(SINGING) Do do do do.
Imagine a story, dweedle dee atcha.
Imagine a song, woo da li woo.
Whatever's next, you'll never know.
Wa da da da.
It's "Elmo, the Musical."
"Elmo, the Musical!"
Let's get on with the show.
Yes.
Today's story is called "Circus, the Musical."
Let's imagine a big circus tent.
Whoa!
[LAUGHING]
Cool.
[CIRCUS MUSIC]
[CAR HORN]
Wow.
[LAUGHING]
Well, great imagining.
How exciting.
And what's your part in today's story, Elmo?
Elmo is a monster with a dream.
A dream?
Yeah, yeah, a dream to join the circus.
(SINGING) Elmo's dream is to join the circus,
to be part of the show.
Wee!
To do something amazing, or even hair-raising,
and hear the crowd cheer from below.
Ah!
(SINGING) Ladies and gents, amazing entertainment
is about to commence.
It's the most incredible, exciting, stupendous,
and delighting circus in the universe.
Hello, Mr. Ringmaster.
Excuse Elmo.
Who are you?
Elmo is a monster with a dream.
Huh?
(SINGING) Elmo's dream is to join the circus,
to be part of the show.
Wee!
To do something amazing, or even hair-raising,
and hear the crowd cheer from below.
Yeah!
[LAUGHING]
So you want to join the circus, eh?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, uh, what do you do?
What's your act?
Um, Elmo doesn't have an act.
Elmo will find one.
There must be something Elmo can do.
[GIGGLING]
All right.
OK.
But for now--
Yeah?
--I've got a circus to run.
Oh.
Ladies and gentlemen, (SINGING) our very first act
is the best you've ever seeny.
It's the Dare Devil called the Great Inbetweeny.
Boss, I can't go on today.
What?
Look, I'm stuck between a rock and this other hard thing.
I got to go get unstuck.
[WOMP WOMP MUSIC]
Oh, no.
Inbetweeny's gone.
I need somebody to take over his act.
But who?
Who?
Oh!
Elmo-- Elmo will do it!
Maybe Inbetweeny's act will be right for Elmo.
You think you can jump on that trampoline, fly up in the air
and land in between those two cactuses?
Yes, because Elmo is a monster with a dream.
[LAUGHING]
Oh, impressive.
Thank you.
Now, go get in between.
(SINGING) Here is Elmo's amazing routiney,
where he jumps on a big trampoliney.
And now the big sardiney, he lands inbetweeney.
Uh, uh, did Elmo land in between the cactuses?
Uh, you landed on top of a cactus.
Oh, top.
Ow!
[PANICKING]
[CHUCKLING]
Boy, it looks like the in between act is not
right for Elmo either.
Oh.
Then Who can be the Great Inbetweeny?
Who?
[CLUCKING]
A chicken?
[CLUCKING AFFIRMATIVELY]
[SINGING IN CLUCKS]
She did it.
Yes!
[LAUGHING]
The chicken is in between the cactuses.
Yes.
Let's hear it for the chicken.
And the crowd goes wild.
[CHEERING]
And now, the act you've all been waiting for, (SINGING) he's
tremendous, he's terrific.
The toast of the town, Zowie Zown, the Upside Down Clown.
[LAUGHING]
Thank you.
Thank you, everybody.
[LAUGHING]
Oh, oh, that's my phone.
[BEEP]
Hello?
What?
I got into law school.
[CHEERING]
Now, I've got no upside down act.
You do.
Because Elmo is--
Yeah, yeah, I know.
A monster with a dream.
A ha, ha.
[LAUGHING]
All right.
Now get out there and get upside down.
Cool.
Here Elmo goes.
[WHOOSHING]
Heh.
OK.
Elmo will try again.
[LAUGHING]
Oh, boy.
Turning upside down is hard.
That's it.
Elmo can't do it.
Elmo gives us.
What about your dream?
[WHOOSHING]
Oh, dear.
What is Velvet doing?
I can't watch you give up your, Elmo.
It's too emotionally wrenching.
[LAUGHING]
Don't worry, Velvet.
Somebody's about to sing a song that may help Elmo.
Who?
Oh, oh, open up, and you'll find out.
Right.
Oh, hey, there little monster.
Don't give up.
You gotta do what I do and keep on clucking.
Miss Chicken can talk?
Not only that.
I can sing.
(SINGING) Keep on clucking, clucking.
That's the way you gotta.
Keep on clucking when the going gets tough.
It works for me.
It'll work for you too.
Just keep on clucking, and keep on trying--
And keep on clucking till Elmo's dream comes true.
[LAUGHING]
Elmo's gonna keep trying.
There you go.
[CLUCKING]
Oh, yay.
Can he do it, folks?
[GRUNTING]
Ladies and gentlemen, he's upside down.
And the crowd goes wild.
[CHEERING]
Yay!
(SINGING) The going got tough, but he didn't give up.
Now Elmo's circus dream is here.
Yes, Elmo's very own circus dream is here.
[CHEERING]
Thank you.
Well, Elmo, I fell head over heels for that story.
Two tassels up.
[LAUGHING] Oh, thank you, Velvet.
Elmo did too.
And thank you.
Elmo couldn't have imagined this musical without you.
(SINGING) Curtain call.
OK.
That's "Elmo, the Musical."
"Elmo, the Musical."
That's the end of our show.
Bye bye.
[CHEERING]
[THEME MUSIC]