- Mr Snuffleupagus is on his way Elmo.
Now this is it, remember
we have to co-operate.
- Oh! Yes! Co-operate!
- Oh yeah.
- Yeah!
(giggles)
- Now you roll Snuffy's snuffle
and make sure he doesn't get away,
and then I'll go yell
the secret word "Food".
- Yeah, Elmo hold Snuffle.
- And don't let go until all the grown ups
come and see him, Okay?
- Don't worry Big Bird, Elmo not let go.
No, no, no.
(Mumbling)
- Oh, hello Bird.
- Hello Snuffy.
Say hello to my little pal Elmo here.
- Where?
Oh, hello Elmo.
Pleased to meet you.
- Whoo.
I got ya.
Ooh, go, go big bird, go big bird!
- Okay now don't let him go.
I will go tell everybody.
Food!
Food!
(Background talking)
Food! Food! Food!
Food everybody.
- Big Bird go, go Big Bird.
- Ooh, and that means
that Bird's friends are
coming to meet me now?
- Yes. Now! Now!
- Ooh, well I better go
home and brush my fur then.
- No!
- I wanna look good for them.
- No! No! Can't go.
- Hey, Hey, let go of my snuffle.
- Can't go! Can't go!
- (Shuffling)
- (Shuffling)
- Elmo, strong monsteeeeeeer!
Hold it! Wait!
Oh! Snuffy.
Ooh, aah!
Ooh, wait!
- Didn't anybody hear me?
I said "Food" "Food"
- Food?
- Yeah, we..
- That's the secret word.
"Food"
- Oh the secret word again.
- Yeah. Oh!
- What... Do you thing
we ought to believe you?
Huh?
- Yes.
- Oh, okay. One more time Big Bird.
- He's right behind those doors
but, if you don't hurry I don't know
how long little Elmo can hold him.
- Oh all right
(moaning)
- One more time.
- Three strikes and you out.
- This is it, this,
but this is the moment.
This is the...
- Oh. Okay!
- Oh boy!
Oh this is the most thrilling moment.
Oh, I can't look.
Oh, I can't - I got to.
I've been waiting for years
for this it seems like.
Like, oh, I can't do it.
I can't look.
Oh, oh, but I must.
I must go in there, I know it will be.
But I should, I know I should but I can't.
Oh, but I will, I'll go.
No! I can't do.
Oh, I'm a go, here I'm a go.
No, no, I can't do this.
Urgh! Right inside the door right now
the grown ups are probably face to face
with Mr Snuffleupagus.
Should I go in and join them?
I don't know if I can take it.
I should huh?
Okay, this is it.
Here I go.
Gee, I wonder why I get the feeling that
I'm kind of loosing an old friend.
(Dramatic Music)
(Lighter Music)
- At last!
Oh! Joy! Joy!
I told you there was a Snuffleupagus
at last you've seen him and you gotta
believe it, right?
I told you all along that there was a
Snuffleupagus, my best pal.
He's not imaginary but
you never believed me!
- But, Maria and Linda and
I believed you Big Bird.
- Yeah, but the rest of you didn't.
- Yeah, right.
- Yeah!
- Yeah, you right we didn't but..
- Well, but what?
- Yeah, but what? But what?
- Yeah, but what?
- But....
Well...
Aah....
- Big Bird, you have a right to be angry.
- I, I do?
- Yes you do.
Because after all this time and we didn't
believe you.
It must have been very hard for you.
- Well, yeah, it was.
- Well Big Bird, from
the bottom of my heart
I want to apologize
cause I'm really sorry.
- Oh, mmh!
- Big Bird, you know what?
From now on we'll believe you
whenever you tell us something.
- Yes.
- Promise?
- Yes. Promise
- [Crowd] WE PROMISE! ABSOLUTELY!
- Maybe we should get that in writing.
- Yeah!
(laughter)
(signing)
- Snuffy, Linda says
that I should introduce
you to everybody.
- [Crowd] Yeah!
- Elmo first!
Elmo First!
- [Snuffles] Oh Elmo wants to.
Elmo! You and I have already met.
- Nevermind.
(laughter)
- Well, all right, why doesn't everyone
line up behind Linda.
- Okay.
- And Okay. Snuffy I want you to
meet my friend Linda.
Linda - Snuffy.
Snuffy - Linda.
- [Snuffy] Pleased to meet ya.
- And Snuffy this is Bob.
- Hi, Bob.
- Never thought I would
see the day Snuffy.
- This is David. This is my friend David.
(laughter)
(upbeat music)
