[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.
- 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.