[MUSIC PLAYING]
ALL: [SINGING]La, la, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Welcome to the Furchester Hotel.
FUNELLA: [SINGING]Your room is ready for you.
FURGUS: [SINGING]Just needs to get the bed.
PHOEBE: [SINGING]The lamp, the desk, the rug, the sink.
PILLOW: [SINGING]A pillow for your head.
COOKIE MONSTER AND ELMO: [SINGING]The hotel's run
by monsters, a staff beyond compare.
ALL: [SINGING]We've got the kind of service you won't find
anywhere.
ELMO AND PHOEBE: [SINGING]So welcome to the Furchester.
ALL: [SINGING]La, la, la, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la.
ELMO AND PHOEBE: [SINGING]Welcome
to the Furchester.
ALL: [SINGING]La, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la.
FURGUS: [SINGING]Dining style.
FUNELLA: [SINGING]So gentile.
COOKIE MONSTER: [SINGING]Cookie come with every meal.
ALL: [SINGING]La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
ELMO: [SINGING]Here's your keys and check right in.
FUNELLA AND FURGUS: [SINGING]Let your furry stay begin.
ALL: [SINGING]Welcome to the Furchester Hotel.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
NARRATOR: The Furchester Hoot-el.
ELMO: Elmo gets to stay up late.
Elmo gets to stay up late.
[GIGGLING]
Boy, thanks for letting Elmo and Phoebe
stay up late to greet Mr. Screech Auntie Funella.
FUNELLA: Of course!
It's not every day the Furchester
Hotel has an owl guest arriving.
[BELL DINGS]
ELMO: Ah, well, why is Mr. Screech getting here so late?
PHOEBE: Well, that's because owls are nocturnal.
ELMO: Noc-- what?
PHOEBE: Well, it means that they sleep in the day time
and they're awake at night.
ELMO: Oh, cool!
But Elmo can't wait to meet a real owl.
Elmo-- Elmo's never met a-- [YAWNS] a real owl before.
[YAWNING]
PHOEBE: Oh, me neither.
FUNELLA: Oh, you two seem sleepy.
ELMO: Well.
FUNELLA: That could be a problem if you
want to stay up to meet Mr. Screech.
ELMO: Oh, no.
Well, how are Elmo and Phoebe going to stay awake?
FUNELLA: Don't worry.
Just remember, a Furchester never gives up.
[BELL DINGING]
ALL: [SINGING]La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
A Furchester never gives up, never gives up, never gives up.
A Furchester never gives up.
We try our furry best.
Because we are monsters through and through
and so we do what monsters do.
We ug, ug!
And oof, oof!
And oof some more.
We oof even harder than before.
A Furchester never gives up, never gives up, never gives up.
A Furchester never gives up.
We try our furry best!
And a Furchester never does.
COOKIE MONSTER: [SINGING]Never!
ELMO AND FURGUS: [SINGING]Well, hardly ever.
FUNELLA AND PHOEBE: [SINGING]Uh uh!
ALL: [SINGING]A Furchester never gives up!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
FURGUS: Uh, steady.
OK.
Steady now.
ELMO: Uh, what are doing Uncle Furgus?
FURGUS: Well, I'm keeping myself awake, of course.
It's all part of my plan to help me stay awake
to greet Mr. Screech.
PHOEBE: How does balancing cushions on your head
keep you awake, Dad?
FURGUS: Uh, go ahead, ask me if I'm tired.
ELMO: OK.
Is Uncle Furgus tired?
FURGUS: How could I possibly be tired?
I'm balancing all of these cushions on my head.
[GIGGLING]
PHOEBE: I see.
FURGUS: You see, when I focus on balancing the cushions,
I don't think about how tired I am.
And oh, wait.
No, here we go.
We're going forward.
No!
No, wait!
ELMO: Uncle Furgus!
Uncle Furgus!
PHOEBE: Dad, are you OK?
[FURGUS GRUNTING]
FURGUS: Oh, yes.
I'm fine.
I landed on a pile of cushions.
ELMO: Boy, Elmo wants to try that, too.
Maybe this will help Phoebe and Elmo stay awake, too.
FURGUS: Oh, my.
All that cushion balancing certainly can get exhausting.
[PHOEBE AND ELMO GIGGLING]
PHOEBE: Oh, yeah.
This is working.
ELMO: Yeah!
FURGUS: Oh, that's good.
Terrific.
I just need to take a break for a second.
PHOEBE: Well, Elmo, are you tired?
ELMO: Hey!
How could Elmo be tired?
Elmo's balancing a stack of cushions on his head.
[GIGGLING]
Right, Uncle Furgus?
Uncle Furgus?
[SNORING]
Oh, no!
Uncle Furgus fell asleep.
PHOEBE: Oh, oh, Dad!
Wake up!
ELMO: Yeah, Mr. Screech will be here soon.
FUNELLA: What happened?
I hear snoring.
PHOEBE: Dad's stay awake plan didn't work for him.
FUNELLA: Oh, never mind.
We can try the little plan I use to stay awake.
ELMO: Yeah?
There you are, hugging.
I hug and welcome everything in the hotel.
That helps me stay awake.
Watch.
Flowers, we welcome with furry arms.
ELMO: Elmo-- Elmo gets it.
FUNELLA: Once you think about all the things
that could use a hug, staying awake is easy.
PHOEBE: Come on, Elmo.
Let's try.
ELMO: OK.
PHOEBE: Oh, chair, we welcome you with furry arms.
[YAWNING]
FUNELLA: Front desk, we welcome you with furry arms.
[BELL DINGS]
Isabel, this hugging is rather exhausting.
Oh, hug.
Hug, hug.
[YAWNS]
ELMO: Stairs, we welcome you with furry arms.
PHOEBE: Table, we welcome you with furry arms.
ELMO: Boy, this is really helping Elmo and Phoebe
stay awake, Auntie Funella.
Auntie Funella?
[SNORING]
PHOEBE: Uh, Mom?
ELMO: Wake up.
Oh, boy.
PHOEBE: I don't think Mom's hugging
plan worked for her, Elmo.
[YAWNS]
I think we need another plan to say awake.
ELMO: Yeah, but-- [YAWNS] what else can we do?
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
HARVEY: Is he here yet?
ELMO: Is who here yet?
HARVEY: Well, Mr. Screech, of course.
ELMO: Oh, Mr. Harvey P. Dull wants
to meet Mr. Screech the owl, too?
HARVEY: Oh, yes.
That's why I'm using my special plan to stay awake.
PHOEBE: What is it?
HARVEY: Well, I always sit in this chair
because it's so comfortable, but it makes me sleepy.
ELMO: Oh.
HARVEY: So to stay awake I'm going
to sit in a very uncomfortable chair.
ELMO: Oh!
HARVEY: This chair.
[CHAIR SQUEAKS]
HARVEY: Oh, yes, yes.
Just as I suspected.
PHOEBE: Wait, is it uncomfortable?
HARVEY: Mm, well, it's, um, just, um, not bad
at all, actually.
It's, uh, quite nice.
It's, uh--
ELMO: Oh, no.
Mr. Harvey P. Dull's plan didn't work either.
PHOEBE: Well, I think we need another plan.
COOKIE MONSTER: Oh, you need plan to stay awake?
Well, why you not say so.
Follow me.
ELMO: Oh, OK!
COOKIE MONSTER: Cookies!
PHOEBE: Cookies?
COOKIE MONSTER: Yeah.
PHOEBE: That's your plan to stay awake?
COOKIE MONSTER: Yeah.
You no can eat cookies and sleep at same time.
Here, me show you.
[COOKIE MONSTER MUNCHING]
See?
Me wide awake.
ELMO: Oh, well, can Phoebe and Elmo try, too?
COOKIE MONSTER: Oh, sure, sure.
Yeah.
Here we go.
Oh.
Uh-oh.
ELMO: What?
COOKIE MONSTER: There are no more cookies left.
There are no more cookies left?
Oh, this problem.
[YAWNS] [SNORING]
PHOEBE: Looks like Cookie's plan didn't work for him either.
ELMO: Boy, Elmo's getting tired, too.
No, no.
We can't give up now.
We have to stay awake.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[YAWNING]
PHOEBE: I won't sleep now, but perhaps I'll take a little nap.
ELMO: Take a little nap?
Oh, no.
Now Phoebe's asleep, too.
[SNORING]
Well, looks like it's just Elmo.
OK.
Elmo needs to stay awake or there
won't be anybody to greet Mr. Screech the owl.
Boy, Elmo needs a plan.
Ah-ha!
Elmo can pretend to be an owl.
[GIGGLING]
[HOOTING]
MR. SCREECH: [HOOTING]
ELMO: Hoo?
Who?
MR. SCREECH: I'm Mr. Screech.
Hello.
ELMO: Oh, Mr. Screech the owl.
Oh, boy.
Elmo did it!
Elmo stayed awake.
Yay!
Mr. Screech the owl.
MR. SCREECH: Mm.
ELMO: Elmo welcomes you with furry arms.
[GIGGLING]
MR. SCREECH: Why thank you, young monster.
But perhaps we should keep our voices
down so we don't wake the others.
ELMO: Ah, right.
[GONG DINGING]
BERRY MONSTER: Tea--
COLONEL MUSTARD: --time!
[TEA TIME MONSTERS CHEERING]
[BELL DINGING]
FURGUS: I wasn't asleep at all.
I was just resting my eyes.
PHOEBE: What did I miss?
ELMO: Mr. Screech is here!
FUNELLA: Hello.
MR. SCREECH: Hello, everyone.
FUNELLA: Oh, Mr. Screech, I'm so sorry
I wasn't here to welcome you.
MR. SCREECH: Oh, that's quite all right.
The young monster already welcomed me.
PHOEBE: Oh, wow.
You stayed awake longer than anyone else, Elmo.
Elmo?
ELMO: [SNORING]
FUNELLA: There we go.
There we go.
There you are.
Oh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
FUNELLA: [SINGING]You really can't be going.
Oh, say it isn't true.
FUNELLA AND FURGUS: [SINGING]The Furchester will never be
as furry without you.
ELMO AND PHOEBE: [SINGING]So!
FUNELLA AND FURGUS: [SINGING]Don't check out.
ELMO AND PHOEBE: [SINGING]Don't check out.
FUNELLA AND FURGUS: [SINGING]Please, please,
please, please, don't go.
ELMO AND PHOEBE: [SINGING]Don't check out.
COOKIE MONSTER: [SINGING]Don't check out.
ALL: [SINGING]No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Please, please, don't check out.
[TEA TIME MONSTERS SINGING]
ALL: [SINGING]Farewell from the Furchester Hotel!