Fun Fun Elmo is a Mandarin Chinese-language series, mixing animation and live action segment. Each episode introduces a tone, word and writing-stroke method for a character in the Chinese alphabet. Animated characters in the series include Abby Cadabby, Bert, Big Bird, Elmo, Ernie, Grover and the kids, in the same designs as Sesame Street English. Most of the show takes place on a representation of the set of the American Sesame Street, or Elmo alone on a blank white screen.
It airs on SinoVision in the United States, and CCTV and Toonmax in China. Thirteen nine-and-a-half-minute episodes have been produced, with 13 more due to be released in October 2012.
Developed as a standalone series distributed over social media, Tone Cube Dim Sum is integrated into Fun Fun Elmo. Guy Smiley hosts "Guy Smiley Mystery Word", a segment on a Tonight Show-like set. His guests are all Tone Cubes.
Online content
A book starring the Yip-Yips is available online.
A website called Sesame School seems to preview a full website of content, including Super Grover 2.0 segments, and the chapter title page for an eBook caled "Oscar Makes a Friend".
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External links
- Zhang Yuwei and Yu Wei, "Sesame Street opens door to children - in Chinese", China Daily, 27 July 2012.