Sesame Street | |||||||
The Count considers leaving Sesame Street. | |||||||
Air date | January 19, 1983 | ||||||
Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Bob sings "The Listening Song" with assistance from Simon Soundman. | |
Film | Sounds Around the House v2: chimes, snoring, a boy pretending to be an airplane, a man playing a trumpet, and a motorcycle outside. (First: Episode 1713) | |
Cartoon | A story of a man who hates frogs (voiced by Daws Butler), until his swamp becomes infested with flies. (First: Episode 0387) | |
Muppets | Muppet lettuce, bread, cheese, butter, and ham argue on who an Anything Muppet girl should have for a snack. They all cooperate to make a sandwich. (First: Episode 1204) | |
Cartoon | A boy is drawn, but he doesn't have knees at first. (First: Episode 0954) | |
Celebrity | Lily Tomlin, dressed as a cheerleader, gives a cheer for the parts of the body. (First: Episode 0885) | |
Cartoon | "Love" word animation (First: Episode 0926) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR". (First: Episode 0601) | |
Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) | |
Insert | Maria lounges on the fire escape when she invites the viewer to pretend they’re up with her to look at Sesame Street from her angle. She sees Mr. Macintosh selling fruits, waves at David, sees Bob at his window, and chats with Big Bird. (First: Episode 1008) | |
Cartoon | A red armless character is stalked by the letter Z until he eats it. (First: Episode 1340) | |
Film | How sweaters are made from sheep's wool. (First: Episode 1009) | |
Muppets / Cast | "Dandy David" sings a song about tying shoelaces as Herry Monster watches. Herry then asks David to tie the laces on all the shoes in his shoe collection. (First: Episode 1574) | |
Film | Close-ups of a tomato are shown, as kids try to guess what it is. (First: Episode 0389) | |
Muppets | Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse spot a kitty stuck in a tree. Grover tries to find ways to get the kitty down such as shaking the tree trunk. He finally came to the conclusion that to get the kitty down, he would climb up the tree to bring it down. However, Fred has another idea to bring the kitty down by calling the kitty by saying "Kitty" and the kitty comes down. Now that the kitty is down, they now have another problem - how is Grover going to get down? (First: Episode 1639) | |
Cartoon | A song tells the story of Max, who loves to chop down trees. One tree turns out to be a magic genie, who turns Max into a tree. Max soon grows respect for trees and once returned human, vows to never chop one down again. (First: Episode 0572) | |
SCENE 2 | Oscar is bothered by the Count, who counts the leaves on the nearby tree. Seeing how angry Oscar is getting, the Count agrees to count somewhere else. | |
SCENE 2 cont'd | The Count makes his way to the Fix-It Shop, similarly annoying Luis by counting all the sounds of his typewriter; Luis asks him to count someplace else as well. | |
SCENE 2 cont'd | The Count then goes to the yard, where Olivia is setting up a photo of the kids. He counts various directions she gives them, which also annoys her and she too asks him to go somewhere else. The Count senses he's not wanted at all on Sesame Street and resolves to go somewhere where his counting is appreciated. | |
Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) | |
Film | Apes play at the zoo. (edited) (First: Episode 0045) | |
Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985) | |
SCENE 3 | The Count has packed up things and starts carrying his suitcase down the block to find somewhere new to live. Luis and Olivia find him and tell him that they still like him; his counting was merely distracting them earlier. They even have things for him to count right now; Luis would like the words in his story counted and Olivia wants her photo prints counted. The Count is happy and sticks around counting the times Oscar tells him to get away from his can. | |
Film | Empty / full cafeteria (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) | |
Cast | Part 1: Maria drags herself across the sands of a limbo desert until she comes to a soda fountain staffed by David. She weakly asks for agua, but David doesn't understand the word leaving Maria to pantomime various clues that mean water. David interprets that she's asking for a telescope, an umbrella, a muffler, and a rubber duckie to take a bath with. Maria slaps her head in frustration. (First: Episode 0928) | |
Film | Empty / full classroom (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0475) | |
Cast | Part 2: The props are stacking up as Maria continues to pantomime her plea for water while David guesses that she's asking for slippers, a snorkel, and a fish. (First: Episode 0928) | |
Animation | Sand Y/y (First: Episode 0626) | |
Cast | Part 3: David and Maria have been at this for years now, and are showing their old age. Many, many items have piled up as David guesses Maria is asking for a shovel and pail, a live skunk, and a boat. David says he needs a break from 68 years of guessing, and drinks a glass of water. Maria goes crazy over the beverage, so David offers her some. Maria refreshed, David asks to continue guessing what agua means. (First: Episode 0928) | |
Muppets | "The Rhymies at Sea" - Larry, Mary and Barry sail on a ship, which sinks. (First: Episode 1149) | |
Cartoon | Y for Yak Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1184) | |
Film | Two hands make sounds from other sides of a wall. (First: Episode 0649) | |
Insert | Snuffy does a tap dance dressed as Shirley Temple. (First: Episode 1079) | |
Cartoon | A hand draws a bridge, which a train crosses. (First: Episode 0793) | |
Muppets | The Count sings about bones. (First: Episode 1386) | |
Cartoon | A man uses a wheelbarrow to carry blocks needed to make a staircase. Artist: Tom Gabbay (First: Episode 1335) | |
Film | A woman and her daughter sing about the different ways they can move across the city. (First: Episode 1685) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster goes on a picnic, with a basket full of cookies. A bug flies by, and tries to get into the basket, buzzing furiously. Cookie Monster tries to give the bug a little cookie if it'll go away. The bug refuses, buzzing even more strenuously. Cookie tries a big cookie, but it still refuses. Cookie offers an almond cookie, a raisin cookie, a pistachio nut cookie, and a crunchy granola cookie. He realizes that the little bug doesn't like cookies. All he has left is a letter Z. The bug is excited, and buzzes off with the Z. (First: Episode 1484) | |
Cartoon | An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests. (First: Episode 1481) | |
SCENE 4 | Olivia sets up another photo to take of herself, Luis, Bob, and the kids as the Count announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | A kid holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign. |
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