Sesame Street | |||||||
Count von Count falls in love with a Countess who loves to count | |||||||
Air date | January 5, 1977 | ||||||
Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Song | Big Bird sings "Wonderful Me". | |
Film | Me Monolith (0:45) | |
Film | Me Snowshoes (0:32) | |
Animation | Sand G/g | |
Muppets | Game Show: The Remembering Game โ Guy Smiley hosts Cookie Monster and Bill Smith who have to match two pictures. (First: Episode 0310) | |
Film | G Gorilla (0:15) | |
Film | (LA) Tall/Small Clowns (0:20) | |
Film | Mice & Elephant Remembering (1:50) | |
Muppets | Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows. (First: Episode 0210) | |
Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) | |
Film | Kids train for the special olympics. (EKA: Episode 0898) | |
Cartoon | The Typewriter gets stuck in a spot of glue, and types "G: Glue". (EKA: Episode 0852) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie, who tells Bert that if the cookie was his, he wouldn't mind sharing. Ernie takes the cookie, and asks Bert to ask him if he would share it. (First: Episode 0472) | |
Film | Handprint (0:15) | |
Film | A boy pretends a wagon is a bus. His friend tells him it's not a bus, and explains what her father, a real bus driver, does. (EKA: Episode 0181) | |
Cartoon | The Pink Panther - K For Karate (EKA: Episode 0386) | |
Cast | One Hanger (Bob, Mr. Hooper) (EKA: Episode 0282) (1:43) | |
Film | (LA) Tiger Looking (0:57) | |
Muppets | Cheers: The Anything Muppets cheer for the letter K. (version #2) (First: Episode 0101) | |
Film | Me - Girl & Witch (1:09) | |
Muppets | Ernie, Bert and Big Bird demonstrate tall, taller and tallest. (First: Episode 0284) | |
Film | K Karate (0:19) | |
Film | Mad Painter #7 (EKA: Episode 0347) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Count ruins Kermit's opportunities to interview the Three Little Pigs and the Seven Dwarves by counting them. (First: Episode 0569) | |
Cartoon | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (EKA: Episode 0812) | |
SCENE 1 | The Count sits alone on Sesame Street counting his own sad sighs, each of which is followed by a faint peal of thunder. When Maria asks him what's wrong, he explains that he's in love with the Countess von Numeral who lives above the drug store: she's Transylvanian, and she loves to count. However, he's sad because she hasn't sent him any signals about her own feelings. Maria suggests that he tells her how he feels because women like the direct approach these days, but the Count is old fashioned, and insists on wooing her. Maria recommends bringing her flowers... | |
SCENE 1, cont'd | Down the street, the Count approaches the Countess von Numeral. She wears a monocle and a tiara, and she has "small pointy ears," and "delicate little fangs." She sits alone counting her fingers, each count followed by a bell tone. As he begins to make his advance, he emphasizes his intention to get a kiss from her in exchange for flowers. He greets her โ "You are beuatiful when you are counting!" โ and bends down to kiss her fingers. They count them together with each kiss, each followed by thunder and a bell tone. She giggles as she accepts a dozen roses that the Count says he has counted. She begins to count them herself, tossing each one aside as she counts them. The Count hangs his head in defeat, "Curses! This is not what I had in mind." | |
Cartoon | A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole. Artist: The Hubleys (EKA: Episode 0265) | |
SCENE 2 | Maria finds the Count counting sad sighs again; he's up to over one hundred when he sobs into Maria's shoulder. The Count explains his failure, and she again suggests the direct approach: tell her that you love her. But the Count is insistent on wooing her, and remembers that in courtship, if flowers don't work, you bring a woman candies. With a flourish of his cape, he heads on down the street again... | |
SCENE 2, cont'd | The Countess is counting her fingers again when the Count steels himself to getting a "tumble" in exchange for his box of bat-shaped chocolates. She accepts the gift, and prepares to tell him what she's going to do. As the Count begins to pucker up, she proceeds to count the chocolates. The Count sobs and sulks away. | |
Film | Ladybugs - Delessert (0:49) | |
SCENE 3 | Now the Count is counting sobs, while Maria consoles him. He explains that the Countess only likes counting things, but she doesn't like the Count. She'll count anything: she counted the flowers, and she counted the candies. This gives Maria an idea, which she shares with the Count in a whisper. He makes his way down the street again to give it a try... | |
SCENE 3, cont'd | The Count announces himself to the Countess, and declares that he has one more thing for her to Count. He gives her a kiss, which is followed by a moment of silence... until she counts it: "one kiss!" The bell chimes and thunder sounds as she asks for more. The Count obliges and she continues to count his kisses. The Count provides his own commentary โ "I hope she can count to a hundred!" โ and the scene ends with a swell of romantic music. | |
Cartoon | A bee looks for a flower. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 0751) | |
Muppets | An Anything Muppet goes shopping for a fur coat and ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact). (First: Episode 0145) | |
Film | (LA) Pigs #1 (1:37) | |
Cartoon | A goat discusses the letter "G". A man comes by to also talk about G, but rather than point out that "goat" is a G word, he observes the grass. Disgusted, the goat butts the man out of the way. (First: Episode 0085) | |
Muppets | The Amazing Mumford's Suspension Act (First: Episode 0292) | |
Film | George the Farmer's ladder gets taller and shorter; his board does too. (EKA: Episode 0560) | |
Cartoon | Imagination (Boy Imagines Being Zoo Animals) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert โ Ernie lies in bed and starts talking about how a square looks like and how many lines it has, then goes on to compare a a square with a triangle. And then starts to ponder about how many sides a circle has, and goes to sleep just as Bert is about to attempt to answer the question, and ends up not being able to sleep. (First: Episode 0132) | |
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