Changes: Elmo's World: Balls

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Elmo's World
Written by	Judy Freudberg
Book	Balls!
Video	Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play Template:SSvideo (YouTube)
First Appearance Episode 3786

Elmo's World: Balls is the first episode of Elmo's World. 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 tells the audience which things can & cannot bounce. Eggs can't. Babies can when they are in bouncing seats. Phone books can't. Birthday cakes can't. Telly can't unless he's 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.

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 '''Elmo's World: Balls''' is the first episode of ''[[Elmo's World]]''. 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 "[[Wikipedia:Bouncing ball|follow-the-bouncing-ball]]," referencing the classic [[Max Fleischer|Fleischer]] cartoon shorts and other media to use the technique.
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 ! Picture !! Segment !! Description
 |-
 | [[Image:Elmosgotballs.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | Guess what Elmo's thinking about today?
+| align="center" | Guess what Elmo's thinking about today?
 | A cascade of balls topple over Elmo.
 |-
 | [[Image:ewballs-dorothy.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | Dorothy's Question
+| align="center" | Dorothy's Question
 | [[Dorothy]] has a miniature ball in her bowl. She wants to know how people catch a ball.
 |-
 | [[Image:ewballs-noodle.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | The Noodle Family
+| align="center" | The Noodle Family
 | [[Mr. Noodle]], against a plainer background than usual, struggles to catch a ball.
 |-
 | [[Image:ewballs-baby.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | Kids and Baby
+| align="center" | 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.
 |-
 | [[Image:ewballs-count.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | Elmo's Question
+| align="center" | 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.
 |-
 | [[Image:ewballs-telly.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | Quiz
+| align="center" | Quiz
 | Elmo tells the audience which things can & cannot bounce. Eggs can't. Babies can when they are in bouncing seats. Phone books can't. Birthday cakes can't. [[Telly Monster|Telly]] can't unless he's on a pogo stick.
 |-
 | [[Image:ewballs-channel.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | TV Cartoon
+| align="center" | 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!"
 |-
 | [[Image:Beachball.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | Interview
+| align="center" | 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.
 |-
 | [[Image:Elmogolfer.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:ewballs-football.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | [[Tickle Me Land]]
+| align="center" | [[Tickle Me Land]]
 | Dorothy imagines [[Elmo Variants|Elmo]] as a football player, twin ping-pong competitors, and a golfer.
 |-
 | [[Image:Squishingbeachball.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | Home Video
+| align="center" | Home Video
 | Elmo shows a video he made of [[Herry Monster]] squishing the air out of a beachball.
 |-
 | [[Image:ewballs-film.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | Film
+| align="center" | Film
 | Elmo's friend Michelle and her dad play catch at the beach.
 |}