(playful upbeat music)
- Yeah!
Happy Neighbor Day, happy Neighbor Day!
- [Alan] You ready for today?
- Elmo's very ready!
- All right. - Oh, hi!
Welcome to Sesame Street!
Today is Neighbor Day!
- Hey everybody! - Hey!
- Happy Neighbor Day! - Happy Neighbor Day.
- And we were having a big party to celebrate all the people
in our neighborhood.
- Hey everybody!
- Hey, Ji-Young!
- Hi, Mr. Alan.
Hi Elmo.
Are we ready to rock?
- It sounds like you are.
- I can't hear you!
- I said, it sounds like you are!
- Oh yes, yes I am.
Check this out.
One, two, three four!
(guitar music)
I can't wait to play my guitar for everybody today.
I've been practicing and practicing with my halmoni.
- Halmoni?
- Oh, yeah.
Halmoni means grandma in Korean.
She sings along while I practice.
- Well Ji-Young's halmoni sounds really cool.
- Oh, she is.
- Wow!
- What's everybody else doing for Neighbor Day?
- Oh, well Elmo and I are sharing food
from the community garden.
- Dig it.
- And I'm teaching a Japanese dance called the Tanko Bushi.
I've been doing that dance ever since I was little Alan.
It's a dance we do to honor the hard work people did
to build our community.
- [Ji-Young And Elmo] Aw!
- [Mr. Alan] Good, right?
- If Alan was a little Alan, that must've been a long long
long long long long - Yes, it was a
- [Mr. Alan And Elmo] Long long long time ago.
- Let me show you the dance, all right?
(Alan vocalizing)
Pretty good, right?
Hey, Anna. - Hi everyone!
- Hi, Anna!
- I am so excited.
It's so great to be all together on Neighbor Day.
Everybody ready for the celebration?
- Yeah! - Yeah we're ready!
- Ji-Young, have you decided what song you're gonna play?
- I was thinking of playing "Arirang".
It's an old Korean song my grandma taught me.
Ah, I broke a string!
You know what, not a problem.
I've got another one at home.
I'll be right back, okay.
Bye!
- Bye!
- Hey, if you have a second,
maybe you can help me figure out where to set up the band.
- Oh sure! - That's a great idea.
- I was thinking over here by the garden.
(upbeat music)
- Perfect spot.
- Well, we are all set.
- Yeah, now all we need is Ji-Young.
- Oh, and here she comes now.
- Hey Ji-Young.
- Oh, hi everyone.
- Is everything okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
No, no.
- What's wrong?
- Well, when I was coming back here,
a kid yelled out at me to go back home.
It really, really, really hurt my feelings.
- Of course it did.
- It made me feel sad and scared.
- Elmo doesn't understand.
Wasn't Ji-Young at her home?
- Well, what they meant was
that she should leave Sesame Street and this country.
- Huh?
- Ji-Young is Korean.
Her family's from a place called Korea.
- And there are some people who don't believe
that Asian people like me and Anna and Ji-Young
belong in this country.
- Oh no.
- That was wrong and unfair.
I'm Chinese and Irish.
And if someone told me to go back home, I would be so sad.
- And home is where you live with the people
who love you, with your family and your friends.
- Yeah, Sesame Street is Ji-Young's home.
- Exactly.
Telling someone to go back home is not a nice thing to say
because we're all neighbors.
- Yeah but if people don't think I belong here,
maybe I shouldn't sing for Neighbor Day at all.
- No.
What that kid said to you was wrong.
We belong here and we should all be very proud of who we are
and where we're from.
- Alan's right!
And we really want you to play a song
for Neighbor Day, Ji-Young.
- Yeah.
You're our neighbor.
- And our friend.
- And we have lots of neighbors who are Asian
and Pacific Islander.
And they are so proud of where they're from
and who they are.
They're the people that you meet at school.
- Or at the park.
- Or when we run errands with our mommies and our daddies.
- And they make our neighborhood great.
♪ Oh, who are the friends in your neighborhood ♪
♪ In your neighborhood, in your neighborhood ♪
♪ Say, who are the friends in your neighborhood ♪
♪ The people that you see each day ♪
- Who is that?
- [Alan] That's my friend, Anton.
He's a bus driver and Filipino.
He has family that lives here and in the Philippines.
That's in Southeast Asia.
♪ The bus driver drives fast or slow ♪
♪ Takes you where you want to go ♪
♪ When I get through with my route ♪
♪ I like to go and shoot some hoops ♪
- Yeah.
And basketball is really popular in the Philippines.
- Who are some other neighbors?
- This is my friend, Luana.
She's a hula dancer and Hawaiian,
which means she's from Hawaii.
♪ Oh I dance the hula each day ♪
♪ I tell a special story this way ♪
♪ I'm Hawaiian and I do the hula ♪
♪ Come on over and I'll teach it to ya ♪
- Hula dancers really tell a story by dancing?
- That's right.
- Fascinating.
- Oh, and you've got to meet my friends, Menons.
They're teachers and they're from India.
They also share their traditions with their children.
♪ Where the Menon family ♪
♪ I'm a teacher and so is she ♪
♪ I wear an Indian sari on a special day ♪
♪ Though we wear jerseys when it's time to play ♪
- Cool!
I wear a Korean hanbok sometimes on special days too.
- And I wear a happi coat when I dance to Tanko Bushi.
- And I wear a cheongsam on Chinese New Year.
♪ We're the friends in your community ♪
♪ I hope that you all can see ♪
♪ It's our traditions that make us great ♪
♪ Join us on Neighbor Day and celebrate ♪
- Elmo sees another friend in the neighborhood.
- Oh, where?
I don't see anyone.
- It's you, Alan!
- Me? - Yeah!
- Oh no, I couldn't.
Okay.
♪ I work and run Hooper Store ♪
♪ I'm a community leader and more ♪
♪ Japanese, a son, and baker, too ♪
♪ Grab the paper and I'll teach you Sudoku ♪
- What' Sudoku?
- It's a really fun Japanese number game.
All right, Elmo.
It's your turn.
- But, Elmo's not Asian, Alan.
- But you are a friend in our neighborhood.
So sing it.
- Okay!
♪ Elmo's lucky to have neighbors like you ♪
♪ Elmo loves who you are and all you do ♪
♪ Our differences make us great ♪
♪ Come on, let's sing and celebrate ♪
♪ Oh, these are all people in your neighborhood ♪
♪ In your neighborhood, in your neighborhood ♪
♪ Say, these are the people in your neighborhood ♪
♪ They're the people that you meet ♪
♪ When you're walking down the street ♪
♪ They're the people that you see each day ♪
- And see, these are all people
that are a part of our neighborhood and we all belong.
- That's song totally rocks, but Mr. Alan?
I still kind of maybe feel like I don't belong.
- Oh, but you do belong.
You know what?
I think we have another neighbor we can talk to
and I think they can help.
- Yeah, come on let's go!
- You got this Ji-Young.
I just need to stay here and get some more stuff ready
for Neighbor Day.
But I'll see you when you get back.
- Oh, okay Anna.
I'll see you later!
- Bye!
- Come on, Ji-Young! - Coming!
- What do you say, these look great, right?
- Hi!
- Hi, friends!
Jim and I are making decorations for Neighbor Day.
- Everybody, I want to introduce you to my friend, Jim Lee.
- Hi, Jim!
- Hi everyone.
- And Jim is Korean, just like you.
- Oh, (speaking Korean).
- My family moved here from Korea when I was little.
- And Jim is also an artist.
- Really?
- I love making art.
I know a lot of incredible Asian
and Pacific Islander artists working today.
Some paint pictures, some design buildings
and some draw comic books like me.
- Wow.
- You draw comics?
Tell us everything.
- Well, when I was little, I would read comics.
In fact, I learned English by reading comic books
about superheroes.
I love them because the superheroes were so different
from other people.
I could relate,
because sometimes I felt like I didn't belong.
- You felt that way too?
- Definitely.
- Oh, so what did you do when you felt that way?
- Well, I started drawing my own superheroes.
I created stories where my heroes worked with their friends
to make the world better.
- Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
- Sometimes what makes you different from others
is your superpower.
- Wow! - Whoa!
- My art is a great way for me to express
how I'm feeling and share who I am.
- Well, that's what I want to do with my music today.
I could, (gasps) I could write my own song!
- Yeah. - Great idea!
- Yes.
You belong here.
So it's important people hear you.
Your voice matters.
- Well, what kind of song do I write?
- You know what?
I have another neighbor we can talk to.
I bet she can help us think of something.
- Well, let's do it, let's go.
Right now!
- Let's go! - Thank you!
- Talk to you later!
- See you later!
What do I look like?
- Great stuff, here.
- Thanks for introducing me to Jim, Mr. Alan.
It really helped me to talk with him.
- You know, sometimes these conversations can be hard,
but that's why it's great to talk about them.
- Or sing about them.
- Yes.
- Alan! - Uh-oh.
- A little help? - We better check that out.
We're coming!
Hi, Gonger.
Hi, Padma.
What's going on?
- Oh, Alan!
We need a bowl for the chutney.
- Yeah.
We used a lot of bowls today.
We need one more.
- [Elmo] Hi Miss Padma!
- Hi, Elmo.
- Hey, Gonger.
I think there were some bowls in the back.
- Ah, okay!
- Ji-Young, this is my friend Padma Lakshmi.
- Hi, Miss Padma.
What are you doing?
- We're making samosas for Neighbor Day.
- Oh.
What are the samosas?
- Samosas are food from India, which is where I'm from.
- So, Padma is Asian too.
- Mhmm.
- That's right.
Samosas are a savory pastry,
usually filled with veggies like potato or meat,
and flavored with Indian spices.
And you dip it in a sauce called chutney.
- Oh, so that's why you need the bowl.
- Right.
I love teaching people about Indian culture
through the food we eat.
And my whole family likes trying food from around the world.
- Elmo's family loves that too.
- Yeah!
Food and life is more exciting when you try new things.
- Oh, well I can't wait to try what you make!
- Elmo too!
- Alan too.
- I like that attitude.
Trying new foods is a great way to bring neighbors together.
- [Gonger] I got it, I got it!
Whoa!
I don't got it.
- I think I better go help Gonger.
Could you tell Cookie Monster more samosas
and another bowl of chutney are on the way.
- All right, we will.
We'll see you later!
- Okay, bye! - Bye!
- Bye! - Bye!
I'm fine.
- All right, Ji-Young, I'm so excited!
Everybody, this is my friend, Chef Melissa King.
She makes the most delicious food.
- Wow, hi Chef Melissa!
- Hey everyone.
- What are you making?
- We're making one of my favorites, dumplings.
I was born in California and I'm Chinese.
And this is a traditional snack.
During vacations, holidays or Lunar New Year,
I would make dumplings with my grandma, mom,
cousins, and other family members.
It takes a lot of hands and love to make a lot of dumplings.
- Elmo's never had dumplings before.
- Oh, well you can try them at the celebration.
- Okay!
- Food is really important in my family.
I learned to cook by helping my grandma.
- Wow.
Me learn to eat by helping me grandma.
- I'm really proud to be Chinese.
And I love sharing food from my culture.
- Well, me love that strategy.
Om nom nom!
- Cookie!
- What?
Me appreciating culture!
- Cookie.
Oh, I'm really proud of my culture too.
I love sharing my favorite Korean foods with my friends.
My favorite is called Tteokbokki.
- I've got some Tteokbokki.
- No way.
Oh, you guys, they're so good.
They're like these chewy yummy sweet rice cakes.
Oh, they're amazing.
But if you eat too many, sometimes they can get a little--
- Om nom nom nom nom nom nom eeh!
- Spicy.
- Oh no, oh!
Wow, wow wow, wow wow wow!
So spicy, but worth it.
- Cookie and I are making a bunch of different kinds
of Asian food for Neighbor Day.
There's a lot of different kinds of Asian people,
So there's a lot of different kinds of Asian foods.
Even though we all have a lot in common,
we have really different cultures
with our own exciting,
- And delicious.
- Kinds of food.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, but now we show, no tell.
Tada!
- [Elmo] Wow!
This all looks really yummy.
And are those tacos over there?
- [Cookie Monster] Yeah yeah yeah.
- Wait, aren't tacos from Mexico?
- These are bulgogi tacos.
They're a mashup of Korean and Mexican foods.
- I love bulgogi.
- It's great when people share themselves and their culture.
It's how neighbors come together.
- Yeah.
And these bulgogi tacos should come together in me tummy.
- Cookie!
- Again?
- Come together.
(gasps) That's it!
I know what my song's going to be about!
- That's great!
- Thanks for the idea, Chef Melissa!
- My pleasure.
Can't wait to hear your song.
Looks like I'm gonna have to make a lot more tacos.
- And Tteokbokki and dumplings and the Hong Kong tiramisu.
And cookie!
(Ji-Young vocalizing)
- Wait, what if that mean kid is at Neighbor Day?
What if he tells me to go back home again?
- Well, you know, we have lots and lots of neighbors
who love us, but sometimes someone
might say something hurtful.
So when that happens, you have to take a deep breath,
let it out, stand up straight and say to yourself
and to them, that is not okay.
And you always have friends around you to talk to.
- Thanks, Mr. Alan.
- We better go check that out.
- Oh, I gotcha!
- Thanks, Big Bird.
- I do my own stunts.
- Oh, Hey Alan and Ji-Young.
- Hey everyone.
- We're just practicing for the potato sack relay race.
We're in charge of games for Neighbor Day.
- Yeah and I think we're gonna need
a little bit more practice.
- You're Simu Liu!
You're Smiu Liu!
You're that actor and you're doing your own stunts
and you're in movies and stuff.
- Yeah. But you know what?
I didn't always know that I could be one.
I'm Chinese and when I was growing up,
I almost never saw anybody like me in movies and TV.
- What?
That's a bummer.
- And when I did see people like me,
they all played the same kind of character,
always in the background.
And that made me feel like I could only be one kind of thing
when I grew up.
- But that's silly.
You can be anything you want to be.
- I know that now.
And I want everyone else to know that too.
That's why I love being in movies.
I can show people that look like me,
that our stories matter.
Oh, I want to show you something on my phone.
- Okay.
- I get to work with all different people
when I make movies and TV shows.
We all came from different places and did different things,
but really worked together as a team.
- It's great to have a team.
- Yeah, like us and our relay race.
- Or me and my football team.
- [Group] Huh?
- I have a lot of upper body strength.
- [Group] Oh.
- Hey, teamwork makes the dream work.
And whenever things get hard,
I know the whole team will be there for me.
And when we all come together, I feel like I belong.
- That's it, that's it!
I was scared to sing for Neighbor Day because I was worried
people won't want me there, but if I had a team,
I know I can do it.
People would see me sing and know I belong.
- We're your team!
(speaks in Korean)
- Let's go!
- All right!
- Okay.
Let's go see.
- Well, we'll catch up.
Right? - Yeah we'll get there.
- We'll make our way over slowly.
- I'm so excited for Neighbor Day!
- I'm excited for Neighbor Day too!
- Hey Kathy!
How's it going?
- Okay, Ji-Young!
It's almost time for your song.
Oh, and I have a little message for you.
- A message?
- Hi, Ji-Young.
Hi Coach Alan.
- Coach Alan?
You were Naomi Osaka's coach?
- That's right.
- [Girls] Whoa.
- Tee-ball, not tennis.
I was her Tee-ball coach.
- [Girls] Oh.
- I hear you're having a Neighbor Day performance.
You're gonna do great.
Remember, I'm on your team too.
Bye!
Have fun.
- Wow.
- Okay, you're on!
- I can't sing my song.
- Oh sure you can, Ji-Young!
- No, I mean, I can't do it without my friends.
Elmo, Tamir, Abby!
You're my team.
Let's get ready to rock!
- Yeah, let's get ready to rock!
- Excuse me, everybody!
Hey.
Today, somebody told me to go back home.
And it made me feel like I didn't belong
and that was wrong and unfair.
But, my friends showed me that I can use my voice.
We can share our cultures and friends are always there
for each other.
We should all be proud of who we are and where we come from.
So I'm here to say, I do belong.
We all belong, because we are home.
This is our neighborhood!
Let's go!
(speaks in Korean)
(singing in Korean)
♪ One, two, three four ♪
♪ I'm proud of who I am and where my family's from ♪
♪ My culture is part of me and that is so much fun ♪
♪ I'm special and unique ♪
♪ Not just on the outside that you see ♪
♪ There's so much more inside of me ♪
♪ I want to share with the songs I sing ♪
♪ I'm proud of all our friends around the neighborhood ♪
♪ When we share our stories ♪
♪ That makes Elmo feel so good ♪
♪ So if you feel you don't belong ♪
♪ Celebrate your voice and sing this song ♪
♪ See us come together when we sing ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
(singing in foreign language)
Let's go!
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ We can show that we belong ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ When we sing this song ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ Our voice is louder ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ See us coming together ♪
♪ I belong ♪
♪ We belong too ♪
♪ Sometimes we might feel sad when people don't understand ♪
♪ That being different is amazing, I'm proud of who I am ♪
♪ We can share our culture through a dance ♪
♪ Give each other's food and art a chance ♪
♪ See us come together when we sing ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
(singing in Korean)
Let's go!
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ We can show that we belong ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ When we sing this song ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ Our voices matter ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ See us coming together ♪
♪ I belong ♪
♪ We belong too ♪
♪ When we work as a team, we walk tall together ♪
♪ When we come together, we support each other ♪
♪ When we join our voices, we are strong ♪
♪ See us coming together ♪
♪ As we sing our new song ♪
♪ Sing along with us ♪
(singing in Korean)
Let's go!
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ We can show that we belong ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ When we sing this song ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ Our voices matter ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ See us coming together ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ We can show that we belong ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ When we sing this song ♪
♪ La la la la ♪
♪ Our voices matter ♪
♪ La la la la la ♪
♪ See us coming together ♪
♪ You belong ♪
♪ We all belong ♪
♪ You belong ♪
♪ We all belong ♪
♪ You belong ♪
♪ We all belong ♪
♪ You belong ♪
♪ We all belong ♪
♪ You belong ♪
♪ We all belong ♪
♪ We belong ♪
(audience cheering)
- That was amazing! - That was awesome!
- I saw that you like patches, Ji-Young,
so I made this one for you.
- Oh, Anna, it's perfect!
Anna, thank you so much!
- I am so proud of you.
- And I'm glad you shared your song.
- Yeah.
Thanks everybody for singing with me.
- Of course!
- We're your friends and neighbors!
- And here on Sesame street, we all belong!
- That's right. - Yeah!
- Aw.
Okay everybody, one more song!
♪ Anyone, anyone, anyone can be ♪
♪ Anyone, anyone, anyone can be friends ♪
♪ Anyone, anyone, anyone can be ♪
♪ Anyone, anyone, anyone can be friends ♪
♪ And making friends can be as easy as this ♪
♪ Check it out ♪
♪ Do you wanna be friends ♪
♪ Yeah yeah ♪
♪ Do you wanna be friends ♪
♪ Uh-Huh, uh-huh ♪
♪ Then let's be friends ♪
♪ Yeah yeah ♪
♪ Yeah anyone can be friends ♪
♪ Anyone, anyone, anyone can be ♪
♪ Anyone, anyone, anyone can be friends ♪
♪ Anyone, anyone, anyone can be ♪
♪ Anyone, anyone, anyone can be friends ♪
- Thank you, Sesame Street!
Let's hear it for my friends and the Best Friend Band!
- Thank you, thank you!
(light music)