The Number of the Day



The Number of the Day premiered as a daily segment on Sesame Street in 2002. It originally featured The Count playing an organ to get to the number of the day.

The numbers 0-20 have been represented as numbers of the day.

Starting in season 36, all Number of the Day segments for the numbers 1-10 were remakes of the Number Song Series opening sequence, followed by a human child playing with a jack-in-the-box to get to the number of the day. Newer segments for higher numbers featured a "Number of the Day" song with Count von Count and the Countess.

Season 33

 * 0
 * The Count's organ suddenly disappears, indicating that the number of the day is zero.


 * 1: One Elephant
 * After practicing a few times, The Count hits an organ key, and the number is one.


 * 2: Two Tubas in Tutus, Tap Dancing
 * Two tubas in tutus tap dancing show up after learning that the number of the day is two.


 * 3: Three Bears
 * Baby Bear, Mama Bear, and Papa Bear show up after learning that the number of the day is Three.


 * 4: Four Honkers
 * Four Honkers show up after the number of the day is announced.


 * 6: Five Sheep and a Duck
 * Five sheep and a duck ceelbrate the fact that the number of the day is 6.


 * 7: Seven Dancing Chickens


 * 8: Eight Bats


 * 9: Nine Bats
 * After learning that the number of the day is nine, The Count counts bats.


 * 11: Confetti
 * After learning that the number of the day is eleven, balloons and confetti fall from the ceiling.


 * 13: Vegetables
 * 13 dancing vegetables show up after it's revealed that 13 is the number of the day.


 * 14: Cannon
 * The number 14 emerges from a cannon after The Count learns that it is the number of the day.


 * 15: Penguin
 * The Count sings as he tries to get to the number of the day, and a penguin presents him with a number 15.


 * 16: Beauty queen 16
 * A beauty queen 16 appears after 16 is announced to be the number of the day.


 * 17: Singing 17
 * A singing 17 appears after 17 is announced to be the number of the day.


 * 18: Jumping 18
 * A jumping 18 appears after 18 is announced to be the number of the day.


 * 19: 19 shows up
 * The number 19 shows up after 19 is announced to be the number of the day.


 * 20: Big Number 20
 * After it's revealed that the number 20 is the number of the day, a large number 20 appears.

Season 35

 * 4: Counting Bats
 * The Count counts bats.


 * 6: Six Feet Under
 * The Count watches "Six Feet Under", which takes place under a table where the feet of three of the monsters from Monster Clubhouse appear.

Season 36

 * 1-10
 * Remakes of the opening from the Number Song Series done in ribbon effects, followed by a kid playing with a jack-in-the-box as the kids count in song each time the handle is turned until the number of the day pops out.
 * 2
 * 4
 * 8
 * 9
 * 10

Season 37

 * 10: Jumping Off Steps Until a Kids Hair Turns Blue
 * The Count has a kid jump off the stairs leading to 123 Sesame Street until his hair turns blue.


 * 18: Catalina's Jumps
 * The Count counts the jumps of a little girl named Catalina as her friends turn the jump rope. His counting summons lightning, and then the kids begin jumping again, unaware of the Count's presence.

Unknown season

 * 5
 * Five bats fly in, and the Count asks "Anyone for cake?"