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Sesame Street
The Count forgets a number / Bob sees the Snuffleupagus
Air date December 16, 1975
Season Season 7 (1975-1976)
Sponsors E, H, 3


Picture Segment Description
SCENE 1 Maria holds up a "NO" sign because it’s Oscar’s favorite word, and she’s going to get him to say it. Instead, he says "Yes" to drive Maria crazy.
Cartoon A man chases a runaway "no."
(First: Episode 0794)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Herry's NO SignHerry Monster holds a sign with the word "NO" on it, and tells Ernie that he can make him read his sign.
(First: Episode 0416)
Cartoon A mouse tries looking for his pet, describing to his friend what they did yesterday.
(First: Episode 0782)
Cartoon E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal.
(First: Episode 0486)
Muppets The Remembering GameCookie Monster and Bill Smith match pictures.
(First: Episode 0310)
SCENE 2 The Count joins Bob and the kids in a game of jacks, but he forgets what number comes between 2 and 4 as he counts the kids. Bob finds it amazing that the world's greatest counter has forgotten a number, but points him to something that might help...
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0299)
SCENE 2
cont'd
The Count still doesn’t remember the number, substituting other words for the forgotten number. As David joins the crew, Bob points him to another film...
Film The Mad Painter #3
(First: Episode 0343)
SCENE 2
cont'd
Even with the films, the Count still can't remember the number. He becomes despondent, sobbing that he'll have to give up counting. Everybody (including the audience) shouts, "Three!" which finally jogs his memory. As he counts the jacks, he pranks his friends by pretending to now not remember what comes between 6 and 8. He quips, "I would never forget; do you know who you're talking about? Who could forget such a thing? I, the greatest counter since Formica!"
Cartoon "I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions.
Artist: Jim Simon
(First: Episode 0408)
Muppets Anything Muppets: Snow White and the Six DwarvesSnow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves.
(First: Episode 0279)
Cartoon Three little men climb up the three flower stems.
(First: Episode 0634)
Cartoon / Film A Scanimate/live-action hybrid segment in which an off-camera child and Luis name words that begin with H.
(First: Episode 0771)
Cartoon "Have you seen my NO?"
(First: Episode 0773)
Cast Captain Under-Wonder (Luis) shows how he goes under an umbrella, a table and the tire swing (the latter by shrinking himself down).
(First: Episode 0508)
Film A film of two kids and a goat riding a turtle at a petting zoo is narrated in English and Spanish.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0486)
Cartoon An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way.
Voices: Hal Smith
(First: Episode 0538)
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Peanut Butter SandwichesErnie and Bert decide their groceries are boring until they combine them to make peanut butter sandwiches.
(First: Episode 0279)
Animation Sand E/e
(First: Episode 0642)
Film The celebration of Chinese New Year
(First: Episode 0495)
Cartoon E Imagination
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0001)

SCENE 3 Bob settles in for a nap on the carriage house steps. Down the block, Mr. Snuffleupagus wants to show Big Bird the new striped overalls that his mother made for him. A bleary-eyed Bob sees Snuffy going by, and calls to tell everybody. In a reversal of roles, Big Bird hears Bob's description and gets more and more excited, but decides that he couldn't have seen a Snuffleupagus -- Snuffy doesn't have black and white stripes.
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Jack Rabbit
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0390)
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Holiday Mix-UpKermit interviews a witch, the Easter Bunny, and Santa Claus.
(First: Episode 0711)
Cartoon Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee.
(First: Episode 0473)
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentJohn-John and Herry Monster count to twenty.
(First: Episode 0441)
Cartoon Hats
(First: Episode 0773)
Cartoon E for Erase
(First: Episode 0486)
Film Paper-cut triangles fade into live-action shots of triangle-shaped things.
(First: Episode 0538)
Song Luis sings "Three of These Things" with three kids with umbrellas and one unlucky kid without one.
(First: Episode 0408)
Film A baby chick hatches from an egg. (Music: Joe Raposo)
(First: Episode 0690)
Cartoon The Typewriter: E-Ear
Muppets Lefty's boss makes sure Lefty knows the alphabet.
(First: Episode 0236)
Film Building a log cabin
(First: Episode 0602)
Cartoon A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors.
(First: Episode 0406)
Film "Three Song (Song of Three)"
(First: Episode 0001)
SCENE 4 Snuffy moans about not being able to find Big Bird. Bob stews over what just happened, unaware that Snuffy is just on the other side of the doors. Oscar announces the sponsors ("... and by the number belly-button; I mean, three! Heh-heh-heh.").

CLOSING SIGNS David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.


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