| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Count wants to count everybody in the world | |||||||
| Air date | March 9, 1976 | ||||||
| Season | Season 7 (1975-1976) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | David and the kids observe Kyle's pet dog. David recalls seeing how little it was as a young puppy, and uses Luis' tape measure to see how big it is now. Oscar the Grouch isn't impressed, claiming that he is currently dogsitting for a friend. He takes the measuring tape and finds out that "Teeny's" tail is fifteen feet four inches long. The others find this hard to believe until a delivery man brings Oscar a giant dinosaur-sized bone, and loud growling and gnawing is heard from inside Oscar's trash can. |
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Song | "Watch the Dance": A calypso singer points out the body parts of a dancer. (First: Episode 0654) |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin instructs the class in an exercise: "Lean to the left! Lean to the right! Stand up, sit down! (That's alright!)" (First: Episode 0729) |
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Cartoon | V in space (First: Episode 0481) |
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Cast | The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V. (First: Episode 0455) |
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Cartoon | Julius demonstrates "here" and "there," then ends up being "in pain." Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0418) |
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Film | The Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314) |
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Muppets | The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433) |
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Cartoon | Violet climbs a vine with V words. (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets | Lefty sells Ernie an invisible ice cream cone; Ernie pays for it with an invisible nickel. (First: Episode 0687) |
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Animation | Sand V/v (First: Episode 0637) |
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Muppets / Cast | Luis has four things lined up in a row - a harmonica, a whistle, a trumpet, and a banana. He tells Kermit that one of these doesn't belong, and Kermit chooses the banana because you can make music with the instruments, but you eat the banana... or so he thinks. Luis blows into the banana and appears to be playing a horn until he reveals he was honking a horn behind his back the whole time. Amused by the trick, they decide to play the same joke on Cookie Monster, but Cookie has a different idea--you eat the harmonica, whistle, and trumpet, and make beautiful music with the banana. (First: Episode 0553) |
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Song | "Train Song" (First: Episode 0423) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there." (First: Episode 0277) |
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Cartoon | A girl trains her dog on here and there. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Cartoon | Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them. (First: Episode 0793) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster goes to the carnival and plays the "test your strength" game. Unbeknownst to him, the carnival barker rigged the game so nobody can win -- until Cookie finds out what the prize is. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Cartoon | A witch turns a little girl into a variety of things, but the girl insists "I'm still ME!" (First: Episode 0793) |
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Cartoon | Two cowboy rattlesnakes discuss the difference between here and there, while trying to avoid a sneezing rabbit. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: V for Vacuum (First: Episode 0774) |
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SCENE 2 | Herry Monster wants to play in Bob’s band of kids, but finds that he's too strong when handling any instruments. He ends up putting a hole through both sides of his drum, breaks his trombone in half, and slices through his Stradivarius violin. He begins to pound his head in frustration and Bob finds that he can keep time pretty well, so he hands Herry a baton and suggests that Herry conduct the band instead. He leads the group in a kazoo, ocarina, and maraca version of "I've Been Working on the Railroad." |
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Cartoon | Building a dog house is easy if you have a ruler. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: After the Bath — Ernie comes from finishing his bath and tells Bert that there's something that he forgot. (First: Episode 0347) |
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Film | African kids play at various activities, including a game with stones. (First: Episode 0136) |
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Cartoon | This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507) |
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Celebrity | The Pointer Sisters sing the "Swingin' Alphabet." (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052) |
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Film | Seals make noise. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Muppets | Grover climbs a tree and finds a bird's nest with some eggs in it. The eggs hatch, and the baby birds think Grover is their mommy. When the real mother bird arrives, she mistakes Grover for one of her babies. She gives them all a flying lesson, but Grover promptly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0570) |
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Cartoon | Small v ... for voom, voice, violin, etc. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0167) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird tells Mr. Snuffleupagus that his homework is to find five words that rhyme with “stuff.” Snuffy struggles coming up with words as Big Bird thinks of “huff,” “puff,” “rough,” and “tough.” Big Bird is happy when Snuffy is able to help him come up with the fifth word: “Snuff.” |
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Cartoon | H - Horse (First: Episode 0474) |
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Film | Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336) |
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Cartoon | A cartoon man (voiced by Bob Arbogast) is irritated to find that he has a succession of animal noses. (First: Episode 0769) |
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Insert | Three of These Kids (upside-down girl) (First: Episode 0413) |
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Cartoon | A caterpillar escapes a hungry bird by turning into a butterfly. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0639) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria, Shawn, and Frankie are looking at a globe when the Count arrives. The Count is unfamiliar with how a globe works, so Maria shows how it displays all the countries of the world. Before the Count can start counting countries, Maria moves on to a National Geographic atlas which has a lot more information about the world, including that there are about 3.6 billion people in the world today. The Count is amazed and inspired to start counting everybody in the world, starting with the people on Sesame Street. |
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Film | A marching band counts from 1 to 20. (First: Episode 0504) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola talk about taking a nap. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | A man takes advantage of his television appearance to display his giant ME sign. (First: Episode 0781) |
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Film | A boy narrates a film of cows being fed hay during winter. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0787) |
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Animation | Sand V/v (repeat) |
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SCENE 5 | The Count continues counting people, including Mr. Macintosh, Mrs. Macintosh, the kids on the stoop, and Kyle's puppy, as Maria announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob and a kid hold the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
Notes[]
- Scene 4 is written with the lesson concept “Bicentennial - America in the world.”
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