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Elmo helps Professor Buck Awe teach a class of chickens using strategies he learned in preschool.
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00:00All right, have a good one, Elmo.
00:02Oh, you too, Gordon.
00:02Great coffee, Chris.
00:03Oh, thanks, Gordon.
00:05Boy, that was a good breakfast, Chris.
00:07Oh, I'm glad you liked it, Elmo.
00:10Oh, hey, welcome to Sesame Street.
00:12Okay, what's going on?
00:14Uh, I was just saying hello, you know, being friendly.
00:17What's going on out there?
00:19Out where?
00:20Ah!
00:21Um, I don't know.
00:22Well, let's go check it out, Chris.
00:24Come on.
00:24Yeah, yeah.
00:26Ah!
00:27Uh, excuse me.
00:30Hi there.
00:31Oh, hello.
00:32You must be my new neighbors.
00:34Neighbors?
00:35Yes, allow me to introduce myself.
00:37My name is Buck Ah.
00:39Professor Buck Ah.
00:40That means I'm a teacher.
00:42And today, I am opening my brand new school right here.
00:45A school here?
00:47Ah, well, what kind of school is it?
00:49Oh, a very special kind of school.
00:53Introducing...
00:54Professor Buck's School for Cluck!
00:57It's a chicken school, you see.
01:02Wow.
01:03Well, Elmo's never heard of a chicken school before.
01:06Well, that's because this is the first of its kind.
01:08Now chickens can learn their one-two-threes and ABCs just like everyone else.
01:12Yeah.
01:13Yes, but chickens don't go to school.
01:15Not yet they don't.
01:17But I'm a man with a dream.
01:19To open a free-range chicken school right here on Sesame Street.
01:22So there will be no chicken left behind.
01:26Well, yeah.
01:26But that sounds great, doesn't it, Chris?
01:28Ah.
01:29I mean, think about it.
01:30Have you ever seen a chicken go to college?
01:32Uh-uh.
01:33I don't know.
01:34Right.
01:34Exactly.
01:34That's why we need this school.
01:38Hail to thee, our school for Clucks.
01:41First school in the nation.
01:45Where you get, if you've got Pluck, a poultry education.
01:52Chickens will not have to wing it.
01:56Here they're hatching knowledge.
01:58Hail to thee, our school for Clucks.
02:03Pagging you on to college.
02:09Cluck?
02:11Oh, that's the school bell.
02:13That means my chicken school's about to begin.
02:15Oh, yay.
02:16Yeah, but I don't think you're going to find chickens who are actually going to go to school.
02:20No.
02:24I guess I was wrong.
02:26Welcome, welcome, everyone, to Professor Buck's School for Clucks.
02:30Yeah, well, the chickens seem really excited to be here.
02:34Yes, well, Elmo, you would be, too, if you were cooped up all day inside of a, um, whatever
02:39it is chickens live in.
02:41Uh, chicken coop?
02:43Exactly.
02:44Yes, of course.
02:45Of course.
02:45All right, class.
02:46Class, choose a desk and pull up a nest.
02:53Well, this looks like lots of fun.
02:55Oh, gee, Elmo wishes he could go to chicken school, too.
02:59Uh, Elmo, you already go to preschool.
03:01Uh, well, Elmo, maybe you could be in my class for one day, just so that you see what
03:06it's like to learn like a chicken.
03:07Oh, really?
03:08Yeah.
03:08Do you have a chicken costume, by chance?
03:11Who doesn't?
03:13I don't.
03:13Ta-da!
03:17Chicken Elmo is ready for school!
03:20Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck.
03:22Excellent, Elmo.
03:23Come join the class.
03:24We're about to begin.
03:25Okay.
03:26Okay.
03:27Have fun, uh, chicken Elmo.
03:29I'll be over here in Hooper's, okay?
03:32I'm still not sure how this chicken school thing is going to work, but, uh, whatever.
03:36All right, everyone, let's get started.
03:39Good morning, class.
03:41Good morning!
03:43My name is Professor Buck-Aw.
03:46Buck-Aw!
03:46That's right, Buck-Aw.
03:48Yes, very good.
03:49So, I wanted to start...
03:51Uh-huh, that's my name.
03:53You're correct.
03:53Very good.
03:55Okay, yes.
03:56Class, we've established who I am.
03:58All right, so let's move on.
04:00And, and if you'd please just take your...
04:02Okay, you can stop saying my name now, class.
04:05Please.
04:07Why won't they stop?
04:09Um, actually, I don't think they're saying your name.
04:12I think they're just clucking.
04:14Oh.
04:16Yeah, that's kind of what chickens do.
04:18Yes, of course.
04:19Cluck.
04:20I knew that.
04:21Um, how would you get them to stop, if you wanted?
04:25Because I need to begin my lesson.
04:27Um, well, you're the teacher.
04:28You just have to get them to listen to you.
04:30I will get them to listen to me.
04:32I am the professor chicken teacher.
04:37Uh, class.
04:38Class, it is time to begin school.
04:41So, please listen.
04:43To me.
04:44Listen to me, class.
04:46Please listen to me.
04:47Mr. Professor Bacall.
04:49Yes, Elmo.
04:50Well, in Elmo's preschool, we learned a good way to get everybody to listen.
04:54You did?
04:55Uh-huh, yeah.
04:56By listening with your whole body.
04:59Listening with your whole body, Elmo?
05:01Oh, ho, ho.
05:02I believe you are mistaken, my little red friend.
05:05I think you mean listening with your ear.
05:07Well, yes, it's true.
05:08We hear with our ears.
05:10But, like, listening, like really paying attention to someone, well, it involves a lot more than that.
05:14Yeah, that's right.
05:15We even sang a song about it in preschool.
05:18A song about listening?
05:20Well, Elmo, do you think you could sing that for us?
05:22It might help.
05:24Well, okay.
05:26Oh, come to the front of the class.
05:28Come on up, Elmo.
05:29Okay.
05:30Well, everybody, the song goes like this.
05:33How do we listen?
05:36Elmo knows how.
05:38With our whole bodies.
05:41Let Elmo show you how.
05:43Ears are hearing what you have to say.
05:47Eyes are watching what you do today.
05:50Mouth is closed and quiet too.
05:52Body is calm and facing you.
05:56Try it.
05:58Ears are hearing what you have to say.
06:00Eyes are watching what you do today.
06:03Mouth is closed and quiet too.
06:06Body is calm and facing you.
06:09Join us, class.
06:10Ears are hearing what you have to say.
06:13Eyes are watching what you do today.
06:16Mouth is closed and quiet too.
06:19Body is calm and facing you.
06:28It worked.
06:30Oh, wonderful, Elmo.
06:31Look, they're all listening with their whole bodies.
06:35Rire.
06:36Hey, way to go, Elmo.
06:38Yes, thank you, Elmo.
06:39Rire, Elmo is happy to help.
06:42Cluck, cluck, cluck.
06:43All right, class.
06:45Now that we're all listening with our whole bodies,
06:48let's begin our first lesson.
06:50Whom here knows how to say the alphabet?
06:54Yes.
06:55Mm-hmm.
06:57I'm listening.
06:58What?
07:00Why are you shouting my name?
07:02They're not saying your name.
07:04They're just clucking the answer to your question.
07:06Oh, clucking.
07:08Because chickens cluck.
07:10And I know that.
07:12What I want to know is who here can say the alphabet.
07:15Bucca!
07:16Bucca!
07:17Bucca!
07:17Bucca!
07:18Bucca!
07:18Bucca!
07:19No, I, no, I, no, I can't understand any of them.
07:22That's because they're all talking at once.
07:24Got to get them to raise their hand if they have something to say.
07:27Professor Bucca?
07:28Professor Bucca?
07:28Like that?
07:29Professor Bucca?
07:29Yes, Elmo.
07:30Oh, well, Elmo has another song from preschool.
07:34Yeah, it's all about raising your hand.
07:37Oh, how wonderful.
07:37Another strategy.
07:38Come up and share it with the class.
07:40Okay, here we go.
07:42When you have something to say in school, don't shout it out.
07:46You have to follow the rules.
07:49Raise your hand when you want to talk.
07:51Lift it high.
07:52That's what you do.
07:54Come on, then.
07:54Raise your hand when you want to talk.
07:57And wait for the teacher to call on you.
08:00Raise your hand when you want to talk.
08:03Lift it high.
08:04That's what you do.
08:06Raise your hand when you want to talk.
08:09And wait for the teacher to call on you.
08:12It's a wonderful song, but I wonder if we could change it a little bit for the chicken.
08:16Like how?
08:17Well, how about this?
08:18Raise your wing when you want to bark.
08:21Lift it high.
08:21Bark, bark.
08:22That's what you do.
08:23Raise your wing when you want to bark.
08:27And wait for the teacher to call on you.
08:30Raise your wing when you want to bark.
08:32Lift it high.
08:34That's what you do.
08:36Raise your wing when you want to bark.
08:38And wait for the teacher to call on you.
08:43Yeah!
08:45Wonderful.
08:46They're doing it.
08:47Hey, cool song, Elmo.
08:50All right, guys.
08:51It's snack time.
08:51I have crackers and skim milk.
08:57Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey, chickens.
09:00Back to your desk.
09:02Come on.
09:02Hey, help.
09:03Come on.
09:05Hey.
09:05Oh, I'm so sorry.
09:07What happened?
09:09Feathers everywhere.
09:10Yeah, look like a chicken stampede.
09:12Yeah, they all wanted their snack at the same time.
09:15Oh, teaching chickens is strenuous work.
09:18Buck, I don't know if I have the energy to go on.
09:20Well, listen, Buck, you just have to get them to stand in line and wait their turn.
09:24Oh, yeah.
09:25And how am I going to do that?
09:27Do you have another song?
09:28Uh-huh.
09:29Go for it.
09:31Okay, chickens.
09:32Here's another song Elmo learned at preschool.
09:35Stand in line and you'll have to wait till it's your turn.
09:48It's what everyone must learn.
09:51So stand in line and you'll be doing great.
09:54Okay, class.
09:55You heard what he said.
09:56Buck, I'm going to do it.
09:57Stand in line.
10:00Buck, I'm going to do it.
10:00Keep it nice and straight.
10:02Buck, I'm going to do it.
10:03Stand in line.
10:04Buck, I'm going to do it.
10:05And you'll have to wait till it's your turn.
10:10It's what everyone must learn.
10:12So stand in line and you'll be doing great.
10:16Buck, I'm going to do it.
10:18The strategy worked.
10:20They stood in line.
10:21Thank you again for all of your help, Elmo.
10:23Ah, no problem.
10:25Okay, class.
10:26There have been many delays, but we can finally start the first lesson of learning the alphabet.
10:30So.
10:32Oh, no.
10:33That's the school bell.
10:34Already?
10:36I'm afraid school is over for today.
10:38Class dismissed.
10:46That was a really short school day.
10:47I can't believe this.
10:49I didn't teach them a single thing the whole day long.
10:51It seems like it was only a few minutes.
10:53Forget it.
10:54I'm closing down Professor Buck's school for clucks.
10:57Why?
10:57Why?
10:58Because I didn't teach them anything.
11:00Yes, you did.
11:01But think about it.
11:02They learned how to listen.
11:05Yeah, yeah.
11:06And they learned how to raise their hands.
11:09Or wings.
11:10Yeah, that's right.
11:13And they learned how to stand in line and wait their turn.
11:17Now, those are really important things to learn for anybody who's going to school.
11:20Yeah.
11:21You guys are right.
11:22The chickens did learn.
11:24So, does this mean that Professor Buck's school for clucks will stay open?
11:30No.
11:31Aww.
11:31I'm going to reopen it as Professor Buck's and Professor Elmo's school for clucks.
11:37Aww.
11:38Boy, Elmo can't wait for chicken school tomorrow.
11:42Buckle!
11:43Yes, Elmo?
11:44He wasn't saying your name.
11:45No, I know.
11:46No, no, no, no, no, no, no.