KIDS: ♪ OOH, OOH ♪ ♪ YEAH, YEAH ♪ ♪ SUNNY DAY SWEEPING THE CLOUDS AWAY ♪ ♪ ON MY WAY TO WHERE THE AIR IS SWEET ♪ ♪ WHERE THE AIR IS SWEET ♪ ♪ CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET ♪ ♪ HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET?

♪ ♪ HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET?

♪ SESAME STREET!

ALAN: OH, CHAMKI, IT SMELLS DELICIOUS.

CHAMKI: THANKS, ALAN.

ALAN: HEY, LOOKING GOOD, TELLY.

TELLY: DOITASHIMASHITE.

ALAN: WOW!

GOOD JOB.

HEY, CHRIS.

CHRIS: HEY, ALAN.

OH, HI.

WELCOME TO SESAME STREET.

TODAY WE ARE HAVING A FOOD FESTIVAL.

IT'S A FUN WAY TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S CULTURES.

ELMO: CULTURE?

WHAT'S CULTURE?

CHRIS: OH, SOMEONE'S CULTURE IS THE WAY THEY LIVE-- WHAT CLOTHES THEY WEAR, WHAT LANGUAGES THEY SPEAK.

ELMO: OH, AND WHAT FOOD THEY EAT.

CHRIS: YEAH.

THAT'S RIGHT, BUDDY.

IN FACT, TODAY WE'RE GONNA CHECK OUT FOODS FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES-- CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

ELMO: WOW.

COOL.

OH, HO HO!

CHRIS: OH, HEY, CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S ROSITA AND ABUELA.

ABUELA: BIENVENIDOS.

ROSITA: HOLA, AMIGOS.

CHRIS: HOLA, ABUELA.

HEY, SMELLS GOOD.

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

ROSITA: WELL, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE FOODS THAT COME FROM THE COUNTRY MEXICO... ABUELA: COMO NOSOTROS.

ROSITA: LIKE US.

ABUELA: SÍ.

IN OUR CULTURE, WE EAT TAMALES.

COOKIE MONSTER: DID SOMEBODY SAY, "COOKIES"?

ELMO: WHAT?

CHRIS: UH, NO.

NO ONE SAID ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE THE WORD "COOKIES."

COOKIE MONSTER: OK. YOU TWIST ME ARM.

I'LL TRY IT.

ELMO: WHAT?

OH, HO HO!

ABUELA: OH!

UM... COOKIE MONSTER: NOM NOM NOM!

NOM NOM NOM!

OOH!

NOM NOM!

UH-OH.

ME GOT SOMETHING ALL OVER ME ARM.

ROSITA: HA HA HA!

OH, COOKIE, THOSE ARE MEXICAN FLAN.

YEAH.

IT'S A KIND OF A STICKY DESSERT.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH!

STICKY, HUH?

ELMO: WHAT?

ABUELA: OH!

COOKIE MONSTER: HEY!

UH, EXCUSE ME.

ME GONNA GO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE OTHER FOOD BOOTHS.

OH, BOY.

OH, BOY.

OH, BOY.

ABBY: HEY, COME ON, RUDY.

THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.

THERE'S FOODS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, NOM NOM NOM.

HA HA!

[LAUGHTER] ELMO: OH, HI, ABBY.

HI, RUDY.

ABBY: HI.

ABUELA AND ROSITA: HOLA.

ROSITA: WHO WANTS TO TRY TAMALES?

ABUELA: SÍ.

PRUÉNBALOS.

ELMO: OH, ELMO LOVES TAMALES.

ABBY: AH, YUMMY YUM.

YEAH.

HAVE SOME, RUDY.

CHRIS: YEAH.

ABBY: GO ON.

RUDY: UM...NO, THANK YOU.

ABBY: HUH?

OH, OK, BUT REMEMBER, RUDY, YOU PROMISED DADDY FREDDY YOU'D TRY AT LEAST SOMETHING TODAY.

RUDY: YEAH, BUT I'VE NEVER SMELLED ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

I DON'T WANT ANY.

NO, THANK YOU.

CHRIS: WELL, UM, THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF FOOD PLACES WE COULD TRY.

I'M SURE WE'LL FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE.

ABBY: YEAH.

CHRIS: HEY, LET'S CHECK OUT LILY'S STAND.

ELMO: OH, COOL.

OH, THANK YOU, ROSITA.

THANK YOU, ABUELA.

ABUELA: OH, DE NADA.

ADIÓS.

MAS PARA NOSOTROS.

HA HA HA!

ROSITA: SÍ.

LILY: HMM.

AHH... ELMO: WOW.

HI, LILY.

LILY: HI, EVERYONE.

RUDY: HI.

LILY: I HAVE SOME FOOD FROM MY COUNTRY, CHINA.

ELMO: AH, HA HA!

CHRIS: OOH, IS THAT A WONTON?

LILY: YES.

IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS.

WHO WANTS SOME?

CHRIS: ME!

ME, ME!

ME!

I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY A WONTON...OR 2.

[LAUGHTER] ABBY: OOH, IT SOUNDS MAGICAL.

"WONTON."

HA HA!

HEY, YOU WANT TO TRY A WONTON, RUDY?

RUDY: UH, WHAT IS IT?

LILY: OH.

WONTON IS A SOFT DOUGH, AND INSIDE, IT IS FILLED WITH MEAT OR VEGETABLES.

ABBY: MMM!

LILY: SEE?

RUDY: MMPH.

IT LOOKS WRINKLY.

ABBY: LIKE A LITTLE, WRINKLY PILLOW.

HA HA HA!

OH, BUT IT'S NOT HOW IT LOOKS, RUDY.

IT'S HOW IT TASTES.

ELMO: YEAH.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

RUDY MIGHT LOVE IT.

ABBY: OOH, OOH, OOH, I WANT TO TRY.

CHRIS: OK.

HERE YOU GO, ABBY.

LET'S GET YOU A NICE, HOT ONE.

OK.

HERE YOU GO, ABBY.

ABBY: OK. UM... [SMACKS LIPS] MM!

AH!

OH, IT'S GOOD.

IT REALLY IS, RUDY.

RUDY: UH, DO YOU HAVE A CORN DOG?

ABBY: UH... LILY: HA HA HA!

I HAVE NEVER SEEN CORN DOGS IN CHINA.

RUDY: YOU HAVEN'T?

CHRIS: WELL, EACH CULTURE HAS ITS OWN KINDS OF FOODS.

ELMO: YEAH.

LILY: MM-HMM.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD NEVER TRIED BEFORE COMING TO SESAME STREET?

ELMO: WHAT?

RUDY: WHAT?

LILY: PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES.

RUDY: REALLY?

LILY: MMM MMM!

AND NOW I LOVE THEM.

COOKIE MONSTER: HEY, LOOK AT THIS.

ME FOUND MORE FOOD.

[SLURP] DELICIOUS, ALSO A LITTLE BIT STICKY.

[CHICKENS CLUCKING] COOKIE MONSTER: OH, CHICKENS, OH, THAT--OH, NO.

THAT ME SUSHI.

BAD CHICKENS.

THAT ME APPETIZER.

CHRIS: OH, WOW.

HA HA HA!

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ENJOYING THE FOODS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

RUDY: WELL, I'M GLAD SOMEONE'S ENJOYING THEMSELVES.

LUCKY DUCKS.

CHRIS: UH, NO.

CHICKENS.

ELMO: BOY, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING HERE THAT RUDY WOULD LIKE.

CHRIS: AH!

ALAN PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING THAT RUDY MIGHT LIKE.

COME ON.

COME ON.

ELMO: COME ON, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, LILY.

ABBY: BYE, LILY.

CHRIS: SEE YOU LATER.

LILY: BYE-BYE.

GOOD LUCK.

RUDY: BYE, LILY.

ALAN: HERE YOU GO, ZOE.

ZOE: ARIGATO GOZAIMASU, ALAN.

THAT MEANS THANK YOU.

HERRY: WHOA.

ALAN: SO GOOD.

ZOE: THANKS, ALAN.

ALAN: YOU'RE WELCOME.

HERRY: YEAH.

THANKS, ALAN.

ALAN: SURE.

BYE, HERRY.

CHRIS: HEY, ALAN.

ALAN: HEY, GUYS.

ABBY: HIYA, ALAN.

HEY, WHAT YOU COOKING?

ALAN: WELL, I'VE GOT LOTS OF FOODS FROM JAPAN.

THAT'S THE COUNTRY THAT MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE FROM.

ELMO: WOW.

THAT'S COOL.

ABBY: OOH.

CHRIS: HEY, THERE'S WHAT I THINK RUDY MIGHT LIKE--UDAN?

ALAN: UDON.

CHRIS: UDON.

UDON.

ELMO: OH.

ALAN: THAT'S RIGHT.

RUDY: UDON?

ALAN: THAT'S RIGHT.

UDON IS A KIND OF NOODLE.

IT'S A PART OF JAPANESE CULTURE, JUST LIKE THE ROBE THAT I'M WEARING, WHICH IS CALLED A HAPPI COAT.

ELMO: A HAPPI COAT.

ABBY: DID YOU HEAR THAT, RUDY?

UDON IS A NOODLE JUST LIKE SPAGHETTI.

RUDY: YEAH, BUT SPAGHETTI ISN'T CALLED UDON.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE.

ABBY: UH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GONNA TRY UDON, EVEN IF RUDY WON'T.

ALAN: GREAT, AND LOOK.

PEOPLE IN JAPAN USE CHOPSTICKS.

SEE?

OPEN UP.

ABBY: OH, OK. GO.

ELMO: HERE YOU GO, ABBY.

ALAN: READY?

GO!

CHRIS: GO!

[ABBY SLURPS] ABBY: AHH.

AH!

OH, RUDY, THESE ARE SO GOOD.

YOU GOT TO TRY SOME.

RUDY: UH, NO, THANK YOU.

ALAN: YOU KNOW WHAT, RUDY?

I LIKED EVERYTHING OVER AT ZUZU'S BOOTH.

WHY DON'T YOU GO CHECK IT OUT?

ELMO: YEAH.

COME ON, GUYS.

LET'S GO.

THANK YOU, ALAN.

CHRIS: THANKS, ALAN.

ALAN: ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

CHRIS: THAT WAS GOOD.

ALAN: YEAH.

COME BACK LATER.

HERRY: WOW.

PAP AND TO-MAY-TO GRAVY.

ZUZU: UH-UH.

TO-MAH-TO.

HERRY: THAT'S WHAT I SAID--TO-MAY-TO.

ELMO: OH, ZUZU, HI.

CHRIS: HEY, ZUZU.

WOW.

THAT SMELLS GOOD.

WHAT ARE YOU COOKING?

ZUZU: THIS IS CHAKALAKA.

IT IS FROM SOUTH AFRICA, JUST LIKE ME.

IT IS MADE OUT OF BEANS AND OTHER VEGETABLES, AND, OH, IT CAN BE VERY SPICY.

CHRIS: OOH, HEY, YOU KNOW, I LOVE SPICY FOOD.

UH, CAN I TRY SOME?

ZUZU: SURE, CHRIS.

THERE YOU GO.

ELMO: OH, HO HO.

CHRIS: HERE WE GO.

ZUZU: CAREFUL.

CHRIS: OK.

HERE WE GO.

ZUZU: MM-HMM.

MM.

MM!

OOH!

[ZUZU GIGGLES] CHRIS: MM!

WOW.

THAT IS HOT.

OH, MY GOODNESS, THAT'S SPICY.

THAT'S SO GOOD.

OH, I CAN'T FEEL MY TONGUE.

OH!

MORE, PLEASE.

MORE, PLEASE.

ABBY: I THINK CHAKALAKA MIGHT BE A LITTLE SPICY FOR US.

ELMO: JUST A LITTLE.

CHAMKI: HEY, I MIGHT HAVE SOME FOOD YOU LIKE.

ELMO: OH, CHAMKI.

ABBY: HIYA, CHAMKI.

CHAMKI: HI, ELMO.

HEY, ABBY.

CHRIS: HEY, CHAMKI.

HEY.

CHAMKI: HEY, CHRIS.

ELMO: OH, HI, CHAMKI.

CHAMKI: HEY.

ELMO: OH, DOES CHAMKI HAVE FOOD FROM THE COUNTRY INDIA?

CHAMKI: OF COURSE I DO, RIGHT HERE.

ELMO: OH, COOL.

CHRIS: I THOUGHT INDIAN FOOD WAS REALLY HOT AND SPICY.

CHAMKI: WELL, SOME OF IT IS, BUT NOT ALL OF IT.

SEE, RIGHT HERE, THIS IS PALAK PANEER, AND IT'S ONLY JUST A LITTLE BIT SPICY.

ELMO: WHAT'S PALAK PANEER?

CHAMKI: IT'S MADE WITH SPINACH AND CHEESE.

ELMO: AH.

CHRIS: OH, AND, UH, WHAT IS THIS BREAD?

CHAMKI: OOH, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL BREAD FROM INDIA.

IT'S CALLED NAAN.

HA HA HA!

ELMO: OHH.

ABBY: BREAD?

CHEESE?

OH, LIKE A GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH?

CHAMKI: UH--HA HA HA!-- WELL, SORT OF.

MAYBE.

YEAH.

ABBY: AH.

IT'S YOUR 2 FAVORITE FOODS, RUDY-- BREAD AND CHEESE, HUH?

RUDY: I DON'T KNOW.

ZUZU: I'VE TRIED PALAK PANEER ONCE, AND NOW IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS.

CHRIS: HEY, I NEVER TRIED JAPANESE FOOD BEFORE ALAN TAUGHT ME HOW TO COOK IT.

NOW I EAT IT ALL THE TIME.

RUDY: BUT HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU'D LIKE IT?

CHRIS: UM, I DIDN'T UNTIL I TRIED IT.

RUDY: WELL, IN THAT CASE... ABBY: YOU'D TRY SOME?

AH... RUDY: I GUESS.

YES.

CHAMKI: YEAH.

CHRIS: YAY.

ELMO: OK. READY?

HERE WE GO.

CHRIS: GET SOME NAAN FIRST, AND LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT OF THIS HERE... ELMO: YES, PLEASE.

BOY, IT LOOKS GREAT.

CHRIS: AND HERE YOU GO, GUYS.

THIS IS FOR YOU.

ELMO: OH, THANK YOU, CHRIS.

CHRIS: OK. YOU'RE WELCOME.

HA HA HA!

[MUNCHING] ABBY: MMM MMM!

ELMO: HA HA!

YUMMY.

HA HA HA!

ABBY: WELL?

YOU LIKE IT, RUDY?

RUDY: CAN I HAVE SOME MORE, PLEASE?

ELMO: OH, HO HO!

ABBY: YES!

CHRIS: WELL, THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING DAY.

IT REALLY IS GREAT GETTING TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES, LIKE MEXICO, CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA, AND INDIA.

IT REALLY IS A WHOLE WORLD OF DELICIOUS FOOD OUT THERE.

ELMO: YEAH.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, HEY, WHOA.

CHICKEN, WAIT.

NO.

THAT ME BURRITO.

CHICKEN, PUT IT DOWN.

WAIT.

NO.

ME SAVING THAT FOR LATER.

WAIT.

CHICKEN, BACK.

ELMO: OH, COOKIE, COME ON.

CHRIS: WOW.

ANYBODY WANT SOME NAAN?

ABBY: HEY, YOU WANT SOME MORE?

ELMO: REMEMBER TODAY'S KIND MOMENT WITH ELMO.

ELMO WILL TRY IT, TOO.

RUDY: WELL, IN THAT CASE... ABBY: YOU'D TRY SOME?

CHRIS: HERE YOU GO, GUYS.

THIS IS FOR YOU.

ELMO: THANK YOU, CHRIS.

CHRIS: YOU'RE WELCOME.

ELMO: YUMMY.

RUDY: CAN I HAVE SOME MORE, PLEASE?

ELMO: OH, HO HO!

BOY 1: THANKS, MOM.

BOY 2: WHAT'S THIS?

BOY 1: FALAFEL.

ELMO: IT'S KIND, AND KIND OF FUN, TO TRY NEW FOODS.

BOY 2: IT'S REALLY GOOD.

ELMO: NOW GO DO SOMETHING KIND.

ABBY: DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?

♪ HOLD TIGHT, IT'S TIME FOR THE LETTER OF THE DAY ♪ CHORUS: ♪ THAT'S RIGHT ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'S TIME FOR THE LETTER OF THE DAY, I SAY ♪ ♪ BECAUSE THE LETTER OF THE DAY ♪ ♪ IS ON ITS WAY, HEY ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ HEY ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY ♪ ALL: ♪ HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'S TIME TO SING ♪ BIG BIRD: ♪ IT'S TIME TO TWEET ♪ ROSITA: ♪ IT'S TIME TO GET UP ON YOUR FEET ♪ ZOE: ♪ AND GIVE A CHEER ♪ ELMO: ♪ LOUD AND CLEAR ♪ ABBY: ♪ BECAUSE THE LETTER OF THE DAY IS HERE ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'S HERE ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ THE LETTER OF THE DAY IS HERE ♪ IT'S THE LETTER "F"!

ALL: YAY, "F"!

CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'S HERE ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ THE LETTER OF THE DAY IS HERE ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'S HERE ♪ ALL: ♪ BECAUSE THE LETTER OF THE DAY IS HERE ♪ "F"!

ABBY: "F" IS FOR "FOOD."

PADMA: HI.

I'M PADMA LAKSHMI, AND WELCOME TO "SESAME CHEF"... ELMO: YEAH, BABY.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, BOY.

ELMO: HI, MOMMY.

HA HA!

PADMA: A COMPETITION TO FIND THE BEST COOK ON SESAME STREET.

"F" IS FOR "FOOD," AND I'VE ASKED YOU ALL TO MAKE A FOOD USING THE SAME INGREDIENT--CHEESE.

ELMO: YEAH.

HA HA HA!

PADMA: HI, ELMO.

ELMO: OH, HI, MISS PADMA.

PADMA: HOW ARE YOU DOING, HONEY?

ELMO: VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

PADMA: IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU.

WHAT HAVE YOU MADE FOR US TODAY?

ELMO: OH.

WELL, ELMO MADE CHEESE AND BANANA MUSH, OH, BECAUSE ELMO LIKES CHEESE AND ELMO LIKES BANANA.

PADMA: AND ELMO LIKES MUSH.

HI, COOKIE.

COOKIE MONSTER: HI.

PADMA: HOW YOU DOING?

COOKIE MONSTER: ME TERRIFIC.

PADMA: WHAT DID YOU MAKE FOR US TODAY?

COOKIE MONSTER: OK. ME MADE A DELICIOUS CHEESECAKE WITH COOKIE CRUST.

PADMA: MMM, THAT SOUNDS DELIC-- COOKIE MONSTER: YEAH.

PADMA: WHERE IS IT?

COOKIE MONSTER: ME TOLD YOU IT WAS DELICIOUS.

MRRP!

EXCUSE ME.

PADMA: COOKIE!

COOKIE MONSTER: SORRY.

PADMA: HI, PRAIRIE DAWN.

I'M COUNTING ON YOU.

PRAIRIE: HELLO, PADMA LAKSHMI.

PADMA: HOW ARE YOU?

PRAIRIE: I'M WELL.

AND YOU?

PADMA: I'M GREAT.

NOW, I KNOW YOU WORKED HARD.

WHAT DID YOU MAKE?

PRAIRIE: WELL, I HAVE CONSTRUCTED MY VERY OWN DREAM CASTLE MADE ENTIRELY OUT OF CHEESE, AND SOME OF ITS FEATURES INCLUDE A SWISS STAIRCASE AND A LITTLE BRIE BALLROOM AND A GOUDA GREAT HALL.

PADMA: THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, BUT HOW DOES IT TASTE?

PRAIRIE: TASTE?

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

WAIT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

NO, NO, NO.

YOU CANNOT TASTE IT.

NO.

THAT WOULD RUIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE DREAM CASTLE.

NO.

THIS IS FOOD FOR LOOKING AT, NOT FOR EATING.

PADMA: OK, FINE.

OUR FINAL CHEF IS OSCAR THE GROUCH, AND WHAT FOOD HAVE YOU GOT FOR US, OSCAR?

OSCAR; WELL, IT'S MY VERY OWN CHEESY CRUNCH SURPRISE.

I USED THE STINKIEST CHEESE I COULD FIND AND ADDED A SMIDGE OF SARDINE JUICE FOR FLAVOR.

HEH HEH HEH!

PADMA: AND WHAT GIVES IT THE CRUNCH?

OSCAR: FISH BONES.

GO AHEAD.

GIVE IT A TRY.

PADMA: OOH, I CAN SEE THAT.

I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO EAT THAT.

COOKIE MONSTER: ME TRY!

OSCAR: SAY, THAT MUSHY JUNK OF ELMO'S DOESN'T LOOK BAD, EITHER.

ELMO: OH, TRY SOME, OSCAR.

OSCAR: OH, DON'T MIND IF I DO.

ELMO: UH-HUH.

OSCAR: HEH HEH HEH.

ELMO: WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?

PADMA: THE LETTER "F" IS FOR "FOOD."

I THINK I'LL JUST PACK MY FORK AND GO NOW.

COOKIE MONSTER: ME DRAW THE LINE AT FISH BONES.

OSCAR: WHAT'S THAT?

MORE FISH BONES?

COOKIE MONSTER: NO, NO.

ME GOT PLENTY OF FISH BONES HERE.

OSCAR: I GOT MORE FISH BONES RIGHT HERE FOR YOU, COOKIE MONSTER.

PRAIRIE: WHAT'S GOING ON?

[DOG BARKS] [HORN HONKS] GONGER: ♪ YOO HOO ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ DO YOU LIKE FOOD ♪ GONGER: ♪ A-DOOP-A DOOP DOOP-A ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ LIKE ME LIKE FOOD?

♪ GONGER: ♪ A-DEEBA DEEBA DEEBA ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ GONGER MAKE FOOD ♪ GONGER: ♪ I MAKE FOOD ♪ BOTH: ♪ PLACE YOU ORDER IF YOU LUCKY ♪ ♪ WE MAKE FOOD IN OUR FOODIE TRUCKY, YEAH ♪ [TABLET CHIMING] COOKIE MONSTER: OH, THE ALARM!

ME GOT IT!

ME GOT IT!

GONGER: I GOT IT!

I GOT IT!

AARON: HELLO, GONGER AND COOKIE MONSTER.

MY NAME IS AARON, AND MY FAMILY'S FAVORITE FOOD IS TACOS.

CAN YOU HELP US, PLEASE?

COOKIE MONSTER: OF COURSE WE CAN HELP YOU BECAUSE WE ARE...

BOTH: MONSTER FOODIES.

GONGER: OH, YEAH.

COOKIE MONSTER: OK, WHAT WE DO FIRST, CHEF GONGER?

GONGER: OH, FIRST, WE LOOK AT THE INGREDIENTS.

COOKIE MONSTER: YES.

INGREDIENTS.

GONGER: WE NEED TACO SHELL AND FILLINGS.

COOKIE MONSTER: OK, THIS GREAT NEWS BECAUSE WE GOT THE TACO FILLINGS RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT TACO SHELLS.

GONGER: YEAH.

HEH HEH.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, BOY.

MMM!

THESE LOOK NICE AND CRUNCHY.

GONGER: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, COOKIE!

COOKIE, COOKIE, COOKIE, DON'T EAT THE TACO SHELLS.

COOKIE MONSTER: SORRY.

DON'T WHAT?

GONGER: EAT THE TACO SHELLS.

WHEW!

COOKIE MONSTER: IF YOU SAY SO.

AH!

OH!

NOM!

NOM!

GONGER: COOKIE, COOKIE, COOKIE, NO!

COOKIE, WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME?

[PANTING] HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?

COOKIE MONSTER: ME SORRY.

OH, YOU KNOW, ME NO COULD RESIST THEIR CRUNCHINESS.

HERE.

HAVE A CRUMB.

THESE ARE REALLY-- GONGER: NO!

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, GONGER, YOU KNOW WHAT?

DON'T WORRY BECAUSE WE COULD JUST MAKE SOME MORE TACO SHELLS.

GONGER: OH, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CORN.

COOKIE MONSTER: CORN?

WHAT THAT GOT TO DO WITH TACO SHELL-- WAIT A MINUTE.

ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT TACO SHELLS ARE MADE FROM CORN?

THIS BLOW ME MONSTER MIND.

GONGER: OH, LOOK.

FOLLOW ME.

COOKIE MONSTER: WAIT.

HOW THIS POSSIBLE?

TACO SHELLS ARE CRUNCHY.

CORN, THAT NOT CRUNCHY.

BOTH: TO THE FACTORY.

[HONK HONK] COOKIE MONSTER: WE'RE GOING TO THE FACTORY.

[HONK HONK] [HONK HONK] [CHIME] MAN: HELLO, COOKIE MONSTER AND GONGER.

COOKIE MONSTER: HI, MR.

FACTORY WORKER GUY.

WE NEED TACO SHELLS, AND GONGER TELLS ME THAT THEY'RE MADE OF CORN.

MAN: WELL, YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

TACO SHELLS ARE MADE FROM CORN.

FIRST, THE CORN GROWS ON A FARM.

THEN, AFTER IT'S PICKED, IT'S BROUGHT TO OUR FACTORY, WHERE WE TURN THE CORN INTO TACO SHELLS.

LET ME SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE.

THE CORN IS COOKED, SOAKED, CUT INTO CIRCLES, AND THEN SHAPED INTO TACO SHELLS JUST LIKE THESE.

HERE YOU GO.

COOKIE MONSTER: WOW.

THANK YOU, MR.

FACTORY WORKER GUY.

[HONK HONK] WE GOT TACO SHELLS.

OK. BRING IT IN.

HEY, GONGER, YOU NEED HELP?

GONGER: NO, NO, NO.

I'M FINE.

COOKIE MONSTER: YOU SURE?

GONGER: YEAH, YEAH.

HOLD ON.

OOH!

WHEW!

COOKIE MONSTER: WOW.

YOU A STRONG LITTLE GUY.

GONGER: THANK YOU.

OK.

GROUND BEEF.

COOKIE MONSTER: GROUND BEEF.

GONGER: NICE.

YEAH.

GRATED CHEESE.

COOKIE MONSTER: GRATED CHEESE.

GONGER: SHREDDED LETTUCE.

COOKIE MONSTER: SHREDDED LETTUCE.

GONGER: OH, COOKIE, YOU'RE GREAT AT THIS.

DICED TOMATOES.

COOKIE MONSTER: DICED TOMATOES.

GONGER: THERE YOU GO.

YEAH.

COOKIE MONSTER: THESE TACOS LOOK MUY EXCELENTE.

GONGER: YEAH.

HO HO!

[CRASH] IT'S READY!

OOH!

COOKIE MONSTER: ORDER UP.

GONGER: TA-TA, TACO.

COOKIE MONSTER: ADIÓS, TACO.

OH, ME SO HUNGRY.

GONGER: OH, COOKIE MONSTER... [COOKIE MONSTER GASPS] GONGER: I GOT THIS NICE FOR YOU.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, THANK YOU, GONGER.

GONGER: YEAH.

HEH HEH.

COOKIE MONSTER: OH, YOU WANT TO SHARE?

GONGER: YES, PLEASE.

COOKIE MONSTER: OK. GONGER: OH, THANK YOU.

COOKIE MONSTER: HERE YOU GO.

GONGER: OH, HEH HEH.

OH.

[BOTH MUNCHING LOUDLY] [TABLET CHIMES] GONGER: OOH OOH!

AARON: THANK YOU FOR DELIVERING OUR FAVORITE HEALTHY MEAL, GONGER AND COOKIE MONSTER-- TACOS.

COOKIE MONSTER: YOU'RE WELCOME.

♪ YEAH!

GONGER: YAY!

BOTH: ♪ HAPPY, HEALTHY MONSTERS TO THE RESCUE ♪ ♪ WE MAKE YUMMY FOOD ♪ ♪ JUST FOR YOU ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ YUM, YUM, YUM, DUM DEE DEE DUM ♪ ♪ HOW MANY COOKIES ARE THERE TODAY?

♪ CHORUS: ♪ YUM, YUM, YUM, DUM DEE DEE DUM ♪ ♪ HOW MANY COOKIES TODAY?

♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ WHILE THEY STILL BAKING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ BAKE, BAKE, BAKE, BAKE ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ LET'S DO SOME SHAKING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE ♪ ALL: ♪ BAKE-A, BAKE-A, BAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE ♪ ♪ HOW MANY COOKIES TODAY?

♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ WHILE THEY STILL BAKING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ BAKE, BAKE, BAKE, BAKE ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ LET'S DO SOME MORE SHAKING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE ♪ ALL: ♪ BAKE-A, BAKE-A, BAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE ♪ ♪ HOW MANY COOKIES TODAY?

♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ ME THINK THEY'RE READY ♪ COUNT: ♪ EVERYBODY STEADY ♪ [DING, BEEP BEEP BEEP] 1, 2, 3.

AH AH AH!

[COOKIE MONSTER GASPS] COOKIE MONSTER: COOKIES!

AH!

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!

CHORUS: ♪ YUM, YUM, YUM, DUM DEE DEE DUM ♪ ALL: ♪ THAT'S HOW MANY COOKIES THERE ARE TODAY ♪ 3!

ELMO: ♪ LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪ ♪ LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪ ♪ ELMO'S FULL OF WONDER ♪ ♪ WONDER WHAT HE WILL DISCOVER ♪ ♪ IN ELMO'S WONDERFUL WORLD ♪ HA HA HA!

HI!

WELCOME TO ELMO'S WORLD!

OH, GUESS WHAT ELMO IS WONDERING ABOUT TODAY.

WAIT FOR IT.

WAI-AI-AIT FOR IT!

OH, HO HO HO!

COOKING!

OH!

[SNIFFS] SMELLS GOOD, COOKIE.

COOKIE MONSTER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ELMO: HA HA HA!

BOY, ELMO LOVES COOKING AND WANTS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT.

HEY!

LET'S ASK ELMO'S FRIEND SMARTIE.

LET'S CALL HER TOGETHER.

ELMO AND KIDS: ♪ OH, SMARTIE ♪ SMARTIE: COOKING?

I ENJOY COOKING AS MUCH AS I ENJOY RECHARGING, AND THAT'S A LOT.

ELMO: OH, HO HO HO!

OH.

WHAT IS SMARTIE WEARING?

SMARTIE: IT'S A CHEF'S HAT.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO COOK?

ELMO: OH, WELL, WELL, WELL, NOTHING.

ELMO ISN'T HUNGRY.

ELMO JUST WANTS TO LEARN ABOUT COOKING.

SMARTIE: WHAT DO WE DO TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW?

ALL: WE LOOK IT UP!

SMARTIE: SEARCHING FOR COOKING.

HERE WE GO!

COOKING STARTS WITH A RECIPE.

A RECIPE TELLS YOU THE INGREDIENTS YOU NEED.

BEFORE YOU COOK, IT'S IMPORTANT TO WASH YOUR HANDS.

THE RECIPE TELLS YOU HOW MUCH OF EACH INGREDIENT TO USE.

NEXT, YOU PUT ALL THE INGREDIENTS TOGETHER!

ELMO: OH, HO HO!

LOOK!

THEY'RE MIXING IT ALL UP.

SMARTIE: RIGHT, AND NOW THEY'RE ROLLING OUT THE DOUGH.

THEY'RE PUTTING TOMATO SAUCE ON IT AND CHEESE.

ELMO: THEY'RE MAKING PIZZA!

SMARTIE: GOT TO SET THE TIMER!

THE BEST PART OF COOKING IS WHAT COMES NEXT-- EATING--AND EATING IS A GREAT WAY TO REFUEL, WHICH GIVES YOU MORE ENERGY!

ELMO: UH-HUH!

SMARTIE: OH.

WHICH REMINDS ME I GOT TO GO RECHARGE.

SEE YOU LATER, ELMO!

ELMO: BYE-BYE, SMARTIE!

BOY, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO COOK.

HEY!

THAT GIVES ELMO AN IDEA.

OH, COME ON.

LET'S PLAY A GAME TOGETHER.

YEAH-EAH-EAH!

COME ON, COME ON!

OH, ELMO WONDERS IF WE CAN FOLLOW A RECIPE.

ARE YOU READY?

LET'S PLAY!

THIS RECIPE SHOWS HOW TO MAKE A MUSHROOM-AVOCADO QUESADILLA.

WHAT INGREDIENT DO WE NEED FIRST?

KID: ONE SCOOP OF CHEESE!

ELMO: ONE SCOOP OF CHEESE.

CHECK!

WHAT INGREDIENT COMES NEXT?

KID: 2 MUSHROOM SLICES!

ELMO: 1 MUSHROOM SLICE, 2 MUSHROOM SLICES.

CHECK!

KID: NEXT, 3 SLICES OF AVOCADO.

1 AVOCADO SLICE.

2 AVOCADO SLICES!

ELMO: ALL DONE!

KID: THAT'S ONLY 2!

WE NEED 3!

1 MORE!

ELMO: 3 AVOCADO SLICES!

CHECK!

[TIMER TICKING] A DELICIOUS QUESADILLA!

MM-MM-MM!

JUST LIKE THE RECIPE SAID!

WOW!

WE DID IT!

BOY, COOKING IS SO MUCH FUN!

HEY.

THAT MAKES ELMO WONDER EVEN MORE.

DOES MR. NOODLE LIKE TO COOK?

OH.

LET'S ASK HIM, OK?

HEY, MR. NOODLE!

OH, HO HO!

ELMO AND KIDS: HI, MR. NOODLE!

MR. NOODLE, DO YOU LIKE TO COOK?

YOU DO?

OH.

SHOW US WHAT YOU COOK, MR. NOODLE.

OOH!

THAT'S A BIG, EMPTY POT, MR. NOODLE, BUT WHAT GOES IN IT?

A SHOE?

KID: A POT ISN'T FOR SHOES.

IT'S TO COOK IN.

ELMO: GET YOUR SHOE OUT OF THE POT, MR. NOODLE!

NO, NO, NO.

OH!

SPAGHETTI!

YUM, YUM, YUM!

WHOA, THAT'S A LOT OF SPAGHETTI, MR. NOODLE.

WHOA!

AND WE'RE WAITING, WE'RE WAITING.

[TIMER DINGS] OH!

IT'S READY!

IT'S COOKED!

OH, BOY!

THAT'S A LONG NOODLE, MR. NOODLE.

THANKS, MR. NOODLE.

BYE-BYE, MR. NOODLE.

BOY, LEARNING NEW THINGS MAKES ELMO SO HAPPY, IT MAKES HIM WANT TO DANCE!

COME ON!

♪ HAPPY, HAPPY, DANCE, DANCE ♪ ♪ HAPPY, HAPPY, DANCE, DANCE ♪ ♪ WHEN WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW ♪ ♪ WE DO THE HAPPY DANCE, DANCE ♪ LET'S SEE YOUR HAPPY DANCE!

YEAH!

COOL!

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!

KEEP LEARNING!

ELMO LOVES YOU!

♪ HAPPY, HAPPY, DANCE, DANCE ♪ ♪ HAPPY, HAPPY, DANCE, DANCE ♪ ♪ WHEN WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW ♪ ♪ WE DO THE HAPPY DANCE, DANCE ♪ YAY!

ROSITA: HOPE YOU HAD FUN LEARNING ABOUT ALL KINDS OF FOOD FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TODAY.

ZUZU: YEAH.

ROSITA: SO HOW DO YOU SAY GOOD-BYE IN YOUR LANGUAGE?

ZUZU: WELL, IN ISIZULU, WHICH IS 1 OF SOUTH AFRICA'S LANGUAGES, WE SAY, "SALANI KAHLE."

ALL: SALANI KAHLE.

LILY: IN CHINA, WE SAY, "TSAI GIEN."

ALL: TSAI GIEN.

CHAMKI: IN INDIA, WE SAY, "ALVIDA.

PHIR MILENGE."

ZUZU AND ROSITA: HUH?

CHAMKI: UH, ALSO, "GOOD-BYE."

[LAUGHTER] ROSITA: ADIÓS.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON "SESAME STREET."

ALL: ♪ COME ON AND MOVE YOUR BODY ♪ ♪ AND USE YOUR MIND ♪ ♪ BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU ARE GROWING ♪ ♪ ALL THE TIME ♪ ♪ YOU'RE GETTING SMARTER ♪ ♪ STRONGER ♪ ♪ KINDER ♪ ♪ ON SESAME STREET ♪ ROSITA: ♪ BE KIND AT HOME, AND WHEN YOU PLAY ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ TRY SOME SHARING AND CARING EVERY DAY ♪ ALL: ♪ YOU'RE GETTING SMARTER ♪ FLOWERS: ♪ SMARTER ♪ ALL: ♪ STRONGER ♪ FLOWERS: ♪ STRONGER ♪ ALL: ♪ KINDER ♪ FLOWERS: ♪ KINDER ♪ ALL: ♪ ON SESAME STREET ♪ ALL: ♪ SMARTER ♪ COUNT AND ROSITA: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ALL: ♪ STRONGER ♪ COUNT AND ROSITA: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ALL: ♪ KINDER ♪ COUNT AND ROSITA: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ALL: ♪ ON SESAME STREET ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪