Elmo is so excited that Mother Goose is visiting Sesame Street that wants her to make him his very own Nursery Rhyme! However, Mother Goose is having a little trouble with creating a new story. That’s why Elmo’s best friend Abby Cadabby is here to help!
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00:00Hi, today you're going to hear some nursery rhymes
00:03and meet some nursery rhyme characters, like me.
00:07The cow who jumped over the moon.
00:09Watch this.
00:11Alley oop.
00:12Whoa.
00:18You're supposed to jump over the moon, not me.
00:22Sorry, I just need a teensy bit more practice.
00:25Watch for more nursery rhyme characters on Sesame Street.
00:30Ooh.
00:31Ooh.
00:32Yeah.
00:34Yeah.
00:35Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away.
00:41On my way to where the air is sweet.
00:46Where the air is sweet.
00:49Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?
00:54How to get to Sesame Street?
00:59Sesame Street.
01:00Whoa, wait.
01:01Elmo can't wait.
01:02Yeah, me neither, Elmo.
01:04Yeah.
01:05Oh, hey.
01:06Welcome to Sesame Street.
01:08Oh, hi.
01:09Oh, guess who's coming today?
01:11You'll never guess.
01:12It's Mother Goose.
01:13Yeah.
01:13Yay, Mother Goose.
01:14It's time.
01:15It's time, everybody.
01:16It's time.
01:17Set it out.
01:17Set it out.
01:18Set it out.
01:18Yeah.
01:19And now, the moment we've all been waiting for,
01:22that incredible nursery rhyme writer, Mother Goose.
01:28Yay.
01:30Can someone please help me with my book?
01:32Oh, sure.
01:32Elmo can help you.
01:33I got it.
01:34I got it.
01:34I got it, Elmo.
01:35I got it.
01:35I got it.
01:36Oh.
01:36Oh.
01:38Hey, here you go.
01:40Wow, that's heavy.
01:42OK.
01:43All right.
01:43Turn that over.
01:44That's a big book.
01:45Wow.
01:46Thank you.
01:47Well, I've written a lot of nursery rhymes, you know.
01:49I have a talent for telling stories that rhyme.
01:51I do it all the time.
01:53Hey, you just rhymed there.
01:56Rhyme and time end in the same sound.
01:58I did.
01:59You're right.
02:00I did.
02:01Yeah.
02:02Which nursery rhyme are you going
02:05to read for us today, Mother Goose?
02:08Well, I thought I would begin by reading
02:10a rhyme about a cow friend of mine
02:13who likes to jump over the moon.
02:14Oh.
02:15Oh.
02:15That's Hey Diddle Diddle.
02:16That's Hey Diddle Diddle.
02:17You know it?
02:18Of course.
02:19That's Elmo's favorite, Ms. Mother Goose.
02:22Ooh.
02:23He's got good taste.
02:24Thank you.
02:26That's a good rhyme.
02:27All right.
02:27Whistle.
02:28Meow.
02:30We begin, Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat in the fiddle.
02:34Meow.
02:35Meow.
02:36Meow.
02:37Meow.
02:38Meow.
02:39Meow.
02:40Meow.
02:41Meow.
02:42The cow jumped over the moon.
02:46Oh.
02:47Oh, that's me.
02:49Here I go.
02:50Alley oop.
02:55Oh.
02:56Oh.
02:57Oh.
02:58Oh.
02:59Oh.
03:01Oh, dear.
03:02Well, good catch.
03:04Thanks.
03:06The little dog laughed to see such sport.
03:09What a sport.
03:10Meow.
03:11Meow.
03:12And the dish ran away with the spoon.
03:15Niagara Falls, here we come.
03:18Whistle.
03:19That was unbelievable.
03:23Will you read another nursery rhyme for us, Mother Goose?
03:26Please.
03:27Oh, please.
03:28Oh, please.
03:29Oh, please.
03:30Oh, please.
03:31I don't know.
03:32Kevin.
03:33Come on.
03:34More.
03:35More.
03:36More.
03:37More.
03:38More.
03:39More.
03:40More.
03:41More.
03:42More.
03:43More.
03:44More.
03:45More.
03:46More.
03:47More.
03:48OK.
03:49OK.
03:50I will.
03:51I will.
03:52All right, all right, here we go.
03:57Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey.
04:03Oh, that's good curds and whey.
04:05Along came a spider who sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away.
04:11Boo.
04:13Oh, a spider!
04:14Oh, that's too many legs!
04:16Too many legs!
04:19Let's hear it for Mother Goose and all of her characters.
04:27And now, refreshments will be served in Hooper's store.
04:35Refresh yourselves.
04:38Excuse Elmo, Miss Mother Goose.
04:40Does Mother Goose need help with her book?
04:43Me?
04:44Uh-huh.
04:45Yes, I do.
04:46That's very kind of you.
04:47Very helpful.
04:48What a nice monster you are.
04:49Thank you.
04:50I should write a nursery rhyme about you.
04:55Really?
04:56Yes.
04:57What's your name?
04:58Elmo.
04:59Say it again.
05:00Elmo.
05:01Elmo.
05:02Well, what a fun name.
05:03I've never written a nursery rhyme about a monster before.
05:06I think it's going to be a good time.
05:09Oh, Chris, Abby, Mother Goose is going to write a nursery rhyme about Elmo.
05:15Wow, Elmo, your very own nursery rhyme.
05:18Awesome, buddy.
05:19I can't wait to hear it.
05:20But you know what?
05:21I better get going.
05:22Hooper's is getting pretty busy there, but I will see you later.
05:25Bye, Chris.
05:26See you later.
05:27We have work to do.
05:29A new creation is born today, and it is...
05:35I've got it.
05:36Okay.
05:37Okay.
05:38Hey diddle diddle.
05:39The cat and the fiddle.
05:41The monster jumped over the moon.
05:44The moon?
05:46Oh, Mother Goose, that was a wonderful rhyme.
05:48Thank you, Abby.
05:49It was very moving.
05:50But Elmo can't jump over the moon.
05:53You can't?
05:54No.
05:55Well, I thought everyone could jump over the moon.
05:57Why, Elmo?
05:58Maybe you can if you get a running start.
06:00Oh.
06:01That's a good idea.
06:02All right.
06:03Okay, Elmo will try, Mother Goose.
06:04Okay.
06:05Have fun.
06:06Thank you.
06:07Fly swift and strong, my little monster.
06:10Okay, here we go.
06:13Elmo!
06:15Hi, boy.
06:17Oh, dear.
06:18Okay.
06:19Oh, thank you.
06:20Well, Elmo didn't get close to the moon, but...
06:23You know, Mother Goose, Elmo doesn't think that this nursery rhyme is right for Elmo.
06:28Well, maybe you can write another nursery rhyme for him, Mother Goose.
06:32Oh, yeah.
06:33Yes.
06:34Yes, of course I can.
06:35I'm Mother Goose.
06:36Mother Goose.
06:37Okay.
06:38Oh, I've got it.
06:39Okay, Elmo.
06:40My sweet.
06:41How do you feel about spiders?
06:42If you were, say, to sit on, I don't know, a tuffet and one came along, would you be frightened away?
06:47No.
06:48Elmo loves spiders.
06:49They're cool.
06:51Okay.
06:52Scratch that.
06:53Oh, I've got it.
06:54Hey, little Elmo Blue, come blow your horn.
06:59Yeah, you're red.
07:00He's red.
07:01Yeah.
07:02Okay.
07:03Have you ever fallen down and broken your crown?
07:06No.
07:07But Elmo fell off his tricycle once, but he got right back up.
07:12Right back up.
07:13Guys, I'm losing it.
07:15Huh?
07:16Elmo, I don't know if I can write a nursery rhyme about you.
07:20I don't know anything about you, really.
07:23Elmo, that's okay, Mother Goose.
07:28Thank you for trying.
07:30I'm sorry.
07:31I did my best.
07:34Mother Goose?
07:36Yes?
07:37I could tell you about Elmo.
07:39He's my friend.
07:40You could?
07:41Really?
07:42I think that would be very helpful.
07:43Okay.
07:44Tell me everything you know.
07:45Well, he's very kind.
07:47Oh, yes.
07:48Oh, you're right.
07:49He tried to help me with my book.
07:50Yeah, he did.
07:51Go on.
07:52Okay.
07:53Oh, he really likes to share.
07:54Oh, I love that.
07:55He lets me hold his little baby David doll all the time.
07:58He shares.
08:00Abby?
08:01What?
08:02I feel a rhyme coming on.
08:04You do?
08:05Okay.
08:06The inspiration has struck.
08:07Ow, it feels like a stomach ache.
08:09Okay.
08:10Oh, where's my pen?
08:12Great, this is exciting.
08:14Welcome back, everybody.
08:16Welcome back.
08:17Mother Goose has just written a new nursery rhyme,
08:21and we are going to be the first ones to hear it.
08:25Great.
08:26Elmo wonders what it's going to be about.
08:28Oh, you'll see.
08:30It's my world premiere,
08:32and I think it might be my best yet.
08:35Oh.
08:36It's about a monster called Elmo.
08:40Elmo?
08:42But Elmo thought that Mother Goose
08:44couldn't write about Elmo.
08:46Well, I thought so too,
08:47but that's because I didn't know enough about you, Elmo.
08:50But your friend Abby was kind enough
08:52to tell me some of the things that make you special,
08:55and it was a lot, enough for a long rhyme.
08:58Let's go.
08:59Okay.
09:00Yes.
09:01Ahem, ahem, ahem.
09:03Hey, Diddle Donster.
09:05Hey, Diddle Donster,
09:06Elmo's a monster who's as kind as kind can be.
09:10Aw.
09:11Hey, Diddle Donster,
09:12a red furry monster who's helpful to you and me.
09:17He's great at sharing and riding his trike.
09:22He's the kind of monster you gotta like.
09:27Hey, Diddle Donster,
09:28Elmo's a monster who likes to play pretend.
09:32Hey, Diddle Donster,
09:33a red furry monster I'd like to call my friend.
09:38Aw.
09:40That was so sweet.
09:43Now see, that is my favorite nursery rhyme.
09:46Me too.
09:47Thank you, Mother Goose,
09:48for making a nursery rhyme about Elmo.
09:51Elmo loves it.
09:53Yeah, it had so many things that make Elmo special in it.
09:57Oh, oh, Mother Goose,
09:58Elmo would love to be your friend.
10:01Oh, good, I'd love to be your friend too,
10:03and I can't wait to find out more about you, Elmo.
10:07Jump up, get down, come dance with Elmo.
10:11We're moving our body to the ABCs.
10:14Dance nearby, wow.
10:17Dance far away, now clap your hands
10:20to the letter of the day, clap, clap.
10:23What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:24What's the letter? Clap, clap, clap, clap.
10:26What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:27What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:28What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:29What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:30What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:31What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:32What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:33What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:34What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:35What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:36What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:37What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:38What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:39What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:40What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:41What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:42What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:43What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:44What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:45What's the letter? Clap, clap.
10:46What's the letter? It's the letter of the day.
10:48Clap, clap.
10:49It's the letter of the day. Clap, clap.
10:51N, N, N.
10:54Number One in the Word's Week, N is for nursery rhymes.
11:03Hello, my name is Humpty Dumpty and I'm here to talk to
11:08you about nursery rhymes.
11:10Now no worries, I'm kind of an expert so naturally we need to
11:15a nursery rhyme about me, right? Okay, here we go. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty
11:25Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty
11:34together again. Okay, easy now, fellas. We need to be a bit gentle there. I hope the
11:41neighbors didn't see that. The letter N. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder
12:00what you are. Three, two, one, go! Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you
12:09are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
12:19how I wonder what you are. All right! Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, la, la, la, la,
12:33la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Twinkle, twinkle,
12:46little star, how I wonder what you are.
12:56There. Oh, hi, Rosita. Hola, Elmo. What's going on? Oh, well, Elmo was just practicing
13:05how to write his name. Oh. Yeah, see, Elmo's daddy taught Elmo a song to help remember
13:11the letters in Elmo. Really? Uh-huh. Oh, show me. Okay. Oh. There was a monster who
13:17had red fur. Oh, I know this song. And Bingo was his name-o. But, Elmo. Yes, Rosita. Her
13:26name is not Bingo. No, Elmo's daddy changed it just for Elmo. Oh, does Rosita want to
13:34sing with Elmo? Si, si, si. I would love to sing your song with you. Oh, okay. Here's
13:39goes. There was a monster who had red fur. Elmo was his name-o. E-L-M-O. E-L-M-O. E-L-M-O.
13:52And Elmo was his name-o. Yay! Oh, that is a good way to remember all the letters in
14:01your name. Oh, here comes the really fun part. Are you ready, Rosita? Ready! There was a
14:08monster who had red fur. And Elmo was his name-o. L-M-O. L-M-O. L-M-O. And Elmo was
14:20his name-o. Yay! There was a monster who had red fur. And Elmo was his name-o. M-O. M-O.
14:34M-O. And Elmo was his name-o. There was a monster who had red fur. Elmo was his name-o.
14:42O. O. O. And Elmo was his name-o. There was a monster who had red fur. Elmo was his name-o.
14:56And Elmo was his name-o. And Elmo was his name-o. Yeah! That was so much fun. Oh, man,
15:14that was fun. Oh-oh, E-L-M-O. E-L-M-O. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Did Mr. Dog like Elmo's song?
15:18Oh, what? I loved it. As a matter of fact, I'm going to tell the farmer to change
15:22Change my name!
15:24Yeah.
15:25You are?
15:26Yeah, Elmo's so much more fun to sing.
15:29L-M-O-E-L-M-O.
15:32Oh, wait a minute, what was that?
15:35Bingo?
15:37Bingo!
15:37Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
15:42Come on, everybody.
15:43It's time for one of my favorite songs.
15:46One, two, three.
15:48Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
15:52Knees and toes.
15:54Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
15:58Knees and toes.
15:59And eyes, and ears, and mouth, and nose.
16:05Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
16:09Knees and toes.
16:10One, two, three.
16:11Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
16:13Knees and toes.
16:14Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
16:16Knees and toes.
16:17And eyes, and ears, and mouth, and nose.
16:21Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
16:23Knees and toes.
16:24Head, shoulders, wings, and toes.
16:27Wings and toes.
16:29Head, shoulders, wings, and toes.
16:33Wings and toes.
16:35And eyes, and ears, and mouth, and nose.
16:41Head, shoulders, wings, and toes.
16:45Wings and toes.
16:46One, two, three.
16:47Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
16:49Knees and toes.
16:51Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
16:53Knees and toes.
16:54And eyes, and ears, and mouth, and nose.
16:57Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
16:59Knees and toes.
17:00Yeah!
17:03It's time to get up and stomp your feet
17:07to this great foot-stomping Transylvanian beat.
17:10Start nice and slow.
17:11One, two.
17:12And speed up more.
17:13One, two, three, four.
17:14And stomp away.
17:15One, two, three, four.
17:16Because we're about to find out the number of the day.
17:19So what's the number?
17:20Stomp, stomp.
17:21What's the number?
17:22Stomp, stomp.
17:23What is the number?
17:26The number of the day?
17:28I can hardly wait.
17:30The number of the day is eight.
17:34So that's the number.
17:35Stomp, stomp.
17:36Yes, that's the number.
17:37Stomp, stomp.
17:38That's the number.
17:39Stomp.
17:40The number of the day.
17:42That's the number.
17:43Stomp, stomp.
17:44That's the number of the day.
17:46Eight.
17:49Now let's stomp eight times.
17:53One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
17:59Ha, ha, ha.
18:02One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
18:05Little Miss Buffet was feeling great.
18:07A beautiful bowl of curds and mayo with eight big blueberries
18:11made her day.
18:13Eight cats rubbed up against her knees.
18:16Eight flowers danced with their bees.
18:19Eight fluffy clouds were in the sky.
18:21And eight happy doves flew on by.
18:24She counted each spoonful one by one.
18:26And at number eight, she was almost done.
18:29One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
18:35All of a sudden, quite a surprise,
18:38a spider caught Little Miss Buffet's eyes.
18:41On a web, it floated down with eight long legs
18:44moving all around.
18:45Right in front of her nose, it stopped.
18:48And right beside her, it dropped.
18:50She jumped up, ran, and gave a yell.
18:53And that's when her bowl and spoon fell.
18:56Into the bowl, the spider crawled.
18:58In a good bite, he ate it all.
19:01One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
19:06Yum.
19:14Eight, eight, eight is great.
19:17You can hold it this way.
19:19You can hold it that way.
19:21It's still eight.
19:22Eight, eight is great.
19:24It makes me shout, hooray.
19:26I can count eight skates sitting on a crate.
19:30One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
19:34Yes, I can really state that.
19:36Eight, eight, eight is great.
19:38You can hold it this way.
19:40You can hold it that way.
19:42It's still eight.
19:44Eight, eight is great.
19:46It makes me shout, hooray, hooray, hooray, hooray, hooray,
19:50hooray, hooray.
19:51That's eight.
19:52Eight hoorays.
19:53Ah, ah, ah.
19:58La, la, la, la.
20:00La, la, la, la.
20:01La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
20:04Elmo's full of wonder.
20:05Wonder what he will discover in Elmo's wonderful world.
20:10Ha, ha, ha.
20:11Hi.
20:12Welcome to Elmo's world.
20:14Oh, guess what Elmo is wondering about today.
20:19Wait for it.
20:21Wait for it.
20:24Oh, nursery rhymes.
20:27There's lots of them.
20:28Oh, like Humpty Dumpty.
20:30Hi.
20:31Oh, hi, Cat in the Fiddle.
20:33Oh, hi, old woman that lives in a shoe.
20:36Ha, ha, ha.
20:37Elmo loves nursery rhymes and wants
20:39to find out more about them.
20:42Ha, ha, ha.
20:43Let's ask Elmo's friend, Smartie.
20:46Let's call her together.
20:48Oh, Smartie.
20:53Hiya, Elmo.
20:54Oh, hi, Smartie.
20:56Oh, Smartie looks great.
20:58I dressed up as my favorite nursery rhyme.
21:01Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
21:04Oh, well, that's perfect, Smartie.
21:07Because Elmo wants to learn all about nursery rhymes.
21:10Well, what do we do to learn something new?
21:13We look it up.
21:16Getting the story on nursery rhymes.
21:19A nursery rhyme is a short poem or a song that rhymes
21:22and can tell a story.
21:24Jack be nimble.
21:26Jack be quick.
21:27Jack jumped over the candlestick.
21:29And there's lots of others, like Little Bo Peep and Humpty
21:33Dumpty, just to mention a few.
21:37Hey, Smartie rhymed.
21:39That's right, Elmo.
21:41Well, I'm off.
21:42See ya.
21:43Oh, thank you, Smartie.
21:44Bye-bye.
21:45Boy, nursery rhymes sure are a lot of fun.
21:49Hey, that gives Elmo an idea.
21:53Oh, let's play a game together.
21:55Yeah, come on, come on.
21:59Three pieces of this puzzle are missing.
22:02Let's see if we can put them in the right place.
22:05Is that right?
22:07No.
22:08That piece is blue.
22:10Like the sky.
22:11Put it in the sky.
22:13That's right.
22:14Now, how about this piece?
22:17It's part of the wall.
22:19Put it on the bottom.
22:21Yeah, down there.
22:23Uh-oh.
22:26Yeah, down there.
22:28OK, the last piece.
22:31Oh, that's weird.
22:32It's not fitting.
22:33Yeah, it's upside down.
22:35Try turning it around.
22:37Oh, thank you.
22:39We did it.
22:41Elmo really loves nursery rhymes.
22:43Oh, and that makes Elmo wonder even more.
22:47Does Mr. Noodle have a favorite nursery rhyme?
22:50Let's ask him.
22:52Hi, Mr. Noodle.
22:55Oh, it's Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle.
23:00Hi, Mr. Noodle.
23:01Mr. Noodle, Elmo was wondering, do you
23:04have a favorite nursery rhyme?
23:06Oh, boy, can you show us?
23:08Yeah, show us.
23:11He's Little Bo Peep.
23:13Oh, Little Bo Peep is Mr. Noodle's favorite nursery rhyme?
23:18Oh, wait a minute.
23:19Elmo thinks Little Bo Peep has lost something.
23:23Oh, can Mr. Noodle show us what she lost?
23:28That looks heavy.
23:29It's his luggage.
23:31Little Bo Peep lost her luggage?
23:33No, Elmo doesn't think that's right, Mr. Noodle.
23:37Little Bo Peep lost something fluffy.
23:41You got it?
23:42OK.
23:43Whoa.
23:44He has pancakes.
23:47Well, OK.
23:48Those pancakes do look light and fluffy, Mr. Noodle.
23:52But Little Bo Peep didn't lose her pancakes.
23:55Silly.
23:56Little Bo Peep lost something that is fluffy and goes baa.
24:03You got it?
24:04OK.
24:04OK.
24:05OK.
24:05Her sheep.
24:06That's right.
24:07That's right, Mr. Noodle.
24:09Little Bo Peep lost her sheep.
24:12You did it.
24:14Thanks for showing us your favorite nursery rhyme,
24:17Mr. Noodle.
24:18Bye, Mr. Noodle.
24:20Bye-bye.
24:21Boy, learning new things makes Elmo so happy.
24:26It makes him want to dance.
24:28Come on.
24:29Happy, happy, dance, dance.
24:31Happy, happy, dance, dance.
24:33When we learn something new, we do the happy dance, dance.
24:37Let's see your happy dance.
24:40Yeah, cool.
24:41See you next time.
24:43Keep learning.
24:44Elmo loves you.
24:45Happy, happy, dance, dance.
24:47Happy, happy, dance, dance.
24:49When we learn something new, we do the happy dance, dance.
24:54Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
24:57I hope you liked hearing nursery rhymes today.
24:59And watching me jump over the moon.
25:02Yeah, that was great.
25:04Well, if you like that, wait till you
25:06see me jump over the sun.
25:08Howdy-oh.
25:09The sun.
25:09Howdy-oh.
25:10Whoa.
25:10Howdy-oh.
25:11Whoa.
25:11Whoa.
25:12Whoa.
25:12Oh.
25:13Oh.
25:13Oh.
25:14Oh.
25:14Oh.
25:15Oh.
25:15Oh.
25:16Sorry.
25:16I guess I still need more practice.
25:19See you next time on Sesame Street.
25:22The sun.
25:23Well, aim high.
25:25Come on and move your body and use your mind.
25:28Because you know you are growing all the time.
25:30You're getting smarter, stronger, kinder.
25:35On Sesame Street.
25:36Be kind at home and when you play.
25:39Try some sharing and caring every day.
25:41You're getting smarter, stronger, kinder.
25:46On Sesame Street.
25:47Smarter.
25:48Hey, hey.
25:48Stronger.
25:49Hey, hey.
25:50Kinder.
25:50Hey, hey.
25:52On Sesame Street.
25:53Yeah.