| Sesame Street | |||||
| The Count forgets a number (repeat of 0807) | |||||
| Air date | February 13, 1978 | ||||
| Season | Season 9 (1977-1978) | ||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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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. |
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Cartoon | Batman and Robin attempt to capture the Joker, but also teach a lesson about crossing the street safely. Holy manhole! (First: Episode 0090) |
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Song | Spanish Food Market Song |
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Muppets | Biff hangs numbers under Salvador Dada's paintings in an art museum. (First: Episode 0707) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: E-Ear (First: Episode 0807) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby demonstrates what an angry face looks like. (First: Episode 0144) |
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Cartoon | A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Insert | Luis sings "Como Estas." (First: Episode 1080) |
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Cartoon | A bee looks for a flower. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie is painting a portrait of Bert, but paints Bert with curly hair, glasses and a beard. When Bert gets angry about this, Ernie takes him behind the easel and puts curly hair, glasses and a beard on Bert. (First: Episode 0365) |
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Song | "Here Come the Beans" (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | E for Erase (First: Episode 0486) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster demonstrates that egg starts with the letter E; he swallows the egg and faints. (First: Episode 0316) |
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Cartoon | A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616) |
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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... |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002) |
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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... |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #3 Animation by Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0978) |
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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!" |
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Cartoon / Film | A cartoon man climbs a live-action boy. (First: Episode 0494) |
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Cartoon | E for End (First: Episode 0460) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "What's My Part?" The contestants are Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Professor Hastings, and the mystery part is a foot. (First: Episode 0164) |
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Celebrity | The Deadly Nightshade sings to a group of kids about perseverance. |
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Cartoon | Three chickens eat grain, and become full, fuller and fullest. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0506) |
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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. |
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Film | Empty / full playground (time-lapse) (First: Episode 0415) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet demonstrates empty by leaving his room, soon Grover and his friends, including Cookie Monster, occupy the room making it full. The Anything Muppet comes in and scares the monsters away leaving it empty. (First: Episode 0148) |
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Film | Subway Train Empty & Full. (First: Episode 0415) |
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Cast | Linda teaches a kid how to sign the word "OPEN." (First: Episode 1058) |
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Cartoon | H for hair (First: Episode 0475) |
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Celebrity | Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | Joe Raposo sings "Dressed Up." (First: Episode 0302) |
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Muppets | "The Opposite Song" |
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Cartoon | H is for horseshoe. (First: Episode 0020) |
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Film | A bumble bee Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0082) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog talks about horns as a film of animals with horns plays behind him. (First: Episode 0112) |
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Insert | Bob has Jason read the word OPEN. They open the card with the word, revealing Grover, who rewards Jason's efforts with a hug and kiss. |
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Cartoon | Some kids wander into the word OPEN, where there's a party going on. (First: Episode 0394) |
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Song | "Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (repeat) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants Bert to pretend to be mad, but Bert says that he can't, because he has nothing to feel angry about. Ernie asks Bert to pretend that he borrowed Bert's paper clip collection, and lost his favorite paper clip. The thought makes Bert really mad. Bert gets tired out, and tells Ernie that he can't get mad anymore. Ernie makes a confession -- he really did lose Bert's favorite paper clip. (First: Episode 0216) |
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Cartoon | H - Horse (First: Episode 0474) |
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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."). |
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CLOSING SIGNS | David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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