When the only ramp on Sesame Street is already being used, Elmo and Rosita wonder if they can make a ramp out of cardboard.
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00:00I know I like the song.
00:04Oh, hi.
00:05Welcome to Sesame Street.
00:07Hola.
00:08Look what we got.
00:10We got ping pong balls.
00:11Yeah.
00:12Now we can play ping pong.
00:14Yeah, baby.
00:15Yeah, baby.
00:16Oh, yeah.
00:17Ping pong.
00:18Ping pong.
00:19Wait a minute.
00:20What?
00:21Elmo doesn't know how to ping.
00:22No pong.
00:23Oh.
00:24Oh.
00:25Well, me neither.
00:26Oh, no.
00:27Well, maybe we could just, you know, play catch with this.
00:30Oh, yeah.
00:31OK.
00:32OK.
00:33Go long.
00:34Go long.
00:35OK.
00:36Longer.
00:37Longer.
00:38OK.
00:39Longer.
00:40Longer.
00:41Woo.
00:42Whoops.
00:43Where'd that come from?
00:44Wow.
00:45Did you see that?
00:46Yeah.
00:47The ball went right in the box.
00:48I saw.
00:49It was a perfect shot.
00:50Yeah.
00:51And we were not even trying.
00:52Uh-oh.
00:53Let's see if we can do it again.
00:54Great idea.
00:55OK.
00:56Let's see if we can do it again.
00:57Here it goes.
00:58OK.
00:59Hey!
01:00That ball landed in the box, too!
01:01Hey, what a fun thing to do with a ramp.
01:06A what?
01:07See this slanted part right here?
01:10That's called a ramp.
01:12Ramps help things go from low to high.
01:20And from high to low.
01:23Oh, hey!
01:24Hey.
01:25Hey, Rosita, do you want to race some bows down the ramp?
01:29Race?
01:30Yeah!
01:31We could be ramp racers!
01:34Oh, Elmo likes that!
01:37Ramp racers, ramp racers!
01:39Yeah, yeah!
01:40Ramp racers, ramp racers!
01:42We're racing on ramps!
01:44Yeah!
01:46Oh, um, actually, this ramp is probably not the best place to have races right now.
01:50Why?
01:51Because people are using it.
01:52Oh.
01:53Yeah.
01:54Elmo thinks there's probably not another ramp on Sesame Street.
01:57Yeah.
01:58Oh, that is a problem.
02:00Yeah.
02:01Ah, but wait, remember, when there's a problem to solve, what do we say?
02:05I wonder...
02:07What if...
02:08Let's try!
02:09I wonder...
02:10What if...
02:11Let's try!
02:12I wonder...
02:13What if...
02:14Let's try!
02:15Hmm, well, I wonder if there's a way we could make another ramp.
02:22Oh, that's a great idea, Rosita.
02:24Hmm, what if Elmo and Rosita used...
02:27Um, oh, oh, what if Elmo and Rosita used that cardboard over there?
02:31Let's try!
02:32Yeah!
02:33If that's okay with you, Nina.
02:35Oh, claro que sÃ.
02:36This is all for recycling anyway.
02:37Ooh!
02:39We could even make two long ramps and race our ping pong balls.
02:43Oh!
02:44Let's try!
02:45Let's try!
02:46Let's get some cardboard and get to work!
02:48There!
02:49Finished!
02:50Yeah, thanks for cutting up the cardboard for us, Nina.
02:53De nada.
02:54Oh, hey, Julia.
02:56Hola, Julia.
02:57Hola, Julia.
02:58Ooh!
02:59Yes, we're about to race our ping pong balls down our ramps.
03:04Yeah, baby, because we are...
03:06Ramp Racers!
03:08Are you ready for some ramp racing?
03:13Ramp Racers, ready?
03:15Ready!
03:16On your marks, get set...
03:19Go!
03:20Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
03:23Elmo is the ramp champ!
03:26Yeah!
03:27Yeah!
03:28Yeah!
03:29Yeah!
03:30Nice job, Elmo!
03:32Thanks, Rosita.
03:33But you know what?
03:35I wonder why your ball was faster than mine.
03:40Oh, yeah.
03:41Rosita's was a little slower, wasn't it?
03:43Yeah, I think there's a problem with my ramp.
03:46Ah, but remember, when there's a problem to solve, what do we say?
03:49Oh, yeah, yeah.
03:50We say, I wonder what if, let's try.
03:54Yep.
03:55Well, what do you think the difference was between your ramp and Elmo's ramp?
03:58Oh.
03:59Hmm.
04:00Uh, they're both made out of cardboard.
04:02Yeah.
04:03Higher.
04:04Oh, yeah, you're right, Julia.
04:06They're not the same height.
04:08Elmo's ramp is higher than Rosita's.
04:11Yeah, look at that.
04:13My ramp starts lower, so I wonder if my ramp was as high as Elmo's, if my ball goes as
04:23fast as Elmo's.
04:25Ah.
04:26Hmm.
04:27How do we find out?
04:28What if Rosita made her ramp higher?
04:31Oh.
04:32Let's try.
04:33Let's try.
04:34Try.
04:35Try.
04:36Yeah.
04:38There.
04:39Now, Rosita's ramp is just as high as Elmo's.
04:43Yeah, now let's try it out to see if my ball will go faster.
04:48Yeah, let's do it because we are ramp racers.
04:53Yeah, yeah.
04:54Ramp racers, ready?
04:56Ready.
04:57On your marks, get set, go.
05:01Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
05:05Oh.
05:06It's a tie.
05:08You are both ramp champs.
05:11Yeah, baby.
05:12Look, Rosita's ball went as fast as Elmo's this time.
05:16Yeah, so the higher the ramp, the faster the ball goes.
05:20More, more.
05:22Yeah.
05:23Let's race some more.
05:24OK, but this time, let's build our ramps even higher so we can race even faster.
05:29Yes.
05:30Faster.
05:31Well, we've got plenty of cardboard, so let's go make some more ramps.
05:36Wow.
05:37The ramps are super high now.
05:39Yeah, and super long.
05:42Yeah, look at that.
05:43So the ball should go super fast.
05:47Yeah.
05:48Let's try.
05:49Yeah.
05:50All right, ramp racers, ready?
05:52Ready.
05:54On your mark, get set, go.
05:58Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
06:02Rosita is the ramp champ.
06:06Yay.
06:07Great job, ramp champ Rosita.
06:09Gracias.
06:11Wait a minute.
06:12Why did Elmo's ball go slower?
06:14Elmo's ramp is the same height as Rosita's.
06:17You're right.
06:18They should have gone the same speed, right?
06:20Uh-huh.
06:21Well, do you think there's anything else that could have made your ball go slower?
06:25Bumpy.
06:27Huh?
06:29Oh, you think this bumpy carpet has something to do with it?
06:34How can we find out?
06:36Well, let's go to the rink and watch it again.
06:45I think we found your problem.
06:47Bumpiness.
06:49When there's a problem to solve, what do we say?
06:54I wonder.
06:56What if.
06:57Let's try.
07:01Elmo wonders what Elmo could do to make his ramp smooth like Rosita's.
07:06Yeah.
07:08What if you switch out the bumpy piece for a smooth piece like mine?
07:15Try, try.
07:17Good idea, Julia.
07:18Let's try.
07:19Yeah, let's try.
07:21Nice and smooth.
07:24Ready, ramp racers?
07:26Ready.
07:27On your mark.
07:28Get set.
07:30Go.
07:32Go, baby.
07:33Go, baby.
07:34Go, baby.
07:35Go, go, go, go, go, go, baby.
07:39It worked.
07:41Elmo's ball went just as fast as Rosita's.
07:44What a race.
07:48Hey, Julia, do you want to be a ramp racer?
07:51Race.
07:52Race.
07:53Then let's sing it.
07:56Ramp racers, ramp racers.
07:58Yeah, yeah.
07:59Ramp racers, ramp racers.
08:01We're racing on ramps.
08:02Yes.
08:03Let's race.
08:04Come on.
08:05Come on, Julia.