Original subtitles

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ Come and play today ♪

Oh--oh--oh!

Oh, hi.

[laughing]

Hi out there.

Okay, it looks like we're all

set up and ready to go, son.

- Oh, oh, oh,

thank you, Daddy!

[both laughing]

- Oh, oh,

in case we haven't met,

I'm Elmo's dad, Louie.

[laughing]

Hi.

Like a lot of folks,

we're trying

to keep ourselves safe

and keep other people safe too.

So, uh, we set up

this video chat.

- That's right.

That way, Elmo can still

talk to all of his friends

on Sesame Street

and all of you too.

[both laughing]

- Right, so thanks for joining

us on this virtual playdate.

- Yeah!

- Okay, son.

Over to you.

- Oh, okay.

Thank you, Daddy.

Hello!

[laughing]

Boy, Elmo's so glad

you're here.

We're gonna have

a lot of fun today.

There's gonna be lots

of Sesame friends

and surprise guests calling in,

'cause we're all at home

just like you!

Yay!

Elmo just has one rule

for today's virtual playdate.

Are you ready?

Because it's important.

Okay, everybody pay attention.

Whenever you hear this sound...

[honking]

Then everybody

has to do a silly dance.

So be sure to listen

for the--

wait a minute,

that was the sound.

Oh, oh, come on!

Let's do a silly dance

together!

[dance music]

♪ ♪

[computer chiming]

Oh, wait a minute.

Someone's calling in.

Hello!

It's Grover!

Hi, Grover!

[no audio]

Oh, Grover--

Grover, we can't hear you.

[no audio]

- How about that?

Is that better?

- Oh, yes.

Much better.

- Oh, good.

Hello, everybody.

Sorry about that.

I am still getting used

to my new phone.

As a matter of fact,

I think I want to turn up

the volume a little bit.

Y--wait.

Why is the ceiling

on the floor?

- Grover, you're upside down!

- Oh.

[laughs]

So I am.

Oh, again, new phone.

- Sure.

[both laughing]

- I must have pressed

the wrong button.

Uh, how about now?

- Oh, yes, much better.

- Oh, good.

Uh, look, I wanted to tell you,

I just came home

from delivering groceries

to Mrs. Crustworthy

and other people

on Sesame Street

who can't go outside.

Is there anything

I could get you?

- Oh, no, we're doing

just fine, Grover,

but thanks for asking.

- Oh, good.

You are welcome.

[no audio]

[both stammering]

- What's that, Gro--

we can't hear you.

- And you're upside down again.

- Thank you, Grover.

You keep up the good work.

Stay safe.

We'll come back to you later.

[playful music]

- Bye, Grover.

Oh, boy.

[laughs]

Ooh, ooh.

Daddy, can you please call

our next friend?

- Sure thing, son.

- Thank you.

- Hello?

- Oh!

Hi, Miss Tracee Ellis Ross!

Oh, it's Elmo.

[laughing]

Oh, oh!

Welcome to the virtual

playdate.

- Oh, hi, Elmo!

It's so good to see you!

And hi, everybody.

I'm so happy to be here.

- Well, we're so glad

to see you too.

Ooh, ooh, what has Miss Tracee

been doing

while she's been at home?

- Oh, well, let's see.

I've done a lot of knitting,

which is new for me,

but it's really fun,

and I've been walking

on the treadmill.

But those are not two things

you should do together.

- No, no, it doesn't sound

like a good idea.

[laughing]

- No, actually, last week,

I got tangled up in the yarn.

I made myself into a mummy.

Kind of funny but also

a little hard to get out of.

- Elmo's sure.

Oh, boy!

Hey, wait a minute.

Miss Tracee,

Elmo just had an idea.

Would Miss Tracee like

to play a game?

- Ooh, I would love

to play a game.

Yes.

- Cool!

Okay, let's play, um--

oh, let's play "Elmo Says."

It's--it's like "Simon Says,"

except that it's "Elmo Says."

- Oh, sounds fun, yeah.

That's great.

- Cool, okay.

Just remember the rules.

- Okay.

- Only do what Elmo says

if Elmo says,

"Elmo says."

- Oh, okay.

- Are you ready?

- I got it.

Yes, I'm ready.

I'm ready.

I know the rules.

I've got it.

- Great.

Okay, Elmo says, um--

oh, Elmo says touch the top

of your head.

Very good, very good.

Now Elmo says wave your hands.

[laughs]

Bounce on a chair.

- Oh--no.

Elmo, you didn't say,

"Elmo says."

- [laughs]

That's right!

Boy, you're good at this!

Okay, round two.

- Okay.

- Elmo says make a funny face.

Yay!

Okay.

Elmo says...

Elmo says do a handstand.

- Well, Elmo,

I can't do a handstand.

- Oh, well, Elmo can.

Here.

[grunts]

Whoo!

- Show-off!

[both laughing]

- Okay, now clap your hands!

- Um, oh, oh.

Oh--no, you didn't say,

"Elmo Says."

I'm not gonna clap my hands.

- [laughing]

- You can't get me!

- Elmo didn't say "Elmo Says."

Oh, boy.

Oh, that was fun.

Good game, Miss Tracee.

- Oh, thank you, Elmo.

I had so much fun

at this virtual playdate.

Can we do this again?

- Oh, yeah.

Elmo would love to!

- All right, and let's stay

connected, please!

- Yes, Elmo would love that.

- All right,

I'm gonna go now.

I gotta go run.

My knitting is calling me.

Stay safe, Elmo.

- Bye, Miss Tracee.

Elmo loves you!

Bye-bye!

Oh, let's see.

Somebody else is joining us.

It's, uh--oh,

it's Cookie Monster!

- [gasps]

Oh, hi, Elmo!

- Hey, Cookie!

Oh, Cookie Monster said

he was going to show everybody

how to make cookies, right?

- Yeah, that right.

Me going to give a virtual

cooking class right here.

- Oh, perfect.

- Yeah, and the first thing

we need to do is wash hands.

Yeah, and me already did that.

- Good.

- Yeah, so next thing to do

is to check recipe.

Yeah, me learn that

from Chef Gonger.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

So here the recipe

for chocolate chippy cookies!

Mmm!

- Okay.

- Delicious.

Ah, here we go.

Um, three cups of flour.

Uh, one cup sugar.

Mmm, sweet.

Um, eggs.

Mmm, nom-nom-nom.

Vanilla.

Mmm, nummy, nummy!

Uh, two cups of--

mmm, nom-nom--

chocolate chippies.

Mmm, ah, oh, so delicious!

Oh, so chocolaty!

Ah, so chippy!

Ingredients!

[chomping noisily]

- Oh, oh!

[groans]

[laughing]

- [chomping]

- Cookie Monster,

you ate the recipe!

- Yeah.

Yeah, me did that.

Oh, but don't worry.

Me going to get

another cookie recipe.

Yeah, me--me--me got this.

Me be right back.

- Okay.

Bye-bye, Cookie Monster.

See you later.

Oh, Daddy, can you call in

our next friend, please?

- Sure thing, son.

- Hi, Elmo.

- Oh!

It's Lin-Manuel Miranda!

Hi, Mr. Lin!

- Hi, Elmo.

Thanks for inviting me

to this virtual playdate.

- Sure.

Oh, what's Mr. Lin doing today?

- Well, I was just doing

some homeschooling

with my kids and playing

a pretending game.

You wanna play pretend?

- Oh, sure.

Yeah.

Let's pretend to be--ah, ooh.

Let's pretend to be animals.

- Yeah, like on

Old MacDonald's farm.

You wanna sing it?

- Yeah, baby!

Come on!

Everybody sing along!

- ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm,

E-I-E-I-O ♪

- ♪ And on that farm

he had a... ♪

He had a--a sheep!

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

♪ With a baa, baa here

and a baa, baa there ♪

♪ Here a baa, there a baa,

everywhere a baa, baa ♪

- ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm,

E-I-E-I-O ♪

♪ And on that farm

he had a goose ♪

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

♪ With a honk, honk here

and a honk, honk there ♪

♪ Here a honk, there a honk

everywhere a honk, honk ♪

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm,

E-I-E-I-O ♪

- Yay!

That was fun!

- Yeah, that was great.

Thanks for singing with Elmo,

Mr. Lin.

- Oh, thank you, Elmo.

I'll come back and sing again

with you again at the end.

- Sounds great.

See you later.

- Okay.

Bye-bye.

- Bye-bye!

[laughing]

Boy, pretending

is lots of fun.

You can pretend to do lots

of things while you're home.

Like, um, um...ooh!

Like driving.

Yeah, Elmo loves to pretend

he's driving

around Sesame Street.

Vroom-vroom,

vroom-vroom-vroom-vroom.

Yeah, pretend you're driving

with Elmo!

Vroom, vroom, vroom.

We're going past

Hooper's Store.

Oh, hi, Alan.

Vroom-vroom-vroom-vroom.

Hey, that reminds Elmo

of when Elmo pretended to drive

with Mr. Taye Diggs.

Oh, oh, can we watch that,

Daddy?

Please?

- Sure, son.

Coming right up.

[upbeat music]

- ♪ Let's go driving

in an automobile ♪

♪ Let's take

a ride in a car ♪

♪ Listen to the motor go

vroom, vroom, vroom ♪

♪ As we travel near and far ♪

- Come on!

Vroom with Elmo and Taye!

both: ♪ Vroom, vroom, vroom,

vroom, vroom, vroom ♪

♪ Vroom, vroom,

vroom, vroom, vroom ♪

♪ Vroom, va-vroom, va-vroom ♪

♪ Vroom, vroom, vroom ♪

♪ Vroom, vroom,

vroom, vroom, vroom ♪

- ♪ 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 ♪

- Come on.

Make a horn sound and go beep.

both: ♪ Beep, beep, ba-beep,

beep, beep, beep ♪

♪ Beep, beep,

ba-beep, beep, beep ♪

♪ Beep, ba-beep, beep, beep ♪

♪ Beep, beep, beep ♪

♪ Beep, beep,

ba-beep, beep, beep ♪

- ♪ Oh, oh, let's go driving

in an automobile ♪

- ♪ Let's take

a ride in a car ♪

- ♪ Listen to the sounds

we all can hear ♪

- ♪ As we travel

near and far ♪

both: ♪ Vroom, vroom, vroom,

vroom, vroom, vroom ♪

♪ Beep, beep,

ba-beep, beep, beep ♪

♪ Swish, swish, swish,

swish, swish, swish ♪

♪ La-la-la-la-la ♪

- ♪ Listen to the sounds

we all can hear ♪

both: ♪ Let's take

a ride in a car ♪

[both laughing]

- Yeah, good singing, Elmo.

Good singing.

- Oh, thank you, Mr. Taye.

How was Elmo's driving?

- Elmo's driving was cool too.

- [laughing]

Thank you.

- All right, man.

- You're pretty cool yourself.

- My man, my man.

[both laughing]

- Oh! Oh, hi, everyone.

- Oh!

- Elmo had to leave

for a minute,

but he'll be right back.

- Yeah, Abby and I,

we were just having a chat.

I'm in my house,

and Abby is in her house.

- Yep, that's right,

and Rosita's teaching me

how to count in Spanish.

- Yes!

- Hey, listen up.

- Okay, um, uno, dos, tres,

quatro, cinco, seis, si--

- Siete.

- Siete.

- Mm-hmm.

- Uh, orange, apple, banana!

- What?

Those are not numbers!

Those are fruit, you silly!

[both laughing]

- I got you.

[both laughing]

Okay, um, siete, ocho,

nueve, diez.

- Yes!

Bravo, Abby!

Very good.

- Yes, oh!

Hey, Rosita, let's count again,

but this time in English.

Okay?

- Okay, okay.

- Did I hear someone say count?

both: Oh!

- The Count!

- Hi, Count!

- Hi!

- Greetings, Abby and Rosita!

Are you ready

to count together?

- Yes!

- Yeah, let's do it.

- All right, I shall start.

Here we go.

One.

- Two.

- Three.

- Four.

- Five.

- Six.

- Seven.

- Eight.

- Nine.

- Ten.

Ah, ah, ah!

[spooky music]

- [laughing]

Oh, bye, Count!

- Bye, Count!

Wow, it lightninged in my room!

- How does he do that?

- I don't know!

both: Oh, Elmo's back!

[both laughing]

- Hi, everybody.

Oh, Elmo had to go

to what Elmo's daddy calls

the little monster's room.

- You mean the bathroom?

[laughing]

- Yeah.

[laughing]

- Hey, did you wash your hands,

Elmo?

- Oh, of course.

Yeah, Elmo sang

"Happy Birthday"

more times than Elmo's

even had a birthday.

[all laughing]

- Good for you.

- Mm-hmm.

[honking]

[all gasping]

- It's silly dance time!

- Oh, yes!

Everybody get up and do

the silly dance with us!

[dance music]

♪ ♪

- Silly!

[laughing]

- [laughing]

- Oh, that was so much fun.

And silly.

[laughing]

- Yeah, it was, Rosita.

Hey, Elmo, Rosita and I are

gonna make up some more dances,

but we'll be back later.

Right, Rosita?

- Right.

Adios, Elmo!

- [laughing]

Bye, Abby.

Bye, Rosita.

[laughing]

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

It's time

for Elmo's next friend.

Oh, oh, Daddy!

Can you please call in

the next friend, please?

- Calling right now.

- Thank you.

- Hello.

- Hi!

It's Miss Anne Hathaway!

- Hi, Elmo.

- Hello, Miss Anne.

Welcome to the virtual

playdate.

- Thank you so much

for having me.

I miss you, Elmo.

- Oh, Elmo misses you, too,

but Elmo's happy

to see you now.

- I'm really happy

to see you too.

I feel very lucky

we get to talk like this.

It's wonderful.

- Yeah.

Yeah, it is wonderful.

Oh, so what has--

what has Miss Anne

been doing at home?

- What have I been doing?

- Yeah.

- Well, 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.

Wanna see?

- Oh, let us see.

- Oh, I need to practice

a little more.

- Pretty good!

- [laughing]

- Pretty good, though.

- And--oh!

Sometimes when

I wanna 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.

- Ooh, that's nice.

Can Elmo try it with you?

- Thank y--please.

Let's do it together.

- Okay, okay.

- Okay, inhale in

and raise our shoulders.

[both breathing in deeply]

And exhale down

and push your shoulders down.

[both exhaling sharply]

- Boy, that felt really good.

- I feel a little better,

right?

- Yeah.

- So let's see.

What else do I do?

Oh, I've been baking bread.

- Ooh!

- It's really fun

because there's a part

when you get the dough

all ready to go

and you have to knead it

and you sort of knead it

and you push down on it,

and it's really fun,

and then when I run out

of everything else to do,

you know what I do

to make myself happy?

- What?

- I put on my favorite shoes

and I kick my toes up

in the air.

- [laughing]

That's funny.

So let's see.

Um, so Anne has been using

her head,

her shoulders,

she's been kneading,

and she's been wiggling

her toes.

- Elmo, you know what I just

heard when you said that?

- What?

- I didn't hear knead.

I heard knee,

and that made me think

of the game

"Head, Shoulders, Knees,

and Toes"!

- And toes!

- Yes!

Should we play that game?

- Oh, Elmo would love to.

- Oh, I'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?

- Yeah, good idea.

- Okay.

Should we play?

- Let's do it.

- Great.

Okay.

All right.

Let's start off.

Okay.

♪ Head, shoulders, knees,

and toes ♪

♪ Knees and toes ♪

♪ Head, shoulders, knees,

and toes ♪

♪ Knees and toes ♪

♪ My eyes, my ears,

my mouth, and my nose ♪

♪ Head, shoulders, knees,

and toes ♪

♪ Knees and toes ♪

- Yeah!

That was great.

Oh, let's all do it this time.

Come on, everybody.

Ooh, ooh, and this time,

let's do it

a little bit faster.

- Okay, let's do it

a little bit faster.

Okay, ready?

♪ Head, shoulders, knees,

and toes ♪

♪ Knees and toes ♪

♪ Head, shoulders, knees,

and toes ♪

♪ Knees and toes ♪

♪ My eyes, my ears,

my mouth, and my nose ♪

♪ Head, shoulders, knees,

and toes ♪

♪ Knees and toes ♪

- That was great!

You know what?

Maybe we can try one

even faster.

- Even faster?

Okay.

Anything for you, Elmo.

- Thank you!

- Ready?

♪ Head, shoulders, knees,

and toes ♪

♪ Knees and toes ♪

♪ Head, shoulders, knees,

and toes ♪

♪ Knees and toes ♪

♪ My eyes, my ears,

my mouth, and my nose ♪

♪ Head, shoulders, knees,

and toes ♪

♪ Knees and toes ♪

[both laughing]

- Oh, that was so much fun!

Oh, thank you.

Elmo's so happy to see you.

- I'm so happy to see you,

too, my friend.

- Bye-bye.

- Bye.

[both laughing]

- Elmo!

Elmo, I think I have figured

out my phone finally.

How do I look now?

- Right side up.

- My favorite way to be.

[both laughing]

Wait a minute.

Where am I?

Am I in space?

How did I get in space?

And without my trusty

space suit!

Oh...

- Uh, Grover?

Grover, Elmo thinks that maybe

Grover pushed a button

on your phone.

- Hmm?

Oh, yes.

I see it now.

[laughs]

Ah, thank goodness.

It--wait a minute.

Is my head really that big?

Or is my little body so little?

Oh, dear.

- Grover--Grover,

Grover, Grover,

Elmo thinks that your phone

is doing that.

Your phone.

- My ph--oh, yes.

Yes.

[laughs]

Uh, that is better.

Oh, look!

Look!

I can make myself look like

a little bunny rabbit.

[both laughing]

I am even more adorable

than ever.

Oh, I am going to go

find a carrot, Elmo.

[laughs]

Bye-bye!

- [laughs]

Bye-bye, Grover.

Silly.

- Did somebody say crafts?

- No, Elmo didn't say crafts,

Abby.

- Oh, that's okay.

I just wanted to share

something I made.

Isn't it cute?

I made a platypus out

of a paper bag.

I used construction paper

for the little flippers

and then I used pen

for the eyes.

Isn't he cute?

His name's Bruce.

Bruce the paper

platypus puppet.

[both laughing]

I just love making things

out of what you have

around the house,

like pipe cleaners

and cotton balls

and lots of glitter.

[laughing]

Don't you, Elmo?

- Yeah.

Oh, Elmo's been drawing

and coloring a lot.

- Oh, hi, Elmo.

- Oh, hi, Cookie Monster.

- Hi, Cookie Monster.

- H--hi, Abby.

Hey, Elmo, me ready to show

how to bake cookies now.

- Oh, oh, great.

- Yeah, yeah, me, uh--me

greased the cookie sheet

so the cookies come off

nice and easy.

- Yeah.

- That's a good idea.

- Uh, and, uh, me preheat oven

to 350.

- 350, got it.

- Yep.

Now, the only thing

is that me ate the recipe,

so me not know what ingredients

to use.

- Oh, well, I can help you

there, Cookie Monster.

You got some oatmeal?

- Uh, no, me ate that.

- Oh, you got any eggs?

- Uh, no, me ate them.

- Sugar?

- Uh, no, me ate it.

- Butter?

- Uh, no,

me brush teeth with it.

- Flour?

- No, me no got flour!

Me no got salt!

Me no got anything!

Me ate everything!

Oh, me so embarrassed.

Me no can make cookies.

- Oh, well, that's too bad.

- Wait--wait a minute.

You know, cookie sheet nice

and shorteningy and metaly.

Mmm, yum, yum!

- Cookie Monster,

don't eat the cookie sheet!

- Yes, you're right.

Yeah, yeah, bakeware

get stuck in me teeth.

Good thinking.

[both laughing]

[honking]

- Oh!

It's silly dance time.

Everybody get up.

Get up and do a silly dance.

[dance music]

♪ ♪

- Yeah!

- [laughing]

- Boy, that was one

silly dance.

- Yeah, yeah, okay.

Me got to go.

Me see you later.

Bye, Elmo.

Bye, Abby.

- Oh, bye, Cookie Monster.

- Bye, Cookie Monster.

- [laughing]

Boy.

Elmo's so thankful to have

friends like Cookie Monster.

Oh, and Abby.

- Aww.

Thanks, Elmo.

Well, I'm thankful that we have

a friend like you.

- Aww, you know, Elmo loves

all the time he's getting

to spend with his mommy

and daddy too.

Oh, Elmo loves you, Daddy.

- Aww, I love you, too, son.

- Aww, that's so nice.

But you know what?

I know a lot of mommies

and daddies

that can't be home right now.

Like Julia's daddy,

he's an EMT.

- What's an EMT?

- Uh, I don't know,

but he's really busy right now

and he hardly ever gets home.

- Oh, an EMT is someone

who helps take care of people

and makes sure they get

to the doctor safe and sound.

- Wow.

- There are so many heroes

right now.

The doctors,

the nurses,

the police officers

and firefighters.

- Well said, Abby.

- Yeah.

Oh, oh!

And then there's the people

who do all sorts of things

like--like pick up the trash,

oh, and put things on shelves

in the stores,

oh, and mail carriers too.

- Right, there's a lot

of people out there

helping us along,

and we're all thankful.

- Hey--hey, what if we say

a big yay for them right now?

- Oh, great idea, Abby.

Oh, everybody ready?

- Mm-hmm.

all: Yay!

- Thank you!

- Thank you, everybody.

We love you.

- Yeah, and thanks to Grover.

both: Huh?

Look, Grover out

delivering groceries,

and he leave me a cookie!

[chomping noisily]

- [laughing]

- Ah.

Thank you, Grover!

Yeah, now me don't need

to eat cookie sheet.

Yet.

- [both laughing]

- Abby, it's almost

time to eat.

- Aww, my mommy says

it's almost time

for me and Rudy to eat.

I guess our virtual playdate

is almost over.

- Yeah, Elmo thinks it is,

Abby,

but--but Elmo wants to sing

a song with everybody first.

Ooh, ooh, Daddy's gonna

put the words on the bottom

so everyone can sing along,

right, Daddy?

- Roger.

- Who's Roger?

- [laughs]

You are, Roger.

- Oh.

[laughs]

Okay, this is Roger

saying sing along, everybody!

Hit the music, Daddy.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

all: ♪ La, la, la, la, la,

la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la

la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la,

la, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la

la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la

la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ Sing, sing a song ♪

[cheering]

all: Bye, Elmo!

[all speaking at once]

- Bye, Elmo.

I can't wait till we have

another virtual playdate.

Maybe next time we can make

something like this.

- Oh, what a great idea, Abby.

See you later.

- Oh, bye.

- Bye.

Boy.

It was so nice

to have this time

with all of Elmo's friends.

Thank you for coming

to Elmo's virtual playdate.

It was so much fun!

[laughing]

Oh, oh, okay, Daddy.

- All right, everybody.

It was nice seeing you.

And whether you're home

or out there helping,

stay safe and be well.

- Elmo loves you.

- Good-bye.

- Bye.