♪ Sunny days sweeping the clouds away ♪

♪ On my way to where the air is sweet ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪

♪ Come and play, everything's A-OK ♪

♪ Friendly neighbors there ♪

♪ That's where we meet ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪

♪ Can you tell me how to get ♪

♪ How to get to Sesame Street ♪

(light upbeat music)

- Doo-doo-do.

Oh, hi!

Welcome to Sesame Street.

You're just in time because Elmo's going to play school.

Elmo has his paper and crayons.

The only thing Elmo needs now is a teacher.

Mmm.

Who can be Elmo's teacher?

Oh, Alan!

Alan!

- Oh, hey, Elmo.

- Hi, Alan. - What's up?

- Well, Elmo's playing school,

and Elmo needs Alan to be the teacher.

- Oh, you know what?

I would love to play, but right now

I'm working at Hooper's.

- But can't Alan play school with Elmo

and work at Hooper's Store?

Please, please, please.

Please, please, please, please.

- Oh, all right, all right.

I'll pretend to be your teacher.

- Oh, boy, oh, boy.

- Besides, how hard could it be?

- Okay, Mr. Alan. - Ooh, I like that.

- Elmo's ready.

What is Elmo going to do today at school?

- Mmm.

Oh, today you are going to draw a picture.

- Oh, yay!

Elmo loves to draw.

- Great!

Have fun drawing.

- Oh, good.

- That wasn't too hard.

- Mr. Alan, Mr. Alan!

- Yes, Elmo?

- Well, you forgot to say good morning to the class.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

Good morning, class.

- Good morning, Mr. Alan.

- Now it's time to draw. - Okay.

Mr. Alan, Mr. Alan!

- Yes, Elmo?

- Aren't you going to make sure all the students are here?

- All the students?

- Well, yeah, Baby Bear told Elmo

that the teacher always calls everyone's name

to make sure they're in school.

- Well, then I better take attendance.

Here.

Um, Elmo?

- Here, here.

- Looks like all the students are here today.

(bell rings)

Sounds like a customer.

Start drawing, Elmo.

- Yes, Mr. Alan.

- Welcome to Hooper's.

What can I get you?

- I shall have a tuna salad sandwich, please.

- You got it.

Here you go; here's your sandwich.

- On second thought, I would rather have

an egg salad sandwich.

- Okay.

Here we go.

Egg salad.

- Wait, I change my mind yet again.

I should like to have the tuna sandwich back please.

- The tuna? - Mm-hmm.

- There you go.

- Nah, egg.

Nah, tuna.

Nah, egg.

Nah, tuna.

- [Elmo] Mr. Alan, Mr. Alan!

- Excuse me, I'll be right back.

- Okay.

Mm, tuna or egg?

Tuna or egg?

- Mr. Alan is a really good teacher.

- What's up, Elmo?

- Old MacDonald is here to see Mr. Alan.

- You can sign me kid up for your school, laddie.

- Well, it's not actually a school.

- Oh, don't be modest now, laddie.

I here it's the best school in town,

and that's why I'm sending my kid here.

- Oh, look, a goat!

- Now make sure you listen to your teacher now.

Make your farmer proud.

No tears, no tears.

- Wait, wait!

(sighs)

(goat bleats)

- Oh, Elmo thinks he wants Mr. Alan to read.

- Really? - Yeah.

- Oh, oh, okay, okay, okay.

Okay, I'll read the book; I'll read the book.

- Yay!

It's reading time.

It's reading time with Mr. Alan.

- All right.

Tickle the Goat.

"Tickle the goat's head."

- Tickle the goat's head, Mr. Alan.

- Okay.

Tickle, tickle, tickle.

(goat bleats)

Boy, he really enjoys this book.

- Yeah, well, keep reading, Mr. Alan.

Keep reading. - Okay.

"Tickle the goat's tummy."

- Can Elmo tickle the goat's tummy, Mr. Alan?

- Sure, Elmo.

(goat bleats)

- Boy, goat really loves it when Elmo tickles the book.

- He sure does.

Let's keep reading.

"Tickle the goat's feet."

Come on, Elmo.

(goat bleats)

Boy, if you laugh that much when somebody tickles the book,

you must really laugh when somebody tickles you.

Tickle, tickle, tickle, tickle.

Tickle, tickle, tickle, tickle.

Or maybe not.

(bell rings)

Oh, I have to go.

You guys draw.

- Oh, you wanna help?

Go ahead.

- Tuna or egg?

Tuna or egg?

- Hi, what can I get you?

- Oh, hello, I'll have a tuna salad sandwich please.

- Okay.

There you go.

- Oh, thank you.

- That does it.

I shall have the tuna salad as well.

- Oh, you know what?

Bad news.

That was the last of the tuna.

- Oh, no, what am I gonna have now?

This is quite the conundrum.

- I still have the egg salad.

- Yes, I shall have the egg salad.

- Here you go.

- Oh, oh, my.

That looks delicious.

You know what, storekeep?

I'll have the egg salad instead of the tuna please.

- All right.

- Wait, wait, wait.

If she's gonna have the egg salad,

then I shall have the tuna.

- Oh, great.

You know what?

I'll just switch these.

- Oh, well, you know the tuna did look good.

- And I was starting to like the idea of egg salad.

- I'll have the tuna.

- And I shall have the egg.

- No, wait, egg. - Yes, I'll have the egg.

- No, tuna. - Yes, I'll have the tuna.

(talking over each other)

- [Elmo] Mr. Alan, Mr. Alan!

- I'll be back.

(talking over each other)

Brittany, Ruben, are you guys playing school too?

- [Brittany And Ruben] Yes, Mr. Alan.

- Yes, but listen.

Elmo has to talk to Mr. Alan.

Some of the students are wondering if Mr. Alan

is ever going to do the alphabet?

- Oh, really?

- Come here, Mr. Alan.

Elmo doesn't want to tell Mr. Alan how to run his school,

but maybe Mr. Alan should think about

doing the alphabet.

- That's good advice, Elmo.

Thank you.

- Elmo's on your side, Mr. Alan.

- Okay, now it's time for the alphabet, class.

(goat bleats)

- Oh, boy!

Alphabet time at Mr. Alan's school!

What a surprise!

♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪

♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪

♪ Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z. ♪

♪ Now I know my ABC's ♪

♪ Next time won't you sing with me ♪

- Great job, class!

(trumpeting fanfare)

You guys draw; I'll be back.

(goat bleats)

What's going on?

- We are blowing the celebratory bugle

for we have figured out a way

where we can each have both tuna salad and egg salad.

- Oh, wait, let me guess.

You want me to cut each sandwich in half

so you can have one half egg salad sandwich

and one half tuna salad sandwich.

- Hey, that's a jim dandy idea too.

- Why? What was your idea?

- Oh, it was complicated.

It involved a tractor. - Yeah.

- I'll just cut the sandwiches.

Okay.

Here you go.

Here's one half egg salad, half tuna salad sandwich for you.

- Thank you.

- And one half egg salad, half tuna salad sandwich for you.

- Nice.

- Now you can eat.

- What about our beverages?

- Drinks, right, right.

What would you like?

- I shall have milk.

- I shall have milk too.

- Milk it is.

- On the other hand, juice would be quite refreshing.

I shall have juice.

- Oh, juice with lunch.

How daring.

I shall have juice too.

- [Alan] Juice it is.

- On second thought, make it milk.

- Yes, milk.

- No, juice. - No, juice.

- No, milk. - Milk.

- [Elmo] Mr. Alan, Mr. Alan!

- I'm coming.

I'll be back.

This is a lot tougher than I thought.

(talking over each other)

What's going on now, guys?

Oh!

- Mr. Alan, Mr. Alan!

I commuted all the way from Staten Island

because I hear your school has a fantastic

rhyming program.

- I do?

- That's what it says in the brochure.

So can we rhyme, please?

(rumbling and crashing)

- Okay, okay, okay, yes, yes, yes, we can rhyme!

- It's rhyme time at Mr. Alan's school.

Yay!

(rumbling and crashing)

- Wait a minute.

I just have one question.

- Yes?

- What is a rhyme?

- Oh, well, a rhyme is when two words sound the same

like blue and shoe.

They both end in an ooh sound, do you hear that?

Blue, shoe.

- Blue, shoe.

Hey, they do sound the same!

- Well, that's a rhyme.

So I'm going to say a word,

and you all have to rhyme it, okay?

(rumbling and crashing)

Ready?

Great.

Cat.

- Sat.

- Bat.

- Rat.

- Hat.

- Albuquerque.