| Elmo's World | |
| Written by | Nancy Sans |
| Directed by | Steve Feldman Ted May Emily Squires |
| Book | Being Clean! Weather! |
| Video | Food, Water & Exercise! |
| First Appearance Episode 3831 | |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Guess what Elmo's thinking about today? | Elmo opens his door and sees Niagara Falls (via stock footage). A video montage of kids using water in different ways follows. |
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Dorothy's Question | Dorothy (who doesn't need a figurine in her bowl this time) wants to know how people swim in water. |
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The Noodle Family | Mr. Noodle, wearing flippers and floaties, attempts to swim in a small wading pool. First he only dips his feet in, but ends up swimming in midair and belly-flopping into the pool. |
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Kids and Baby | Kids are seen in various stages of learning to swim - with parents, with water wings, and unassisted. When Elmo asks a baby, she splashes in a baby bathtub. |
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Elmo's Question | Elmo wants to know how many raindrops are falling from the animated clouds; there becomes too many to count! |
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Quiz | What lives in water? Dorothy and other fish do. Horses do not, but seahorses do. Telly does not... but he would if he were a fish! |
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Film | Elmo narrates as a little girl named Jordan uses water to brush her teeth, rinse, wash her face, make oatmeal, feed her dog Buddy, water the plants, take a bath, and drink during the night. |
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TV Cartoon | The Water Channel shows Why Water? hosted by the Lecture Lady, who explains who and what needs water. Coming up next: As The Faucet Drips and Wetwork News. |
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Interview | Elmo talks to a glass of water, who is sometimes hot or cold but always wet. He says that water can be found anywhere. |
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Tickle Me Land | Dorothy imagines Elmo as a sailor fishing on the side of his ship, scuba diving, and surfing. |
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Home Video | Elmo has made a video called Dorothy In Water, since she knows more about living in water than anybody. |
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The Water Song | Elmo sings the "Water Song" with the glass of water. |
Notes[]
- This episode marks the first of many instances that past segments have not included. It is the first episode in which an adult appears during the Ask A Baby segment, and in which Elmo asks the kids "yes" or "no" questions during the Quiz. It is also the first episode to use footage from a previous Sesame Street segment, as a clip from "Washin' the Dog" is used during the montage, as well as the first where the kids give a demonstration of the subject outside of a limbo setting.
- In the broadcast version of the segment, TV's entrance and exit mimicking a submarine is underscored by an instrumental of "Yellow Submarine." The home video release alters the audio due to music rights.
- Footage recorded for the film segment of Jordan bathing would also be used for a season 30 insert in which kids are shown playing in the bathtub as Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie."