Episode 1731

Sesame Street
The Count counts children at daycare
Air date	December 27, 1982
Season	Season 14 (1982-1983)
Written by	Sara Compton
Production October 25, 1982 Sponsors C, Q, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At Hooper's Store, David points out to the Two-Headed Monster that they only have enough money for one ice cream cone. The monster decides to share it, with one head eating the cone and the other head eating the ice cream scoop. "I've never seen it done like that before," comments David.
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: "Q", Quiet (First: Episode 0768)
	Song	Luis sings "Three of These Kids" -- three kids are playing basketball, and one is playing baseball. (First: Episode 0418)
	Cartoon	Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 0441)
	Muppets	Prairie Dawn presents a pageant about feelings. Bert dresses as Cupid to represent love, but his lines don't ring true. Instead, he sings his own song — "That's Love" — expressing that, to him, love means pigeons, oatmeal... and Ernie.
	Cartoon	A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart. (First: Episode 0768)
	Song	"Brothers Song" (First: Episode 1476)
	Cartoon	In Spanish, a man makes everything in the room cerrada, and considers making the basket abierto if only for the guitar band inside. (First: Episode 0771)
	Insert	Various things in a kitchen become CERRADO. (Luis voice-over) (First: Episode 1343)
	Cast	At City Island, Maria and Bob ask Oscar to take their photo. He tells them all to step back further and further until they all fall off the dock. (First: Episode 0932)
	Cartoon	"Crocodile Smiles Song": A crocodile sings about good oral hygiene. Artist: Michael Sporn
	Film	Kids narrate a tortilla contest in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0456)
	Cartoon	A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Run." (First: Episode 0372)
	SCENE 2	As Olivia helps supervise at the Day Care Center, The Count stops by (with his lunchbox) to spend the day there. He counts groups of children doing different activities, each time finishing with a burst of his usual thunder and lightning. Olivia tells him to stop because she has a headache. Since the Count wants to continue counting and Olivia can't leave the group unsupervised, the Count briefly ducks out to find a cure...
	Cast	Mass Communication (Maria, Olivia, Susan and Linda) perform their hit song "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10." (First: Episode 1401)
	Cartoon	The weary traveler seeks advice from the Wise Man on the difference between heavy and light. (First: Episode 0945)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie pretends to be a dog and a duck. Bert then pretends to be a train, and does it so well that a train conductor and passengers come through the apartment. (First: Episode 0645)
	Song	"Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934)
	SCENE 3	Olivia tries to read "Rumpelstiltskin" to the kids, but The Count returns with his violin and starts playing a soothing tune to cure Olivia's headache. Olivia says it's not working, so The Count briefly leaves again...
	Cartoon	Four elephants at the circus Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1489)
	Muppets	Grover is astonished to find that he's multiplied into four Grovers. (First: Episode 0718)
	Cartoon	Four Carpenters (First: Episode 1616)
	Song	"Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight. (First: Episode 0578)
	Cartoon	Different ways to use a string Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 0916)
	SCENE 4	During lunch break, Olivia has stepped out and the Count takes the opportunity to count the four children who are still eating their lunch. Olivia can hear his thunder from outside which still exacerbates her headache, and the Count continues to look for a headache cure.
	Film	David (in voice-over) finds rectangles. (First: Episode 0481)
	Muppets	Kermit sings "A Song from Kermit." (First: Episode 0992)
	Film	Finding round things in a supermarket (David voiceover) (First: Episode 0434)
	SCENE 5	Olivia says goodbye to the kids as they go home, then realizes her headache is gone. The Count is sad that there are no more children to count, but he perks up when Olivia tells him they'll be going to the park tomorrow, and immediately thinks out loud about what he'll count tomorrow.
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300)
	Muppets	The Twiddlebugs try to get to the zoo. (First: Episode 0603)
	Cartoon	An owl and a bluebird work out a compromise. (First: Episode 1493)
	Cast	Maria as Chaplin finds a HAT sign near a hatrack with a new hat. He tries replacing his crummy, worn-out one with it, but the sign falls apart each time. (First: Episode 1580)
	Cartoon	C - Cake (First: Episode 0153)
	SCENE 6	Big Bird and Snuffy are having a contest to see who can find the most vegetables that begin with C. Big Bird has found a carrot, a cucumber, an ear of corn and a cauliflower. He is disappointed when he sees that Snuffy has brought a whole wagon full of forty-two "C" vegetables — all cabbages.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: C for cat (impostor) (First: Episode 0029)
	Film	A piece of construction equipment and a giraffe are shown side-by-side. (First: Episode 1550)
	Cartoon	Heavy and light characters are weighed on a scale. (First: Episode 0843)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola discuss the difference between heavy and light. (First: Episode 0549)
	Cartoon	Light and heavy (bird falls on man) (First: Episode 0785)
	Film	Sesame Street Animal Films: Animals have tails. (First: Episode 0017)
	Cartoon	C for Candle (blows man away) (First: Episode 0703)
	SCENE 7	Big Bird is looking for Snuffy when Katie hands him a note. It's from Snuffy, which says he had to go home because his mommy has something else beginning with C — a cold. Big Bird announces the sponsors after reading the note.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.

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