♪ Doo be doo doo ♪
♪ Imagine a story ♪
♪ Squeedle dee yacha ♪
♪ Imagine a song ♪
♪ Woodily woo ♪
♪ What happens next you'll never know ♪
♪ Cluck cluck cluck cluck ♪
♪ It's Elmo the Musical Elmo the Musical ♪
- Let's get on with the show!
- Are you ready?
Yeah! Let's make up a musical!
(laughing)
- Ooh!
What's today's story about?
- Oh well Velvet, Elmo, Elmo doesn't know yet.
Oh come on, let's think!
What if, what if, what if?
(laughing)
Elmo's got it, yay!
Today's story is about a sea captain!
Oh, we'll call it, "Sea Captain: The Musical"!
- Oh, where do you get your ideas, Elmo?
- Oh well they, they just pop into Elmo's head,
and on Elmo's body. (chuckling)
Oh, Elmo's the sea captain, and you'll be First Mate.
Say, "Aye aye Captain!"
Good!
Now come on First Mate!
Let's imagine a ship on the sea!
(exclaiming)
(laughing)
(twinkling music)
Wow!
You have a big imagination, First Mate!
♪ Elmo is a captain at the deep blue sea ♪
♪ A captain a captain is hey ♪
♪ He's on his ship and he's going to sail ♪
♪ Captain Elmo's looking for the giant pink whale ♪
Now let's set sail! (laughing)
Anchors away!
(grunting)
Oh boy, this anchor a'weighs too much!
Elmo needs help.
- Well, traditionally Elmo,
a sea captain get helps from a crew.
- Right, right!
Come on First Mate, let's imagine some sailors!
(twinkling music)
(clucking in harmony)
- Elmo, those are chickens!
- Chicken sailors!
Okay chickens, lift that anchor!
(clucking)
And we'll sing
♪ Heave ho heave ho ♪
♪ Lift that anchor here we go ♪
♪ Heave ho heave ho ♪
- It's too heavy, oh no no!
♪ Heave ho heave ho ♪
- We're just four chickens in this show!
♪ Heave ho heave ho ♪
- Let's add four more, that's apropos!
♪ Heave ho heave ho ♪
- How many chickens are on the deck?
Should we count them?
- One! - Two!
- Three! - Four!
- Five! - Six!
- Seven! - Eight!
♪ Is eight enough ♪
- We'll soon know!
♪ Heave ho heave ho ♪
- The chickens did it way to go!
♪ Heave ho heave ho ♪
(anchor clanks)
- Ow! That anchor's on my toe!
(squawking)
♪ Heave ho heave ho ♪
(laughing)
- Well I'm off to look for the great pink whale!
- That means it's time for the ole lookin' flag!
- Yeah yeah yeah, come on First Mate!
Let's do it!
♪ Look look here look look there ♪
♪ Flap flap flap look everywhere ♪
- Got that?
Let's do it! Come on!
♪ Look look here look look there ♪
♪ Flap flap flap look everywhere ♪
- Oh, no whale yet.
♪ Look look here look look there ♪
♪ Flap flap flap look everywhere ♪
- Elmo still doesn't see it!
(clucking)
Oh keep an eye out, First Mate!
And if you see something pink,
yell out, "There she blows!" (laughing)
(clucking)
(water splashing)
(gasping)
- [Chickens] There she blows!
(laughing)
- We find Ruby Pink!
- Whoa! Whoa!
(dramatic music)
Whoa! Whoa!
- Oh no! I can't look!
- What's, what's the matter, Velvet?
- That whale might sink your ship!
And then you'd be sunk!
(laughing)
- Don't worry, Velvet!
It's just a story we're making up, remember?
- Oh, right!
On with the show!
- Oh, oh please stop!
Miss Ruby Pink is rocking the boat!
- I can't stop!
I'm too itchy!
There's like a million barnacles on my back!
- [Barnacles] Nah, just eight.
- How am I ever gonna get em off!
- Oh Elmo knows! Subtraction!
Wee! (laughing)
♪ Eight little barnacles on the whale again ♪
♪ Why you sticking sticking there get up and play ♪
♪ Yeah we need some action ♪
♪ Why not try subtraction ♪
♪ Eight little barnacles want to get their kicks ♪
♪ Two jumped off then there were six ♪
♪ One two three four five six ♪
♪ Six little barnacles doing what they do ♪
♪ Four jumped off then there were two ♪
♪ One two ♪
♪ Two little barnacles want to join the fun ♪
♪ Two jumped off then there were none ♪
♪ Zero little barnacles sitting on the whale ♪
♪ Now I've stopped itching from head to tail ♪
(laughing)
- Yay! I'm so happy!
I feel like dancing!
- Well why don't you?
- Whales don't dance.
- Oh this is Elmo's story!
Anything can happen!
Oh, just imagine!
(twinkling music)
♪ Jump right in and join the party ♪
♪ If you're a monster or a scrad ♪
♪ Shake your tail ♪
♪ Dancing with a whale ♪
♪ Every fish and every clam oh ♪
♪ Wish they could dance with this mammal ♪
♪ Or we'll hail ♪
♪ Dancing with a whale ♪
♪ Slap da-dapting tap tap tap your flippers ♪
♪ It's more fun than dancing with the kipper ♪
- [Ruby Pink] Aye aye, Skipper!
(water splashing)
♪ Flip your floop and gip your dorsal ♪
♪ Spray your spout and stay the course you'll ♪
♪ Never fail dancing with a whale ♪
♪ Dancing with a whale ♪
- [Elmo And Ruby Pink] You'll get a movie as well!
(cheering)
(bright brassy music)
(laughing)
- Bravo!
That was a whale of a tale, Elmo!
- Ah thank you Velvet.
Oh, and thank you First Mate!
Elmo couldn't have imagined this story without you!
(laughing) - Curtain call!
- Oh good!
♪ That's Elmo the Musical ♪
♪ Elmo the Musical ♪
♪ That's the end of our show ♪
(laughing)
- B'bye!
(cheering)
(cheerful music)