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Sesame Street
The Count cries when there's nothing to count
Air date February 7, 1975
Season Season 6 (1974-1975)
Directed by Robert Myhrum
Production October 29, 1974
Sponsors H, J, 5

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Susan shows the kids that by looking at yourself in the mirror, you can find a lot of circles, such as the inside of the eye. Bob demonstrates that one can make a circle with their fingers, and does so for Debo to peek through. At Hooper's Store, David makes a circle shape by using his mouth, then blowing up a piece of bubble gum.
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Cartoon Speech Balloon: J - Jam
(First: Episode 0012)
Jfriends
Muppets "J Friends" (alternate take)
(First: Episode 0339)
Jughead
Cartoon Jughead Jones's J story
(First: Episode 0231)
1246-Fortune
Cartoon Miss Fortune makes guesses about a dog.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0483)
Mind-Fish
Cartoon I've Got a Mind: Fish
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0195)
RaposoFight
Film Animals fight.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0567)
5-Good-Men
Muppets Old West: Five good men are needed to form a posse and catch Bad Bart, the meanest man in the West. The sheriff counts five men in the saloon, and tries to organize them. But it turns out that there are only four good men -- one of them is Bad Bart!
(First: Episode 0554)
Fiddler5
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about animals in groups of five on a farm.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0323)
Erniebertcookiemystery
Muppets Ernie & BertBert thinks that Ernie has eaten his cookies, but it turns out that Cookie Monster (dressed as Ernie) ate the cookies.
(First: Episode 0158)
Herecomedejudge
Cartoon "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug."
(First: Episode 0009)
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SCENE 2 As Big Bird rests, Bob points to him and says "Doze." Meanwhile, a kid holds a rose, while Susan shows her nose. David then attempts to demonstrate the word "close," but a nearby door keeps opening. After the third attempt to close it, the adjacent window opens by itself; David breaks down in tears.
Jenny Jeff Jacket
Cartoon A disobedient jacket, illustrating words that begin with the letter J, annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it.
(First: Episode 0527)
EBShola.balls
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentErnie, Bert, and Shola demonstrate "big," "small," "smaller, and "smallest" with four balls.
(First: Episode 0544)
Toon-BallHouse
Animation A ball encounters a black cube, which it imagines as a log cabin in a blizzard.
(First: Episode 0650)
Toon-Rowers
Cartoon Two guys row their oars in different directions, until they decide to cooperate and row together.
(First: Episode 0510)
Meyosong
Muppets Two Anything Muppets sing "Me" in both English and Spanish.
(First: Episode 0372)
0735-SandJ
Animation Sand J/j
(First: Episode 0631)
J Junkyard (Katz)
Film Js appear in a junkyard.
(First: Episode 0449)
NumericalCorrespondence
Muppets Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song."
Gnomes flower vase
Cartoon Three little men climb up the three flower stems.
(First: Episode 0634)
Gibbons
Film Gibbons make screeching noises.
(First: Episode 0276)
TheKingsPicnic
Muppets "The King's Picnic"
(First: Episode 0419)
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SCENE 3 The Count is sad because he has nothing to count. He tries counting Big Bird's fallen feathers, but he accidentally sneezes them away before he can do so. He tries counting David's basket of apples, but the kids take each of them away, causing him to start crying. Instead of drying his tears as David suggests, the Count starts counting the teardrops, and begins switching from happy (since he has something to count) to sad (to get more tears) over and over.
Jazzyspies5
Cartoon Jazz #5
(First: Episode 0007)
GroverWalk3
Muppets Grover asks Little Jerry and the Monotones (who are tired and don't seem to care about what they are doing) to hold up signs with letters that make up the word "walk". When Grover tells them what it spells, they walk over him.
(First: Episode 0221)
Bugsbigandsmall
Cartoon Things say that other things are small, but then something comes along that's bigger, or smaller, or whatever.
(First: Episode 0320)
GroverWalk2
Muppets Grover walks past the letters that spell "walk" and tells the viewers what the word is. The letters then walk over Grover.
(First: Episode 0221)
Painter5
Film The Mad Painter #5
(First: Episode 0345)
CarsWalk
Cartoon Cars WALK.
(First: Episode 0556)
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SCENE 4 During their lunch break, Biff unpacks his lunch that his wife prepared for him, as he and Sully play "Three of These Things." Biff ends up getting so caught up in playing (finding that there are two different answers involving his sandwich, brownie, napkin, and orange) that he forgets to eat his lunch by the time the work whistle blows again.
J-Showcase
Film A showcase of J words
(First: Episode 0631)
Rooseveltdoghouse
Muppets Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Using pictures on the blackboard, Roosevelt Franklin tells the class a story about two little dogs who find a big ol' bone in a doghouse. They try to take the bone, but it turns out that it belongs to a big, mean dog, who chases them away. The moral of the story: "If something's not yours, leave it alone; could be a big ol' dog in the doghouse."
(First: Episode 0529)
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Cartoon J family jamboree
(First: Episode 0365)
1041school
Film James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico.
(First: Episode 0153)
BBCrystal-BigSmall
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentBig Bird and Crystal demonstrate big and little.
(First: Episode 0559)
Hairtoon
Cartoon H for hair
(First: Episode 0475)
2678-Itchy
Song Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests.
(First: Episode 0449)
Flying Fingers
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie says that he has "flying fingers," and tries to find ten different things that his fingers can do.
(First: Episode 0617)
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Transition Bridge #5 - 4 Corner Bridge C
(First: Episode 0282)
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Song Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings "Penguins Five."
(First: Episode 0245)
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SCENE 5 David plays with the kids in the yard, and helps Debo open the awning to Hooper's Store. Biff announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
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CLOSING SIGNS David holds the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the CTW sign.


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