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
	Guess what Elmo's thinking about today?	A cascade of balls topple over elmo.
	Dorothy's Question	Dorothy has a miniature ball in her bowl. She wants to know how people catch a ball.
	The Noodle Family	Mr. Noodle, against a plainer background than usual, struggles to catch a ball.
	Kids and Baby	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's Question	Elmo asks the viewer to help him count how many times a CGI ball will bounce all over the screen. It bounces 28 times.
	Quiz	Elmo asks questions about which things can & cannot bounce. Telly Monster appears on a pogo stick.
	TV Cartoon	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!"
	Interview	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.
	Tickle Me Land	Dorothy imagines Elmo as a football player, twin ping-pong competitors, and a golfer.
	Home Video	Elmo shows a video he made of Herry Monster squishing the air out of a beachball.
	Film	Elmo's friend Michelle and her dad play catch at the beach.