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{{DVD|producer=[[Genius Entertainment]]|discs=1|date=[[2009]]|region=1}}
  
 
'''''Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun!''''' is a 2009 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' direct-to-video special.
  
'''''Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun!''''' is a 2009 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' direct-to-video special.
   
 
In the 45-minute production, [[Elmo]] and [[Abby Cadabby]] learn about the different ways birthdays are celebrated by taking part in [[Dorothy|Dorothy's]] birthday party on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]] and [[Little Red Riding Hood|Little Red Riding Hood's]] birthday party in [[Fairytaleland]]. At her party, Elmo sees the different ways fairy tale characters celebrate birthdays, playing games like "Fetch a [[Pail of Water]]" and having birthday wishes instead of presents. However, Abby doesn't know how to send Elmo back to Sesame Street for Dorothy's birthday.
  
In the 45-minute production, [[Elmo]] and [[Abby Cadabby]] learn about the different ways birthdays are celebrated by taking part in [[Dorothy|Dorothy's]] birthday party on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]] and [[Little Red Riding Hood|Little Red Riding Hood's]] birthday party in [[Fairytaleland]]. At her party, Elmo sees the different ways fairy tale characters celebrate birthdays, playing games like "Fetch a [[Pail of Water]]" and having birthday wishes instead of presents. However, Abby doesn't know how to send Elmo back to Sesame Street for Dorothy's birthday.
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==Segments==
  
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|[[Image:EABF01.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 1''' </center> || Elmo welcomes the viewer and Abby poofs in. She notices a table decorated in the arbor, which is all stuff Elmo plans on using for Dorothy’s birthday. Abby discovers what party favors are. She is also surprised that fish have birthdays, but Elmo mentions Dorothy’s friend Fido just had one...
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*Song: "[[It's Fido's Birthday]]" ''(edited)''
  
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*[[Kingston Livingston III]] sings "[[A Cat Had a Birthday]]".
  
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| [[Image:Fido's birthday.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Song</center> || "[[It's Fido's Birthday]]" - a song about a birthday party for a goldfish. ''(edited)''<br>{{eka|3684}}
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*Song: [[Rosita]] sings "[[Felicidades, Dany]]" as he celebrates his sixth birthday.
 
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*Film: A girl in Bangladesh attends her friend's birthday.
  
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|[[Image:EABF02.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 2''' </center> || Now that Abby knows fish have birthdays, she wonders if other animals do too. Elmo turns her attention to Kingston.
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*Song: "Birthday Dance"
  
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*[[Elmo's World: Birthdays]]
  
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| [[Image:3960l.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || [[Kingston Livingston III]] sings "[[A Cat Had a Birthday]]."<br>{{eka|3409}}
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*Song: "Feelin' Happy and Proud" (played over the credits)
  
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|[[Image:EABF03.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 3''' </center> || Abby comments that birthdays are different on Sesame Street than in Fairy Tale Land. However, they notice some similarities, like games. Elmo shows her his “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” game, but Abby is shocked to find the donkey is tail-less and tries to zap one on, but poofs a snail on him. Elmo shows her how the game is properly played. He tells her about more games, some of which appeared at his friend Dany’s birthday party.
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| [[Image:FelicidadesDany.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Song</center> || [[Rosita]] sings "[[Felicidades, Dany]]" as he celebrates his sixth birthday.<br>{{eka|3952}}
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|[[Image:EABF04.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 4''' </center> || Abby names another thing different about their parties – the head gear. She and her fairy tale friends wear big flower hats. Elmo shows what his friend Shanequa in Bangladesh wears.
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|[[File:BangladeshBirthday.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> Film </center> || In Bangladesh, a girl named Shanequa attends her friends' birthday party.
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|[[Image:EABF05.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 5''' </center> || Elmo becomes more intrigued in Fairy Tale Birthdays and Abby offers to take him to Little Red Riding Hood’s birthday party. Elmo accepts the invite, so long as he’s back in time for Dorothy’s party. They make up a rhyming spell and poof away.
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|[[Image:Birthdayfun1.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 5''' cont'd</center> || They re-appear at Little Red’s birthday part in the park. Abby introduces him to Little Red (who calls him Grandma), [[Jack (Birthday Fun)|Jack]] (from all the stories involving someone named Jack) and [[Hansel and Gretel]]. She also makes them flower hats. Elmo learns that instead of presents, they all get a birthday wish.
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|[[Image:EABF07.jpg|200px|center]]<br>[[Image:EABF08.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 5''' cont'd</center> || Red wants to play a game and they all agree on “Fetch a Pail of Water”. A Pail of Water appears and they all chase after it, who catching it wins. Everyone but Elmo gets tired and Jack uses his birthday wish to make Elmo the winner.
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|[[Image:EABF09.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 5''' cont'd</center> || The next game is “Pull Out the Plumb”, where they stick their hands in a giant pie to find a plumb. Everyone finds odd things (including a tennis ball and a monster), until Hansel, Gretel and Abby wish that Little Red would find the plumb. She pulls it out and on her thumb even (“What a good girl am I!”). She then declares it’s time to dance, gracefully around the maypole. Jack finds it daunting and opts for a different dance. Elmo claims to know some good birthday dances.
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|[[File:BirthdayDance.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> Song </center> || "[[Birthday Dance Song|Birthday Dance]]"
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|[[Image:EABF10.jpg|200px|center]]<br>[[Image:EABF11.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 6'''</center> || The group now devours the cake and sings a birthday song to Little Red. Abby notes Elmo still has his wish and he wishes for a stuffed blue octopus. Elmo decides to leave and asks Abby to poof him home, but she sends his toy instead and can’t send him away. He asks Little Red, who still has her wish, to send him home, but she thinks wishing for a toy is a better idea (“It’s trendy!”) She’s joking, of course, and explains that their wishes are meant to be self-less and wishes him home. Elmo octopus toy re-appears, which Elmo gives to Little Red as a present.
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|[[Image:EABF12.jpg|200px|center]] || <center> '''FRAME 6''' cont'd</center> || Now back at home, Elmo is ready to start Dorothy’s party!
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| [[Image:Ewbirth-count.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || '''[[Elmo's World: Birthdays]]''' ''(edited to remove "[[Happy Birthday to You]]")''<br>{{first|3940}}
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| [[Image:IFeelTotallyProud.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Song</center> || "I'm Feeling Proud" ''(played during credits)''<br>{{eka|3698}}
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==Bonus features==
  
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* Birthday Fun! Workbook DVD-ROM
  
* Birthday Fun! Workbook DVD-ROM
   
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* [http://sesamefamilies.com/booklets/Media.pdf Sesame Families media calendar]
  
   
 
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Revision as of 22:02, 18 February 2010

Birthdayfun0

Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun! is a 2009 Sesame Street direct-to-video special.

In the 45-minute production, Elmo and Abby Cadabby learn about the different ways birthdays are celebrated by taking part in Dorothy's birthday party on Sesame Street and Little Red Riding Hood's birthday party in Fairytaleland. At her party, Elmo sees the different ways fairy tale characters celebrate birthdays, playing games like "Fetch a Pail of Water" and having birthday wishes instead of presents. However, Abby doesn't know how to send Elmo back to Sesame Street for Dorothy's birthday.

Image Segment Description
EABF01
FRAME 1
Elmo welcomes the viewer and Abby poofs in. She notices a table decorated in the arbor, which is all stuff Elmo plans on using for Dorothy’s birthday. Abby discovers what party favors are. She is also surprised that fish have birthdays, but Elmo mentions Dorothy’s friend Fido just had one...
Fido's birthday
Song
 "It's Fido's Birthday" - a song about a birthday party for a goldfish. (edited)
(EKA: Episode 3684)
EABF02
FRAME 2
Now that Abby knows fish have birthdays, she wonders if other animals do too. Elmo turns her attention to Kingston.
3960l
Muppets
 Kingston Livingston III sings "A Cat Had a Birthday."
(EKA: Episode 3409)
EABF03
FRAME 3
Abby comments that birthdays are different on Sesame Street than in Fairy Tale Land. However, they notice some similarities, like games. Elmo shows her his “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” game, but Abby is shocked to find the donkey is tail-less and tries to zap one on, but poofs a snail on him. Elmo shows her how the game is properly played. He tells her about more games, some of which appeared at his friend Dany’s birthday party.
FelicidadesDany
Song
 Rosita sings "Felicidades, Dany" as he celebrates his sixth birthday.
(EKA: Episode 3952)
EABF04
FRAME 4
Abby names another thing different about their parties – the head gear. She and her fairy tale friends wear big flower hats. Elmo shows what his friend Shanequa in Bangladesh wears.
BangladeshBirthday
Film
In Bangladesh, a girl named Shanequa attends her friends' birthday party.
EABF05
FRAME 5
Elmo becomes more intrigued in Fairy Tale Birthdays and Abby offers to take him to Little Red Riding Hood’s birthday party. Elmo accepts the invite, so long as he’s back in time for Dorothy’s party. They make up a rhyming spell and poof away.
Birthdayfun1
FRAME 5 cont'd
 They re-appear at Little Red’s birthday part in the park. Abby introduces him to Little Red (who calls him Grandma), Jack (from all the stories involving someone named Jack) and Hansel and Gretel. She also makes them flower hats. Elmo learns that instead of presents, they all get a birthday wish.
EABF07

EABF08
FRAME 5 cont'd
 Red wants to play a game and they all agree on “Fetch a Pail of Water”. A Pail of Water appears and they all chase after it, who catching it wins. Everyone but Elmo gets tired and Jack uses his birthday wish to make Elmo the winner.
EABF09
FRAME 5 cont'd
 The next game is “Pull Out the Plumb”, where they stick their hands in a giant pie to find a plumb. Everyone finds odd things (including a tennis ball and a monster), until Hansel, Gretel and Abby wish that Little Red would find the plumb. She pulls it out and on her thumb even (“What a good girl am I!”). She then declares it’s time to dance, gracefully around the maypole. Jack finds it daunting and opts for a different dance. Elmo claims to know some good birthday dances.
BirthdayDance
Song
"Birthday Dance"
EABF10

EABF11
FRAME 6
 The group now devours the cake and sings a birthday song to Little Red. Abby notes Elmo still has his wish and he wishes for a stuffed blue octopus. Elmo decides to leave and asks Abby to poof him home, but she sends his toy instead and can’t send him away. He asks Little Red, who still has her wish, to send him home, but she thinks wishing for a toy is a better idea (“It’s trendy!”) She’s joking, of course, and explains that their wishes are meant to be self-less and wishes him home. Elmo octopus toy re-appears, which Elmo gives to Little Red as a present.
EABF12
FRAME 6 cont'd
 Now back at home, Elmo is ready to start Dorothy’s party!
Ewbirth-count
Muppets
 Elmo's World: Birthdays (edited to remove "Happy Birthday to You")
(First: Episode 3940)
IFeelTotallyProud
Song
 "I'm Feeling Proud" (played during credits)
(EKA: Episode 3698)

Bonus features

Releases

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