Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street
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Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street is a 30-minute direct-to-video compilation originally released on VHS in 1988, as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video series. The title was reissued on VHS in 1995 under the same title, and on DVD in 2005 simply as Count It Higher.
In the video, Count von Count hosts The Count's Countdown Show, a music video countdown show on the fictional SMV (Sesame Music Video) television network. He counts down the top seven songs. Each song is presented with fake music video-style credits added, (though "Wet Paint" originally had music video credits outside of the video).
The original 1988 VHS release came with a songbook of lyrics for all the songs in the video.
Contents |
Releases
 VHS1988 |
 VHS1995 |
 VHSSony Wonder |
 DVD2005 |
Segments
| Image | Segment | Earliest Known Appearance |
|---|---|---|
 | Count von Count hosts The Count's Countdown Show to count down the top 7 music videos. | Original material |
 | Song #7: "The Ten Commandments of Health" with Dr. Thad and the Medications from the album Advice You Can Count On from Medical Records | Episode 3164 |
 | Song #6: "Doo Wop Hop" with Kermit the Frog from the album I'm Green and I'm Proud from Polywog Records | Episode 2484 |
 | Song #5: "ZZ Blues" with Over the Top from the album On A Clear Day I Can Z Forever from US Snooze Records | Episode 2356 |
 | "Honk Around the Clock" with Honkers from the album Play Through The Nose from Oogah Records Presented as a bonus video. | Episode 3165 |
 | Song #4: Letter B" with The Beetles from the album Sesame Road from Lemon Records | Episode 1845 |
 | Song #3: "Wet Paint" with How Now Brown Cow from the album Signs of the Times from Mootown Records Due to MTV captions originally shown outside of the vhs, the intro and outro are both cut | Episode 2847 |
 | Song #2: "Do De Rubber Duck" with Ernie and Friends From the Motion Picture The Harder They Scrub | Episode 2483 |
 | Song #1: "Count it Higher" with Chris and the Alphabeats from the album Letters of Love from Broken Records | Episode 0670 |
Trivia
- The picture on top of the Count's television is of Joe Raposo.
Credits
- Director: Jon Stone
- Writer: Christopher Cerf
- Producer: Jon Stone
- Count von Count: Jerry Nelson
- Muppet Performers:
- Jerry Nelson as Count von Count, Mr. Johnson, Over the Top lead singer, Biff, Alphabeat #3
- Thad Mumford as Dr. Thad (uncredited)
- Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Ernie, Guy Smiley
- Ivy Austin as Moo Wave Cow #1 (uncredited)
- Camille Bonora as Moo Wave Cow #2
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
- Christopher Cerf as Singer for Honk Around the Clock, How Now Brown, Little Chrissy (uncredited)
- Richard Hunt as Beetles lead singer, Gladys the Cow, Alphabeat #1
- Martin P Robinson as SMV Announcer, Telly Monster
- Kevin Clash as Hoots the Owl
- Jeff Moss as Alphabeat #2 (uncredited)
- Songs by Christopher Cerf, Thad Mumford, Norman Stiles, Sarah Durkee, Tony Geiss, Jon Stone
