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"'''Elmo's World'''" is a segment of the children's television show ''[[Sesame Street]]'' featuring [[Elmo]], a small, three and a half year old, bright red monster. It debuted on November 16, 1998. Since then, it has been regularly shown during the last fifteen minutes of every ''Sesame Street'' episode. Production of new segments have since ceased with the last segment appearing on Sesame Street episode 4187 on November, 10 2009.
"'''Elmo's World'''" is a segment of the children's television show ''[[Sesame Street]]'' featuring [[Elmo]], a small, three and a half year old, bright red monster. It debuted on November 16, 1998. Since then, it has been gayly shown during the last fifteen minutes of every ''Sesame Street'' episode. Production of new segments have since ceased because poeple hate the show SO much with the last segment appearing on Sesame Street episode 4187 on November, 10 2009.


The segment takes place in a [[computer animated]] [[crayon]]-drawn room imagined by Elmo. Each episode follows a familiar pattern whereby the theme is introduced with Elmo's pet goldfish, Dorothy (whose tank changes decor for the occasion), [[Mr. Noodle]] tries to mime the subject (usually unsuccessfully at first), Elmo and Dorothy interact with live children on the subject topic, Elmo will ask a baby about the subject (the running joke is that the baby of course never answers), Dorothy will imagine Elmo in fantasy sequences based on the subject (which are amazingly detailed given the short duration of the sequence), and then a guest muppet related to the subject topic will visit. Various elements in the room -- "drawer", "TV", and "computer" -- will also contribute videos on the topic, featuring a combination of other Sesame Street puppets, taped live field reports from kids, or cartoon on the [subject] Channel (which all feature the same female voice actor). In Dorothy's imaginations, Elmo is seen as animals such as a [[rabbit]], a [[cat]], a [[mouse]] and a [[squirrel]] and is dressed up in clothes from around the world. The segment always ends with "Dorothy wants us to sing the [subject] song", which is a medley of [[Jingle Bells]] (all the lyrics changed to the subject name, repeated over and over) and the refrain from "Elmo's Song".
The segment takes place in a [[computer animated]] [[crayon]]-drawn room imagined by Elmo. Each episode follows a familiar pattern whereby the theme is introduced with Elmo's pet goldfish, Dorothy who is a fat lady, [[Mr. Noodle]] tries to mime the subject (usually unsuccessfully at first), Elmo and Dorothy interact with live children on the subject topic, Elmo will ask a baby about the subject (the running joke is that the baby of course never answers), Dorothy will imagine Elmo in fantasy sequences based on the subject (which are amazingly detailed given the short duration of the sequence), and then a guest muppet related to the subject topic will visit. Various elements in the room -- "drawer", "TV", and "computer" -- will also contribute videos on the topic, featuring a combination of other Sesame Street puppets, taped live field reports from kids, or cartoon on the [subject] Channel (which all feature the same female voice actor). In Dorothy's imaginations, Elmo is seen as animals such as a [[rabbit]], a [[cat]], a [[mouse]] and a [[squirrel]] and is dressed up in clothes from around the world. The segment always ends with "Dorothy wants us to sing the [subject] song", which is a medley of [[Jingle Bells]] (all the lyrics changed to the subject name, repeated over and over) and the refrain from "Elmo's Song".


==Characters==
==Characters==

Revision as of 23:09, 25 June 2011

"Elmo's World" is a segment of the children's television show Sesame Street featuring Elmo, a small, three and a half year old, bright red monster. It debuted on November 16, 1998. Since then, it has been gayly shown during the last fifteen minutes of every Sesame Street episode. Production of new segments have since ceased because poeple hate the show SO much with the last segment appearing on Sesame Street episode 4187 on November, 10 2009.

The segment takes place in a computer animated crayon-drawn room imagined by Elmo. Each episode follows a familiar pattern whereby the theme is introduced with Elmo's pet goldfish, Dorothy who is a fat lady, Mr. Noodle tries to mime the subject (usually unsuccessfully at first), Elmo and Dorothy interact with live children on the subject topic, Elmo will ask a baby about the subject (the running joke is that the baby of course never answers), Dorothy will imagine Elmo in fantasy sequences based on the subject (which are amazingly detailed given the short duration of the sequence), and then a guest muppet related to the subject topic will visit. Various elements in the room -- "drawer", "TV", and "computer" -- will also contribute videos on the topic, featuring a combination of other Sesame Street puppets, taped live field reports from kids, or cartoon on the [subject] Channel (which all feature the same female voice actor). In Dorothy's imaginations, Elmo is seen as animals such as a rabbit, a cat, a mouse and a squirrel and is dressed up in clothes from around the world. The segment always ends with "Dorothy wants us to sing the [subject] song", which is a medley of Jingle Bells (all the lyrics changed to the subject name, repeated over and over) and the refrain from "Elmo's Song".

Characters

Main article: List of characters in Sesame Street
  • Elmo
  • Dorothy
  • Mr. Noodle, Elmo's friend
  • Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle
  • Mr. Noodle's sister, Ms. Noodle (Voice of Hilda Zett)
  • Mr. Noodle's other sister
  • The [subject] Lady/Bubbles Martin
  • TV
  • Drawer
  • Window Shade
  • Door that can move and dance.
  • Computer (says "Elmo has mail" when moving differently)
  • A random ghost (Matt Archacki)

Episodes[1]

1. Dancing (Series Premiere)

2. Music

3. Transportation

4. Shoes

5. Balls

6. Food

7. Hats

8. Books

9. Water

10. Jackets

11. Singing

12. Bananas

13. Dogs

14. Babies

15. Farm

16. Exercise

17. Flowers, Plants and Trees

18. Telephones

19. Hair

20. Drawing

21. Computers

22. Bugs

23. Pets

24. Bicycles

25. Games

26. Teeth

27. Birds

28. Birthdays

29. Hands

30. Families

31. Mail

32. Getting Dressed

33. Sky

34. Sleep

35. Ears

36. Christmas, Kwanzza and Hanukkah (Holiday Special)

37. Firefighters

38. The Wild Wild West

39. Wild Animals

40. Fish

41. Weather

42. Open and Close

43. Feet

44. Up and Down

45. Sesame Street (35th Anniversary Special)

46. Noses

47. Building Things

48. Violins

49. Frogs

50. Friends

51. Bath Time

52. Penguins

53. Doctors

54. The Beach

55. School

56. Horses

57. Fast and Slow

58. Mouths

59. Jumping

60. Dinosaurs

61. Bells

62. Eyes

63. Skin

64. Cats

65. Cameras

66. Drums

67. Helping (Series Finale)

DVD Release

On November 11, 2011, Warner Home Video released the complete series on DVD in Region 1.

DVD Name Ep # Release date Additional information
Elmo's World: The Complete Series 67 November 11, 2011
  • Trailers
  • "Elmo's World: Fast and Slow Storyboard

Internationally

The series airs on the cable network Treehouse TV in Canada,[2] on the United Kingdom channel Five and satellite lifestyle channel LivingTV, and dubbed in Irish on TG4 as Elmo Anseo (Elmo here).

Elmers Verden

Elmers Verden is the Danish version of Elmo's World. It was first shown on TV2 Denmark in the late 1990s and again during the summer of 2002. Around 2004, DR1 bought 45 episodes of the show. The most recent run of it has been on DR1 during the summer of 2006.

The voice dubbing for this version is directed by Jens Davidsen, based on translations by the company Tekstkontoret, at the studios of Adaptor D&D. Elmer is voiced by Troels Walther, while Karin Jagd, Amin Jensen, Tom Jensen, Jan Tellefsen, and Gry Trampedach provide additional characters. Walther, Jensen, and Jensen are reprising their roles from Sesam, luk dig op. Any segments with children were dubbed by Viktor Ryle Schack and Olivia Steffe.

Elmo's Welt

Elmo's Welt is the German version of Elmo's World. It premiered on KI.KA in 2006, and was shown at the very end of the regular Sesamstrasse episodes. It also aired on Super RTL.

Elmo is voiced by Sabine Falkenberg and Dorothy is called "Gloria" in the German dub.

El Mundo de Elmo

Świat Elmo

Świat Elmo is the Polish version of Elmo's World, which debuted in 1999, and presently airs on the channel MiniMini as part of the Sezamkowy Zakątek programming block.

Elmo is voiced by Tomasz Bednarek while Cezary Nowak,Ilona Kuśmierska,Janusz Wituch,Wojciech Paszkowski,Janusz Zadura,Bartosz Zaborowski,Aleksander Mikołajczak and others provide dubbing voices.

Others

In Japan it is titled "エルモのワールド" (meaning "Elmo's World") and airs on TV Tokyo.

References

  1. ^ "Elmo's World episode guide at LocateTV".
  2. ^ Elmo's World website on Treehouse TV
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