[MUSIC PLAYING]
ELMO: [SINGING] La la la.
La la la.
Elmo's World.
La la la.
Elmo's World.
Elmo loves his goldfish.
His crayon, too.
[INAUDIBLE]
[LAUGHING]
ELMO: [SINGING] That's Elmo's World.
ELMO: Dorothy.
Dorothy.
Oh, oh.
Oh, hi!
Welcome to Elmo's World.
Elmo's so happy to see you.
Oh, and so is Dorothy.
Say hello, Dorothy.
[LAUGHING]
So, guess what Elmo's thinking about today.
[SINGING] Ya-ta-ta-da.
Happy Birthday to you.
ELMO: Did you guess yet?
[HUMMING]
[GASPING]
Uh oh.
You know-- [INAUDIBLE] That's right.
Birthdays.
[LAUGHING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
And guess what!
Today is Dorothy's birthday.
Yay, Dorothy!
Happy Birthday, Dorothy.
Oh, and Dorothy's been thinking about birthdays
and has a birthday question.
Oh, good ahead, Dorothy.
Oh, OK.
OK.
How do you wrap a birthday present?
Good question, birthday fish.
[LAUGHING]
Ooh, let's ask Mr. Noodle.
Mr. Noodle!
[TOOTING]
[LAUGHING]
ELMO: Oh, look!
Shade is being a birthday noisemaker.
[LAUGHING]
That tickles.
OK, Shade.
Oh, go up.
Go up now.
Aw, thank you, Shade.
Oh look.
It's Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle.
Hi, Mr. Noo-- uh oh.
Mr. Noodle has a sneeze in his nose.
[LAUGHING]
Gesund-- gesun--
[SNEEZING]
Gesundheit!
Ooh.
[CRASHING]
Come back, Mr. Noodle.
Boy, that was some sneeze.
[HORN]
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]
ELMO: Ready for Dorothy's question, Mr. Noodle?
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]
We'll wait.
Ready?
Good.
CHILD: How do you wrap a present, Mr. Noodle?
ELMO: Oh, yeah!
You need paper.
CHILD: Use the paper to wrap the present.
ELMO: Oh.
Uh.
Not that much paper, Mr. Noodle.
CHILD: Not that much.
ELMO: No, stop, Mr. Noodle.
CHILD: That's too much.
CHILD: That's enough.
That's enough paper.
CHILD: Too much!
ELMO: Mr. Noodle!
CHILD: That's enough, Mr. Noodle.
CHILD: Mr. Noodle.
No, it's too much.
CHILDREN: Try again, Mr. Noodle.
ELMO: All right.
Not too much this time, Mr. Noodle.
Be careful.
CHILD: You need scissors to cut the paper, Mr. Noodle.
ELMO: Oh, yeah.
Yeah, you need scissors, Mr. Noodle.
CHILD: Yeah, use the scissors.
ELMO: Very good, Mr. Noodle.
OK, now cut the paper.
CHILD: You cut the paper good, Mr. Noodle.
Nice looking.
ELMO: Now, wrap the present.
CHILD: Wrap the present.
CHILD: Wrap the present, Mr. Noodle.
ELMO: Yeah, that's the present.
Oh no.
No.
CHILD: You need tape.
ELMO: Yeah.
Yeah, that's the tape.
Yeah, very good.
Now, pull off some tape, Mr. Noodle.
There you go.
Oh no.
CHILD: Not that much tape.
CHILD: Just a little bit, Mr. Noodle.
ELMO: It's going to get stuck together.
CHILD: Too much tape, Mr. Noodle.
It's sticking to you.
Try again, Mr. Noodle.
CHILDREN: Keep going, Mr. Noodle.
CHILD: Wrap the present, Mr. Noodle.
ELMO: Wrap the present first.
And now the other side.
Very good.
Wow.
Mr. Noodle, remember-- just a little bit of tape.
CHILD: Yay, Mr. Noodle.
CHILD: He's doing it.
CHILD: You got it.
CHILDREN: Yay, Mr. Noodle!
ELMO: All right.
Now, finish wrapping the present.
CHILDREN: Finish it, Mr. Noodle.
CHILD: Keep going, Mr. Noodle.
ELMO: Yeah, there's more.
CHILD: You have to wrap the ends of present
CHILD: Both ends.
CHILD: Just a small piece of tape, Mr. Noodle.
ELMO: Just a little.
That's enough, Mr. Noodle.
CHILDREN: Yay!
You did it, Mr. Noodle!
ELMO: You wrapped a present.
Yay!
[LAUGHING]
CHILD: Uh oh.
You wrapped your finger, Mr. Noodle.
CHILD: Take it off.
CHILD: I wonder what the present was.
[LAUGHING]
ELMO: Dorothy wants to ask someone else.
How do you wrap a birthday present?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
BOY: Hi Dorothy.
This is how I wrap a birthday gift.
You put it in a special bag.
Happy Birthday, Dorothy.
GIRL: Dorothy, this is how I wrap a present.
I put a big bow on it.
You have to take the paper off the sticky part.
Then you stick it on.
Happy Birthday, Dorothy.
GIRL: This is how I wrap a present, Dorothy.
I fold the paper onto the box like this.
Then I fold the corners.
And I do the same thing on the other side.
Now I put a bow on.
There.
Happy Birthday, Dorothy.
ELMO: Thanks, kids.
Oh.
Thanks, Dorothy.
And now Elmo will ask a baby.
Hello, baby.
Hi.
Ooh.
Baby, how do you wrap a gift?
[LAUGHING]
Thank you, baby.
[LAUGHING]
[KISSING]
And now Elmo has a question for you!
[LAUGHING]
How many candles are on this birthday cake?
Let's count them and see.
Here they go.
CHILDREN: One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
ELMO: Seven.
Yeah, seven birthday candles.
Oh!
How many elephants does it take to blow the candles out?
Oh, there he is.
[LAUGHING]
Oh, silly elephant.
One!
Thank you, elephant.
Great counting.
And great candle blowing.
Boy, it must be the elephant's birthday, too.
[LAUGHING]
Oh, that makes Elmo wonder.
What can have birthdays, and what can't?
Elmo wants to know.
Don't you?
OK.
[DRAWER TALKING GIBBERISH]
ELMO: Oh!
Boy, it sounds like the drawer knows.
Open up, drawer.
[SCREAMING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
ELMO: Do birthday cakes have birthdays?
CHILDREN: No.
ELMO: Well, you can eat birthday cake at a birthday party.
Do telephones have birthdays?
CHILDREN: No.
ELMO: But you can call to wish someone a happy birthday.
Do ponies have birthdays?
CHILDREN: Yes!
ELMO: But ponies don't eat birthday cake.
They can have a birthday apple.
Happy Birthday, pony.
Do trash cans have birthdays?
CHILDREN: No.
ELMO: But Oscar has a birthday in his trash can.
OSCAR: Don't remind me. [GROANING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
ELMO: And fish have birthdays, too.
Oh!
Is Dorothy having a good birthday?
Oh, good!
And ponies have birthdays and grouches and--
COMPUTER: Elmo has mail.
Elmo has mail.
ELMO: Be careful, Computer.
[CRASHING]
Oh no.
COMPUTER: Elmo has mail.
ELMO: The computer crashed.
COMPUTER: [SLOWLY] Elmo has-- Elmo has-- Elmo has--
ELMO: Computer.
Computer, come on.
Over here, Computer Come on.
COMPUTER: [SLOWLY] Elmo has mail.
ELMO: Over here.
Over here.
COMPUTER: [UPBEAT] Elmo has mail.
Elmo has mail.
ELMO: Now.
Now Elmo can get his email.
Wow.
Dorothy's friends sent Elmo email.
FISH: Hi, Elmo.
This is a special email for Dorothy.
Bring it in, fellas.
FISH: It's a cake.
Bring it in here.
Come on.
Blub blub blub.
FISH: Ready everybody?
FISH: Ready!
FISH: Happy Birthday, Dorothy!
Blub blub blub blub blub.
FISH: Bye bye, Elmo!
Bye Dorothy!
FISH: Email me, Dorothy.
Blub blub blub.
ELMO: Thanks, Computer.
Oh, oh, be careful.
Bye.
Dorothy loved her email.
Now, where was Elmo?
Oh, that's right.
Everybody has birthdays, even mommies.
Elmo's friend Hampton made a special cake
for his Mommy's birthday.
His daddy helped, too.
And Hampton told Elmo all about it.
HAMPTON: My dad and I made a cake for my mom
for her birthday.
We found my mom's favorite kind of cake in her cookbook,
and then we followed the directions.
I helped my dad break the eggs.
We have to be careful so that egg shells don't
get in the batter.
Add milk and vanilla.
Then mix those together.
You mix flour and sugar and salt and baking powder in a bowl.
Then we mix the wet and dry ingredients together.
My dad used the electric mixer.
I got to taste the batter.
We poured the mix into a cake pan.
Then my dad put the cake pan in the oven.
When the cake was done, then we put on the icing.
I decorated the cake myself.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
And gave it to Mom.
I helped her blow out the candles.
Then we ate the cake.
Yummy.
ELMO: Mm.
Oh, Hampton gave Elmo a piece of his mommy's birthday cake.
Mm.
Great cake, Hampton.
But now Elmo wants to learn more about birthdays, don't you?
How can we learn more?
Hm.
Oh yeah!
Elmo can watch the birthday channel!
Good.
OK, turn yourself on, TV.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MALE NARRATOR: The Birthday Channel,
where every day is a birthday.
And now "The Girl Who Loved Birthdays."
FEMALE NARRATOR: Once upon a time,
there was a girl who loved birthdays.
GIRL: I love birthdays.
FEMALE NARRATOR: She loved birthdays so much,
she traveled all over the world to celebrate
her friends' birthdays.
She went to Iceland where they had special pancakes with syrup
for her friend Bjorn's birthday.
GIRL: Yum!
I love birthdays!
FEMALE NARRATOR: She went to Mexico
where they had a pinata for her friend Carmen's birthday.
A pinata is filled with goodies.
GIRL: Oh, boy!
A ball, candy, and a peso.
[GASPING] I love birthdays!
FEMALE NARRATOR: She went to Israel
where they played a game called [INAUDIBLE] for her friend
Avi's birthday.
BOY: Try to get your hat on your head without using your hands.
GIRL: OK.
I love birthdays!
FEMALE NARRATOR: And when she got home to Ypsilanti,
it was her birthday!
ALL: Happy Birthday!
GIRL: Oh, yeah, I forgot.
It's my birthday.
I love birthdays!
MALE NARRATOR: Coming up on the Birthday
Channel-- "Born Free," "Born on the Fourth of July"
and "Born Yesterday."
ELMO: Oh, thank you, TV.
Wow.
There's so many special things to do on birthdays.
But Elmo wants to know more about birthdays, don't you?
How can we find out more?
[HORN]
Oh.
[HUMMING]
BIRTHDAY CAKE: Want to talk to a birthday cake?
ELMO: Whoa!
Yeah!
We could talk to a birthday cake.
Yay!
[LAUGHING]
Ooh, is it fun being a birthday cake?
BIRTHDAY CAKE: Yeah, it's a piece of cake.
[LAUGHING]
ELMO: Tell Elmo more about birthdays, Cake.
BIRTHDAY CAKE: Well, for starters,
birthdays are to celebrate the day you were born.
ELMO: Ah.
[POPPING]
Oh, look!
Dorothy is imaging Elmo being born.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
GEORGE: Oh, boy.
George is almost a daddy.
GLADYS: Oh, boy.
Gladys is almost a mommy.
DOCTOR: It's a boy.
[BABBLING]
NURSE: He is so cute.
DOCTOR: What are you going to name him?
[BABBLING]
GEORGE AND GLADYS: Elmo.
[LAUGHING]
BIRTHDAY CAKE: And after that, you celebrate your birthday
once a year.
Some people like to have parties.
GEORGE AND GLADYS: Happy Birthday, Elmo.
[LAUGHING]
BIRTHDAY CAKE: When you get older,
you can play games at your birthday parties.
My favorite is pin the tail on the donkey.
DONKEY: Uh, hey.
I've already got a tail.
See there?
ELMO: Oh yeah.
Oh, sorry, Donkey.
[LAUGHING]
You already have a tail.
DONKEY: Yeah.
BIRTHDAY CAKE: And you always sing "Happy Birthday"
to celebrate the day you were born.
ELMO: Yeah, that's right.
So let's sing "Happy Birthday" to Dorothy.
Be right back.
BIRTHDAY CAKE: OK.
Good idea.
I love singing "Happy Birthday."
Mhm.
ELMO: Ta da!
BIRTHDAY CAKE: Oh, nice hat.
ELMO: Ah, thank you.
BIRTHDAY CAKE: You're welcome.
ELMO: Here we go.
Oh, you can sing along, too.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
ELMO: Get ready, Birthday Cake.
This is for you, Dorothy.
ALL: [SINGING] Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday, dear Dorothy.
Happy Birthday to you.
ELMO: Oh, now Elmo wants to sing "The Birthday Song."
Come on, everybody!
ALL: [SINGING] Birthday, birthday birthday, birthday,
birthday, birthday, birthday.
Birthday, birthday, birthday, birthday, birthday, birthday,
birthday!
ELMO: Oh, blow out the candles, Dorothy.
Yeah!
Come on.
Dance, Cake.
[SINGING]
ELMO: Happy Birthday, Dorothy!
ALL: [SINGING] Du du du du du.
[INAUDIBLE] That's Elmo's World!
ELMO: Bye bye.
Oh, thanks, Birthday Cake.
BIRTHDAY CAKE: You're welcome.
Bye.
ELMO: Elmo loves you.
Bye bye.
ELMO: See?
Some things bounce besides balls.
But what if balls weren't so bouncy?
Elmo wants to know.
How can Elmo find out?
Hm.
[BOUNCING]