| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Count wants to stay awake at night and count stars | |||||||
| Air date | March 13, 1975 | ||||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||
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Muppets | Herry Monster demonstrates "back" and "front" with three kids. First, he points out that the viewer can see the children's fronts, then (after scaring the kids) they see their backs as they run away. (First: Episode 0365) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover asks Fred the Wonder Horse why he's walking backwards -- he can only see where he's been, and not where he's going. He also wants to know what happened to Fred's head. Fred explains that Marshal Grover doesn't know the difference between front and back. "That is a terrible, mean, cruel thing to say to me, Fred!" Marshal Grover exclaims. "It is true, but..." Fred tells Grover that he's facing backward, and if he turns around, he'll see Fred's head. Grover turns around, and cries: "Oh, Fred! I've missed you! Oh, it's good to see you!" Fred says that if he stays turned around, he'll be able to see where he's going. Grover tries it, and he's proud to know the difference between front and back. Unfortunately, now his head is resting on the saddle, with his feet in the air. (First: Episode 0629) |
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Cartoon | A man carves a YES and puts it on display. (First: Episode 0366) |
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Film | Topi antelopes nod "yes." Music by Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0411) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (First: Episode 0136) |
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SCENE 1 | Bob, Maria, and Mr. Hooper find The Count in his pajamas, sleeping on some crates in the yard. Big Bird joins them, but his loud chattering wakes the Count up. A discouraged Count explains that he fell asleep while trying to count the stars in the sky last night (as has been happening the last several nights), but he always falls asleep before he finishes. Bob suggests he try sleeping all day so he will be wide awake all night. The Count wants to continue sleeping in the yard though and refuses to budge until nighttime despite the protests from everyone about how noisy it will be throughout the day. Big Bird agrees to watch the Count as he sleeps to make sure it’s quiet around him. He begins by shushing the grownups, who still doubt the idea will work. |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit plans to talk about the letter F, but Beautiful Day Monster delivers an E instead, so he fixes it by using an ax and chopping off the bottom line of the E to make it look like an F. (First: Episode 0033) |
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Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) |
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Film | F for Factory (First: Episode 0447) |
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Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Counter — Cookie Monster uses a device to count cookies with Ernie. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Cartoon | Monster in the dark (finding a light switch) (First: Episode 0493) |
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Film | A clown (Dennis Allen) takes off his make-up. Which face do you like better? (First: Episode 0461) |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola demonstrate happy, sad, scared and mad. (First: Episode 0469) |
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SCENE 2 | While watching The Count sleep, Big Bird tries to shush all the noises he hears. He irks Mr. Hooper when he noisily stacks paperweights, tries to silence Bob when he uses the squeaky laundry line, and reminds Maria not to play her phonograph too loudly. He ends up knocking some trays over while swatting at a pesky fly, temporarily waking the Count. |
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Cartoon | "Poverty F” (First: Episode 0128) |
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Muppets | Grover asks Frazzle about his day, and Frazzle responds with growls to demonstrate how he felt. (First: Episode 0491) |
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Cartoon | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Cartoon | A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment. (First: Episode 0550) |
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Cast | David and Luis prepare to hang clothes on a high clothesline using a ladder. However, they each climb it to hang one article at a time. A voiceover instructs them to cooperate, so David climbs the ladder as Luis hands him clothes to hang up. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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Film | Kids comment as they watch tomatoes grow in a field. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0624) |
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Cartoon | A bee looks for a flower. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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SCENE 3 | Mr. Snuffleupagus comes by and Big Bird fills him in on what’s going on. They decide to guard the Count together when Snuffy feels a tickle in his snuffle and is about to sneeze. Big Bird tries to stifle Snuffy by holding his snuffle, but it causes him to have a hard time breathing. As soon as he no longer feels the sneeze coming on, Big Bird agrees to let go. Once he does, Snuffy lets out a massive sneeze, waking up the Count and blowing leaves, debris, and some of Big Bird’s feathers all over him. Snuffy apologizes and decides to leave before he sneezes again. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | After Snuffy leaves, Bob, Maria and Mr. Hooper come running after having heard the noise. Big Bird explains to them what happened, and as always, they don’t believe him… although the Count lets out a small sneeze of his own. |
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Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) |
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Muppets | Kermit, Farmer Grover and a horse show how a horse and cart works. (First: Episode 0590) |
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Cartoon | A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0187) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501) |
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Cartoon | Fleas have fun in fur! Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0629) |
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Muppets | Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes. (First: Episode 0361) |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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SCENE 4 | At twilight, Big Bird begins to fall asleep after hanging around guarding the Count all day. His snoring wakes up the Count, who is at first irritated about being woken up once again but grows delighted once he notices it's now getting dark out, because he’s now awake enough to count the stars. It also helps that Big Bird snores very loudly, guaranteeing him that he won't fall asleep again. He begins his counting and awakens Big Bird, so he agrees to count more quietly so as to let the loud snoring continue. |
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Cartoon | A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful. (First: Episode 0284) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Little Miss Muffet — The spider scares Kermit away. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Animation | Sand F/f (First: Episode 0629) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #7 (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | At night, the Count has counted 825 stars until the clouds start to fill the sky, covering up the stars. Since he can no longer count stars he begins to count Big Bird’s snores instead, and Big Bird is briefly woken by the thunder and lightning. The Count continues counting quietly as Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign and Bob holds the CTW sign. |
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