Episode 0666
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| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Season premiere; the Count counts streetlights. |
| Air date | November 4, 1974 |
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) |
| Sponsors | E, 2 |
| Syndication | Sesame Street Unpaved |
| DVD | Old School: Volume 2 |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| | | In the early evening, The Count has climbed up to the top of the Sesame Street lamppost so he can count all the lights on the street as they come on. |
| | Chris and the Alphabeats sing "Exit" as the audience leaves the room. | |
| | A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (EKA: Episode 0406) | |
| | Joe Raposo sings "Go Ahead and Touch". | |
| | Three children are being chased by a giant rabbit. They outsmart him by hiding behind three trees. | |
| | | Game Show: Dialing for Prizes Movie Guy Smiley gives the lucky caller a group of monsters as a prize. On Old School: Volume 2, this segment is replaced with a "Beat the Time" sketch, in which Grover is the contestant. |
| | Marching band cymbal crash #2 | |
| | A caterpillar escapes a hungry bird by turning into a butterfly. Artist: John Korty | |
| | Pageant: How a flower is grown | |
| | A man saws a letter E through the wall. This segment was cut from the Noggin version. | |
| | Rodeo Rosie meets everyone in Hooper's Store and brags about how big everything is, where she comes from. | |
| | Baby pigs run in a field, and drink their mother's milk. This segment was cut from the Noggin version. | |
| | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Roosevelt Franklin talks to his class about Africa. Smart Tina thinks that Africa is just a big jungle, because she's seen it that way in Tarzan movies. Roosevelt corrects her; only a small portion of Africa is a jungle. Africa also has cities and deserts and lakes. Hard Head Henry Harris compares Africa to Smart Tina. | |
| | The alphabet (jazzy soundtrack; male chorus shouts each letter) | |
| | Maria sings "Three Whipped Cream Pies on the Wall" (which she eventually gets pelted with). | |
| | A mailman on horseback delivers mail in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky. | |
| | The cast sings "What's the Name of That Song?" | |
| | King Minus and the Disappearing Dragons | |
| | Ernie and Bert: At the movies, Ernie reacts to a sad, funny, scary movie, to Bert's embarrassment and the annoyance of the other viewers. | |
| | Beetle Bailey wants to be first in the chow line, but he ends up last. | |
| | Kermit, Farmer Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse show how a horse-and-cart works. | |
| | Oscar and the cast show "none," "some," and "all" with emotions. | |
| | Rumba pencils (first, last, Crazy Melvin) | |
| | Ernie and Bert: Ernie explains to the audience how people have two of everything: "two eyes, two ears, two hands, two noses..." "Hey, hey you ding-a-ling!" Bert interrupts. "You've only got one nose!" Ernie promptly pulls Bert's nose off, sticks it to his own face, and keeps counting. "Two noses, two hands, two ears, two eyes ... too bad!" (First: Episode 0061) | |
| | Building a log cabin This segment was cut from the Noggin version. | |
| | A minstrel sings about a fox who outsmarts a crow. Artist: John Korty | |
| | E for Erase | |
| | Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song." | |
| | Sand E / e | |
| | The Count is still up on the lamppost sign. It's now dark, and the Count watches as everyone turns out their lights.
A sleepy Bert announces the sponsors. |
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