Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate is a 2020 television special which was produced as an extension of Sesame Workshop's Caring for Each Other initiative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
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00:00Oh, oh, hi! Hi out there! Okay, it looks like we're all set up and ready to go, son.
00:24Oh, oh, oh, thank you, Daddy.
00:27Oh, in case we haven't met, I'm Elmo's dad, Louie.
00:32Yeah, all right.
00:34Like a lot of folks, we're trying to keep ourselves safe,
00:37keep other people safe, too.
00:40So we set up this video chat.
00:42That's right.
00:43That way Elmo can still talk to all of his friends
00:45on Sesame Street and all of you, too.
00:48Right.
00:50So thanks for joining us on this virtual play date.
00:54OK, son, over to you.
00:56Oh, OK.
00:57Thank you, Daddy.
00:59Hello.
01:01Boy, Elmo's so glad you're here.
01:03We're going to have a lot of fun today.
01:05There's going to be lots of Sesame friends and surprise
01:08guests calling in, because we're all at home just like you.
01:12Yay.
01:14Elmo just has one rule for today's virtual play date.
01:18Are you ready?
01:20Because it's important.
01:22OK, everybody pay attention.
01:24Whenever you hear this sound, then everybody
01:30has to do a silly dance.
01:33So be sure to listen for the, wait a minute,
01:36that was the sound.
01:37Oh, oh, come on, let's do a silly dance together.
01:40OK.
01:51Oh, wait a minute.
01:52Someone's calling in.
01:53Hello?
01:54It's Grover.
01:56Hi, Grover.
01:59Oh, Grover.
02:01Grover, we can't hear you.
02:06How about that?
02:07Is that better?
02:08Oh, yes, much better.
02:09Oh, good.
02:10Hello, everybody.
02:12Sorry about that.
02:13I am still getting used to my new phone.
02:16As a matter of fact, I think I want
02:18to turn up the volume a little bit.
02:21Wait, why is the ceiling on the floor?
02:24Grover, you're upside down.
02:27Oh, so I am, again, new phone.
02:32Sure.
02:33Must have pressed the wrong button.
02:35How about now?
02:36Oh, yes, much better.
02:38Oh, good.
02:39Look, I wanted to tell you, I just
02:42came home from delivering groceries
02:44to Mrs. Crustworthy and other people on Sesame Street
02:47who can't go outside.
02:48Is there anything I could get you?
02:51Oh, no, we're doing just fine, Grover.
02:53But thanks for asking.
02:55Oh, good.
02:56You're welcome.
02:59What?
03:00What's that, Grover?
03:01We can't hear you.
03:02And you're upside down again.
03:04Thank you, Grover.
03:05You keep up the good work.
03:07Stay safe.
03:08We'll come back to you later.
03:10Bye, Grover.
03:11Oh, boy.
03:13Daddy, can you please call our next friend?
03:16Sure thing, son.
03:19Hello?
03:20Oh, hi, Miss Tracy Ellis Ross.
03:23Oh, it's Elmo.
03:25Oh, welcome to the virtual play date.
03:28Oh, hi, Elmo.
03:29It's so good to see you.
03:31And hi, everybody.
03:32I'm so happy to be here.
03:33Well, we're so glad to see you, too.
03:36What has Miss Tracy been doing while she's been at home?
03:39Oh, well, let's see.
03:40I've done a lot of knitting, which is new for me.
03:42But it's really fun.
03:43And I've been walking on the treadmill.
03:45But those are not two things you should do together.
03:48No.
03:49No, it doesn't sound like a good idea.
03:51No.
03:52Actually, last week I got tangled up in the yarn.
03:55I made myself into a mummy.
03:56Kind of funny, but also a little hard to get out of.
03:59Elmo's sure.
04:00Oh, boy.
04:01Hey, wait a minute.
04:02Miss Tracy, Elmo just had an idea.
04:05Would Miss Tracy like to play a game?
04:07Oh, I would love to play a game, yes.
04:10Cool.
04:11OK, let's play, um, oh, let's play Elmo Says.
04:15It's like Simon Says, except that it's Elmo Says.
04:19Oh, sounds fun.
04:20Yeah, that's great.
04:21Cool.
04:22OK, just remember the rules.
04:24Only do what Elmo says.
04:26If Elmo says, Elmo says.
04:29Are you ready?
04:30OK, I got it.
04:31Yes, I'm ready.
04:32I'm ready.
04:33I got the rules.
04:34I've got it.
04:35Great.
04:36OK, Elmo says, um, oh, Elmo says, touch the top of your head.
04:41Very good, very good.
04:42Now Elmo says, wave your hands.
04:48Bouncing a chair.
04:51No, Elmo, you didn't say Elmo Says.
04:54That's right.
04:55Boy, you're good at this.
04:56OK, round two.
04:58OK.
04:59Elmo says, make a funny face.
05:04Yay.
05:06OK, um, Elmo says, Elmo says, do a handstand.
05:11What?
05:12Elmo, I can't do a handstand.
05:14Oh, well, Elmo can.
05:16Here.
05:17Whoa.
05:18Show off.
05:20OK, now clap your hands.
05:22Um, oh, oh, oh, no, you didn't say Elmo Says.
05:26I'm not going to clap my hands.
05:27You can't get me.
05:28Elmo didn't say Elmo Says.
05:30Oh, boy.
05:31That was fun.
05:32Good game, Miss Tracy.
05:34Oh, thank you, Elmo.
05:35I had so much fun at this virtual play date.
05:37Can we do this again?
05:38Oh, yeah, Elmo would love to.
05:41All right, let's stay connected, please.
05:44Yes, Elmo would love that.
05:46All right, I'm going to go now.
05:48I've got to go run.
05:49My knitting is calling me.
05:50Stay safe, Elmo.
05:52Bye, Miss Tracy.
05:53Elmo loves you.
05:54Bye-bye.
05:55Oh, let's see.
05:56Somebody else is joining us.
05:57It's, uh, Elmo, it's Cookie Monster.
06:01Oh, hi, Elmo.
06:03Hi, Cookie.
06:04Oh, Cookie Monster said he was going to show everybody
06:07how to make cookies, right?
06:09Yeah, that right.
06:10Me going to give a virtual cooking class right here.
06:14Oh, perfect.
06:15Yeah, and the first thing we need to do is wash hands.
06:19Yeah, and me already did that.
06:21Good.
06:22So next thing to do is to check recipe.
06:26Yeah, me learn that from Chef Gonger.
06:28Yeah.
06:29Okay, so here's the recipe for chocolate chippy cookies.
06:34Mm, delicious.
06:37Here we go.
06:39Three cups of flour.
06:42One cup sugar.
06:44Mm, sweet.
06:46Eggs.
06:47Num, num, num.
06:48Vanilla.
06:49Mm, nummy, nummy.
06:51Two cups of, num, num, chocolate chippies.
06:54Mm, oh, oh, so delicious.
06:56So chocolatey.
06:58Oh, so chippy ingredients.
07:01Oh, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
07:07Cookie Monster, you ate the recipe.
07:10Yeah, yeah, me did that.
07:12Oh, but don't worry.
07:14Me going to get another cookie recipe.
07:17Yeah, me got this.
07:18Be right back.
07:19Okay, bye-bye, Cookie Monster.
07:21See you later.
07:22Oh, Daddy, can you call in our next friend, please?
07:25Sure thing, son.
07:28Hi, Elmo.
07:29Oh, it's Lin-Manuel Miranda.
07:32Hi, Mr. Lin.
07:33Hi, Elmo.
07:34Thanks for inviting me to this virtual play date.
07:36Sure.
07:37Oh, what's Mr. Lin doing today?
07:39Well, I was just doing some homeschooling with my kids
07:41and playing a pretending game.
07:43You want to play pretend?
07:44Oh, sure, yeah.
07:46Let's pretend to be, oh, let's pretend to be animals.
07:50Yeah, like on Old McDonald's Farm.
07:52You want to sing it?
07:53Yeah, baby.
07:54Come on, everybody, sing along.
07:56Old McDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o.
08:00And on that farm he had a, he had a, a sheep, e-i-e-i-o.
08:08With a ba-ba here and a ba-ba there.
08:10Here a ba, there a ba, everywhere a ba-ba.
08:13Old McDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o.
08:17And on that farm he had a goose, e-i-e-i-o.
08:22With a honk, honk here and a honk, honk there.
08:25Here a honk, there a honk, everywhere a honk, honk.
08:28Old McDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o.
08:32Yay!
08:34That was fun.
08:35Yeah, that was great.
08:36Thanks for singing with Elmo, Mr. Lin.
08:38Oh, thank you, Elmo.
08:39I'll come back and sing again with you again at the end.
08:42Sounds great.
08:43See you later.
08:44OK, bye-bye.
08:45Bye-bye.
08:47Pretending is lots of fun.
08:50You can pretend to do lots of things while you're home.
08:53Like, um, um, oh, like driving.
08:56Yeah, Elmo loves to pretend he's driving around Sesame Street.
09:00Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.
09:02Yeah, pretend you're driving with Elmo.
09:05Vroom, vroom, vroom.
09:06We're going past Superstore.
09:07Oh, hi, Alan.
09:08Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.
09:10Hey, that reminds Elmo of when Elmo pretended to drive with Mr. Tay Diggs.
09:16Oh, can we watch that, Daddy, please?
09:19Sure, son.
09:20Coming right up.
09:23Let's go driving in an automobile.
09:25Let's take a ride in the car.
09:28Listen to the motor go vroom, vroom, vroom as we travel near and far.
09:32Come on, Vroom with Elmo in town.
09:35Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.
09:38Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.
09:40Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.
09:43Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.
09:45Let's go driving in an automobile
09:47Let's take a ride in a car
09:50Listen to the horn go beep-beep-beep
09:52As we travel near and far
09:55Come on, make a horn sound and go beep
09:57Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep
10:00Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep
10:02Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep
10:05Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep
10:06Oh-oh, let's go driving in an automobile
10:09Let's take a ride in a car
10:12Listen to the sounds we all can hear
10:14As we travel near and far
10:17Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
10:19Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep
10:22Swish-swish-swish-swish-swish-swish
10:24La-la-la-la-la
10:27Listen to the sounds we all can hear
10:29Let's take a ride in a car
10:32Ha-ha-ha-ha!
10:34Yeah, good singing, Elmo, good singing.
10:36Ah, thank you, Mr. Tate. How was Elmo's driving?
10:39Elmo's driving was cool, too.
10:42All right, then.
10:43You're pretty cool yourself!
10:44I'm mad.
10:47Oh, hi, everyone!
10:49Elmo had to leave for a minute, but he'll be right back.
10:52Yeah, Abby and I, we were just having a chat.
10:55I'm in my house, and Abby is in her house.
10:58Yeah, that's right.
11:00And Rosita's teaching me how to count in Spanish.
11:03Hey, listen up.
11:04Okay, um...
11:05Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete.
11:12Siete?
11:13Mm-hmm.
11:14Uh, orange, apple, banana.
11:17What?
11:18Those are no numbers.
11:19Those are fruit, you silly.
11:22I got you.
11:24Okay, um...
11:25Siete, ocho, nueve, diez.
11:29Yes!
11:30Bravo, Abby!
11:31Very good!
11:32Yes!
11:33Hey, um, Rosita, let's count again, but this time in English, okay?
11:37Okay, okay.
11:38Did I hear someone say count?
11:40Uh-huh.
11:41The Count!
11:42Hi, Count!
11:43Hi.
11:44Greetings, Abby and Rosita.
11:46Are you ready to count together?
11:48Yes!
11:49Yeah, let's do it.
11:50All right, I shall start.
11:52Here we go.
11:53One.
11:54Two.
11:55Three.
11:56Four.
11:57Five.
11:58Six.
11:59Seven.
12:00Eight.
12:01Nine.
12:02Ten.
12:03Ah, ah, ah!
12:05Bye, Count!
12:06Bye, Count!
12:07Wow, it lightninged in my room!
12:08How does he do that?
12:09I don't know.
12:10Elmo's back!
12:11Elmo's back!
12:12Hi, everybody.
12:13Oh, Elmo had to go to what Elmo's daddy calls the little monster's room.
12:14You mean the bathroom?
12:15Yeah.
12:16Hey, did you wash your hands, Elmo?
12:17Oh, of course.
12:18Yeah, Elmo's saying hi.
12:19Hi, Elmo.
12:20Hi, Elmo.
12:21Hi, Elmo.
12:22Hi, Elmo.
12:23Hi, Elmo.
12:24Hi, Elmo.
12:25Hi, Elmo.
12:26Hi, Elmo.
12:27Hi, Elmo.
12:28Hi, Elmo.
12:29Hi, Elmo.
12:30Hi, Elmo.
12:31Hi, Elmo.
12:32Hi, Elmo.
12:33Hi, Elmo.
12:34Hi, Elmo.
12:35Hi, Elmo.
12:36Hi.
12:37Hi.
12:38Hi.
12:39Elmo's saying happy birthday more times than Elmo's even had a birthday.
12:40Good for you.
12:41It's silly dance time.
12:42Oh, yes!
12:43Everybody get up and do the silly dance with us.
12:46Oh, that was so much fun.
12:51Oh, that was so much fun! And silly! Yeah, it was, Rosita. Hey, Elmo, Rosita and I are going to make up some more dances, but we'll be back later, right, Rosita?
13:12Right! Adios, Elmo! Bye, Abby. Bye, Rosita. Oh, oh, oh, it's time for Elmo's next friend. Daddy, can you please call in the next friend, please?
13:25Calling right now.
13:27Hello!
13:29Hi! It's Miss Anne Hathaway! Hello, Miss Anne. Welcome to the Virtual Play Day.
13:35Thank you so much for having me. I miss you, Elmo.
13:38Elmo misses you, too, but Elmo's happy to see you now.
13:41I'm really happy to see you, too. I feel very lucky we get to talk like this. It's wonderful.
13:45Yeah. Yeah, it is wonderful. Oh, so what has Miss Anne been doing at home?
13:50What have I been doing?
13:51Yeah.
13:52Well, I've been trying to do all sorts of new things, so I've been, oh, I've been practicing how to balance a ball on my head. Want to see?
13:58Oh, yeah, let's see.
14:00And practice a little more.
14:03Pretty good, though.
14:05Oh, sometimes when I want to calm myself down, I take a deep breath in, and I raise my shoulders up to my ears, and then when I exhale, I push them down.
14:14Oh, that's nice. Can Elmo try it with you?
14:16Thank you. Please. Let's do it together.
14:18Okay.
14:19Okay, inhale in and raise our shoulders, and exhale down and push your shoulders down.
14:24Ah, boy, that felt really good.
14:27I feel a little better, right?
14:28Yeah.
14:29So let's see, what else do I do? Oh, I've been baking bread.
14:32Ooh.
14:33It's really fun because there's a part when you get the dough all ready to go that you have to knead it, and you sort of knead it, and you push down on it, and it's really fun.
14:41And then when I run out of everything else to do, you know what I do to make myself happy?
14:45What?
14:46I put on my favorite shoes, and I kick my toes up in the air.
14:50Oh, that's funny. So let's see. So Ann has been using her head, her shoulders, she's been kneading, and she's been wriggling her toes.
15:04Elmo, you know what I just heard when you said that?
15:06What?
15:07I didn't hear knead. I heard knee, and that made me think of the game Head, Shoulders, Knees, and...
15:15Toes!
15:18Yes! Should we play that game?
15:20Elmo would love to.
15:22I'd love to play it, too. Oh, Elmo, I just had a thought. It's not the best idea for us to touch our faces right now, so when we get to eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, we should probably just point, right?
15:34Yeah, good idea.
15:35Okay. Should we play?
15:36Let's do it!
15:37Great! Okay. All right. Let's start up.
15:43Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Knees and toes. Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Knees and toes.
15:51My eyes, my ears, my mouth, and my nose. Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Knees and toes.
16:00Yeah! That was great! Oh, let's all do it this time. Come on, everybody. Oh, and this time, let's do it a little bit faster.
16:10Okay, let's do it a little bit faster. Okay, ready?
16:12Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Knees and toes. Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Knees and toes.
16:18My eyes, my ears, my mouth, and my nose. Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Knees and toes.
16:24That was great! You know what? Maybe we could try one even faster.
16:29Even faster? Anything for you, Elmo.
16:33Thank you!
16:34Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Knees and toes. Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Knees and toes.
16:38My eyes, my ears, my mouth, and my nose. Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Knees and toes.
16:45Boy, that was so much fun! Oh, thank you. Elmo's so happy to see you.
16:50I'm so happy to see you, too, my friend.
16:52Bye-bye.
16:53Bye.
16:55Elmo! Elmo, I think I have figured out my phone, finally. How do I look now?
17:00Right side up.
17:03My favorite way to be.
17:06Wait a minute. Where am I? Am I in space? How did I get in space and without my trusty space suit?
17:15Grover, Grover, Elmo thinks that maybe Grover pushed a button on your phone.
17:22Oh, yes, I see it now.
17:26Thank goodness.
17:28Wait a minute. Is my head really that big? Or is my little body so little? Oh, dear.
17:37Grover, Grover, Elmo thinks that your phone is doing that. Your phone.
17:43Oh, yes, yes. That is better.
17:48Oh, look! Look, I can make myself look like a little bunny rabbit.
17:53Oh, I am even more adorable than ever. Oh, I am going to go find a carrot, Elmo.
18:00Bye-bye.
18:02Bye-bye, Grover.
18:05Did somebody say crabs?
18:06Elmo didn't say crabs, Abby.
18:08Oh, that's okay. I just wanted to share something I made. Isn't it cute? I made a platypus out of a paper bag.
18:16I used construction paper for the little flippers and then I used pen for the eyes. Isn't he cute? His name is Bruce.
18:24Bruce the paper platypus puppet.
18:28I just love making things out of what you have around the house, like pipe cleaners and cotton balls and lots of glitter.
18:36Don't you, Elmo?
18:38Yeah. Oh, Elmo's been drawing and coloring a lot.
18:42Oh, hi, Elmo.
18:43Hi, Cookie Master.
18:44Hi, Cookie Master.
18:45Hi, Abby. Hey, Elmo, me ready to show how to bake cookies now.
18:49Oh, great.
18:51Yeah, me grease the cookie sheet so the cookies come off nice and easy.
18:56Yeah, that's a good idea.
18:58And me preheat oven to 350.
19:01350, got it.
19:03Now, the only thing is that me ate the recipe, so me not know what ingredients to use.
19:09Oh, well, I can help you there, Cookie Monster. You got some oatmeal?
19:13Oh, no, me ate that.
19:15Oh, you got any eggs?
19:16Oh, no, me ate them.
19:18Sugar?
19:19Oh, no, me ate it.
19:20Butter?
19:21Oh, no, me brush teeth with it.
19:22Flour?
19:23No, me no got flour. Me no got salt. Me no got anything. Me ate everything.
19:29Oh, me so embarrassed. Me no can make cookies.
19:34Oh, well, that's too bad.
19:37Wait, wait a minute. You know, cookie sheet nice and shortening-y and metal-y.
19:45Cookie Monster, don't eat the cookie sheet.
19:49Yes, you're right. Yeah, yeah. Bakeware gets stuck in me teeth. Good thinking.
19:55Oh, it's silly dance time. Everybody get up. Get up and do a silly dance.
20:07Yeah! Boy, that was one silly dance.
20:11Yeah, yeah. Okay, me got to go. Me see you later. Bye, Elmo. Bye, Abby.
20:15Oh, bye, Cookie Monster.
20:17Bye, Cookie Monster.
20:19Boy, Elmo's so thankful to have friends like Cookie Monster. Oh, and Abby.
20:24Aw, thanks, Elmo. Well, I'm thankful that we have a friend like you.
20:30You know, Elmo loves all the time he's getting to spend with his mommy and daddy, too.
20:35Oh, Elmo loves you, Daddy.
20:37Oh, I love you, too, son.
20:40Aw, that's so nice. But you know what? I know a lot of mommies and daddies that can't be home right now.
20:47Like Julia's daddy. He's an EMT.
20:50What's an EMT?
20:52I don't know, but he's really busy right now, and he hardly ever gets home.
20:57Oh, an EMT is someone who helps take care of people and make sure they get to the doctor safe and sound.
21:06There are so many heroes right now. Doctors, nurses, police officers, and firefighters.
21:13Well said, Abby.
21:16And then there's the people who do all sorts of things, like pick up the trash and put things on shelves in the stores.
21:25Oh, and mail carriers, too.
21:27Right. There's a lot of people out there helping us along, and we're all thankful.
21:32Hey, what if we say a big yay for them right now?
21:36Oh, good idea, Abby. Oh, everybody ready?
21:39Yay!
21:44Thank you, everybody. We love you.
21:46Yeah, and thanks to Grover.
21:49Look, Grover out delivering groceries, and he leave me a cookie.
22:01Thank you, Grover.
22:03Yeah, now me don't need to eat cookie sheet yet.
22:10Abby, it's almost time to eat.
22:12Well, my mommy says it's almost time for me and Rudy to eat. I guess our virtual play date is almost over.
22:18Yeah, Elmo thinks it is, Abby, but Elmo wants to sing a song with everybody first.
22:24Daddy's going to put the words on the bottom so everyone can sing along. Right, Daddy?
22:29Roger.
22:30Who's Roger?
22:32You are, Roger.
22:34Oh, okay. This is Roger saying sing along, everybody. Hit the music, Daddy.
22:41Sing, sing a song.
22:45Sing out loud, sing out strong.
22:51Sing of good things, not bad.
22:56Sing of happy, not sad.
23:01Sing, sing a song.
23:05Make it simple to last your whole life long.
23:10Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear.
23:15Just sing, sing a song.
23:35La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
23:40Sing, sing a song.
23:50Bye, Elmo. I can't wait till we have another virtual play date. Maybe next time we can make something like this.
23:58Oh, you have a great idea, Abby. See you later.
24:02Bye.
24:03Bye.
24:04Boy, it was so nice to have this time with all of Elmo's friends.
24:09Thank you for coming to Elmo's virtual play date. It was so much fun.
24:15Okay, Daddy.
24:17All right, everybody. It was nice seeing you.
24:21And whether you're home or out there helping, stay safe and be well.
24:28Elmo loves you.
24:33Bye.
24:34Bye.
25:03Bye.