(gentle music)
- All right, Ji-Young. - Yeah.
- Elmo. - Yeah.
- How would you like to meet some friends
in our neighborhood?
- Oh, sure. - Yes, please!
- Yeah? Okay, great.
Now these friends are Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Ah! - Just like Ji-Young and me.
- Cool.
- They're the people that you meet at school, at the park.
- Oh, when we're out running errands
with our mommies and daddies?
- That's right. They're our friends and neighbors.
- Well, how are we gonna meet them all Mr. Alan?
- Well, with a song, of course.
♪ 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 ♪
Oh, here's one of our friends now.
That's my friend Anton.
(machine beeps)
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 ♪
(hat whizzes)
♪ I like to go and shoot some hoops ♪
(ball whooshes)
Basketball is very popular in the Philippines.
- Elmo loves basketball,
and Anton looks like a great neighbor and friend.
- And he's Asian, just like me!
- That's right, Ji-Young.
And that's why this next part is all about you.
- It is?
- Yeah, that's your cue.
- Oh, okay.
♪ These patches are special to me ♪
♪ Like my grandma, teaching me to cook dukbokki ♪
♪ I'm Korean and I'm proud ♪
♪ I love to play my guitar real loud ♪
(rock music)
- Oh!
Dukbokki is Korean stir-fried rice cakes.
They're very yummy.
- Huh?
- What?
- Never mind. We have another friend.
- Huh?
- What? Oh, oh.
- 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.
- Wow, that is so cool.
♪ Oh, these are the friends in your neighborhood ♪
♪ In your neighborhood, in your neighborhood, yes ♪
♪ These are the friends in your neighborhood ♪
♪ The people that you see each day ♪
- Oh, I think I see the next friend in our neighborhood.
- Where? I don't see anyone.
- Ji-Young's talking about you, Alan.
- Me? (laughs) No, I couldn't.
Okay.
♪ I work and run Hooper's store ♪
♪ I'm a community leader and more ♪
♪ Japanese, a son, and baker too ♪
♪ Grab the paper and I'll teach you Sudoku ♪
- What's Sudoku, Alan?
- Oh, it's a really fun Japanese number game,
but I'm stuck on this one.
- I bet the Count could help.
- What a great idea.
- [Both] Ah, ah, ah!
- We'll ask him after this next friend.
It's the Menins. They're teachers and they're from India.
They also share their traditions with their children.
♪ We're the Menin family ♪
♪ I'm a teacher and so is she ♪
♪ I'll wear an Indian sari on a special day ♪
♪ Though we wear jerseys when it's time to play ♪
(whistle blows)
- Cool!
I wear Korean hanboks sometimes on special days too.
- And I've got a happi coat.
- Wow, that's really cool!
- All right, Elmo, it's your turn.
- Oh, but Elmo's not Asian, Ji-Young.
- Yes, but you are a friend in our neighborhood.
So hit it, Elmo.
- 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 the 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 ♪
(all laugh)
(upbeat rock music)