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| The Count's paintings | |||||||
| Air date | January 26, 1988 | ||||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||
| Written by | Nancy Sans | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Bob welcomes the viewer as the Count finishes up his latest painting, Five Beautiful Bats. Bob doesn't understand; the painting is of five cats, not bats. With the help of the kids, they find the five bats hidden within the painting. The Count then shows off another painting from his "bat period" - Five Hundred Bats at Midnight (though none of the bats are visible because the whole piece is black). |
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Cartoon | W is for Worm (First: Episode 0001) |
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Muppets | In a Dragnet parody, Sergeant Thursday and Ben hunt for a wanted W. (First: Episode 0395) |
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Cartoon | A boy listens to his surroundings by the ocean, until his mom calls him for lunch. (First: Episode 2053) |
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Muppets | A shark sings about his "Perfectly Pearl-White Teeth." (First: Episode 1446) |
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Film | A little girl gets herself a glass of AGUA. (First: Episode 0929) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Edith Ann tells Herry about feeling proud. (First: Episode 0913) |
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Cartoon | Two circles demonstrate "next to" and "away from". (First: Episode 0644) |
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Insert | Olivia sings "Children of the World." (First: Episode 1012) |
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Cartoon | The rabbit and the turtle race to the top of a building. The rabbit goes up 40 steps, but the turtle takes the elevator. (First: Episode 2258) |
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Muppets | In the kitchen, Ernie bakes some cookies of different shapes, which he lets Cookie Monster eat after he finishes displaying each one to the viewer. (First: Episode 1158) |
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Song | "Song of Eight" (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | "¡Ella juega ténis!" "Did you say she's playing tennis?" "¡Sí, ella juega ténis!" (First: Episode 2111) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Tanya talk about the word "HELP." (First: Episode 1435) |
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Song | "Garbageman's Blues Song" (First: Episode 1875) |
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Cartoon | W for witch Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1182) |
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SCENE 2 | The Amazing Mumford is in the yard trying his darnedest to pull a rabbit from his hat without any luck. In fact, he admits that he's never been able to achieve the feat, especially when he doesn't have a rabbit. Professor D. Rabbit, who happens to be a former magician's assistant, agrees to help him out so long as the two may reverse roles afterward. Mumford agrees and is able to pull off the trick, though he's less than amused when it's his turn to come out of the hat ("I hope the magician's union doesn't hear about it."). |
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Film | A Latino boy gets up, gets dressed, and goes to school as Spanish music plays (A la luna no voy yo). (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | Todo el mundo necesita agua (First: Episode 0780) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006) |
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Cast | Gordon hosts "What Happens Next," in which the viewer has to guess what kind of humiliation Maria as Chaplin is going to face before Gordon rings the Dinger's ding-dong bell. First, the tramp slips on a banana peel, then collapses when sitting on a three-legged bench. Finally, when a rain cloud is about to rain on him, he shifts the cloud over to the left of the screen so it rains on Gordon instead. (extra music added) (First: Episode 2328) |
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Cartoon | Gerald’s dog Sparky likes to pretend he’s an alligator. (First: Episode 1519) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Six Dollar Man — Professor Nucleus Von Fission builds the Six Dollar Man. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Cartoon | Ten brightly-beaked birds land on a statue. (First: Episode 1524) |
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Insert | Don Music is playing some music at Hooper's Store, but David isn't so sure about it. Don plays a medley of soft songs, then a loud one. Don realizes that the music he plays should make the customers think of food and brings in the Cooking Choir, a bunch of kids who sing about David cooking, then the customers eating. (First: Episode 2325) |
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Cartoon | R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0011) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster drives a car, but puts on the seat belt first. (First: Episode 1966) |
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Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) |
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Muppets | In the park, Harvey Kneeslapper comes up behind a man, asks him, "Wanna see something funny?" and then holds a mirror up. The man sees nothing funny...until he looks at Harvey! (First: Episode 0283) |
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Song | "I'm Not a Baby Anymore" (First: Episode 0652) |
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Cartoon | Eight buttons are counted on a monkey's shirt. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1452) |
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SCENE 3 | At night, Gina and her pal Sam (Aram Delgado) practice dancing for a contest but their tape player breaks on them. Hoots is woken up and offers to cooperate; he'll play his saxophone while they dance. |
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Film | A man spins in circles while riding in his kayak. (First: Episode 0297) |
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Cartoon | A wizard turns into R things. (First: Episode 0369) |
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Film | Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version three). (First: Episode 0460) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert are camping. It's time for them to sleep, but Ernie keeps distracting Bert by pointing out the various sounds that they hear. (First: Episode 1808) |
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Cartoon | The moon listens to everyone say "Good night" in different languages. (First: Episode 2243) |
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SCENE 4 | The Count and Meryl Sheep admire the night sky. It makes the Count want to count the stars, while Meryl wants to "baa" at them. They argue over which task to do, but agree that both are okay. The Count invites Meryl to check out his art later, and Hoots announces the sponsors. |
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