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Sesame Street
The Count counts hellos and Barkley gets a name
Air date November 27, 1978
(season premiere)
Season Season 10 (1978-1979)
Written by Judy Freudberg
Production September 19, 1978
Sponsors D, 2
Syndication Sesame Street Unpaved
Releases Old School: Volume 2
Sesame Street Classics
HBO Kids
Paley Center Archive

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
SSseason10
COLD OPEN 10th Season Intro Still
cut from the Noggin version, cut from the HBO version
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SCENE 1 Count von Count is caught dancing to the opening theme music before inviting the viewer for a game: to count how many people say "hello" to them. Including himself, the Count counts eleven "hellos" from everybody: Susan and Gordon (exiting 123 Sesame Street), Bob and Linda (discussing their viewing of Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Mr. Hooper (returning to his store from a delivery), David and Olivia (the latter taking a photo of the former), Luis and Maria (working at the Fix-It Shop), and Big Bird (emerging from his nest).
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Cartoon I Love You, in American Sign Language
Artist: Steve Finkin
(First: Episode 1170)
DiscoD
Muppets Three polyester-clad Anything Muppets sing "Disco D."
(First: Episode 1148)
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Cartoon D - dig, deep, dinosaur
(First: Episode 1148)
cut from the Noggin version
FutureJobs01
Film Future jobs: footage of a kid playing with a certain toy, followed by an adult using "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog.
(First: Episode 0796)
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Celebrity Victor Borge demonstrates high and low notes.
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Cartoon Consonant Sound Limerick: D—Dog
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1149)
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SCENE 2 Susan and the kids sing "My Little Game," a song with loud and soft parts.
cut from the HBO version
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Cartoon Dogs cheer D-O-G and fight with cats.
(First: Episode 1148)
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Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentCookie Monster shows Jason that D is for Doggie.
(First: Episode 1148)
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Cartoon Small b is a boy with a belly who walks a small d, a dog with a belly turned around.
Artist: Paul Fierlinger
E&Btimeofnight
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie tries to figure out what time it is at night. It's too dark to see the clock, so Ernie has a new solution: he pokes his head out the window and sings some loud, off-key opera ("O SOLE MIO, O SOLE YOU-OH") which causes everyone to wake up and yell at him to stop singing, and even mention what time it is. It's 3:00 AM.
(First: Episode 1153)
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Film Footage of birds swimming, including flamingos, swans and ducks.
(First: Episode 0981)
cut from the Noggin version
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Muppets Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry asks John-John if he knows the difference between up and down.
(First: Episode 0565)
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Cartoon Sign Sounds: A man unscrambles the letters in a sign which reads BURP.
(First: Episode 1119)
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SCENE 3 Maria finds Herry Monster brushing his fur in the yard. Herry cites how important it is for monsters (and people alike) to regularly brush their fur (or hair) to keep it healthy, but has difficulty trying to get the part down his back. Maria helps him out by brushing it for him, and Herry offers to brush her hair in return; she politely declines. Herry looks around for someone else's hair to brush, but gives up when the next person to come along is the bald Gordon.
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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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Celebrity Madeline Kahn sings "Me-me-me-me...."
(First: Episode 1172)
DogPicnic
Film Silent film: Two men (played by Richard Belzer and Brian Doyle-Murray) are about to share a picnic lunch, but first decide to try rowing a boat on the lake. A brown dog arrives and starts to eat the sandwiches. Panicking, the men try to steer the rowboat back to the shore but they can't direct the boat. Eventually, they realize that to return they must cooperate. They get back just in time to take back the last wrapped sandwich out of the dog's mouth.
(First: Episode 1120)
cut from the Noggin version
Dalmatiand
Film D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
(First: Episode 0367)
cut from the HBO version
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Film Kids use a magnet to retrieve a jack.
(First: Episode 0968)
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Cartoon Cherries fall through a moving hole onto a man who demonstrates up and down.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0798)
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SCENE 4 David hears Big Bird conversing with someone on the other side of the construction doors, assuming it's just Big Bird's imaginary friend Mr. Snuffleupagus. To his shock, he hears Snuffy talk back! He rushes to the yard to tell everybody what he's just heard. Meanwhile, Big Bird and Snuffy decide to leave to catch a Shirley Temple movie, meaning that when David brings everybody to Big Bird's nest, neither the bird nor his friend are there. The grown-ups scoff at David's attempt at a "joke" and leave. Moments later, David hears Big Bird and Snuffy behind the doors again, deciding to watch TV as they've already seen the movie they heard about. David is tempted to see Snuffy for himself, but gives it a second thought and decides not to bother.
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Muppets Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 1
Counting to 2 is not very exciting.
(First: Episode 1156)
Blownose
Film I hab a cauld ib by dose.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 1170)
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Muppets Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 2
Nobody's favorite number is 2.
(First: Episode 1156)
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Cartoon He, She and It show how a faucet works.
(First: Episode 1161)
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Muppets Grover demonstrates the number 2: Part 3
The huge visual aid falls on Grover.
(First: Episode 1156)
RideabikeRideabike
Cast The disco song "Bicycling" is played over footage of the Sesame adult cast riding bicycles.
cut from the Noggin version
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Muppets Ernie & BertErnie buys a newspaper after hearing the newsboy yell out the headline: "Four People Fooled!" Ernie reads the paper, but finds no such news in the paper, making him the fifth person fooled.
(First: Episode 1164)
cut from the HBO version
Pinball 02
Cartoon Pinball Number Count #2
(First: Episode 0987)
BabyRocky
Muppets Baby Rocky performs "Cry" from his crib.
(First: Episode 1107)
2train
Cartoon Train #2
(First: Episode 0353)
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Film A man bounces a ball up the steps, and then it falls down the steps.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0435)
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SCENE 5 Bob plays with Woof Woof in the yard when Gordon confronts him about the dog's name. He proposes they change it to a better one - "Barkley." Bob and Gordon disagree on the subject, so they rally as many people and kids they can get in order to vote for a new name, even getting Willy and Mr. Macintosh from their vending places to help out. When the vote ends in a tie, they decide to give the dog himself the final choice. After everybody tries to call him over to their side with their proposed names, the dog chooses Gordon’s team and is officially given the new name of Barkley.
Warthogfilm
Film A warthog runs around. This same film appeared in Episode 0406, but now has narration by Oscar.
Music: Joe Raposo
cut from the HBO version
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Cast Maria as Chaplin looks in a mirror and sees "ME." Maria's reflection is played by Linda.
(First: Episode 1032)
The DVD release adds a musical score to this segment.
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Film A girl puts on her coat all by herself.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0622)
cut from the HBO version
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Cartoon Billy Jo Jive and Susie solve the wig robbery.
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SCENE 6 The Count now wants to count "goodbyes," and the cantakerous Oscar the Grouch gives him plenty from his trash can. Bob announces the sponsors.
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CLOSING SIGNS Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob and Linda hold the CTW sign.


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