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  • BERT: When I'm out there, on the open bike path,

  • feeling the wind in my eyebrow, I feel so free.

  • BERT: [SINGING] Sure, I've got two little wheels on the side,

  • but that's why my bike is one sweet ride.

  • They help keep me up, help me stay in control.

  • I won't give them up, that's just how I roll.

  • That's how I roll.

  • Oh yeah, that's how I roll.

  • I've got to have each and every wheel

  • because that's how Bert is keeping it real.

  • I've got training wheels and I've got soul.

  • I won't give them up, that's how I roll.

  • That's how I roll.

  • Oh yeah, that's how I roll.

  • ZOE: Hi, I'm Zoe, and I'm here to tell you about the word--

  • [ELMO VROOMING AROUND]

  • ELMO: Tweet!

  • Transportation!

  • ZOE: That's right, Elmo.

  • ELMO: Oh, no, no, no.

  • Elmo's not Elmo anymore, Elmo's a car.

  • Vroom, vroom vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.

  • ZOE: A car?

  • But Elmo, we're supposed to be telling everybody

  • about transportation.

  • Oh wait a second, I see what Elmo's doing.

  • Transportation is a way of getting from one place

  • to another, and a car gets you from one place to another

  • so a car is--

  • ELMO: Vroom, vroom, vroom.

  • Screech!

  • Transportation!

  • ZOE: That's right.

  • Elmo, check this out.

  • What am I?

  • [CHUGGING]

  • ZOE: Choo, choo! [CHUGGING] Choo, choo!

  • ELMO: Elmo knows.

  • Miss Zoe is a train.

  • ZOE: And a train is?

  • ELMO: Transportation!

  • ZOE: Come on, let's be trains together.

  • ELMO: OK.

  • [CHUGGING]

  • ZOE: Choo, choo!

  • ELMO: Woo, woo!

  • [WHOOSING]

  • ZOE: [CHUGGING] Choo, choo!

  • Oh, look!

  • Elmo's pretending to be a plane.

  • And a plane is?

  • BOTH: Transportation!

  • ZOE: Elmo, I want to be a plane.

  • ELMO: Go for it.

  • ZOE: OK.

  • [SWOOSHING]

  • ZOE: Oh hey, Elmo?

  • Let's be rocket ships.

  • ELMO: OK.

  • Oh, wait a minute.

  • Are rocket ships transportation?

  • ZOE: Well, they can take you from the earth to the moon.

  • So rocket ships are definitely transportation.

  • ELMO: Oh well then, Elmo and Miss Zoe should do it.

  • ZOE: OK.

  • ELMO: OK.

  • You ready?

  • ZOE: Yes.

  • Three--

  • BOTH: Two.

  • One.

  • Blast off!

  • Transportation!

  • ZOE: Come on, Elmo, let's go get some lunch.

  • ELMO: How will Elmo and Miss Zoe get there?

  • ZOE: Why don't we take a motorcycle?

  • ELMO: Good idea, get on!

  • ZOE: OK!

  • ELMO: You on?

  • ZOE: Yes!

  • ELMO: OK.

  • [VROOMING]

  • [ELMO LAUGHS]

  • GROVER: Greetings!

  • It is I, your fuzzy and blue safety expert, Grover.

  • Today, I will demonstrate how to be safe on a bicycle

  • with the help of, um, this chicken!

  • Do not worry my fine feathered volunteer,

  • I am an expert after all.

  • We shall begin with this helmet.

  • Yes, this helmet right here, which

  • should look very nice on your knee.

  • CHICKEN: [CLUCKS]

  • GROVER: You are right, that does not

  • look like it would fit your knee.

  • Perhaps your elbow.

  • Yeah.

  • CHICKEN: [CLUCKS]

  • GROVER: Or your head.

  • That's using your noggin my little chickadee,

  • and protecting it too.

  • And now for these ear pads for extra ear protection.

  • CHICKEN: [CLUCKS]

  • GROVER: What is that, little clucker?

  • I can not hear you with my ear pads.

  • CHICKEN: [CLUCKS]

  • GROVER: And they can also be elbow pads, or wing pads

  • if you happen to be poultry.

  • And also for bike safety protection

  • are these backside pads.

  • Yes, to keep your perky tail feathers safe.

  • CHICKEN: [CLUCKS]

  • GROVER: Knee pads?

  • Perhaps our beaky friend is right.

  • You need some knee protection after all.

  • So there you have it.

  • The helmet, followed by the elbow, or wing pads,

  • and the knee pads.

  • You are ready to ride, Henny Penny.

  • Now put the pedal to the metal, chicken!

  • CHICKEN: [CLUCKS IN FEAR]

  • [CHICKEN CRASHES AND CLUCKS]

  • GROVER: And finally, be sure your volunteer chicken

  • can actually ride a bicycle.

  • CHICKEN: [CLUCKS ANGRILY]

  • GROVER: Oh, why did you not tell me

  • you could not ride that bicycle?

  • I would have gotten training wheels.

  • NARRATOR: And now, our spokesperson.

  • WOMAN: Hello there, bicycle fans.

  • Guess what?

  • I love bicycles?

  • You know why?

  • Because they're fun!

  • Fun to ride.

  • Whee!

  • Fun to go places on.

  • Whoopee!

  • Fun to exercise on.

  • Feeling the burn.

  • They're even fun to sing about.

  • Hey, let's sing a song about a bike now.

  • You may know the song already about a bus.

  • I changed it to a bike because I love bikes.

  • Get ready.

  • Oh!

  • [SINGING] The wheels on a bike go round and round, round

  • and round, round and round.

  • The wheels on the bike go round and round,

  • all through the town.

  • The bell on the bike goes ding, ding, ding.

  • Ding, ding ding.

  • Ding, ding, ding.

  • The bell on the bike goes ding, ding, ding.

  • All through the town.

  • The handlebars on the bike go turn, turn, turn.

  • Turn, turn, turn.

  • Turn, turn, turn.

  • The handlebars on the bike go turn, turn, turn.

  • All through the town.

  • The person on the bike goes up and down, up and down,

  • up and down.

  • The person on the bike goes up and down all through the town!

  • That was great, and now I'm going

  • to ride my bike all through the town.

  • See you next time!

  • ELMO: Wow, look at this bike.

  • Whoa!

  • Whoa, it's so colorful!

  • ABBY: Hiya, Elmo.

  • Wow.

  • What a nice bike!

  • ELMO: Yeah, it's cool.

  • Boy, Elmo would love to go for a ride on it.

  • ABBY: Well, why don't you?

  • ELMO: Oh, well, Elmo's not ready.

  • ABBY: Oh, true.

  • You do have to be ready to ride a bike.

  • But, I can help you with that.

  • ELMO: What?

  • Abby can?

  • ABBY: Sure thing!

  • All it takes is a little magic.

  • ELMO: A helmet?

  • ABBY: Sure!

  • You have to wear a helmet when you ride a bike.

  • ELMO: Well Elmo knows, Abby, but--

  • ABBY: Good, cause it's important to be safe.

  • And now, you're ready to ride.

  • ELMO: No, but Abby, Elmo's still not ready.

  • ABBY: Oh, I get it.

  • You want to be even safer!

  • That's a great idea!

  • There you go!

  • Elmo pads, wrist guards, and knee pads.

  • Now are much safer, so you can take that ride now!

  • ELMO: But Abby, all this stuff is great,

  • but Elmo's still not ready to ride that bike!

  • ABBY: Wow!

  • You really are serious about safety!

  • Well, don't you worry, Elmo, I know just what to do.

  • There you go, Elmo.

  • Now you're as safe as you can possibly be.

  • ELMO: Abby--

  • ABBY: Oh, yeah, you don't have to thank me.

  • I am just happy that I could be the one that--

  • ELMO: Abby!

  • Shh.

  • Abby.

  • Elmo's not ready to ride that bike!

  • ABBY: How can you say that?

  • ELMO: Because Elmo doesn't know how to ride a two wheeler.

  • ABBY: You don't?

  • ELMO: No, Elmo can ride a tricycle,

  • but Elmo hasn't learned to ride a big bike yet.

  • That's why Elmo's not ready to ride.

  • ABBY: [LAUGHS] Oh, boy.

  • [LAUGHS]

  • ELMO: [LAUGHS]

  • ABBY: I'm sorry, Elmo.

  • ELMO: Oh, it's OK.

  • Elmo wants to ride a bike like that someday,

  • but right now Elmo will ride his tricycle, instead.

  • ABBY: Well that sounds like a good idea.

  • ELMO: Yeah.

  • ABBY: And hey, at least you've got your safety gear on,

  • you're protected, so you're ready to ride your trike.

  • See ya, Elmo!

  • ELMO: Oh, bye Abby!

  • Bye!

  • Oh no.

  • Elmo's too protected.

  • Elmo can't ride like this.

  • Abby, come back!

  • Elmo's not ready to ride.

  • No, Elmo's OK.

  • Elmo's protected.

  • [MUSIC PLAYING]

  • MAN: [SINGING] Let's go driving in an automobile,

  • let's take a ride in the car.

  • Listen to the motor go vroom, vroom,

  • vroom as we travel near and far.

  • Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.

  • Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.

  • Come on everybody.

  • Vroom, vroom, vroom vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.

  • Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.

  • GIRL: Hey, this is fun!

  • GIRL: [SINGING] Let's go driving in an automobile,

  • let's take a ride in a car.

  • Listen to the horn go beep, beep, beep

  • as we travel near and far.

  • Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep beep,

  • beep, beep.

  • Beep, beep, beep, beep.

  • Join in!

  • ALL: [SINGING] Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep,

  • beep, beep.

  • Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.

  • MAN: Uh-oh!

  • Look, it's going to rain.

  • BOY: [SINGING] Let's go driving in an automobile,

  • let's take a ride in the car.

  • Yeah!

  • Window wipers go swish, swish, swish,

  • swish as we travel near and far.

  • Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish,

  • swish, swish.

  • Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish.

  • Everybody!

  • ALL: [SINGING] Swish, swish, swish swish, swish, swish,

  • swish, swish.

  • Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish.

  • WOMAN: Hey, everybody, the rain's stopped! [SINGING] Let's

  • go driving in an automobile, let's take a ride in a car.

  • Listen to the people sing la, la, la

  • as we travel near and far.

  • La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

  • La, la, la, la, la.

  • Sing with me!

  • ALL: [SINGING] La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

  • La, la, la, la, la.

  • MAN: OK, everybody.

  • Let's do them all now, one at a time.

  • First, the motor.

  • ALL: [SINGING] Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom,

  • vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.

  • GIRL: Now the horn!

  • ALL: [SINGING] Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.

  • BOY: The wipers!

  • ALL: [SINGING] Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish,

  • swish, swish.

  • WOMAN: The people!

  • ALL: [SINGING] La, la, la, la, la, la.

  • WOMAN: Once more!

  • ALL: [SINGING] La, la, la, la la.

  • La, la, la, la, la, la.

  • MAN: Let's go driving in a car.

  • ALL: Yeah!

  • JAY LENO: I'm just getting ready to go for a ride.

  • First, I put on my boots to protect

  • my massive, mighty, fleet afoot feet.

  • Then I put on my jacket.

  • This protects my broad chest and my huge, giant-like, arms.

  • I'll zip it up, protect my chest from the wind

  • even though I laugh at danger.

  • In fact, I was laughing at danger just last night.

  • This helmet goes on my head.

  • I only have one of these, so it's easier

  • to identify than arms.

  • Make sure it's tight.

  • Put on my gloves.

  • First this one, on this hand, and then the other one.

  • Well, I'm ready to go for a ride.

  • BIG BIRD: Well, I'm glad you're all ready, because here we go.

  • JAY LENO: All right.

  • Let's go, Big Bird.

  • BIG BIRD: Ok, hold on.

  • JAY LENO: Not so fast this time, will ya?

  • Hey, take it easy.

  • Slow down.

  • BIG BIRD: OK.

  • JAY LENO: Hey, come on, this is a corner!

  • BIG BIRD: Alright, well watch out for the little bumpy parts.

  • Here we go!

  • JAY LENO: And this isn't a super highway, ya know?

  • MAN: Well, I'm all set, and I'm going for a ride.

  • Hey, see if you can guess what I'll be driving in, OK?

  • OK.

  • [SINGING] I'm going for a ride.

  • Gonna sit behind the wheel.

  • Gonna drive along the road.

  • Oh, how happy I will feel.

  • And I'm going to toot my horn.

  • [HORN TOOTING]

  • Gonna travel near and far.

  • Yes, I'm going for a ride.

  • Going riding in a car!

  • [VROOMING]

  • And the car goes.

  • [TOOTING]

  • And the car goes.

  • [TOOTING] Gonna travel near and far.

  • Going riding in a car.

  • MAN: Hey, I'm going for a ride, too.

  • But not in an old car.

  • [SINGING] Oh, I'm going for a ride.

  • [VROOMS BY]

  • And I'm never coming back.

  • Going to be an engineer.

  • [VROOMS BY]

  • Going to speed along the track.

  • And you'll hear my whistle blow.

  • [WHISTLE BLOWING]

  • And I'm happy to explain.

  • That I'm going for a ride.

  • Going riding in a train.

  • [VROOMING]

  • And the train goes.

  • [TOOTING]

  • And a train goes.

  • [TOOTING]

  • And I'm happy to explain.

  • I'm going to riding in a train.

  • MAN: Hey, I'm going for a ride, too.

  • But not a train or a car.

  • [SINGING] Oh, I'm going for a ride.

  • Gonna sail the ocean blue.

  • And I'm gonna be a captain.

  • And I'm gonna have a crew.

  • Gonna sail the seven seas.

  • On the water I will float.

  • Cause I'm going for a ride.

  • Going riding in a boat.

  • [HORN BLOWING]

  • And a boat goes.

  • [HORN BLOWING]

  • And a boat goes.

  • [HORN BLOWING]

  • On the water I will float.

  • Going riding in a boat.

  • MAN: Yes, we're going for a ride.

  • [VROOMING]

  • MAN: Yes, we're going for a ride.

  • [TOOTING]

  • MAN: Yes, we're going for a ride.

  • [HORN BLOWING]

  • ALL: [SINGING] Yes, we're going for a ride.

  • [CRASH]

  • ALL: Oh, what are you doing?

  • Watch it, where are ya driving that thing?

  • Ah, help, I'm sinking!

  • GROVER: Hello there.

  • It is I, your adorable little two-wheeling friend, Grover.

  • Check out my new bicycle.

  • Is not attractive?

  • I could stare at it all day.

  • But I will not.

  • I want to learn how to ride a bicycle,

  • because I have just come all the way back from the Netherlands,

  • where biking is all the rage.

  • Plus, I like to ring the cute little bell.

  • Ha ha ha ha.

  • Ha.

  • Now, I do not know exactly how to ride a bike,

  • but it seems easy enough.

  • Okie dokie, all systems go!

  • Whoa.

  • Whoa, whoa.

  • How do you stop this thing?

  • [CRASHING]

  • [GASPING FOR BREATH]

  • Not as easy as I thought.

  • Perhaps I should start slower, like they

  • do in the Netherlands.

  • Watch this.

  • GROVER: In the Netherlands, many people

  • ride bicycles to get where they are

  • going because everything is nearby.

  • Work, school, windmills, you name it.

  • People learn how to ride their bike when they are very young.

  • This is [? Madalie. ?] She is almost four years old,

  • so it is time to learn to bike!

  • [? Madalie ?] has been practicing

  • on a walking bike, called a loopfiets.

  • Hmm.

  • That is a fun word.

  • Loopfiets.

  • A loopfiets is like a bicycle, only without pedals.

  • [? Madalie ?] walks as she rides,

  • which helps her to learn to steer and balance.

  • She has gotten quite good on the walking bike.

  • Now she is ready for a real bike.

  • Her cousin [? Mos ?] helps [? Madalie ?] onto the bicycle.

  • He shows her how to put her feet on the pedals

  • to make the bike move.

  • [? Madalie ?] has never used petals before.

  • This will take some getting used to.

  • She has to learn to balance on the bike

  • without putting her feet on the ground.

  • It is not easy.

  • But pretty soon, [? Madalie ?] gets the hang of it.

  • She practices, and practices, and then she

  • practices some more.

  • And before long, she is riding like an expert.

  • And having fun, too.

  • See how proud she is?

  • Now [? Madalie ?] can ride her bike anywhere.

  • Just like everyone else in the Netherlands.

  • GROVER: Well, after a slight modification,

  • I have now created my own loopfiets.

  • No pedals, just my cute, furry feet to firmly grip the ground.

  • Here we go!

  • Ah.

  • Ah.

  • Ah!

  • I still cannot stop this thing!

  • Ah!

  • [CRASHES]

  • [GROVER GROANS]

  • GROVER: Oh, maybe I should forget the loopfiets

  • and just use my own feet.

  • This way.

  • Oh, pardon me, sir.

  • MAN AND ELMO: Raise your hand when you want to talk.

  • Lift it high.

  • That's what you do.

  • ELMO: [SINGING] Raise your hand when you want to talk.

  • MAN: [SINGING] And wait for the teacher to call on you.

BERT: When I'm out there, on the open bike path,

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