(hip-hop music)
- Do do do, do do do, oh.
(stomach groans) (laughter)
Boy, Elmo is hungry.
Oh, Elmo's mommy and daddy said that he could pick
a vegetable to go with dinner.
Boy, what should Elmo choose?
(fog horn) - Alright, alright!
DJ Lobster is in the kitchen!
- DJ Lobster!
- That's right.
Keeping the beat and helping you choose what to eat.
I hear there's a happy, healthy monster
in search of the perfect dinner vegetable.
- Oh ho ho, yeah.
Oh, what should Elmo choose?
- Let's settle this with a food rap battle!
(record scratches) (crowd cheering)
(laughter)
- A food rap battle?
- Oh yeah!
Two foods will rap why they are the tastiest
and healthiest choice.
Are you ready to meet your foods, Elmo?
- Yeah baby!
Elmo's ready!
- Alright!
This first veggie can really share it!
Give it up for Carrot!
(crowd cheering)
Our other veggie competitor, a potato that's
as sweet as his name, Sweet Potato!
( crowd cheering)
- Great, now what food should Elmo choose?
- Whoa, don't choose yet Elmo.
First, let's hear what makes these veggies great!
Go, Carrot!
(bell)
♪ Give me the beat. ♪
- You called?
- No, sorry, not, not you.
- Fine.
♪ Spin it. ♪
♪ Elmo ♪ ♪ Elmo ♪
♪ Here's what you need to know ♪
♪ Carrots are delicious, nutritious and help you grow ♪
♪ I'm full of vitamins a minerals ♪
♪ To keep your body right ♪ ♪ What ♪
♪ Carrots help your heart, your teeth, your eyesight ♪
♪ Pick me up from Hooper's Store ♪
♪ Served so many ways to explore ♪
♪ Try diced, sticks, cooked or raw ♪
♪ Part of a stew or in your favorite cole slaw ♪
♪ Say hey, try me in a smooth puree ♪
♪ One more time, say hey, ♪
♪ Try me in a smooth puree ♪
♪ So Elmo, add carrots to your daily routine ♪
♪ And get a healthy dose of betacarotene ♪
♪ If you know what I mean ♪
♪ I'll be your produce dream ♪
(crowd cheers)
- Oh, that packed a healthy crunch.
- Yeah, Elmo does love carrots.
Oh, and they sound healthy too.
- Don't decide just yet, Elmo.
Let's hear from Sweet Potato!
(laughs) (bell)
♪ Oh, now you see ♪
♪ I don't want to shout ♪ ♪ Come on! ♪
♪ But I'm the only veggie to care-ot about ♪
♪ In the words of that Grouch, they can scram ♪
♪ Because, well, me yams what me yams ♪
♪ Don't be afraid of my rough exterior ♪
♪ I have a sweet and tasty orange interior ♪
♪ Elmo, don't teeter on this tater ♪
♪ You won't find a veggie that is greater ♪
♪ A healthy source of B and E vitamins ♪
♪ Along with iron, fiber and potassium ♪
♪ I'm providing high nutrition ♪
♪ Yeah, the nutrition you've been missin' ♪
♪ Uh huh ♪
♪ Steamed, boiled, juiced, mashed or backing ♪
♪ There are so many ways you can make me ♪
♪ Add me to dish to get a sweet flavor ♪
♪ Drizzle me with oil for something you can savor ♪
♪ Started at the bottom, growing in the mud ♪
♪ I grew up to be a well tasty spud ♪
♪ So, Elmo, will you have me as your snackin' bud ♪
♪ Come on ♪ ♪ From farm to table, huh ♪
(crowd cheers)
- Stick a fork in me, I am done!
(laugher)
- Boy, Elmo never knew that there were so many ways
to make a sweet potato.
- Alright, Elmo.
It's time to pick your dinner vegetable.
Will it be Carrot?
Or Sweet Potato?
- Um, let's think.
Elmo chooses, um Elmo chooses,
oh, Elmo chooses the Carrot.
(crowd cheers)
- A great choice!
- Yeah, and for lunch tomorrow
Elmo chooses the Sweet Potato.
(bell) - Oh yeah!
- Looks like we're all winners today!
This is DJ Lobster, hoping we'll see you
in the kitchen!
- Yeah baby!
(laughter) (record scratch)
- Yeah ha, alright, alright, alright!
We heard from Elmo.
What would you choose to go with tonight's dinner?
Would you have crunchy Carrots?
Or a sweet and savory Sweet Potato?
Until next time, keep it fresh.
This is DJ Lobster, swimming off.
Yeah, uh uh, yeah yeah.