| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Count is left in charge of Hooper's Store | |||||||
| Air date | December 13, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | The Count has been placed in charge of Hooper's Store, grateful for the opportunity as there are so many things he can count. He counts the glasses and plates he’s just cleaned, and then the beachballs, dolls and trucks David has out for sale. He comes to realize that if products are sold off, they will no longer be around for him to count. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Sure enough, Big Bird comes in to buy a ball for his upcoming trip to the beach but the Count talks him out of it, claiming nobody plays with them anymore and lists the “reasons” why. He persuades Big Bird to save his money and dig in the sand instead, so Big Bird finds a pail and shovel to purchase. The Count insists that he dig with his hands (or rather wings and feathers), as the pail “barely holds any sand at all” and recommends he uses a big bucket. Big Bird agrees and requests one, and the Count (excited that his plan is working) informs him that they don’t have any and sends the confused bird over to the hardware store. Once he’s gone, the Count sighs of relief. |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (First: Episode 0783) |
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SCENE 2 | Olivia comes into the store to buy a pencil. The Count offers the use of the store pencil tied to the soda spigot, but she wants a set of new ones she can take home, pointing to the glass container holding six pencils on the shelf. She takes them and counts them herself. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Determined not to let the pencils out of his sight, the Count opens the register and plops in some money, claiming he's already bought them all. Olivia grows suspicious and gets the impression that the Count doesn’t want her to buy them and decides to go somewhere else to buy pencils, making the Count delighted. |
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Cartoon | "Pinball Number Count" #6 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0983) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon comes to Hooper's for an apple to go with his lunch, but once again the Count begins acting like there aren’t any in the store. Gordon reminds him where they’re kept, so the Count now claims that the apples aren’t any good and recommends he go buy one from Mr. Macintosh instead. (“Why, compared to his apples, these taste like old tennis balls!”) Gordon points out that it’s Mr. Macintosh’s day off, and asks why he can’t buy an apple right there. The Count gets desperate and responds by acting like Gordon doesn’t look too well (“Look, your hair is fallen out!”) and should go home. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd | Just as Gordon begins suspecting something strange going on with the Count, Big Bird and Olivia return and the three talk about their failed attempts of buying something. They ask the Count what's going on, and he admits his strategy of not selling anything so he'll still be able to count them. As he breaks down crying, the others explain to him that things are in the store for people to buy and assure him that there will be a lot of other things left for him to count. Big Bird gives him a great idea - count all the items he sells! The Count loves the idea and starts hawking many more items they could all buy. |
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Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0276) |
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SCENE 4 | David returns just in time to see his friends carrying large bundles of items out of the store. The Count tells him about how business was while he was gone and (despite David's protest) lists all the wonderful things he sold to his friends. |
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Film | Milk! (From Farm To Market To Home) (First: Episode 0795) |
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Muppets | The Anything Muppets sing "Brush Your Teeth." |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C for carrot (First: Episode 0203) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — At the movies, Ernie makes some loud noises while he eats his candy bar and peanuts and drinks his soda. Bert loses his temper and shouts at Ernie to be quiet, at which point the usher enters and throws Bert out. (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | A for Ape (who crashes into a tree and forms a SHAPE) (First: Episode 0602) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the oilman and street cleaner. (First: Episode 0817) |
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Cartoon | Animals walk. (First: Episode 0926) |
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Film | The WALK sign flashes in a montage of people (and even dogs) walking in the city. (First: Episode 0498) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - truck (First: Episode 0403) |
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Muppets | The Martians examine a grandfather clock. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Song | "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Cast | Bob and Mr. Hooper have a dispute over using a sole coat hanger for their coats. They eventually cooperate and put both their coats on the one hanger. (First: Episode 0282) |
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Cartoon | On a snowy day, a cold man desires firewood. He carries a huge log up the hill multiple times, but it rolls down each time. Using his "wits," he pushes his house down to the bottom of the hill to be closer to the giant log. (First: Episode 0799) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie purchases a straw hat for Bert, and asks Cookie Monster which box the hat will go in. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Cartoon | A girl draws her version of a (stick-figure) man. A boy draws his version of a woman - the Mona Lisa. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Judy Collins and Mr. Snuffleupagus sing a madrigal rendition of the alphabet. (First: Episode 1051) |
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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 | Ten hats on a hatrack (First: Episode 0439) |
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Film | A Stool For Me (First: Episode 0513) |
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Muppets | "Frazzle" with Frazzle and The Frazzletones (First: Episode 0846) |
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Insert | Stevie Wonder teaches Grover how to sing loud and soft. (First: Episode 0514) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." (First: Episode 0425) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280) |
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Cartoon | In rhyme, a man points out animals who stole and/or ruined his clothing. (First: Episode 0778) |
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SCENE 5 | David, Marlena, Jennifer and Scotty discuss the way two cats are the same and different. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Frog on the Street: John-John — Kermit interviews John-John on the street. (First: Episode 1016) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: C - Cap (First: Episode 0154) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294) |
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Cartoon | C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029) |
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Cast | On a desert island, a parched Luis finds a coconut, which has a letter C inside. (First: Episode 0703) |
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Cartoon | "Cracks" A girl lying in bed imagines seeing cracks in the wall turning into animals and a monster. vocals: Dorothy Moskowitz (First: Episode 0818) |
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SCENE 6 | David and the kids continue playing with the cats as Big Bird announces the sponsors, encouraging the cats to say goodbye. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, & Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, while two kids hold the CTW sign. |
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