Episode 2963

	Sesame Street
	Elmo wants to be like the Count
Air date	March 11, 1992
Season	Season 23 (1991-1992)
Written by	David Korr
Production	September 24, 1991
Sponsors	B, D, 18

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Elmo watches as the Count counts Maria's spoonfuls of cereal as she eats. When she finishes at 18, the Count's trademark thunder and lightning flash, which Elmo enjoys listening to ("Kaboom-kaboom!" is how he puts it). Elmo wants to count her spoonfuls too and "make kabooms" like the Count, but Maria explains to him that he won't be able to since he's not the Count. Elmo says he will find a way to do so and leaves.
	Video	Alphaquest - Letter D: dry dusty desert, drums, dance, dinosaur (First: Episode 2723)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: London Fog — The fog in London dissipates before Kermit can report on it. (First: Episode 2360)
	Cartoon	Which legs belong on the man? (First: Episode 1691)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — John-John and Herry Monster count to twenty. (First: Episode 0441)
	Cartoon	A girl explains the concept of relativity by explaining how her house is a part of a neighborhood, the neighborhood is part of a city, the city is part of a country, etc. (First: Episode 2742)
	SCENE 2	Gordon finds that Rosita has opened a hot chocolate stand, only to find she serves imaginary hot chocolate. She criticizes his method of imagination and demonstrates by having a mug of pretend chocolate, imagining she's in a cabin in the woods and seeing a marshmallow in the cup. When Gordon starts playing along the same way, Rosita says that she drank the last one and is all out.
	Film	Colored sand forms the letter B and a boat. (First: Episode 2374)
	Film	In a village in Africa, people catch fish and celebrate afterwards. (First: Episode 2669)
	Animation	OP words (Drop / stop / top / hop / pop) (First: Episode 2886)
	Muppets	"Street Garden Cooperation" (First: Episode 1956)
	Cartoon	Lady Marple-Bug solves "The Case of the Four Fliers" by identifying that the bird doesn't fit in amongst the group of butterflies.
	SCENE 3	Elmo plans on hitting a cardboard box that he borrowed from Christopher with a wooden spoon to make the "kaboom." Just as he finishes counting to 18, Christopher arrives stating that he needed the box after all, taking it away. Elmo suddenly gets another idea on how to make his own "kabooms."
	Cartoon	A spoof of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from. (First: Episode 2859)
	Muppets	Super Grover: "Dial S for SuperGrover" - A little girl had plans to play with a friend, Bobby, but she has too much homework and has to cancel. Super Grover arrives to help her figure out how to tell him, but while Super Grover is busy coming up with ridiculous ploys, the girl decides to just telephone him. (First: Episode 2745)
	Cartoon	Wilma Wiggins makes the very best of a very silly situation by hiccoughing her way through an opera. Artist: ArtistMike
	Film	Two apples balance on a block seesaw. (First: Episode 2176)
	SCENE 4	Elmo enlists the boisterous Frazzle to help him make "kabooms," but before he is able to he is called home for lunch. "This 'kaboom' business (is) harder than Elmo thought," a crestfallen Elmo says.
	Cartoon	Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (First: Episode 0406)
	Film	Kids climb in and out of a tire. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450)
	Muppets	Mr. Johnson goes to Pizzeria Dos to get a piece of pizza, but comes to find that at this restaurant there is two of everything, including himself. (First: Episode 2842)
	Cartoon	Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2749)
	Celebrity	Robin Williams demonstrates with his shoe how to tell if something is alive. (First: Episode 2749)
	Cartoon	"Part of the Whole" Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2714)
	SCENE 5	Sherlock Hemlock finds Maria on the ground in front of the Fix-It Shop. Using the clues of Maria feeling around and a broken clock on the workbench, he deduces that Maria has given up on fixing the clock and is going on a jolly bug hunt instead. Maria informs him that she's actually looking for a gear that came loose from the clock, which Sherlock observes is stuck to the bottom of her shoe. He declares the case closed and goes off on a jolly bug hunt himself.
	Cartoon	Letter B/b (bouncing circles) (First: Episode 2222)
	Muppets / Cast	"Singing in the Shower" - Olivia, Ernie, Oscar, and Big Bird sing about how they like to sing in their various modes of cleaning (shower, bathtub, mudbath, and birdbath respectively.) (First: Episode 1834)
	Cartoon	A boy builds a house out of blocks, and when the girl builds a Victorian house, the boy calls her a copycat. (First: Episode 0780)
	Film	"Operation Playground" Kids at a school come up with ideas for a new playground, and raise money for the effort. Together with their parents and other people from the neighborhood, they build the playground. (First: Episode 2360)
	Animation	A Navajo blanket is formed as tribal music plays.
	SCENE 6	Elmo has stacked up a bunch of objects in the middle of the yard and plans to knock them down with the pull of the string to make the "kabooms." Maria talks Elmo out of it, not only because of the mess and commotion it would cause, but Elmo also realizes it would be a lot of work to do it again when he wanted to count. Maria agrees to help Elmo come up with a better way to make "kabooms," but he ends up knocking the pile over when he forgets he's still holding the string when leaving with Maria.
	Animation	Growing Numbers #18 (First: Episode 2933)
	Muppets	Muppets cheer on a rocket launch. (First: Episode 0567)
	Film	Stop-frame animation of a girl on a beach, reading a book containing pictures of various sea creatures that come to life as she comes to their pages. (First: Episode 1434)
	Video	A family prepares a picnic lunch in fast and slow motion with synthesized music in the background. (First: Episode 2923)
	Film	Colored sand forms the letter B and a buffalo. (First: Episode 2427)
	SCENE 7	Maria suggests that Elmo listen to a pre-recorded thunder clap for his "kabooms" with a Walkman and headphones, pressing play and stop whenever needed. He gives it a try and counts to 18, enjoying the thunder sounds with Maria afterward. Rosita announces the sponsors.