Elmo's World: Open and Close
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| Elmo's World | |
| Written by | |
| Directed by | |
| Book | Opposites! |
| Video | Elmo's World: Opposites |
| First Appearance Episode 4041 | |
| Earliest Known Appearance | |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | | Elmo's thinking about things that open and close, but he's having a hard time doing just that with his door. |
 | | Elmo notes that Dorothy's mouth opens and closes quite a bit. She wants to know how you open a pack. |
 | | Mr. Noodle's mouth is wide open when Shade opens. Mr. Noodle struggles to open a back pack until the Kids coach him through it. Finally, toy snakes spring out of the pack and into Mr. Noodle's face. |
 | | Several kids show Dorothy how they open a book bag in great detail. |
 | | Elmo counts the three hamsters it takes to open the door. It only takes one Elmo to close it. |
 | | Super Grover attempts to illustrate "open" when his helmet closes over his eyes. He struggles with opening it again until Herry comes along and lifts it with one finger. |
 | | Drawer won't open for Elmo until he pulls the knob with all his might. Objects in the quiz include a cake, a crayon and Oscar the Grouch. |
 | | Elmo's friend Tyler opens and closes many jars, markers, scissors and other objects when he made a picture in school. |
 | | On the "Open and Close" Channel, the Tulip Lady presents a study of how tulips open and close. Coming up next: Closed Encounters of the Third Kind starring Glenn Close. |
 | | Elmo talks to Book (who opens and closes himself) about a construction vehicle with jaws that open and close. |
  | | Dorothy imagines Elmo as a construction worker using a construction vehicle to attempting to pick up a teddy bear. John Williams' famous two-note motif from Jaws is referenced in the underscore for the scene, connecting to the use of the jaws of the machine.
Dorothy imagines Elmo as a jack-in-the-box. |
