Elmo: Do you know what a friend is?
A friend is someone who you really like
and care about,
and friends do lots of things together
like sing and dance.
Ooh! Hey! Elmo sees a friend right now.
This friend has the same hair as you
and the same eyes as you.
Guess who that friend is.
It's you! Aw! Elmo loves being your friend.
Now come on! Let's see
more friends on "Sesame Street"! Ha ha ha!
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!
[Playing loud, distorted rock music]
Elmo: Oh, oh, oh! Abby: Ha ha!
Elmo: That sounds cool, best friend.
Abby: Aw, thanks, best friend.
Elmo: Ha ha ha!
Oh, hi! Welcome to Sesame Street.
Ooh! You're just in time because Elmo and Abby have
started the Best Friend Band.
[Playing slow, distorted melody]
Elmo: Yeah-ea-eah! Abby: Ha ha ha!
Elmo: Abby is playing guitar. Abby: Mm-hmm.
Elmo: And Elmo's playing the piano.
Are you ready to play?
Abby: Yeah! Elmo: OK.
Abby: Let's do this thing! Elmo: Yeah!
Abby: Best friend! Elmo: Ha ha ha!
Abby, amplified: Good morning, Sesame Street!
Elmo: Ahh!
[Playing distorted rock music]
Both at different tempos: ♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪
Elmo: ♪ Elmo wonders what you are ♪
Wha?
Let's try that again, OK?
Abby: OK. Elmo: OK.
Ha ha hee hee!
Both at different tempos: ♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪
Elmo: ♪ Elmo wonders what you are ♪
Abby: ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪
Elmo: ♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪
♪ Elmo wonders what you are ♪
Wha? Hold on.
Oscar: Play it again.
It was terrible.
Elmo: Oh!
Oscar: Finally, some music a grouch can listen to.
Heh heh.
Elmo: Ohh. Abby: Boy.
That sounded terrible!
Elmo: Yeah. Elmo thinks maybe Abby wasn't
playing it right.
Abby: Huh? What?
Heh. Are you sure about that, best friend?
Because from over here, it sounded like, uh, you
weren't the one playing it right.
Elmo: Ha ha ha! Well, Elmo's played
"Twinkle, Twinkle" lots of times.
Elmo didn't mess up, best friend.
Abby: Heh heh heh.
Well, I didn't mess up either, best friend.
Elmo: Uh...Elmo thinks maybe you did.
Abby: I did not!
Elmo: Oh. Well, maybe you did.
Abby: No. Maybe I didn't. I've been playing...
[Both talking at once]
Oscar: Hey. Terrible music and--and arguing.
This may be the best band ever.
Abby: Well, my mommy used to sing it to me.
Chris: Whoa, whoa, whoa, guys, guys!
Calm down, take it easy.
Abby: Ohh.
Chris: What's going on?
Elmo: Oh. Well, Elmo and Abby started
the Best Friend Band!
Abby: Yeah.
Chris: Oh. Well, that sounds pretty cool.
Elmo: Well, it didn't sound cool.
Abby: Yeah. It sounded terrible when we
played together.
Elmo: Yeah.
Chris: Oh, OK. Um, well, I'll tell you what.
Let me hear it, and maybe I can help you figure out
the problem.
Elmo: Oh, sure. OK.
Abby: OK, but it's not gonna be pretty.
[Playing "Twinkle, Twinkle"]
Both at different tempos: ♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪
Elmo: ♪ Elmo wonders what you are ♪
Abby: ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪
Elmo: ♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪
♪ Elmo wonders what you are ♪
Oh, come on now!
Chris: Oh, wow! Wow!
Um, uh, good try. Yeah, but, uh, I think I've
figured out what the problem is.
Yeah. You guys have a tempo problem.
Abby: Huh? Elmo: Tempo-what now?
Chris: Ha ha ha! Tempo.
It's how fast or how slow you play music.
Elmo: Oh.
Chris: Abby, let me hear you play.
[Playing slow tempo]
Abby: ♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪
♪ How I wonder what you are ♪
Chris: OK. So was that tempo fast or slow, hmm?
Elmo: Well, um, Elmo thinks that that was a slow tempo.
Abby: Mm-hmm. Chris: OK. All right.
So, Elmo, let me hear you play.
Elmo: Oh, sure. Here we go.
[Playing fast tempo]
♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪
♪ Elmo wonders what you are ♪
Chris: Was that tempo fast or slow?
Abby: Fast!
Elmo: Elmo plays too fast, and Abby plays too slow.
Boy, looks like the Best Friend Band has
to break up.
Chris: You don't have to quit the band or
break up the band.
You just have to stop and think of a way
to compromise.
Abby: What's a compromise? Elmo: Yeah.
Chris: A compromise is when you both change a little
until you both are happy with the way you
play together.
Elmo: Oh, OK. Well--well, maybe Elmo could compromise
and play a little slower.
Abby: Oh, and--and maybe I can compromise and play
a little faster.
Chris: Oh, OK. See, that sounds like
a great compromise.
Elmo: Come on, best friend. Let's play.
[Playing same tempo]
Both: ♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪
Abby: ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪
Elmo: ♪ Elmo wonders what you are ♪
Both: ♪ Up above the world so high ♪
♪ Like a diamond in the sky ♪
♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪
Abby: ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪
Elmo: ♪ Elmo wonders what you are ♪
Oh, yay! We did it, Abby!
Abby: Yeah!
Oscar: Way to mess up perfectly bad music. Ugh.
Elmo: Ha ha ha!
Chris: Great work, Best Friend Band.
Hey. Just keep on rocking.
See you.
Abby: All right, best friend.
What should the Best Friend Band play next?
Elmo: Um, let's see.
Ooh, ooh! How about "The Alphabet Song,"
best friend?
Abby: Oh, great idea, best friend!
[Playing "The Alphabet Song" softly]
Elmo: ♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪
Abby, loudly: ♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪
Elmo: Abby.
Abby: ♪ Q, R, S ♪
Elmo: OK, OK.
Both: ♪ T, U, V, W, X ♪
Abby: ♪ Y ♪ Elmo: Abby, come on, Abby.
Abby: What happened?
Elmo: Oh. Well, Elmo's not sure, but it didn't sound
too good, best friend.
Abby: Well, it wasn't my fault, best friend.
Elmo: Well, it wasn't Elmo's fault, best friend.
Abby: Oh! Was, too!
Elmo: Was not! Abby: Was, too!
Elmo: It was not Elmo's fault!
Chris: Guys, guys, calm down. What happened?
Elmo: Well, now we can't play "The Alphabet Song."
Chris: Let's have a listen, and maybe we can
figure out what the problem is.
[Playing "The Alphabet song" softly]
Both: ♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪
Abby, loudly: ♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪
Elmo: No, no, no, no.
Abby: ♪ Q, R, S ♪
Elmo: No, no, no, no.
Chris: OK. I see what the problem is.
You guys have a dynamics problem.
Elmo: What is dynamics?
Chris: Dynamics are how loudly or how softly you
play music.
Uh, Elmo, let me hear you play.
Elmo: Sure, Chris.
Here we go.
♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪
Chris: Was Elmo playing loudly or softly?
Abby: Definitely softly. Elmo: Uh-huh.
Chris: So, Abby, let me hear something from you.
[Playing "The Alphabet Song" loudly]
Abby, loudly: ♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪
♪ H, I ♪
Chris: Whoa, whoa, OK, OK.
So how about Abby's dynamics?
Loud or soft?
Elmo, loudly: Loud! Defi--
[Normal voice] Ooh. Definitely loud.
Abby: Elmo plays soft, and I play loud.
The Best Friend Band has got to break up.
Chris: You don't have to break up the band
when you don't agree with each other.
Just--you have to stop and think of
another compromise.
Abby: Hey. Maybe I can play softer.
Elmo: Oh. And Elmo can play louder.
Chris: Why don't you give it a try?
Elmo: Hee hee hee!
Let's do this, best friend!
[Playing "The Alphabet Song"]
Both, singing same dynamic: ♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪
♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪
♪ Q, R, S ♪
♪ T, U, V ♪
♪ W, X, Y, and Z ♪
Abby: ♪ Now I know my ABCs ♪ Elmo: ♪ Now Elmo knows ♪
♪ His ABCs ♪
Abby: ♪ Next time, won't you sing with me? ♪
Elmo: ♪ Next time, won't you sing with Elmo? ♪
Abby: Ha ha ha!
Chris: Ha ha ha! Hey.
Great job compromising, guys.
Both: Thanks, Chris!
Chris: Ha ha! You got it.
Abby: So how about a little "Old MacDonald," best friend?
Elmo: No. Elmo wants to play "Elmo's Song," best friend.
No. "Elmo's song," "Elmo's song," "Elmo's song"!
Abby: OK! That's it!
The Best Friend Band is--it's breaking up.
Abby: Bye, best friend.
[Elmo whimpers]
Elmo: But Elmo doesn't want to break up the Best Friend Band.
Abby: Well, neither do I, Elmo, but what are
we gonna do?
Elmo: Well, maybe we should stop and think
of a compromise.
Abby: Hmm. Yeah.
Elmo: Oh. Let's take turns.
First, we'll do Abby's song, and then we'll
do Elmo's song.
Abby: That's a great idea, Elmo, and then maybe we can
mix the songs together.
Elmo: Ooh! Let's try that!
[Playing "Old MacDonald"]
Abby: ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪
Both: ♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪
Abby: ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪
Elmo: ♪ La la la la la la ♪
Both: ♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪
Abby: ♪ With a piano here ♪
Elmo: ♪ La la la la ♪
Abby: ♪ And a guitar there ♪
Elmo: ♪ La la la la ♪
Abby: ♪ Here a ♪ Elmo: ♪ La ♪
Abby: ♪ There a ♪ Elmo: ♪ La ♪
Abby: ♪ Everywhere a ♪ Elmo: ♪ La la ♪
♪ Elmo loves music and Abby, too ♪
Abby: ♪ And music sounds better with you ♪
Elmo: ♪ That's "Elmo's" ♪
Abby: ♪ "And Abby's" ♪
Both: ♪ That's "The Best Friend Song" ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[All laughing]
Chris: Ow! Best Friend Band!
Elmo: Yeah!
Good job, best friend.
Abby: Aw. You, too, best friend.
Aw.
Elmo, amplified: Thank you, Sesame Street! Both: Good night!
Kids: Celebrating me, celebrating you, celebrating us!
Elmo: ♪ Oh, the wheels on Elmo's trike ♪
♪ Go round and round ♪
Elmo hopes you're having fun on Sesame Street.
Elmo sure is.
♪
Oh, oh! It's time for the letter of the day.
♪ Got to roll ♪
Ha ha ha!
Abby: Do you know what time it is?
♪ Hold tight, it's time for the letter of the day ♪
Chorus: ♪ That's right ♪
Abby: ♪ It's time for the letter of the day I say ♪
♪ Because the letter of the day ♪
♪ Is on its way, hey ♪ Chorus: ♪ Hey ♪
Abby: ♪ Hey ♪ Chorus: ♪ Hey ♪
All: ♪ Hey ♪
Abby: ♪ It's time to sing ♪
Big bird: ♪ It's time to tweet ♪
Rosita: ♪ It's time to get up on your feet ♪
Zoe: ♪ And give a cheer ♪
Elmo: ♪ Loud and clear ♪
Abby: ♪ Because the letter of the day is here ♪
Chorus: ♪ Hey, hey ♪
Abby: ♪ It's here ♪
Chorus: ♪ Hey, hey ♪
Abby: ♪ The letter of the day is here ♪
Ohh! It's the letter "F"!
All: Yay, "F"!
Chorus: ♪ Hey, hey ♪
Abby: ♪ It's here ♪ Chorus: ♪ Hey, hey ♪
Abby: ♪ The letter of the day is here ♪
Chorus: ♪ Hey, hey ♪
Abby: ♪ It's here ♪
♪ Because the letter of the day is here ♪
All: "F"!
Abby: "F" is for friends.
Ernie: Bye, Elmo! Grover: Bye, Elmo!
Elmo: Bye, Ernie. Bye, Grover.
Amanda: It's my friend Elmo! Hi, Elmo!
Elmo: Oh, hi, Miss Amanda Gorman.
Ho ho ho! Oh. Elmo was just coming up
with a brand-new poem.
Oh. Does Miss Amanda want to hear it?
Amanda: Of course. I love poems.
Elmo: Cool. OK. Here goes.
Elmo's fur is red,
grapes are purple,
the sky is blue--
Well, that's all Elmo came up with
because Elmo cant think of a word
that rhymes with "purple." Ha ha ha!
Amanda: Hmm. Gurple? Elmo: No!
Amanda: Yurple? Elmo: Yurple? Ha ha ha!
Amanda: Yeah. That's a tough one.
Elmo: Yeah. Amanda: But the nice thing
about poems is they don't always have to rhyme.
Elmo: Really? Amanda: Yes.
Poems are all about choosing words to share things
you want to say.
For example...
Elmo is red as a heart and kind as can be.
Elmo: Wow! Hey. That's pretty good.
Ooh! Has Miss Amanda Gorman ever thought
about writing a poem herself?
Amanda: Sure. I like to write poems all the time.
Elmo: Cool. Amanda: I like to write poems
that make people feel hopeful and inspire them
to be the best me they can be.
Elmo: Wow! Hey! Maybe Elmo and Miss Amanda Gorman
can write a poem together!
Amanda: I'd love to. What do you want
our poem to be about?
What's important to you?
Elmo: Hmm. What's important to Elmo? Hmm.
Oh! Well, Elmo's friends.
Yeah. Elmo's friends are important.
Elmo loves his friends.
Amanda: Friends is a great idea for a poem.
Now think of some words to share the things
you want to say about friends.
Elmo: OK. How about--mmm--oh!
A friend is someone who you can laugh
or play with or...
spend time with just being you.
Amanda: A friend is someone you like,
someone you love,
and they care about you, too.
A buddy stays with you to the end.
I am so happy Elmo is my friend.
Elmo: Oh! Um, Elmo's friends have...
all different colors of skin and fur.
Amanda: They can have different eyes,
language, and hair.
Friends come together and always play fair.
They're with you in the ups and downs.
Through it all, a friend is around.
Elmo: The end! Wow!
Miss Amanda Gorman is a really good writer of poems.
Oh, and a really good friend, too!
Amanda: I'm glad we're friends, Elmo.
Elmo: Yeah. Elmo is, too. Ha ha ha!
Amanda: "F" is for friends. Elmo: Yeah!
Big Bird: Hi, Elmo! Elmo: Oh! Hi, Big Bird!
[Horn honking]
Oh! Do you hear that?
The Foodie Truck is coming!
Big Bird: I wonder what Cookie Monster
and Gonger are making today. Elmo: Hmm.
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!
Cam: Hello, Cookie Monster and Gonger.
My name is Cam, and I need your help.
I want to share one of my favorite
Vietnamese foods, spring rolls, with my friends.
Can you help me, please?
Cookie Monster: Of course we can help you...
Gonger: Yeah!
Cookie Monster: because we are...
Both: Monster Foodies!
Cookie Monster: This gonna be easy today, Chef Gonger.
We already have spring rolls.
Gonger: No, no, no, Cookie Monster. No, no.
You'll not do this to me. No. Not that kind of spring roll!
Cookie Monster: Oh. Gonger: These spring rolls
are healthy and delicious veggies rolled up in a wrapper
made of rice and-- just take a look
at the recipe.
Cookie Monster: OK. Gonger: For spring rolls,
we need vermicelli rice noodles,
lettuce, carrot, cucumber,
red cabbage, mung bean sprouts, rice paper,
and a sauce for dipping!
Cookie Monster: Oh, OK. Well, we have
everything right over here.
Gonger: Oh, oh! Cookie Monster: Look at this!
Gonger: Oh, Cookie. Cookie Monster: Yeah.
Gonger: Oh, Cookie! Cookie Monster: Wha?
Gonger: Where's the mung bean sprouts?
Cookie Monster: Um... Gonger: You ate them.
Cookie Monster: Yeah, me ate them.
Mung bean sprouts delicious.
Gonger: Oh, don't--well, you know what?
I can't even be mad at that. They are delicious!
Cookie Monster: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Gonger: Heh heh. Look. We can get some more
mung bean sprouts from the farm.
Cookie Monster: Oh. Let's go! Gonger: Come on!
Cookie Monster: Grabbing the tablet.
♪
Both: To the mung bean sprout farm!
♪ Bean sprout farm, bean sprout farm ♪
♪ We're going to a bean sprout farm ♪
Cookie Monster: Hey!
Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!
Here we are at the mung bean sprout farm!
Hello, Farmer Masaharu.
We need mung bean sprouts to make spring rolls.
Can you help us, please?
Masaharu: Hello, Cookie Monster and Gonger.
Welcome to our mung bean sprout farm.
Sure! I can help you.
Mung bean sprouts are grown from these little green beans
called mung beans.
First, the mung beans need to be rinsed
a couple of times with water.
Then they are drained and put in a sprouting container.
The containers are brought to a dark room,
where the bean sprouts can grow.
After a few days, the sprouts are ready
to be harvested.
They are rinsed to separate the bean shell
from the sprouts.
They are then dried before being packaged up
to be sold at stores or farmers' markets.
Sprouts can be used in many dishes
such as delicious and healthy salads
and stir fries.
Here are mung bean sprouts to make spring rolls,
Cookie and Gonger!
Cookie Monster: Thank you, Farmer Masaharu.
Cookie Monster and Gonger: ♪ Bean sprouts, bean sprouts ♪
♪ We're going home with bean sprouts ♪
Cookie Monster: OK, Chef Gonger.
Me got the mung bean sprouts,
but now me wonder, uh, how we make spring rolls.
Gonger: Well, what if we check the recipe?
Cookie Monster: Let's try! Gonger: OK.
First, we need to boil the vermicelli rice noodles.
Cookie Monster: Rice noodles in.
Rice noodles out.
Gonger: Great! Now let's julienne a cabbage,
a cucumber, and 2 carrots!
Cookie Monster: 'Scuse me. Who Julianne?
Gonger: Oh. Ha ha! Not Julianne. Julienne.
It means you cut them into little slices.
Here. Let me show you.
[Inhales]
Bbbrrrrrr!
Done! Ha!
Cookie Monster: OK. We got the lettuce...
Gonger: Yeah. Thank you.
Cookie Monster: and now the mung bean sprouts.
Gonger: Look at how colorful it is.
Now fill the rice paper!
Lay the rice paper in the water for 5 seconds.
Cookie Monster: ♪ Soaky, soaky, soaky ♪
OK. Here we go. Gonger: Yeah.
Yeah. Looking good.
OK, Cookie. Fill her up!
Cookie Monster: We got 1 leaf of lettuce...
Gonger: Mm-hmm.
Cookie Monster: a little carrots...
Gonger: Yeah.
Cookie Monster: cucumbers, some red cabbage...
Gonger: Yep.
Cookie Monster: The mung bean sprouts
and a little, itty, bitty pile of noodles.
Gonger: Yeah. Cookie Monster: Rolly, rolly.
Ta-da!
Vietnamese spring rolls done. Gonger: Ooh!
Cookie Monster: And don't forget the dipping sauce.
Gonger: Oh, oh, yeah! Cookie Monster: Mmm!
Gonger: Oh, that look delicious, Cookie.
Cookie Monster: Look so yummy.
Order up!
So long, spring rolls!
Gonger: Peace out, mung bean sprout!
Oh, Cookie Monster. Cookie Monster: Yeah?
Gonger: I got this nice for you!
Cookie Monster: Oh, boy. Ahh, nom nom nommy nommy!
Gonger: It's good? Yeah? Cookie Monster: Oh, that lovely.
[Tablet chiming]
Oh, oh. The thing. Yeah, yeah.
Cam: Thank you so much, Cookie Monster and Gonger
for my favorite Vietnamese food, spring rolls.
I'm so excited to share them with my friends.
Kids: It's delicious!
Gonger: You're welcome, Cam!
Cookie Monster: Yeah! Gonger: Yay!
Both: ♪ Happy, healthy monsters to the rescue ♪
♪ We make yummy food just for you ♪
[Tires squeal]
Count: ♪ It's time to get up ♪
♪ And stomp your feet ♪
♪ To this great foot-stomping Transylvanian beat ♪
♪ Start nice and slow ♪
Elmo: ♪ 1 ♪ Abby: ♪ 2 ♪
Count: ♪ Then speed up more ♪
Chorus: ♪ 1, 2, 3, 4 ♪
Count: ♪ Then stomp away ♪
♪ Because we're about to find out ♪
♪ The number of the day ♪
Chorus: ♪ So what's the number? Stomp, stomp ♪
♪ What's the number? Stomp, stomp ♪
♪ What is the number? ♪
Count: ♪ The number of the day ♪
Chorus: ♪ Uh-huh ♪
Count: ♪ It rhymes with sardine ♪
♪ The number of the day is... ♪
♪ 15 ♪
Chorus: ♪ So that's the number, stomp, stomp ♪
♪ Yes, that's the number, stomp, stomp ♪
♪ That's the number, stomp ♪
♪ The number of the day ♪
All: ♪ That's the number, stomp, stomp ♪
♪ That's the number of the day ♪
Count: 15!
♪ Now let's stomp 15 times ♪
♪ 1, 2, 3 ♪
♪ 4, 5, 6 ♪
♪ 7, 8, 9 ♪
♪ 10, 11, 12 ♪
♪ 13, 14, 15 ♪
Ah ah ah!
[Thunder]
♪
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!
Huh?
Oh, oh, oh!
Rosita and Abby: Hi!
Elmo: Friends! Oh, hi, Abby.
Hi, Rosita.
Rosita and Abby: Hi, Elmo!
Elmo: Boy, Elmo loves friends.
Oh, and Elmo wants to find out more about them.
Let's ask Elmo's friend Smartie.
Let's call her together.
Elmo and kids: ♪ Oh, Smartie ♪
Elmo: Oh, ho ho!
Smartie: Hiya, Elmo, or-- should I say--hiya, friend!
Elmo: Ha ha!
Smartie: I'm so excited!
Know why, know why?
Elmo: Oh, oh! Why, why, why, why, why?
Smartie: Because today is all about...
Both: Friends!
Elmo: Yeah, baby!
Oh, Elmo wants to learn more about friends.
Smartie: What do we do to learn something new?
All: We look it up!
Smartie: Ha ha! Let's look up friends together.
A friend is someone you care about and play with.
You can have all kinds of friends.
Elmo: Ooh! Tell us more, Smartie.
Smartie: Friends can be young, friends can be old.
Animals can be your friends, too.
Elmo: Boy, there are so many different kinds
of friends.
What else do friends do?
Smartie: Friends help each other and play together.
Basically, friends are the best.
Elmo: Wow! Thanks for helping Elmo learn more
about friends, Smartie.
Smartie: That's what friends are for!
See you later, Elmo!
Elmo: Bye-bye!
Boy, Elmo loves learning about friends.
That gives Elmo an idea.
Oh, ho!
Let's play a game together.
Yeah!
Come on, come on.
Ha ha ha!
♪
Boy, Elmo wishes he had a friend to play
tic-tac-toe with!
Smartie: Did you say you needed a friend?
Elmo: Yeah! Hi, Smartie!
Ooh! Do you want to be the Os?
Smartie: Oh, yeah.
I love tic-tac-toe.
Elmo: Well, OK!
Let's play!
The first person to get 3 in a row wins!
Elmo will go here.
Smartie: Good move, Elmo.
Hmm. I'll go here.
Elmo: OK. Here.
Yeah!
2 in a row!
Kid: 2 in a row! Only 1 left!
Smartie: Oh, no, you don't.
Kid: You blocked him!
Elmo: Oh, good one.
Elmo's turn.
Smartie: What should I do?
Kids: Tic-tac-toe, 3 in a row!
[Cheering]
Elmo: Oh, ho ho ho!
Smartie: Great game, Elmo.
It's fun playing together with friends.
Elmo: Aw, thank you, Smartie.
Hey. Let's play again soon, OK?
Smartie: Catch you later.
Elmo: Oh, ho ho ho! Bye-bye!
Boy, there's so many different things to learn
about friends.
Ooh! And that makes Elmo wonder even more.
How does Mr. Noodle play with a friend?
Hey. Let's go ask him, OK?
♪ Hey, Mr. Noodle ♪
Oh, ho ho ho! It's Mr. Noodle's brother
Mr. Noodle!
Oh, and his friend Schmoodle!
Schmoodle: Arf!
Hi, Mr. Noodle, hi, Schmoodle!
Oh, Mr. Noodle, how do you play with a friend?
Kid: Yeah! Show us how to play with Schmoodle.
Elmo: Uh-huh.
[Mr. Noodle snores]
Kid: No. That's not playing.
Different kid: That's sleeping!
[Schmoodle whines]
Elmo: Oh, oh, oh! Wake up, sleepy!
That's not how you play, Mr. Noodle.
Show us how you play with Schmoodle!
[Clatter]
Kid: You're dancing with a ball.
Different kid: That's not how you play with a friend.
Elmo: Oh, come on, Mr. Noodle.
Play with Schmoodle.
Yeah! That's it, Mr. Noodle!
Kid: You're doing it!
That's how you play with a friend!
Elmo: Oh, ho ho! Look!
Mr. Noodle is playing fetch with Schmoodle.
Oh, ho ho! Great playing, Mr. Noodle.
Bye-bye!
Ooh. Bye, Schmoodle.
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!
Hope you had fun learning about friends with us today.
Abby: Yeah. Our music didn't sound so good at first,
but we didn't give up.
We just kept playing and learned how to compromise.
Elmo: And now we sound great! Abby: Mm-hmm.
Elmo: Want to sing our song, best friend?
Abby: Let's do it, best friend!
Elmo: ♪ That's "Elmo's" ♪ Abby: ♪ And "Abby's" ♪
Both: ♪ That's "The Best Friend Song" ♪
Yeah!
Elmo: See you next time on... Both: "Sesame Street"!
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!