Elmo's World: Open and Close

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Guess what Elmo's thinking about today?	Elmo's thinking about things that open and close, but he's having a hard time doing just that with his door.
 	Dorothy's Question 	Elmo notes that Dorothy's mouth opens and closes quite a bit. She wants to know how you open a back pack.
 	The Noodle Family 	Mr. Noodle's mouth is wide open when Shade opens. Mr. Noodle struggles to open a backpack until the Kids coach him through it. Finally, toy snakes spring out of the pack and into Mr. Noodle's face.
 	Kids and Baby 	Several kids show Dorothy how they open a book bag in great detail.
 	Elmo's Question 	Elmo counts the three hamsters it takes to open the door. It only takes one Elmo to close it.
 	Video E-Mail 	Super Grover attempts to illustrate "open" when his helmet closes over his eyes. He struggles with opening it again until Herry comes along and lifts it with one finger.
Note: This is Jerry Nelson's last major performance as Herry.
 	Quiz 	Drawer won't open for Elmo until he pulls the knob with all his might. Objects in the quiz include a cake, a crayon and Oscar the Grouch.
 	Film 	Elmo's friend Tyler opens and closes many jars, markers, scissors and other objects when he makes a picture in school.
 	TV Cartoon 	On the "Open and Close" Channel, the Tulip Lady presents a study of how tulips open and close. Coming up next: Closed Encounters of the Third Kind starring Glenn Close.
 	Interview 	Elmo talks to Book (who opens and closes himself) about a construction vehicle with jaws that open and close.
 	Tickle Me Land 	Dorothy imagines Elmo as a construction worker using a construction vehicle to attempt to pick up a teddy bear and a jack-in-the-box. John Williams' famous two-note motif from Jaws is referenced in the underscore for the first scene, connecting to the use of the jaws of the vehicle.
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Open and Closed
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