(playful music)
♪ La la la la ♪
♪ La la la la la la la la ♪
♪ Elmo's full of wonder ♪
♪ Wonder what he will discover ♪
♪ In Elmo's wonderful world ♪
(Elmo laughing)
- Hi, welcome to Elmo's World!
Oh, guess what Elmo is wondering about today?
Wait for it.
Oh, books!
What you reading Bert?
- Oh, it's the exciting adventures
of Unise the mail carrying pigeon.
- Wow!
Boy, Elmo loves books
and wants to find out more about them.
Hey, let's ask Elmo's friend Smartie!
Let's call her together.
- [Elmo & Children] Oh Smartie!
(phone rings)
- Hiya, Elmo, I just came from the circus
walking a tightrope!
- Elmo didn't know that Smartie could walk a tightrope!
- I can't, but when I read a book, I use my imagination
and it's like, I'm right in the middle of the action!
- Okay, Elmo gets it!
Smartie was reading a book about the circus.
- Yep! (Elmo giggles)
- Oh, well, that's perfect,
because Elmo wants to find out all about books.
- What do we do to learn something new?
- [Elmo, Smartie & Children] We look it up!
- Getting a read on books!
Here we go!
Oh, wow!
There are all kinds of books.
Chapter books.
Picture books.
Comic books.
And even coloring books!
- [Elmo] Yeah, cool!
- [Smartie] There are even books
you can read on a screen, like mine.
(Elmo giggles)
Some books tell you how to do things.
Books can tell you lots of things
about different places and people.
And there are books of made up stories
about pretend places and imaginary people.
You can even write books of your own!
Anyone can be an author.
- Oh, cool!
Books really are amazing.
- They sure are!
Okay, got a book it, Elmo!
I can't wait to find out
how the story I'm reading turns out!
- Thank you Smartie, buh bye!
Boy, anybody can write a book, huh?
He eh eh hay, that gives Elmo an idea!
Come on, let's play game together.
Yeah (giggles) come on, come on!
(playful instrumental music)
Let's write our own story!
First, we got to decide where our story takes place.
It could be at a jungle or at a pirate ship
or in a restaurant!
- [Children] Pirate ship!
- [Elmo] Pirate ship, okay!
So once upon a time,
on a pirate ship, there was a pirate.
The pirate wanted to play a game!
Should we have the pirate play catch,
hopscotch or tic tac toe?
- [Children] Catch!
- [Elmo] Catch? Okay!
The pirate needs someone to play catch with!
- [Child] A shark.
- [Child] Yeah, a shark!
- [Elmo] A shark! That's a great idea!
And they play catch happily ever after!
The end.
(giggling) Wow! Great job, we did it!
Boy, that makes Elmo wonder even more!
Does Mr. Noodle know about books?
Oh, let's ask him.
Hey Mr. Noodle!
Oh.
Mr. Noodle?
Where is he?
(curtain hooks rattling)
(Elmo laughs)
There he is! Hey, Mr. Noodle!
Mr. Noodle, Mr. Noodle, do you like to read books?
Show us some of your books, Mr. Noodle.
Mr. Noodle, is that a booK?
- [Children] No!
- [Child] That's not a book! That's a watermelon!
- [Elmo] Show us how you read a book!
- [Child] That's not a book either.
- [Child] He's reading a bottle of milk!
- [Elmo] That's not a book,
that's a milk bottle!
(giggling) Books have pages!
Mr. Noodle where's your book?
- [Child] It's little! It's a itty bitty book!
- How are you ever gonna read a book that small?
(whistle blows)
(objects rattling)
A great idea!
(giggling) Oh, Elmo guesses you can read a book that way!
(laughing) Thank you for showing us
how to read a book, Mr. Noodle.
(Elmo giggles)
Boy, learning new things makes Elmo so happy,
it makes him want to dance!
(upbeat pop music) Come on!
♪ Happy happy, dance dance ♪
♪ When we learn something new ♪
♪ We do the happy dance, dance ♪
Let's see your happy dance!
(giggles) Yeah, cool!
See you next time!
Keep learning, Elmo loves you!
♪ Happy happy, dance dance ♪
♪ When we learn something new ♪
♪ We do the happy dance, dance ♪
Yay!
(disco ball swooshing)
(dog barking)
♪ Yoo-hoo ♪
♪ Do you like food ♪
♪ Ah-Dooba-Doob-Doob-Dooba ♪
♪ Like me like food ♪
♪ Ah-Deeba-Deeba-Deeba-Deeba ♪
♪ Gonger make food ♪
♪ I make food ♪
♪ Place your order if you lucky ♪
♪ We make food in our foodie truck ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
(alarms trills)
- [Both] Oh, the alarm, the alarm!
- Me got it, me got it!
- I got it, I got it!
- Hello, Cookie Monster and Gonger.
I'm Natuna, I'm reading a book
about another Native American,
and she eats succotash.
I would like to try succotash, too!
Can you help me please?
- Of course we can help you because we are-
- [Both] Monster Foodies!
- Okay, what we need to make succotash, Gonger?
- [Gonger] Okay, for succotash we need Lima beans.
- Lima beans, yeah, we got Lima beans.
- All right, then corn.
- Corn, yeah, we got corn.
- [Gonger] Bell pepper.
- Red and green pepper, yep.
We got that.
- And onion.
- Okay, onion!
Uh, oh boy.
- Huh?
Cookie? - Yeah?
- Where'd the onion go?
- We no have onion.
- Cookie, did you eat the onion?
- What, me eat the onion?
No!
(breath whooshing)
- Oh, (coughs) it's okay.
Whew, we can get an onion at the farm.
- Wait a minute, we can get onions at the farm?
Oh, where the farm?
(Gonger groans)
- Oh, Cookie, you need a mint!
Here you go.
(whimsical whistling)
(chimes tinkling) - Mm!
- Follow me. (groans)
(playful upbeat music)
(engine rumbles)
- [Both] To the farm!
♪ We're going to the farm ♪
(cow mooing)
Okay, me see tomato, lettuce, Brussels sprout.
Ut-oh, me no see onion!
Gonger, what we do?
Hello, Mister Farmer!
Uh, can you help us, please?
We need onions but you no have onions!
- Oh, don't worry, Cookie.
We've got lots of onions,
they're right here.
You just can't see them
because onions grow under the tall green leafs.
- [Cookie] Really?
- Yes.
Onions are bulbs, a bulb is what we call
this big round ball, here.
Onions are vegetables and when they grow large
and their leafs flop over they're ready to be picked.
We cut off the tops and leave the onions out to dry.
Here, this is a gift from me.
- Thank you, Mister Farmer, Guy!
(upbeat playful music)
We got onions from the farm!
Okay, succotash all here, order ready!
- No, Cookie, no! We gotta follow the recipe!
- [Cookie] Oh, yes, recipe!
- [Gonger] You chop the onion!
- Okay, chop the onion, check!
(onion peel rustles)
Look at that, onion got layers.
Onion make me eyes water!
- (grunts) Hey, no crying in the kitchen!
- Sorry!
Kiai!
- Okay, preparing the water!
It's really hot. Now some oil, glug, glug, glug.
And the chopped peppers.
Woo-hoo! (laughs)
Now some corn, yeah! (laughs)
Okay, Cookie, now the Lima bean.
- Okay, Lima beans!
- Yeah! Ooh, yeah, oh, and the onion.
- And onion.
- Yeah! - Here we go.
- Mm, tasty! Okay, then stir it!
Stir, stir, stir, stir.
Yeah, stir up!
- Wow, Gonger, you are good cooker.
(metal clanks)
(Gonger grunts)
- Mm! Succotash done cooking! (laughs)
- Mm, yummy, yummy!
(gong ringing)
- It's ready!
- Okay, order up!
- (laughing) Bye bye, succotash!
- Arrivederci, succotash!
- See you! (laughs)
Oh, Cookie?
- Yeah?
- This 'nash for you.
- Aw, Gonger, oh boy, thank you!
Oh, look at that!
Mm. (snarfing)
(brisk upbeat music)
(tablet trills)
- Thank you so much, Cookie Monster and Gonger.
Now I know what succotash tastes like.
It's delicious, bye bye!
- Your welcome, Natuna!
(upbeat playful music)
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yay ♪
♪ Happy, happy monsters to the rescue ♪
♪ We make yummy food just for you ♪
(metal clinks)
(bright music)