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Sesame Street
The Count looks for a job
Air date January 20, 1975
Season Season 6 (1974-1975)
Production October 10, 1974
Sponsors E, G, 2

0721

StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
0721a
SCENE 1 The Count tells Maria that he canโ€™t find anything new to count, and asks for ideas. She has a lot of work studying today, and suggests he try asking Bob or Luis, but he already tried; they are busy at their respective jobs. Suddenly he gets an idea: he'll go get a job himself, which will hopefully lead to new things for him to count.
GforGiggle
Cartoon G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift)
(First: Episode 0357)
0721b
SCENE 2 Luis finds Hooper's Store empty, until The Count pops up, dressed as a plumber. Luis points him to a dripping faucet, but he would rather count the drips than fix it.
0721-GDrawing
Cartoon Letter G drawing with kid voice-over
(First: Episode 0306)
0721c
SCENE 3 The Count is now a doctor, but rather than properly examine Bob, he would rather count his face parts and his heartbeats.
Gorillajobcartoon
Cartoon A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job.
(First: Episode 0131)
0721d
SCENE 4 Maria notices a new sign on the door to Big Bird's nest reading, "Library."
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0721f
SCENE 4 cont'd She goes inside and finds Big Bird and the kids all reading. Big Bird explains that the Count brought his personal library to the space and is currently counting all the books. Maria thinks this will keep him occupied for awhile, but the Count soon finishes counting all 41,021 titles in his collection. He moves onto counting all the pages in the books.
0721-Sand
Animation Sand G/g
(First: Episode 0643)
EBLicorice
Muppets Ernie & Bert โ€” Ernie has a licorice whip that he offers to share with Bert. He divides it in half with a pair of scissors, but then discovers that Bert's half is longer than his. He cuts off a little bit of Bert's half, and eats it. Then he discovers that his own half is longer than Bert's, and that's not fair, so he cuts a bit off of his own, and eats it. Ernie goes back and forth, cutting off more and more, until the licorice whip is gone.
(First: Episode 0461)
Short long skirts
Film Kids narrate a film about shorter and longer skirts.
(First: Episode 0324)
Hubley.Cat
Cartoon A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up.
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0187)
Twostep
Cartoon Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0342)
Seenmydog
Muppets "Has Anybody Seen My Dog?"
(First: Episode 0260)
Cartoonleg
Cartoon Julius and Jasper: "Why are you holding one leg up in the air, Jasper?" "Because if I hold two legs up in the air, I fall down!"
Animation by Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0406)
Painter2
Film The Mad Painter #2
(First: Episode 0309)
SSNewsHubbard
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Old Mother Hubbard โ€” Kermit points out the lackluster cadence of Old Mother Hubbard's nursery rhyme.
(First: Episode 0642)
CRoberts.Mouseelephant
Cartoon What if an elephant and a mouse had their features switched around?
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0212)
Marchingband2
Film Marching band cymbal crash #2
(First: Episode 0527)
0721g
SCENE 5 Luis plays a โ€œThree of These Thingsโ€ game with Jenny and Spencer using pictures of tools and a hamburger.
Ernie barber 01
Muppets Ernie & Bert โ€” Part 1: Ernie, having set up shop as a barber, gives Bert a haircut, but he ends up removing all of his hair.
(First: Episode 0068)
Eaticecream
Cartoon E Imagination
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0001)
Ernie barber 02
Muppets Ernie & Bert โ€” Part 2: Ernie tries to disguise Bert until his hair grows back, but a monster (later known as Grover) mistakes Bert for his father and lugs him away.
(First: Episode 0068)
Delessert-Bugs
Film Five bugs are counted, until one bug engulfs the other four.
Artist: Etienne Delessert
(First: Episode 0628)
Ernie barber 03
Muppets Ernie & Bert โ€” Part 3: Bert has quickly grown his hair back, but his brief time amongst monsters has resulted in his speaking like Cookie Monster.
(First: Episode 0068)
2059f
Cartoon E for elephant, eagle, everything, and egg.
(First: Episode 0002)
0316 04c
Muppets Cookie Monster demonstrates that egg starts with the letter E; he swallows the egg and faints.
(First: Episode 0316)
Notababy
Song "I'm Not a Baby Anymore"
(First: Episode 0652)
Frazzle's Feelings
Muppets Grover asks Frazzle about his day, and Frazzle responds with growls to demonstrate how he felt.
(First: Episode 0491)
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0721i
SCENE 6 Oscar has put up a sign outside his trash can that says K.I.S.S. Some kids have seen the sign and are showering him with kisses. Oscar doesn't understand why - the letters stand for his new group, the "Keep Ignoring Society Society." Maria explains to him what his problem is. He then puts up a โ€œB.E.S.O.โ€ sign which stands for โ€œBe Especially Sour Organization,โ€ but then gets a kiss from Maria.
Toon-B-Beso
Cartoon The 'b' in 'beso' kisses an apple and a duck.
Artist: John and Faith Hubley
(First: Episode 0461)
1091-24
Film Two birds
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0295)
Songofthecount
Muppets The Count sings "The Song of the Count."
(First: Episode 0469)
Folge1a
Cartoon A man goes to the grocery store to buy apples, but he can't decide how many to get. This frustrates the grocer, who has to keep adding and subtracting the amount of apples on his scale.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0132)
1095u
Cartoon G is for Glue
Artists: The Hubleys
(First: Episode 0279)
GroverandtheGrowingG
Muppets Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows.
(First: Episode 0210)
100015
Cartoon Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes displays a G, for "good." She gets kissed by a monster, who says, "Gee, that was good!"
(First: Episode 0279)
Kermitgroverladder
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit asks Grover to use ladders to demonstrate the difference between short and long. Kermit's amazed that Grover can carry the long ladder by himself, but then sees that Grover is on both ends.
(First: Episode 0276)
SkeletonFish
Film Sesame Street Animal Films: Skeleton fish.
(First: Episode 0287)
MatchingBillboard
Cast Bob puts up a drawing of Big Bird on a billboard. His partner, David, has trouble putting up a duplicate in the same manner.
(First: Episode 0486)
0597.Triangles
Film Paper-cut triangles fade into live-action shots of triangle-shaped things.
(First: Episode 0538)
Toon.BESOletters
Cartoon The letters in the word BESO kiss each other.
(First: Episode 0433)
KermitCountsMonkeys
Muppets Kermit's Lectures: Kermit counts five monkeys, and when he is done, he gets monkey business.
(First: Episode 0283)
I'm a macaw, Myrtle
Film A male voiceover and his friend Myrtle observe a macaw in a tree.
(First: Episode 0409)
1877.Dot Bridge 06 raspberry
Cartoon Dot Bridge #6: Dot blows raspberry.
(First: Episode 0001)
0721j
SCENE 7 With some difficulty, Big Bird gets Poco Loco to announce the sponsors with him.
0721k

0820k
CLOSING SIGNS Luis holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob holds the CTW sign.


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