Elmo's World
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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.
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 muppets, 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".
2. Music
3. Transportation
4. Shoes
5. Balls
6. Eating
7. Hats
8. Books
9. Water
10. Jackets
11. Singing
12. Bananas
13. Dogs
14. Babies
15. Farms
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)
may release the complete series on DVD in Region 1.
in Canada
, on the United Kingdom
channel Five and satellite lifestyle channel LivingTV
, and dubbed in Irish
on TG4
as Elmo Anseo (Elmo here).
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 TV2 Denmark
during the children's TV show Sesamgade (which also features Elmo).
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.
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.
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.
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
featuring Elmo
Elmo
Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice...
, 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.
The segment takes place in a computer animated crayon
Crayon
A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other materials used for writing, coloring, drawing, and other methods of illustration. A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel; both are popular media for color...
-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
Mr. Noodle
The goofy-acting human characters Mr. Noodle, Mr. Noodle's Brother, and Miss Noodle all appear in Sesame Street 's "Elmo's World" segments. The characters, who do not speak, attempt repeatedly to demonstrate a particular activity related to the episode's topic, while offscreen children verbally...
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 muppets, 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
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
, a cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
, a mouse
Mouse
A mouse is a small mammal belonging to the order of rodents. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse . It is also a popular pet. In some places, certain kinds of field mice are also common. This rodent is eaten by large birds such as hawks and eagles...
and a squirrel
Squirrel
Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots , flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa and have been introduced to Australia...
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
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
(all the lyrics changed to the subject name, repeated over and over) and the refrain from "Elmo's Song".
Characters
- 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. Dancing (Series Premiere)2. Music
3. Transportation
4. Shoes
5. Balls
6. Eating
7. Hats
8. Books
9. Water
10. Jackets
11. Singing
12. Bananas
13. Dogs
14. Babies
15. Farms
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 or May 15, 2012, Warner Home VideoWarner Home Video
Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . The company launched in the United States with twenty films on VHS and Betamax videocassettes in late 1979...
may release the complete series on DVD in Region 1.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release date | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmo's World: The Complete Series | 67 | May 15, 2012 |
|
Internationally
The series airs on the cable network Treehouse TVTreehouse TV
Treehouse TV is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel with programming targeted towards preschoolers that was launched on October 17, 1997. Its name comes from YTV's old children's programming block, The Treehouse...
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, on the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
channel Five and satellite lifestyle channel LivingTV
LIVINGtv
Sky Living is a UK television channel owned by British Sky Broadcasting, who purchased the Living TV Group group in 2010. Originally launched as UK Living in 1993, the channel changed its name to Living TV in 1997 and then to Living in 2007. On 1 February 2011 Living changed its name to Sky Living...
, and dubbed in Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
on TG4
TG4
TG4 is a public service broadcaster for Irish language speakers. The channel has been on-air since 31 October 1996 in the Republic of Ireland and since April 2005 in Northern Ireland....
as Elmo Anseo (Elmo here).
Elmers Verden
Elmers Verden is the Danish version of Elmo's World. It was first shown on TV2 DenmarkTV 2 (Denmark)
TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....
in the late 1990s and again during the summer of 2002. Around 2004, DR1
DR1
DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week....
bought 45 episodes of the show. The most recent run of it has been on TV2 Denmark
TV 2 (Denmark)
TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....
during the children's TV show Sesamgade (which also features Elmo).
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
Amin Jensen
Amin Jensen is a Danish actor and comedian best known as television host for the popular Danish musical game show, Hit Med Sangen.-Career:Amin Jensen made his stage debut as a stand-up comedian at Din's in Copenhagen in December 1993...
, 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.KAKI.KA
KI.KA is a public non-commercial free television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. It is a joint venture of national public television channels ARD, and ARD's constituent broadcasting institutions – BR, HR, MDR, NDR, Radio Bremen, RBB, Saarländischer Rundfunk, SWR, WDR and ZDF, and is targeted at...
in 2006, and was shown at the very end of the regular Sesamstrasse episodes. It also aired on Super RTL
Super RTL
Super RTL is a Cologne-based German television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG. It was the second German television channel aimed mostly at children...
.
Elmo
Elmo
Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is a furry red monster and currently hosts the last full 15 minute segment on Sesame Street, Elmo's World, which is aimed at toddlers. His puppeteer, Kevin Clash, uses falsetto to produce his voice...
is voiced by Sabine Falkenberg and Dorothy is called "Gloria" in the German dub.
Świat Elmo
Świat Elmo is the Polish version of Elmo's World, which debuted in 1999, and presently airs on the channel MiniMiniMiniMini
MiniMini+ is a Polish television channel owned and operated by Canal+. Its mainstreaming its programing mainly to 2-7 children....
as part of the Sezamkowy Zakątek programming block.
Elmo is voiced by Tomasz Bednarek
Tomasz Bednarek
Tomasz Bednarek born November 12, 1981 in Pabianice, Poland) is a professional tennis player from Poland.-Career:He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of 81 on April 19, 2010...
while Cezary Nowak,Ilona Kuśmierska,Janusz Wituch,Wojciech Paszkowski,Janusz Zadura,Bartosz Zaborowski,Aleksander Mikołajczak and others provide dubbing voices.
External links
- Muppet Wiki: Elmo's World
- Elmo's World Toy Rockin Elmo