Episode 3812

	Sesame Street
	The Count counts mistakes on Sesame Street
Air date	January 12, 1999
Season	Season 30 (1998-1999)
Written by	David Korr
Directed by	Reggie Life
Production	November 17, 1998
Sponsors	Y, 9
Syndication	123 Sesame Street; PBS Sprout

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	At Hooper's Store, Big Bird, Miles, and Zoe watch as Alan presents a tray of nice hot fresh yummy muffins. He puts each of them on a plate as they count, which attracts the attention of none other than Count von Count who wants to count the nine muffins for himself. However, due to the way they are stacked, he misses one that is hidden from view. At first he's very upset that he made his first counting mistake, but is delighted when he counts the one mistake. Miles and Big Bird point out that mistakes happen all the time, which inspires the Count to spend the day counting mistakes!
	Film	Wegman's dogs bake bread. (First: Episode 3740)
	Cartoon	Name That Food — The host challenges contestants to both identify and eat every food shown. Artist: Len Glasser (First: Episode 1491)
	SCENE 2	Prairie Dawn plays the piano in the community garden and sings a pageant song about the number 9, feeling proud of herself afterwards.
	Cartoon	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316)
	Animation	Rubber Stamp #9 (First: Episode 2876)
	SCENE 3	Gordon encounters Elmo, who seems to be in pain. He tells Gordon that his feet hurt after he put on his running shoes, and Gordon notices that he put them on the wrong feet. The Count arrives on scene and counts the second mistake, and Gordon helps Elmo put his shoes on the right way.
	Film	Feet wearing all different types of shoes dance. (First: Episode 2601)
	Cartoon	At the Pride Day Ceremony, Donald is waiting to describe his proudest accomplishment, and is initially unsure of himself next to other impressive students. He finally proudly acclaims his achievement, tying his shoes all by himself. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2085)
	Muppets	Ernie's Show and Tell Nelson shows Ernie the baby booties he got for his yet-to-be-born sister.
	SCENE 4	Prairie sings another pageant song about the letter Y, and feels even prouder of herself.
	Animation	Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase letter Y. (First: Episode 3199)
	Muppets	Worms in Space make the letter Y. (First: Episode 3778)
	SCENE 5	Oscar shows the viewer a new sign he made with a picture of himself yelling "Go away! Don't bother me!" Miles and Gabi have a hard time reading it, as Oscar accidentally hangs it upside-down on his trash can. That makes three mistakes for the Count to count! Oscar decides to keep the sign upside-down anyway, since it can drive people crazy when they try to read it. He chuckles, "Sometimes good things can come from mistakes."
	Cartoon	A pencil tries to write the word DANCE. (First: Episode 1966)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Ben Stiller sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with Telly, and decides that he'd like to be a person in the neighborhood. But does a cheese count as a person?
	Animation	Two giddy female scribbles introduce themselves to a bar code, who can only beep. They recognize him from the supermarket. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2981)
	SCENE 6	Prairie sings a song about counting to the tune of "Oh! Susanna," kissing herself for a job well done.
	Cartoon	A peacock counts 20 feathers on his tail. (First: Episode 0406)
	Film	Two sisters make their own buildings, both with paper and blocks. (First: Episode 3686)
	SCENE 7	Big Bird and Zoe are almost done building a block tower in the yard when Big Bird wants to put one last red block on top. He makes the mistake of telling Zoe to pick a block from the bottom of the tower; she does so and makes the tower collapse. Big Bird and Zoe argue over whose mistake it is, while the Count goes over the mistakes he's counted today and counts this as the fourth, no matter whose mistake it was.
	Animation	Y: Yuri, a yellow yak, eats yams and yogurt. (First: Episode 3381)
	Film	Jaws spoof with the letter Y. (First: Episode 3323)
	Cartoon	Mary doesn't like the letter Y at first, but eventually finds it useful, especially for her name. (new music and sound effects added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3347)
	Animation	Elephants appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays. (First: Episode 3627)
	SCENE 8	Prairie sings another "Oh! Susannah" song about elephants, and still feels proud of herself for being so perfect.
	Cartoon	Different emotions are drawn on a face, until the character grabs the pencil. (First: Episode 3531)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Samantha demonstrate what people look like when they're happy and sad. (First: Episode 3562)
	Cartoon	African quilt pattern (First: Episode 3145)
	SCENE 9	Prairie plays one last tune, "The Alphabet Song." When she gets to G, she is shocked when she hits the wrong key and makes a mistake. The Count pops around to count the mistake, and reassures Prairie that it's okay to make a mistake as he learned earlier today at Hooper's. She tries it again and makes two more mistakes as her friends gather, but everyone suggests that she keep trying. She gets it right the third time, and everyone cheers. Big Bird asks for an encore so they can all sing it together.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Shoes (First: Episode 3791)
	SCENE 10	Back at Hooper's, the Count talks about his great day counting 73 mistakes, which becomes 74 when Alan gets the letter of the day wrong while announcing the sponsors.