Elmo: Oh, it's so flowy.
Prairie: I love your fur! Elmo: Oh, thank you.
Gabrielle: You're so fuzzy!
Abby: I like your coils!
Elmo: Oh, hey! Welcome to Sesame Street.
Prairie: Hello. Elmo: Oh. Today, we're
finding out about something that will
really grow on you. Abby: Wait. "Grow"!
Gabrielle: Ha ha ha! Prairie: Ha ha ha!
Elmo: Oh, like Elmo's fur grows on him.
Prairie: Yes. You are going to flip when you hear what it is.
Gabrielle: Today, we're finding out about...
All: Hair!
Elmo: So stick around and see
all kinds of different hair
right "hair" on "Sesame Street."
Prairie: Oh, I see what you did there.
Elmo: Ha ha ha!
Kids: ♪ Sunny day sweeping the clouds away ♪
♪ On my way to where the air is sweet ♪
Abby: Ha!
Kids: ♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪
♪ How to get to Sesame Street? ♪
Chorus: ♪ La la la la la la la la la ♪
Kids: ♪ How to get to Sesame Street? ♪
Cookie Monster: Mmm!
Chorus: ♪ La la la la la la la la la la ♪
Kids: ♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪
Sesame Street!
Elmo: Ha ha! Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
Oh. Oh, hi! Welcome to Sesame Street!
Oh, oh! Elmo just got out of the bath,
so Elmo's brushing his fur.
Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
Brushing kind of tickles. Ha ha ha!
[Music playing]
Huh? Huh?
What's going on over there? Let's see.
Tamir: ♪ Coily, coily, coily ♪
Charlie: ♪ Twirly, twirly, twirly ♪
Both: ♪ We just love the way our hair is ♪
♪ Curly, curly, curly ♪
♪ It's twirly, whirly, whirly ♪
♪ A-ring-a-ding-a-ding ♪
♪ We love our curls so much ♪
♪ It makes us want to si-i-ing ♪
Elmo: Oh! Hi, Charlie. Charlie: Oh! Hi, Elmo!
Elmo: Hi, Tamir! Tamir: Hey.
Elmo: What are you singing about?
Tamir: Oh. Charlie and I noticed that we both have
lots of things that make us special. Ha ha ha!
Charlie: I like dancing and twirling a baton.
Tamir: And I like video games and drawing,
but one thing we both have that makes us special is...
Both: Curly hair! Tamir: Yeah.
My hair is brown, and I have soft coils,
which are really tight curls.
Charlie: And I have golden brown hair
that has loose and light curls.
Tamir: So we just started singing because--oh!
Both: Curly hair is fun to us!
Tamir: Yeah, and our hair is one of the things
that makes us special.
I'll show you. Elmo: Oh!
Tamir: ♪ My hair is coiled ♪
♪ All my curls are soft and tight ♪
♪ It's rich, beautiful, and brown ♪
♪ That shimmers in the light ♪
Charlie: ♪ And I have ringlets ♪
♪ That are golden brown curls ♪
♪ Around my finger I make them go twirl ♪
Tamir: ♪ Coily, coily, coily ♪
Charlie: ♪ Twirly, twirly, twirly ♪
Both: ♪ We just love the way our hair is ♪
♪ Curly, curly, curly ♪
Charlie: ♪ Twirly, whirly, whirly ♪
Tamir: ♪ A-ring-a-ding-a-ding ♪
Both: ♪ We love our curls so much ♪
♪ It makes us want to si-i-ing ♪
Elmo: Wow! That was really cool!
You know, Elmo wishes that Elmo could sing
Charlie and Tamir's song,
but Elmo doesn't have hair or curls.
Elmo just has fur.
Tamir: Oh. Well, you can sing about fur.
Elmo: Oh. Elmo can? Tamir: Yeah.
Charlie: Sure. Why not?
Your fur is one of the things that makes you special.
Elmo: Hey. Yeah. You're right.
Elmo's fur does make Elmo special.
♪ Elmo's fur is red, it's fluffy, and it's neat ♪
♪ It goes from Elmo's head right down to his feet ♪
♪ If it's windy or it's breezy ♪
♪ It ruffles as it blows ♪
♪ And since Elmo's so furry ♪
♪ Elmo doesn't need clothes ♪
♪ Fluffy, fluffy, fluffy ♪
Tamir: ♪ Coily, coily, coily ♪
Charlie: ♪ Twirly, twirly, twirly ♪
♪ We just love the way our hair is ♪
All: ♪ Fluffy, coily, curly ♪
Elmo: ♪ It's fluffy, ruffly ♪
Tamir and Charlie: ♪ Twirl-a-ding-a-ding ♪
♪ We love our hair ♪ Elmo: ♪ And fur ♪
All: ♪ So much it makes us want to si-i-ing ♪
Elmo: Yeah! Ha ha ha! Charlie: Ha ha ha!
Elmo: That was a really fun song!
Prairie: Ooh. Did someone say, "Song?"
Elmo: Oh. Charlie: Hi, Prairie Dawn.
Prairie: Hello. Elmo: Hi!
Charlie: We're singing about how our hair is one
of the things that makes us special.
Tamir: Yeah. Like, how mine is coiled. Heh heh.
Charlie: And mine is curly.
Elmo: Oh, and how Elmo has fur!
Prairie: Ooh! Well, one of the things that
makes me special is my straight blond hair.
♪ My hair is blond and long ♪
♪ and straight as straight can be ♪
♪ It grows and goes in flowy rows ♪
♪ Like water in the sea ♪
♪ It's yellow just like buttercups ♪
♪ Or rubber ducks or hay ♪
♪ I part it in the middle ♪
♪ Because I like it that way ♪
♪ Flowy, flowy, flowy ♪
Elmo: ♪ Fluffy, fluffy, fluffy ♪
Tamir: ♪ Coily, coily, coily ♪
Charlie: ♪ Twirly, twirly, twirly ♪
Prairie: ♪ We just love the way our hair is ♪
All: ♪ Flowy, fluffy, curly ♪
Prairie: ♪ It's glossy, flossy ♪
Tamir, Charlie, and Elmo: ♪ Fluff-a-twirl-a-ding ♪
Prairie, Tamir, and Charlie: ♪ We love our hair ♪
Elmo: ♪ And fur ♪ All: ♪ So much ♪
♪ It makes us want to sing ♪
Charlie: ♪ Your hair is part of what makes you special ♪
Tamir: ♪ No matter how it grows ♪
Sing it, Prairie!
Prairie: ♪ Up on top of your head ♪
Elmo: ♪ Or underneath your nose ♪
Ha ha ha!
[All giggling]
Mia: Hi, Elmo, hey, Tamir, hey, Prairie, hey, Charlie!
Charlie: Hi, Mia. Elmo: Hi, Mia!
Tamir: Hey! Prairie: Hello, Mia!
Elmo: Oh. Tamir and Charlie were singing
about their curly hair,
and Elmo sang about his fluffy, ruffly fur.
Prairie: Yes, and I sang about my straight blond hair.
Mia: Well, my hair's brown and wavy.
That's one of the things that makes me special.
♪ My hair is brown and wavy ♪
♪ Just like water in a brook ♪
♪ I mostly wear it just like this ♪
♪ But other times, just look ♪
♪ I can flip it, I can floof it ♪
♪ I can wear it up or down ♪
♪ Sometimes, I ask my dads to braid it ♪
♪ Into a crown ♪
♪ Wavy, wavy, wavy ♪
Prairie: ♪ Flowy, flowy, flowy ♪
Elmo: ♪ Fluffy, fluffy, fluffy ♪
Tamir: ♪ Coily, coily, coily ♪
Charlie: ♪ Twirly, twirly, twirly ♪
All: ♪ We just the way our hair is fluffy, flowy, curly ♪
Mia: ♪ It's wavy, wavy ♪
Others: ♪ Shag-a-twirl-a-ding ♪
All but Elmo: ♪ We love our hair ♪
Elmo: ♪ And fur ♪ All: ♪ So much ♪
♪ It makes us want to si-i-ing ♪
Nina: Hey. What's everybody doing?
Mia: We're singing about our hair.
Kids: ♪ Your hair is part of what makes you special ♪
♪ No matter how it grows ♪
Nina: ♪ Right, whether long ♪ Alan: ♪ Or short ♪
Chris: ♪ Or barely there ♪
Abby: ♪ Or puffs tied up in bows ♪
Ha ha!
Mia: ♪ Wavy, wavy, wavy ♪
Prairie: ♪ Flowy, flowy, flowy ♪
Elmo: ♪ Fluffy, fluffy, fluffy ♪
Tamir: ♪ Coily, coily, coily ♪
Charlie: ♪ Twirly, twirly, twirly ♪
Kids: ♪ We just love the way our hair is fluffy, floofy, curly ♪
Chris: ♪ It's fuzzy, wuzzy ♪
Elmo: ♪ Fluffy, ruffly ♪
Abby: ♪ Puffy, wuffy ♪
Charlie and Tamir: ♪ Twirly, whirly ♪
Mia: ♪ Wavy, wavy ♪
Nina, Prairie, and Alan: ♪ Glossy, flossy ♪
Mr. Johnson: ♪ Smooth as anything ♪
All: ♪ We love our hair and fur so much ♪
♪ It makes us want to si-ing ♪
♪ It makes us want to si-i-ing ♪
[Indistinct chatter]
Elmo: Hair really is one of the things
that makes everyone special!
[Indistinct chatter]
Elmo: Yeah. That's great!
Kids: Celebrating me,
celebrating you, celebrating us!
Elmo: Hi. Looks like Evelyn and Quinn
are talking about their hair.
Quinn: My hair is black and coily and short.
Evelyn: My hair is black, too, but it's straight and long.
Quinn: I really like your hair.
Evelyn: I like yours, too.
Quinn: Our hair is one of the things
that makes us special.
Evelyn: Yeah.
Elmo: Wow! So many different kinds of hair!
You know, Elmo loves them all.
♪
Oh! Elmo knows that music.
It's time for the letter of the day!
Come on! Ha ha!
♪ Jump up, get down ♪
♪ Come dance with Elmo ♪
♪ We're moving our body to the ABCs ♪
♪ Dance nearby ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Dance far away ♪
♪ Now clap your hands ♪
♪ To the letter of the day ♪
♪ Clap, clap ♪
♪ What's the letter, clap, clap ♪
♪ What's the letter, clap, clap, clap, clap ♪
Chorus: What's the letter? What's the letter?
What's the letter, what's the letter, what's the letter?
Elmo: ♪ The letter ♪
♪ Of the day is..."H" ♪
All: ♪ Clap, clap, it's the letter of the day ♪
♪ Clap, clap, it's the letter of the day ♪
Chorus: ♪ Ooh ♪ All: ♪ Clap, clap ♪
♪ It's the letter, it's the letter ♪
♪ It's the letter of the day ♪
Chorus: ♪ Ooh ♪
All: ♪ It's the letter of the day ♪
♪ Clap, clap, it's the letter of the day ♪
♪ Clap, clap ♪
♪ Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay ♪
Elmo: ♪ "H" ♪
Yay!
Abby: "H" is for hair.
Samuel: Hi. I'm Samuel L. Jackson.
Elmo: Oh, and Elmo's Elmo.
Samuel: Today, Elmo and I are here to talk about bears.
Elmo: Hair! What?
Samuel: Hair? Elmo: Yeah.
Samuel: I thought you said, "bear."
I--I brought these ears and everything.
Elmo: Ha ha ha! No!
Today is all about hair, Mr. Sam.
Samuel: Well...
I'll do my best. Elmo: OK. Ha ha ha!
Samuel: Hair is what you have on top of your head.
It can be different colors like brown, red, blond,
black, or gray,
and you can style it all sorts of ways.
It can be straight, curly, coily, long, and short.
Elmo: Oh, oh! Mr. Sam, can we show everybody some hair?
Samuel: Great idea, Elmo. Elmo: Thank you.
Samuel: An example. Let's see.
Oh. You have fur.
Elmo: Oh, yeah. Elmo has lots of beautiful red fur.
Samuel: And I don't have any hair on my head.
Elmo: Oh, you don't need hair, Mr. Sam.
Elmo thinks you look beautiful without it.
Samuel: Oh, I think so, too, Elmo. Elmo: Yeah.
Samuel: It's OK not to have hair.
I'm proud to look the way that I look,
but we do need an example.
Elmo: An example. Um--ooh, ooh!
Elmo's got it! Look. Here's some hair.
Samuel: Actually, that's not hair.
That's a food called angel hair pasta.
We need real hair, Elmo.
Elmo: Oh. Heh. Right.
Um, Elmo knew that Mr. Sam.
OK. Well, how about?
Herry: Whoa!
Samuel: Oh, and that's a furry monster named Herry.
Hi, Herry. Herry: Hi, Mr. Sam.
Bye, Mr. Sam. Elmo: Bye.
Herry: Ohh! Samuel: Elmo.
Elmo: Hmm? Samuel: We need to show people
some actual hair.
Elmo: Um, OK. Well--
oh, look! There's hair there.
Samuel: Ah! We know who those puffs belong to.
Gabrielle: Ha!
♪ Me ♪
Samuel: Gabrielle's coily black puffs
are a great and beautiful example of hair.
Gabrielle: Aw. Aw. Thanks, Mr. Sam and Elmo.
Elmo: Ha ha!
Gabrielle: Oh!
[Electric guitar playing]
Elmo: Whoa! This hair can really play the guitar!
Samuel: Elmo, we have a friend under that hair. It's...
Elmo: Oh, it's Ji-Young. Samuel: That's right.
Ji-Young has beautiful, long, straight hair.
Ji-Young: Yeah, and it loves to move when I rock out!
Samuel: Ha ha ha! Elmo: Ha ha ha!
Oh! Mr. Sam, Elmo sees some more hair,
and it can read.
Samuel: Oh. Elmo, that hair belongs to Bert.
Elmo: Oh! Bert: Ah ah ah!
Samuel: Bert has short hair
on top of his head.
Bert: Don't forget my eyebrow.
Elmo: Eyebrow?
Samuel: Oh, you're right.
That means you can have hair in other places
than the top of your head.
Bert: Ah. Ah ah ah! Elmo: Yeah. Hey!
Mr. Johnson has hair below his nose
and in his ears.
Mr. Johnson: Wha--ah, ah! Whoa!
Samuel: Ha ha ha!
Elmo: Hey. Wait a minute.
Mr. Sam has hair, too.
Samuel: Not in my ears I hope.
Elmo: No. Samuel: Well, where?
Elmo: Under your nose like Mr. Johnson.
Samuel: Oh, I forgot. I'm growing a mustache.
Wow. Could have saved a lot of time.
There are different types, styles, and colors of hair.
All: "H" is for hair!
Elmo: Yeah!
Bert: Ah ah ah!
[Bubbling]
Girl: "H." "H" is for hair.
Helena: I'm Helena, and I have dark, thick hair,
and I love putting it in 2 pigtails.
Harjit: I'm Harjit,
and because of my family's religion,
I've never cut my hair.
Because my hair is so long, I wrap it in a patka.
This is my patka.
Hailey: I'm Hailey, and my hair's
bright orange and curly.
I love making the curls in my hair bounce like springs.
Henry: My name is Henry.
I love putting gooey gel in my hair.
No matter what, my hair always stays in place.
Hannah: My name's Hannah, and I don't have
any hair right now because I got sick,
but I'm getting better now, and when my hair grows back,
I will wear it long and wavy.
"H."
All: "H" is for hair!
Elmo: And now the world-famous hairdresser Elmo!
Gabrielle: And I am also world-famous hairdresser Gabi!
Elmo: Yeah.
Gabrielle: Oh, look. Our first customer.
Elmo: Oh. Oh, oh. What can we do
for you today?
Gabrielle, squeaky voice: I need a fancy hairstyle.
Elmo: Oh. OK.
Gabrielle, normal voice: Ooh, yeah. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Elmo: What do you think?
Gabrielle, squeaky voice: Oh, I love it.
Yeah. Thank you!
[Squeak]
Elmo: Another satisfied customer!
Gabrielle, normal voice. Mm-hmm.
[Horn honks, music plays]
Oh, I know that sound.
Elmo: Yeah. That's the Foodie Truck! Ha ha ha!
Gabrielle: Ah. I wonder what Cookie Monster
and Gonger are making today.
Elmo: Let's find out!
Cookie Monster: ♪ Do you like food ♪
Gonger: ♪ A-doop-a doop doop doop-a ♪
Cookie Monster: ♪ Like me like food? ♪
Gonger: ♪ A-deeba deeba deeba deeba ♪
Both: ♪ Place you order if you lucky ♪
♪ We make food in our foodie trucky, yeah ♪
[Tablet chiming]
Cookie Monster: Oh, me got it. Me got it.
Gonger: No, I'll get it. I'll get it. I'll get it.
Luis: Hi, Cookie Monster and Gonger.
My name is Luis, and my mom just finished
twisting my hair.
See?
And now I'm ready for a snack.
I'd really love some tostones with a side of mojo.
They're my favorite.
Could you help me, please?
Cookie Monster: Of course we can help you...
Gonger: Yeah.
Cookie Monster: Because we are...
Both: Monster Foodies!
Cookie Monster: OK. What we need to make tostones, Chef Gonger?
Gonger: Oh. Tostones are a Latin American dish.
They're crispy plantains.
Oh, and mojo is a sauce that you dip the tostones in.
To make tostones and a side of mojo,
we need canola oil, salt,
canola oil spray, mojo, and plantains.
Cookie Monster: OK. Me got it. Gonger: Yeah!
Cookie Monster: All right. Uh, we got canola oil...
Gonger: Yes! Cookie Monster: Uh, salt...
Gonger: Ooh!
Cookie Monster: uh, canola oil spray...
Gonger: Oh, yeah! Cookie Monster: right here,
and, um, mojo.
Gonger: Oh. Oh. Uh...
[Whispering] Cookie--Cookie Monster?
Cookie Monster, whispering: Wha, wha, wha, wha?
[Gonger whispering]
Gonger: Where's the plantains?
Cookie Monster: Oh. Do plantains look like
big, green bananas?
Gonger: Yeah. That's right. Yeah.
Cookie Monster: Yeah. Me eat them.
Gonger: What?! No, no, no, no! Cookie Monster: Whoa, whoa!
Gonger: I'm not gonna let you do this to me, Cookie Monster!
No! We need to get the plantains from the plantain farm!
Cookie Monster: Farm. Yeah. Let's go.
Gonger: Come on! Cookie Monster: OK.
Gonger: Ohh! Cookie Monster: OK, OK, OK.
♪
Both: To the plantain farm!
♪ Plantain farm, plantain farm ♪
♪ We're going to the plantain farm ♪
Cookie Monster: Yeah!
Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!
Here we are at the plantain farm!
Hello, Farmer Nicole.
We need plantains to make tostones.
Can you help us, please?
Nicole: Hell, Cookie Monster and Gonger.
Welcome to the plantain farm.
Sure. I can help you.
Plantains are a type of fruit that grows on trees.
They look like bananas but have a thicker peel.
When plantains are ready to be harvested,
they are chopped from the tree and left to dry.
Then the bunches of plantains are loaded into baskets
and brought to grocery stores and farmers markets.
You can cook them all kinds of ways.
You can mash them,
bake them,
or make them crispy like tostones.
Here are 2 plantains to make tostones, Cookie and Gonger.
Cookie Monster: Thank you, Farmer Nicole.
Cookie Monster and Gonger: ♪ Plantains, plantains ♪
♪ We're going home with plantains ♪
Cookie Monster: Yum, Gonger! We got the plantains!
Now how we make tostones?
Gonger: Well, what if we check the recipe?
Cookie Monster: OK. Let's try!
Gonger: First, we take the peeled plantains,
and we chop them into slices.
Cookie Monster: Slicy, slicy, slicy.
Gonger: Next, put the plantain slices in a bowl
with two teaspoons of canola oil and a dash of salt.
Cookie Monster: A little canola oil
and a dash of salt.
Gonger: Shaky, shaky. Now we want put
the plantain slices in the air fryer basket.
Cookie Monster: OK. Plantain slices
in the basket.
[Beep]
[Ding ding]
Gonger: Ohh! Cookie Monster: Ohh!
Gonger: Ahh. Cookie Monster: That beautiful.
Gonger: Can you believe it? Cookie Monster: Yeah.
Gonger: Ho ho ho! Cookie Monster: Look so yummy.
Gonger: It's time to smush the plantains
using a plate! Ha ha!
3, 2, 1! Smush! Hoo hoo hoo!
Cookie Monster: Smuuuush!
Gonger: Oh, yeah! Cookie Monster: Look at that.
Yeah. Mmm. Gonger: Yeah.
Now place them back in the air fryer basket.
Then lightly spray the plantain with canola oil.
Cookie Monster: OK. Gonger: Now air fry them again
one last time.
[Ding ding]
Cookie Monster: Oh! Oh! Gonger: Oh, oh, oh!
The tostones are done air frying.
Cookie Monster: OK. Gonger: Hee hee!
Cookie Monster: Whoa! Gonger: Oh, oh, oh!
Cookie Monster: Look at that.
Gonger: Oh, yeah.
Put them on a plate and serve them with some mojo!
Hey, hey! Cookie Monster: Oh, boy!
Tostones look delicious.
Gonger: Ooh! Ooh!
[Gong]
It's ready!
Cookie Monster: Order up!
Gonger: Ho ho ho! Cookie Monster: Bye, food!
Gonger: Ta-ta, tostones!
Oh, Cookie Monster. Cookie Monster: Yeah.
Gonger: I got this nice for you.
Cookie Monster: Oh, thank you, Gonger.
Ahh, nom nom nom! Gonger: Oh, oh!
[Tablet chiming]
Luis: Thank you so much, Cookie Monster and Gonger,
for this delicious snack, tostones and mojo.
Cookie Monster and Gonger: You're welcome, Luis!
♪
Cookie Monster: Yeah! Gonger: Yay!
Both: ♪ Happy, healthy monsters to the rescue ♪
♪ We make yummy food just for you ♪
♪
Abby: Do you know what time it is?
Elmo: It's time for the number of the day!
♪ Hop like an astronaut ♪ Elmo and Abby: ♪ Hop, hop ♪
Elmo: ♪ Hop like an astronaut ♪
Elmo and Abby: ♪ Hop, hop ♪
Abby: ♪ Slide like a shooting sta-a-a-ar ♪
♪ Yeah! ♪ Elmo: ♪ Yeah-eah-eah! ♪
Abby: ♪ And hop ♪ Elmo: ♪ Slide ♪
Abby: ♪ Hop ♪ Elmo: ♪ Slide ♪
Abby: ♪ Hoppy, hoppy ♪ Elmo: ♪ Slide, slide ♪
♪ Slide, slide, slide ♪
Elmo and Abby: ♪ It's time for the number of the day ♪
Martians: Yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yip.
Uh-huh!
Abby: Count the Martians with us!
Ready...
Elmo and Abby: 1! Yellow Martian: Yip.
Elmo and Abby: 2! Blue Martian: Yip.
Elmo and Abby: 3! Orange Martian: Yip.
Elmo and Abby: 4! Pink Martian: Yip.
Girl: ♪ Every morning, this is the way ♪
♪ We 4 sisters start our day ♪
♪ Lots of things we need to do ♪
♪ Before we're ready to go to school ♪
♪ 1, 2, 3, 4 girls in bed ♪
♪ Wake up now, sleepyheads ♪
♪ Brush our hair and wash our face ♪
♪ Put 4 brushes back in place ♪
♪ Pull 4 dresses over our heads ♪
♪ Blue and green and yellow and red ♪
♪ Put on socks and cover our toes ♪
♪ 4 pairs of shoes all in a row ♪
♪ Eat 4 pancakes, ask for more ♪
♪ Eat 4 apples to their core ♪
♪ Grab 4 cups and take a drink ♪
♪ Put our dishes in the sink ♪
♪ Grab 4 backpacks from the floor ♪
♪ Walk our feet right out the door ♪
♪ The bus is coming, don't be slow ♪
♪ 1, 2, 3, 4, come on, let's go ♪
♪ Lots of things we had to do ♪
♪ Before we left to go to school ♪
♪ 4 ♪
[Horn honks]
♪
Elmo: ♪ La la la la la la la la ♪
♪ La la la la la la la la ♪
♪ Elmo's full of wonder ♪
♪ Wonder what we will discover ♪
♪ In Elmo's Wonderful World ♪
Ha ha ha! Hi!
Welcome to Elmo's World!
Oh, guess what Elmo is wondering about today.
Wait for it.
Wai-ai-ait for it!
Oh, ho ho! Hair. Hello.
Ha ha hee hee! Yoo hoo!
Ha ha hee! "Thank you. Thank you very much."
Ha ha ha hee!
Boy, Elmo loves hair and wants to find out more about it.
Ha ha ha! Oh, let's ask Elmo's friend Smartie.
Let's call her together.
Elmo and kids: ♪ Oh, Smartie ♪
[Smartie playing "Elmo's Song"]
Elmo: Ha ha ha!
Smartie: Hiya, Elmo. Like my wig?
Elmo: Yeah. Oh, it's so cool, oh, and that's perfect, Smartie,
because Elmo wants to learn all about hair today.
Smartie: Well, what do we do to learn something new?
All: We look it up.
Smartie: Getting the long and short of it on hair.
There are many types of hair, and they're all beautiful.
It's good to take care of your hair.
You can wash it. You can comb it or brush it.
You can get it cut.
People style their hair any way they like.
Hair is fun.
Elmo: Wow. Oh, thanks for helping Elmo
learn more about hair.
Smartie: I don't mean to cut it short,
but we must part.
See you, Elmo.
Elmo: Ha ha ha! Oh, thank you, Smartie. Bye-bye.
Boy, there's lot of different ways
to make your hair look nice.
Hey, that gives Elmo an idea.
Oh, let's play a game together.
Yeah. Come on, come on. Ha ha ha!
Oh, let's help this monster get ready for his day.
Are you ready? Let's play.
Aw, this monster is sad, and no wonder.
He's got swamp hair. Oh, hi, froggy.
Let's see.
There's a shower head, shampoo, and a towel.
Now, which one should we use first to wash hair?
Kid: Get it wet. The shower head.
Elmo: Oh, ho ho! Yeah.
You use the shower head to make your hair wet.
Bye, froggy.
Now what do we use next-- a towel or shampoo?
Kid: Shampoo. Make it sudsy.
Elmo: OK.
♪ Doodle-oo doo doo doo doo doo doo ♪
Now do we dry it?
Kid: Not yet.
Different kid: Rinse off the suds with more water.
Elmo: Oh, yeah, more water.
♪ Da da da da la da da dee ♪
♪ Ya da da doo ♪
OK. Water is off.
Kid: Use the towel.
Elmo: Oh, ho ho! We did it! We washed a monster's hair.
Yay! Bye-bye, monster. Wow.
Hair is so cool, oh, and that makes Elmo wonder even more.
Oh, how does Mr. Noodle take care of his hair?
Oh, let's ask him.
♪ Hey, Mr. Noodle ♪
Oh, ho ho ho!
It's Mr. Noodle's sister Ms. Noodle.
Hi, Ms. Noodle.
Ms. Noodle, Elmo was wondering,
how do you take care of your hair?
What is that, a meatball sandwich?
Kid: That's for lunch, not hair.
Elmo: No. You don't comb your hair with that, silly.
Doesn't Ms. Noodle have a comb?
You know, you put it through your hair,
and it has these things that kind of look like teeth.
Right, a comb. Yeah.
Kid: That's not a comb.
Different kid: A rake is for leaves.
Elmo: Yeah. Try again, Ms. Noodle. Ha ha ha!
Yeah. That's a comb. Perfect.
[Wind blowing]
Uh-oh. The wind's gonna mess up Ms. Noodle's hair again.
Ha ha ha! Oh, well. Bye-bye.
Boy! Learning new things makes Elmo so happy, it
makes him want to dance!
Come on!
♪ Happy, happy dance, dance ♪
♪ When we learn something new ♪
♪ We do the happy dance, dance ♪
♪ Let's see your Happy Dance ♪
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!
We hope you had fun finding out about hair
with us today.
Tamir: I sure did. Abby: Yeah. Me, too.
It was fun seeing how everyone's hair
makes them special.
Elmo: Ooh! And Elmo thinks you're special, too.
Tamir: ♪ We love our hair ♪ Elmo and Abby: ♪ And fur ♪
All: ♪ So much it makes us want to si-ing ♪
♪ It makes us want to si-i-ing ♪
Elmo: See you next time on... All: "Sesame Street"!
Elmo: Yeah. That was great!
All: ♪ Come on and move your body ♪
♪ And use your mind ♪
♪ Because you know you are growing ♪
♪ All the time ♪
♪ You're getting smarter ♪
♪ Stronger ♪
♪ Kinder ♪ Tango: Arr-ooh!
All: ♪ On Sesame Street ♪
Rosita: ♪ Be kind at home, and when you play ♪
Cookie Monster: ♪ Try some sharing and caring every day ♪
All: ♪ You're getting smarter ♪ Flowers: ♪ Smarter ♪
All: ♪ Stronger ♪ Flowers: ♪ Stronger ♪
All: ♪ Kinder ♪ Flowers: ♪ Kinder ♪
All: ♪ On Sesame Street ♪
♪ Kinder, hey, hey ♪
♪ On Sesame Street ♪
♪ Yeah ♪ Tango: Arr-ooh!