- Why? - Why?

- Because me love summertime.

- Oh yeah, Elmo does too. - Me too.

(upbeat music)

♪ It's a summer day ♪

♪ Hip hip hooray ♪

♪ Let's dance and cheer ♪

♪ 'Cause summer's here ♪

♪ Woo, woo, woo, woohoo ♪

- What's Abby's favorite part of summer?

- Here, I'll show you.

♪ My favorite part of summer ♪

♪ Is going to the pool ♪

♪ Mommy and I go swimmin' ♪

♪ The water's nice and cool ♪

♪ It's fun to splash around ♪

♪ And laugh and swim ♪

♪ Just ask your grown up ♪

♪ Before you jump in ♪

♪ It's a summer day ♪

♪ Hip hip hooray ♪

♪ Let's dance and cheer ♪

♪ 'Cause summer's here ♪

♪ Woo, woo, woo, woohoo ♪

- Oh, so how 'bout you little Elmo,

what you like about summer?

♪ Elmo's favorite part of summer ♪

♪ Is playing games outside ♪

(laughs) Thank you, Abby.

♪ Running around the playground ♪

♪ Going on the swings and slide ♪

♪ When the sun is shinning ♪

♪ It feels hotter ♪

♪ Don't forget to ♪

♪ Stop and drink some water ♪

♪ It's a summer day ♪

♪ Hip hip hooray ♪

♪ Let's dance and cheer ♪

♪ 'Cause summer's here ♪

♪ Woo, woo, woo, woohoo ♪

♪ So much fun on summer days ♪

♪ Soakin' up the summer rays ♪

♪ Me don't want sunburn, that for sure ♪

♪ So me put sunscreen on me fur ♪

- We said our favorite parts of summer,

but what about you, Cookie Monster?

- Yeah, what's your favorite thing to do

when the weather gets warm?

- Good question.

♪ Me favorite part of summertime ♪

♪ Is the beach, me love the sand ♪

♪ Me like jumping in the waves ♪

♪ And me thinks sandcastle's grand ♪

♪ We always wear our sunglasses and hats ♪

♪ And me never forget me water and snacks ♪

Summer sun cookie, om num, num, num, num, num, num, num.

- Come on, sing with us.

♪ It's a summer day ♪

♪ Hip hip hooray ♪

♪ Let's dance and cheer ♪

♪ 'Cause summer's here ♪

♪ Woo, woo, woo, woohoo ♪

♪ It's a summer day ♪

♪ Hip hip hooray ♪

♪ It's a summer day ♪

♪ Hip hip hooray ♪

♪ It's a summer day ♪

♪ Hip hip hooray ♪

♪ Let's dance and cheer ♪

♪ 'Cause summer's here ♪

♪ Woo, woo, woo, woohoo ♪

- Yeah (laughs).

- (laughs) Yeah.

♪ A beach is where lots of water meets the land ♪

♪ Some beaches are rocky but others have a bunch of sand ♪

♪ Now, I can take a vacation like Elmo and Grover planned ♪

♪ Let's all go surf, surf, surf, surf ♪

♪ Surfin' on Sesame Street ♪

- Yeah!

♪ Ooh wee ooh wee ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ A beach is where water meets the shore ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh wee ooh ♪

♪ Surf or swim, that's what beaches are for ♪

♪ That's right and tow wow wow wow ♪

♪ If you need a vacation too ♪

♪ Listen up, here's what you can do ♪

(upbeat music)

♪ Come on and surf, surf, surf, surf ♪

♪ Surfin' on Sesame Street ♪

♪ Surf, surf, surf, surf ♪

♪ Surfin' on Sesame ♪

♪ Surf, surf, surf, surf ♪

♪ Surfin' on Sesame Street ♪

- Oh, what does Alan think of our beach?

- Oh, I love the beach, Elmo,

'cause now I can take a vacation without ever leaving home.

- Yeah, baby!

- Come on, everybody, surf with me!

♪ Surf, surf, surf, surf ♪

♪ Surfin' on Sesame, we'll all go ♪

♪ Surf, surf, surf, surf ♪

♪ Surfin' on Sesame Street ♪

- Yeah!

(Grover and Elmo laughing)

- Aw, yeah! - Yeah!

- Oh that was great!

(Elmo laughing) (placid music)

(light beeping) (chattering)

- Dum di dum dum.

Whoa.

- Oh. - Whoa.

- Oh.

Aha.

Mm-hmm, oh, mm.

(Elmo and Big Bird laughing) (water rushing)

- Oh, oh, (laughs).

- Hahaha.

- Mm, aha (sings) (laughs).

(all laughing) - Yeah.

- Tudu, oh, oh, hi Abby.

Elmo's ready for our picnic (laughs).

- Hurry Elmo, help me hold this picnic basket.

- Hold the basket, why?

- Because I can't keep it still.

- Abby, the picnic basket is hopping.

- I know, grab it!

- Okay, why is the basket hopping?

- I don't know!

- Did Abby's mommy pack something for lunch that hops?

- Well, I don't know, let's see.

Well, she packed peanut butter sandwiches.

- Peanut butter sandwiches?

They don't hop.

- I know, so it's not the peanut butter sandwiches.

- Well, what else did Abby's mommy pack?

- Well, well, apple juice.

- Apple juice? - Yeah.

- Apple juice can't hop.

- Well, so it's not the apple juice.

- Well, what else?

- Well carrots, oh, quick! - No, no,

come back, picnic basket!

- Elmo. - What?

- Do you hear that?

(carrots crunching)

- It sounds like crunching.

- Crunching carrots.

- And it's coming from inside the picnic basket.

- Yeah, that means that there's someone inside the basket,

eating our carrots!

- Someone who hops. - And likes carrots.

- Is Abby thinking what Elmo's thinking?

A rabbit! - A rabbit, whoa!

- Thanks for the carrots, nutritious and tasty too.

- It was a rabbit making that basket hop.

- Hasta la vista!

- Amazing!

Oh, can Elmo and Abby

have those peanut butter sandwiches now?

- Yeah, I'm hungry.

- Elmo too. - Oh, my.

(placid music)

♪ Sesame Street, 4th of July, hahaha ♪

♪ Let's celebrate the red, blue and white ♪

♪ Yeah, this is your invite, yeah ♪

♪ To a Sesame Street party, all right ♪

♪ Get your hat and glasses on, yeah ♪

♪ And head out to Sesame, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Where all your friends will see, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ And we've all fathered together ♪

♪ Hey, leave me alone, Oscar ♪

♪ What? ♪

♪ A grouch can't take no more ♪

♪ No, I really can't take no more ♪

♪ Did you even try? ♪

♪ This party makes a grouch decor ♪

♪ Man, now, that's a grouchy 4th of July, ay, ay ♪

♪ Haha, one plus one is two ♪

♪ Yes, that's a hamburger for me and you, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Yes, this day gives me so many things to count on ♪

♪ I'm counting one, two and three friends ♪