ELMO: [SINGING] La la la.

La la la.

Elmo's World.

La la la.

La la la.

Elmo's World.

Elmo loves his goldfish.

His crayon, too.

[INAUDIBLE]

[LAUGHING]

ELMO: [SINGING] That's Elmo's World.

ELMO: Dorothy.

Dorothy.

Dorothy.

Oh, oh.

Oh, hi!

Welcome to Elmo's World.

Elmo's so happy to see you.

Oh, and so is Dorothy.

Say hello, Dorothy.

[LAUGHING]

So, guess what Elmo's thinking about today.

[SINGING] Ya-ta-ta-da.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

ELMO: Did you guess yet?

[HUMMING]

[GASPING]

Uh oh.

You know-- [INAUDIBLE] That's right.

Birthdays.

[LAUGHING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

And guess what!

Today is Dorothy's birthday.

Yay, Dorothy!

Yay, Dorothy!

Happy Birthday, Dorothy.

Oh, and Dorothy's been thinking about birthdays

and has a birthday question.

Oh, good ahead, Dorothy.

Oh, OK.

OK.

How do you wrap a birthday present?

Good question, birthday fish.

[LAUGHING]

Ooh, let's ask Mr. Noodle.

Mr. Noodle!

[TOOTING]

[LAUGHING]

ELMO: Oh, look!

Shade is being a birthday noisemaker.

[LAUGHING]

That tickles.

OK, Shade.

Oh, go up.

Go up now.

Aw, thank you, Shade.

Oh look.

It's Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle.

Hi, Mr. Noo-- uh oh.

Mr. Noodle has a sneeze in his nose.

[LAUGHING]

Gesund-- gesun--

[SNEEZING]

Gesundheit!

Ooh.

[CRASHING]

Come back, Mr. Noodle.

Boy, that was some sneeze.

[HORN]

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

ELMO: Ready for Dorothy's question, Mr. Noodle?

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

We'll wait.

Ready?

Good.

CHILD: How do you wrap a present, Mr. Noodle?

ELMO: Oh, yeah!

You need paper.

CHILD: Use the paper to wrap the present.

ELMO: Oh.

Uh.

Not that much paper, Mr. Noodle.

CHILD: Not that much.

ELMO: No, stop, Mr. Noodle.

CHILD: That's too much.

CHILD: That's enough.

That's enough paper.

CHILD: Too much!

ELMO: Mr. Noodle!

CHILD: That's enough, Mr. Noodle.

CHILD: Mr. Noodle.

No, it's too much.

CHILDREN: Try again, Mr. Noodle.

ELMO: All right.

Not too much this time, Mr. Noodle.

Be careful.

CHILD: You need scissors to cut the paper, Mr. Noodle.

ELMO: Oh, yeah.

Yeah, you need scissors, Mr. Noodle.

CHILD: Yeah, use the scissors.

ELMO: Very good, Mr. Noodle.

OK, now cut the paper.

CHILD: You cut the paper good, Mr. Noodle.

Nice looking.

ELMO: Now, wrap the present.

CHILD: Wrap the present.

CHILD: Wrap the present, Mr. Noodle.

ELMO: Yeah, that's the present.

Oh no.

No.

CHILD: You need tape.

ELMO: Yeah.

Yeah, that's the tape.

Yeah, very good.

Now, pull off some tape, Mr. Noodle.

There you go.

Oh no.

CHILD: Not that much tape.

CHILD: Just a little bit, Mr. Noodle.

ELMO: It's going to get stuck together.

CHILD: Too much tape, Mr. Noodle.

It's sticking to you.

Try again, Mr. Noodle.

CHILDREN: Keep going, Mr. Noodle.

CHILD: Wrap the present, Mr. Noodle.

ELMO: Wrap the present first.

And now the other side.

Very good.

Wow.

Mr. Noodle, remember-- just a little bit of tape.

CHILD: Yay, Mr. Noodle.

CHILD: He's doing it.

CHILD: You got it.

CHILDREN: Yay, Mr. Noodle!

ELMO: All right.

Now, finish wrapping the present.

CHILDREN: Finish it, Mr. Noodle.

CHILD: Keep going, Mr. Noodle.

ELMO: Yeah, there's more.

CHILD: You have to wrap the ends of present

CHILD: Both ends.

CHILD: Just a small piece of tape, Mr. Noodle.

ELMO: Just a little.

That's enough, Mr. Noodle.

CHILDREN: Yay!

You did it, Mr. Noodle!

ELMO: You wrapped a present.

Yay!

[LAUGHING]

CHILD: Uh oh.

You wrapped your finger, Mr. Noodle.

CHILD: Take it off.

CHILD: I wonder what the present was.

[LAUGHING]

ELMO: Dorothy wants to ask someone else.

How do you wrap a birthday present?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

BOY: Hi Dorothy.

This is how I wrap a birthday gift.

You put it in a special bag.

Happy Birthday, Dorothy.

GIRL: Dorothy, this is how I wrap a present.

I put a big bow on it.

You have to take the paper off the sticky part.

Then you stick it on.

Happy Birthday, Dorothy.

GIRL: This is how I wrap a present, Dorothy.

I fold the paper onto the box like this.

Then I fold the corners.

And I do the same thing on the other side.

Now I put a bow on.

There.

Happy Birthday, Dorothy.

ELMO: Thanks, kids.

Oh.

Thanks, Dorothy.

And now Elmo will ask a baby.

Hello, baby.

Hi.

Hi.

Ooh.

Baby, how do you wrap a gift?

[LAUGHING]

Thank you, baby.

[LAUGHING]

[KISSING]

And now Elmo has a question for you!

[LAUGHING]

How many candles are on this birthday cake?

Let's count them and see.

Here they go.

CHILDREN: One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

ELMO: Seven.

Yeah, seven birthday candles.

Oh!

How many elephants does it take to blow the candles out?

Oh, there he is.

[LAUGHING]

Oh, silly elephant.

One!

Thank you, elephant.

Great counting.

And great candle blowing.

Boy, it must be the elephant's birthday, too.

[LAUGHING]

Oh, that makes Elmo wonder.

What can have birthdays, and what can't?

Elmo wants to know.

Don't you?

OK.

[DRAWER TALKING GIBBERISH]

ELMO: Oh!

Boy, it sounds like the drawer knows.

Open up, drawer.

[SCREAMING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

ELMO: Do birthday cakes have birthdays?

CHILDREN: No.

ELMO: Well, you can eat birthday cake at a birthday party.

Do telephones have birthdays?

CHILDREN: No.

ELMO: But you can call to wish someone a happy birthday.

Do ponies have birthdays?

CHILDREN: Yes!

ELMO: But ponies don't eat birthday cake.

They can have a birthday apple.

Happy Birthday, pony.

Do trash cans have birthdays?

CHILDREN: No.

ELMO: But Oscar has a birthday in his trash can.

OSCAR: Don't remind me. [GROANING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

ELMO: And fish have birthdays, too.

Oh!

Is Dorothy having a good birthday?

Oh, good!

And ponies have birthdays and grouches and--

COMPUTER: Elmo has mail.

Elmo has mail.

Elmo has mail.

Elmo has mail.

Elmo has mail.

ELMO: Be careful, Computer.

[CRASHING]

Oh no.

COMPUTER: Elmo has mail.

ELMO: The computer crashed.

COMPUTER: [SLOWLY] Elmo has-- Elmo has-- Elmo has--

ELMO: Computer.

Computer, come on.

Over here, Computer Come on.

COMPUTER: [SLOWLY] Elmo has mail.

ELMO: Over here.

Over here.

COMPUTER: [UPBEAT] Elmo has mail.

Elmo has mail.

ELMO: Now.

Now Elmo can get his email.

Wow.

Dorothy's friends sent Elmo email.

FISH: Hi, Elmo.

This is a special email for Dorothy.

Bring it in, fellas.

FISH: It's a cake.

Bring it in here.

Come on.

Blub blub blub.

FISH: Ready everybody?

FISH: Ready!

FISH: Happy Birthday, Dorothy!

Blub blub blub blub blub.

FISH: Bye bye, Elmo!

Bye Dorothy!

FISH: Email me, Dorothy.

Blub blub blub.

ELMO: Thanks, Computer.

Oh, oh, be careful.

Bye.

Dorothy loved her email.

Now, where was Elmo?

Oh, that's right.

Everybody has birthdays, even mommies.

Elmo's friend Hampton made a special cake

for his Mommy's birthday.

His daddy helped, too.

And Hampton told Elmo all about it.

HAMPTON: My dad and I made a cake for my mom

for her birthday.

We found my mom's favorite kind of cake in her cookbook,

and then we followed the directions.

I helped my dad break the eggs.

We have to be careful so that egg shells don't

get in the batter.

Add milk and vanilla.

Then mix those together.

You mix flour and sugar and salt and baking powder in a bowl.

Then we mix the wet and dry ingredients together.

My dad used the electric mixer.

I got to taste the batter.

We poured the mix into a cake pan.