- 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)