Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

Oh--oh--oh! Oh, hi.

Hi out there.

Okay, it looks like we're all set up and ready to go, son.

- Oh, oh, oh, thank you, Daddy!

- Oh, oh, in case we haven't met,

I'm Elmo's dad, Louie.

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.

- Right, so thanks for joining us on this virtual playdate.

- Yeah! - Okay, son.

Over to you. - Oh, okay.

Thank you, Daddy.

Hello!

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...

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!

Oh, wait a minute. Someone's calling in.

Hello!

It's Grover! Hi, Grover!

Oh, Grover-- Grover, we can't hear you.

- 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.

So I am. Oh, again, new phone.

Sure.

- 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.

- 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.

- Bye, Grover. Oh, boy.

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.

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.

- 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.

Bounce on a chair.

Oh--no.

Elmo, you didn't say, "Elmo says."

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.

Whoo!

Show-off!

- Okay, now clap your hands! - Um, oh, oh.

Oh--no, you didn't say, "Elmo Says."

I'm not gonna clap my hands.

- 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!

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!

Oh, oh!

- 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!

He had a--a sheep!

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!