Elmo's World: Balls
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| Elmo's World | |
| Written by | Judy Freudberg |
| Directed by | |
| Book | Balls! |
| Video | Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play |
| First Appearance Episode 3786 | |
| Earliest Known Appearance | |
Elmo's World: Balls is an Elmo's World episode. The first installment in the series is a simple examination of balls, with slightly rougher versions of certain regular features. In an unusual variation, the final performance of "The Ball Song" features a "follow-the-bouncing-ball," referencing the classic Fleischer cartoon shorts and other media to use the technique.
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | | A cascade of balls topple over elmo. |
 | Dorothy has a miniature ball in her bowl. She wants to know how people catch a ball. | |
 | Mr. Noodle, against a plainer background than usual, struggles to catch a ball. | |
 | Elmo asks the viewer to help him count how many times a CGI ball will bounce all over the screen. It bounces 28 times. | |
 | Kids show how they catch a ball. In his first series encounter with a baby, Elmo tosses a ball to an infant, who unable to catch it, lets it drop and bounce away. | |
 | Elmo asks questions about things you can do with balls. Telly Monster appears on a pogo stick. | |
 | The Ball Channel features "If Balls Didn't Bounce," narrated by Andrea Martin The ending line is, "That's ball, folks!", a play on the Looney Tunes closing, "That's all folks!" | |
 | Elmo opens the door to a beachball and football, who discuss the ways balls move, are shaped, and the games to be played with them. | |
  | Dorothy imagines Elmo as a football player, twin ping-pong competitors, and a golfer. | |
 | Elmo shows a video he made of Herry Monster squishing the air out of a beachball. | |
 | Elmo's friend Michelle and her dad play catch at the beach. |
