Me Land | Dorothy imagines Elmo as a skydiver, an astronaut and a hiker. The home video release alters the score during the hiking scene. |
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Home Video | Rosita calls Elmo. |
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The Telephone Song | Elmo and the Telephone sing the "Telephone Song." |