Elmo's World: Balls

Elmo's World: Balls is the first episode of Elmo's World. The first installment in the series is a simple examination of balls, with slightly rougher versions of certain regular features. In an unusual variation, the performance of "The Ball Song" features a "follow-the-bouncing-ball," referencing the classic Fleischer cartoon shorts and other media to use the technique.
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Guess what Elmo's thinking about today?	A cascade of balls topple over Elmo.
 	Dorothy's Question 	Dorothy has a miniature ball in her bowl. She wants to know how people catch a ball.
 	The Noodle Family 	Mr. Noodle, against a plainer background than usual, struggles to catch a ball.
 	Kids and Baby 	Kids show how they catch a ball. In his first series encounter with a baby, Elmo tosses a ball to an infant, who is unable to catch it, and lets it drop and bounce away.
 	Elmo's Question 	Elmo asks the viewer to help him count how many times a CGI ball will bounce all over the screen. It bounces 28 times.
 	Quiz 	Elmo knows some other things besides balls that bounce and things that don't, too. Eggs don't, but they're delicious to eat for breakfast. Babies do, when they're in bouncy seats. Phone books don't. Birthday cakes don't. Telly doesn't, unless he's on a pogo stick.
 	TV Cartoon 	The Ball Channel features "If Balls Didn't Bounce," narrated by Andrea Martin. The ending line is, "That's ball, folks!", a play on the Looney Tunes closing, "That's all folks!"
 	Interview 	Elmo opens the door to a beachball and football, who discuss the ways balls move, are shaped, and the games to be played with them.
 	Tickle Me Land 	Dorothy imagines Elmo as a football player, twin ping-pong competitors, and a golfer.
 	Home Video 	Elmo shows a video he made of Herry Monster squishing the air out of a beachball.
 	Film 	Elmo's friend Michelle and her dad play catch at the beach.
 	The Ball Song 	Elmo sings the "Ball Song" that features a "follow-the-bouncing-ball," referencing the classic Fleischer cartoon shorts and other media to use the technique.
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Balls
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