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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. |
'''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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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 |
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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. |