Sesame Street: Learning to Share (1996 VHS)



Here's the opening and closing to the 1996 VHS of Sesame Street: Learning to Share.

Release Date
February 6, 1996

Characters

 * Elmo
 * Tarah
 * Zoe
 * Maria
 * Katie Couric
 * Jack & Jill
 * The Three Little Pigs
 * The Big Bad Wolf
 * Big Bird
 * Oscar the Grouch
 * Grundgetta

Sketches

 * Cookie Monster
 * Magenta Monster
 * Herry Monster
 * Two-Headed Monster
 * Grover
 * Prairie Dawn

Songs

 * This is Elmo's Train
 * What is Friend?
 * Two Heads Are Better Than One
 * Sharing
 * Share
 * The Cooperation Song

Synopsis
As the video starts, Elmo is playing with his own toy train, chanting "chugga-chugga-chugga-whoo-whoo". When Tarah passes by him in her wheelchair, she greets him to try to get his attention. He greets Tarah before she enters the Fix-It Shop. Elmo then greets the viewer, which he didn't notice. Elmo tells us he's dressed as a railroad engineer and he's playing with the toy train, his favorite wonderful, special toy in the whole wide world, which he keeps with him all the time, even in his sleep. Elmo sums it into a song - "This is Elmo's Train". Just then, he notices a banana peel on the ground. He picks it up and decides he must take it to Oscar.

Just then, Zoe appears, noticing Elmo's toy train and asks him if she can play with it. This leaves Elmo shocked. He acts selfish and says "No!" Zoe says she just wants to play with it, but Elmo doesn't care. He sings a reprise of "This is Elmo's Train". Zoe, upset, says she wants to play with him, but Elmo shouts "Elmo told you already, it's Elmo's train! My train! Mine mine mine!" This leaves Zoe sad and her feelings are hurt. Elmo apologizes and as thinks of what he should do to make Zoe feel better, his conscience tells him that rather than being selfish, he should share what he has with others. Elmo is overjoyed by this idea and allows Zoe to play with the train, which makes her happy. Inside the Fix-It Shop, as Maria fixes a miniature TV and asks Tara what brings her in the shop. Tara says she wants to watch Cooperation Today, so Maria turns it on for her.

On the TV, Cooperation Today plays. In the episode, Katie Couric interviews Jack and Jill about what they are going to do. They tell her they're going to climb up a hill to fetch a pail of water from a well, but while climbing up, they argue over the pail and end up tumbling down, with Jack breaking his crown in the process. Katie tells them they have to cooperate and not make matters worse and they should have carried the pail together.


 * Song: "What is Friend?"

In another episode of Cooperation Today, Katie interviews the Three Little Pigs who are building their houses, one made of straw and one made of sticks. After the wolf blows them both down, Katie tells the pigs that they should build a stronger house together. The pigs suddenly build a brick house. The wolf huffs and puffs and tries to blow down the house, but to no avail, so he gives up.


 * Song: "Two Heads Are Better Than One"

Back on the street, Elmo tells Zoe it's his turn with the train, but Zoe says it's her train now. Elmo is upset and wonders what he should do now. His conscience tells him that he should play together with a friend. Elmo agrees and he lets himself play together with Zoe.


 * Song: "Sharing"

In the arbor area, Big Bird is building a tall block tower, but when he sees Elmo and Zoe playing with the train, he notices that there is a ramp heading straight into the block tower and worries that it'll collapse. He tries to tell them to stop, but it is too late. The train rolls down the ramp and crashes into Big Bird's block tower, making him really unhappy! Elmo and Zoe feel bad that it happened, but then Elmo decides he should use the blocks to make a track for Elmo's train, as they sing "Share".

In Cooperation Today, an Anything Muppet reminds Katie that there's a top-breaking story on Sesame Street. Couric leaves the studio and rides a taxi to Sesame Street. Elmo and Zoe and Big Bird sing a second reprise of "This is Elmo's Train" while riding the train to Oscar's trash can, when suddenly Katie approaches them to interview Elmo about sharing the train with Zoe and making a train track out of Big Bird's blocks. Oscar pops up from his trash can, listening. Elmo gives the banana peel to Oscar, when Grundgetta appears. Grungie says she wants the peel. When both grouches argue about it, Elmo tells them they should share it as he splits the peel in half.

Jack and Jill and the Three Little Pigs enter the street, having met Katie on the show. Everyone sums up all the cooperation they did into a song - "Cooperation Song". The video ends with a special message about sharing by Katie Couric.

1996

 * 1) Do the Alphabet (1996 VHS) (February 6, 1996)
 * 2) Imagine That! (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 3) Sleepytime Songs and Stories (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 4) Sing Along (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 5) Rock & Roll! (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 6) Elmo’s Sing-Along Guessing Game (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 7) We All Sing Together (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 8) A New Baby In My House (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 9) Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1996 VHS) (April 30, 1996)
 * 10) Elmocize (1996 VHS) (June 11, 1996)
 * 11) Slimey's World Games (1996 VHS) (June 11, 1996)
 * 12) Play-Along Games & Songs (1996 VHS) (June 11, 1996)

1997-2000 VHS

 * 1) William Wegman's Mother Goose (1997 VHS) (September 2, 1997)
 * 2) Elmo Saves Christmas (1997 VHS) (1997 Reprint Version) (September 2, 1997)
 * 3) Fiesta! (1997 VHS) (December 1, 1997)
 * 4) Big Bird Gets Lost (1998 VHS) (February 3, 1998)
 * 5) Elmopalooza (1998 VHS) (April 14, 1998)
 * 6) The Alphabet Jungle Game (1998 VHS) (July 7, 1998)
 * 7) The Great Numbers Game (1998 VHS) (July 7, 1998)
 * 8) The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998 VHS) (September 1, 1998)
 * 9) Elmo Saves Christmas (1998 VHS) (September 1, 1998)
 * 10) Elmo Says Boo! (1998 VHS) (September 1, 1998)
 * 11) Count It Higher! (1999 VHS) (March 9, 1999)
 * 12) Kids' Favorite Songs (1999 VHS) (March 9, 1999)
 * 13) The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland: Sing And Play (1999 VHS) (September 7, 1999)
 * 14) Sesame Street Family Feature Starring Elmo! (1999 VHS) (October 19, 1999)
 * 15) Sesame Street Family Feature Starring Big Bird And Ernie! (1999 VHS) (October 19, 1999)
 * 16) Elmo's World (2000 VHS) (February 1, 2000)
 * 17) CinderElmo (2000 VHS) (February 29, 2000)
 * 18) Elmo's World: Babies, Dogs & More! (2000 VHS) (May 2, 2000)
 * 19) Let's Make Music (2000 VHS) (July 18, 2000)