♪ La la la la, la la la la ♪

♪ La la la la, la la la la ♪

♪ Elmo's full of wonder, wonder what he will discover ♪

♪ In Elmo's wonderful world ♪

(Elmo laughs)

Hi!

Welcome to "Elmo's World"!

Guess what Elmo is wondering about today!

Wait for it.

Wait for it!

(Elmo exclaims)

The theater!

Oh and look!

Big Bird's performing a play!

(laughs) Great job, Big Bird!

Boy, Elmo wants to learn all about the theater.

Oh, let's ask Elmo's friend Smartie!

Let's call her together.

- [Elmo And Kids] Oh Smartie!

(playful orchestral music)

- Hiya Elmo!

I just love the theater!

- Well that's perfect, Smartie!

Because Elmo wants to learn all about it!

- Well, what do we do to learn something new?

- [Elmo Kids And Smartie] We look it up!

- Curtain up on theater.

Here we go!

A theater is a place

where stories called plays are performed.

Actors and actresses talk, sing, or dance to tell the story.

Some plays even use puppets!

Set designers are people who make the backgrounds.

Costume designers make clothes for the actors.

You can go to the theater

or create your very own theater at home.

A play can be about whatever you want it to be.

- Yay!

Bravo, Smartie!

Boy, you sure do know a lot about the theater.

- Thanks Elmo.

Well, I'm off to take some selfies with the actors.

Catch you later!

- Have fun Smartie, bye bye!

Boy, a play can be about anything?

Hey!

That gives Elmo an idea!

Let's play a game together!

Yeah!

Come on, come on!

(light playful music)

Elmo wonders if we could put on our very own play!

Are you ready?

Curtain up!

First we have to decide where our play takes place.

On the moon, a train, or in a castle.

- [Child] Castle!

- [Elmo] Great.

Now we have to choose an actor to be in our play.

A robot, a cowgirl, or a mouse.

- [Kid] Robot!

- [Elmo] Okay! Beep beep beep, boop boop boop.

Now, we have to pick what the robot does.

Is he a chef, a basketball player or a tap dancer?

- [Kids] He likes to dance!

- A dancing robot?

That's great.

Look at him go!

- [Kids] He's dancing!

- Then he got tired and took a nap.

The end.

Yay!

We put on a play together!

And that makes Elmo wonder even more!

Does Mr. Noodle know how to put on plays?

Let's ask him!

Hey, Mr. Noodle!

Hi there, Schmoodle.

Schmoodle, Elmo's wondering.

Do you like to perform in plays?

(Schmoodle barks)

You do?

Put on a play for us!

- [Kids] Yeah!

- [Kid] Show us!

- [Child] It's Little Red Riding Hood.

- [Elmo] But where's the big bad wolf?

(Schmoodle barking)

You're going to be the big bad wolf, Schmoodle?

Oh, Schmoodle!

Is that really a wolf costume?

- [Kid] That's not a big bad wolf!

- [Elmo] That's a taco!

Try again.

(Schmoodle barks)

- [Kid] That's not a wolf!

- [Child] That's a chicken!

- [Elmo] That's a chicken, Schmoodle!

Show us a wolf!

(Schmoodle barks)

- [Child] He's being a wolf!

(Schmoodle barks)

- Yeah, you're doing it, Schmoodle!

You're acting like the big bad wolf!

Take a bow!

(trumpet blares)

Bravo!

Oh, thank you for showing us about theater, Schmoodle.

Bye bye!

(Schmoodle barks)

Thank you, Schmoodle.

Yay!

Learning new things makes Elmo so happy,

it makes him want to dance!

Come on!

♪ Happy happy, dance dance ♪

♪ Happy happy, dance dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new, we do the happy dance dance ♪

Let's see your happy dance!

Yeah, cool!

See you next time!

Keep learning, Elmo loves you!

♪ Happy happy, dance, dance ♪

♪ Happy happy, dance dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new, we do the happy dance dance ♪

Yay!

(upbeat playful music)

♪ La la la la, la la la la ♪

♪ La la la la, la la la la ♪

♪ Elmo's full of wonder, wonder what he will discover ♪

♪ In Elmo's wonderful world ♪

(Elmo laughs)

Hi!

Welcome to "Elmo's World."

Guess what Elmo is wondering about today.

Wait for it.

Wait for it!

(Elmo exclaims)

Restaurants!

Oh, oh, be careful Grover.

Oh boy.

Elmo loves restaurants

and wants to find out more about them.

Let's ask Elmo's friend, Smartie.

Let's call her together.

- [Elmo And Kids] Oh Smartie!

- Hiya Elmo!

- Hi!

- I'm ready to take your order. Know why?

Know why, know why, know why?

- Why, why why why why?

- Because today is all about restaurants!

- (exclaims) Well that's perfect, Smartie!

Because Elmo wants to learn more about restaurants.

- Well, what do we do to learn something new?

- [Elmo Smartie And Kids] We look at up!

- Searching for restaurants.

Here we go!

A restaurant is a place where people go to eat.

There are lots of different kinds of restaurants.

Fast food restaurants, sit down restaurants.

Restaurants where you get to pick out your own meal

from a long table.

There are even restaurants where the chef

makes your meal right in front of you.

- Wow!

Cool!

Thank you Smartie.

Restaurants look like a lot of fun!

- And a lot of work.

I have a ton of pretend customers

waiting for me to take their order.

Catch you later!

(Elmo laughs)

- Thank you Smartie!

Bye bye!

Boy, restaurants are really interesting places.

Hey!

That gives Elmo an idea!