Let ' s Learn to Play Together Let ' s Learn to Play Together is a 1988 " Sesame Street " interactive home video released for the View - Master Interactive Vision video game system . The video begins with Big Bird telling the viewers that Mr . Snuffleupagus is bringing a surprise to the arbor area , and the surprise involves his portable TV ( as it turns out , a Snuffleupagus - sized portable TV is the same size as a regular one ) . Luis hooks up a video console to the TV , which includes the controller used on the Interactive - Vision . Luis tells them that they might have more fun figuring out how to use it themselves , and leaves the instruction manual . Big Bird and Snuffy read the manual , and suddenly , images cover the screen ( none show up if viewed without the console ) . They learn that they and the viewer have to wiggle the stick to remove the images , as Snuffy sings a song , " Wiggle the Stick " . After that , Forgetful Jones shows up and is sad because he has forgotten his favorite number . Big Bird and Snuffy help by telling the viewer to use the right button to pick a favorite number for Forgetful ( the choices are 8 , 5 , 2 , and 4 , but every time you play the video from the beginning to the end , the number choices are different ) . After a number is picked , Forgetful Jones thanks them and points out that the Count is on TV , singing " That ' s What Counts " . After that , Big Bird and Snuffy see both Big Bird and Ernie singing on TV ( the footage is the Big Bird and Ernie sequences from " Singing in the Shower " ) . Snuffy tells the viewers to press the red button to hear Ernie sing , the blue button to hear Big Bird sing , and the yellow button to hear both sing at the same time ( if no buttons are selected , only Ernie ' s vocals are heard , as their scenes appear through a split - screen ) . Afterwards , Elmo and Oscar the Grouch argue over who gets to tell the " A the Ape " story . Oscar doesn ' t want Elmo to tell it because he ' ll make it sound cute , and Elmo doesn ' t want Oscar to tell it because he ' ll make it sound grouchy . The viewer then gets to choose which one tells the story , and that character ' s voice - over is heard narrating an A cartoon about an ape who escapes from a train and goes to a birthday party ( if neither is selected , Elmo is automatically chosen ) . Forgetful Jones comes back because he forgot what his favorite number is again . Big Bird asks the viewers if they remember the number they chose , instructs the viewers to press a button whenever that number appears on - screen , and then shows the " greeblies " cartoon . Following this sequence , Snuffy is seen in Big Bird ' s nest area , singing " Bubbles , Bubbles , Bubbles " while playing with bubbles in a small waiting pool ( Big Bird , in voice - over , tells the viewers to use the controller to pop as many bubbles that appear on - screen as possible ) . Don Music shows up with his piano , asking Big Bird , Snuffy , and the viewers to help him write his next song . Don gives the viewers a number of choices for what to include in the song , having the viewer choose between a duck and a cow , elbows and earlobes , the colors yellow and purple , and broccoli and spaghetti , and then sings a variation of " Mary Had a Little Lamb " ( if no selection is made , then the first of each choice is automatically chosen ) . After the song , the group watches Cab Calloway sing " Jumpin ' Jive " . At the end , Luis comes back , and Big Bird and Snuffy tell him about what they learned . As the credits appear , an image of clouds ( previously glimpsed at the beginning ) appears . Big Bird tells the viewers to click on that picture when it appears again at the beginning next time they watch the video for a surprise .