123 Count with Me (video)

123 Count With Me is a 1997 Sesame Street compilation video in which Ernie teaches everyone at the Furry Arms Hotel about counting.

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Picture	Segment	Description
	FRAME 1	As Ernie takes a walk down Sesame Street, he discovers a key on the sidewalk. He reads it and learns that it belongs to someone at the Furry Arms Hotel. As he walks up the stairs to return it, he wakes Benny Rabbit from his job.
	FRAME 1 cont'd	Ernie brings the key to Humphrey and Ingrid, who think he's come for a room and a meal at their "half-star" restaurant. Ernie declines and returns the key, which is for room number 7. The clerks figure that they can ask all the hotel patrons who lost their key, but Ernie offers an easier solution – put the key in the #7 mailbox. Humphrey and Ingrid are amazed at how he knew that, when Benny hops in to tell them that he knew because of the number labels. Ernie proceeds to teach them how to count to 20 with a song ("That's How the Numbers Go"), with Benny joining along.
	FRAME 1 cont'd	A monster (Jim Martin) asks Benny, who gets carried away with his singing and dancing, if he's seen his misplaced room key. Humphrey and Ingrid return it to him and remark how great Ernie would be if he worked in a hotel; Ernie says he'd love to. They then teach him their whole knowledge of the hotel business – anytime you need something, just ring the Dinger's bell. Ernie tries it out by ringing one time, which summons Benny with one bucket of ice.
	Muppets	A chorus line of numbers sing "One." (First: Episode 1797) The intro and closing scenes are cut and the entire audio track is rerecorded, with Ivy Austin replacing Fran Brill's original vocals.
	FRAME 2	Ernie tries dinging twice, which makes Benny bring two towels.
	Song	Holy cow, it's number 2! (new music tag added) (First: Episode 3193)
	FRAME 2 cont'd	Benny yells to Ernie not to ring twice anymore; Ernie complies by ringing three times. Benny brings three unneeded pillows and comments how irritating his day is becoming.
	Muppets	The Counting Crows (actual crows) sing "Count it 1-2-3." (First: Episode 3368) New graphics added
	Cartoon	Number Guy: "How Many Elephants Can You Fit in a Room?" The answer is 4. (First: Episode 3358)
	Muppets	"Elmo's Jive Five" (ending edited) (First: Episode 2939)
	FRAME 3	Benny chides Ernie for ringing five times now, as he has now brought five bars of the hotel's own soap. Humphrey then gets a call from some penguin tenants who order fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, and fish. Humphrey and Ingrid have a hard time remembering the order, but Ernie helps them count how many fish were ordered in all. Ernie then proceeds to ring the Dinger's bell some more.
	Muppets	Elmo and Seven Goldfish sing. (First: Episode 2734)
	Film	Eight children dance in a colorblock grid. (First: Episode 3115)
	Cartoon	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316)
	Muppets	The Count sings about his "Counting Vacation." (First: Episode 3367)
	FRAME 4	Benny has now brought 10 glasses of milk, with a stern warning for Ernie: "Next time you feel like dinging ten times... FUHGEDDABOUDIT!!"
	FRAME 4 cont'd	Humphrey and Ingrid watch as three puppies rip apart the lobby furniture, and Ernie suggests they get them some bones instead. However, the pups move so much that Humphrey can't keep count. Ernie calls the puppies to cuddle into his arms and Humphrey counts them. He leaves to get the bones from the kitchen, with the puppies now hounding him.
	Cartoon	Rap #11 (First: Episode 2531)
	Muppets	"Honk Around the Clock" (First: Episode 1631) Ending cut
	Animation	Thirteen hamburgers dance around. (First: Episode 2785)
	FRAME 5	Ernie wants to ding the bell 14 times now, but the Dinger asks to do it himself. As a result, Benny comes in with 14 pieces of luggage and goes mad when he finds Ernie still dinging, but Ernie claims it was the Dinger who rang this time. Benny collapses under the luggage, deciding to take a break.
	Cartoon	Number creatures #14 (First: Episode 2712)
	FRAME 6	The Dinger wants Ernie to ring more, but Ernie thinks Benny's getting sick of it. Ernie compromises and dings 15 times. Benny arrives and gives a wicked chuckle, as they've just summoned 15 elephants who trample through the lobby. However, Ernie only counts 14 elephants that come through. The last one shows up late, pushing Benny away with him.
	Animation	Masked March #15 (First: Episode 3375)
	FRAME 7	Humphrey and Ingrid thank Ernie for teaching them how to count and want to count more things, but they find nothing else in the lobby to do so. Ernie says that there's always stuff to count, and takes the hotel crew outside as they sing "Count with Me" and count the various kids, things, and monsters.