Sesame Street | |||||||
The Count promises Luis that he won't count for the whole day | |||||||
Air date | February 5, 1975 | ||||||
Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." | |
SCENE 1 | The Amazing Mumford makes things appear out of thin air that rhyme. Oscar gets excited about the tricks after seeing a rock and a rag produced, so he gets Mumford to promise that he'll get the rest of the stuff he conjures. The last item is meant to rhyme with "rugs," so Oscar and Maria are confused when Marcia appears in Maria's arms. Since Oscar wanted the product of each trick, he gets hugs from Marcia. | |
Cartoon | Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (First: Episode 0128) | |
Film | No matter how they're arranged, George the Farmer always has three barrels, four milk jugs, and five cartons. (First: Episode 0278) | |
Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time." In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane," a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set. (First: Episode 0446) | |
Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299) | |
Film | A gymnast demonstrates between. (First: Episode 0542) | |
Cartoon | Frances Fairy displays several F words. (First: Episode 0335) | |
Cartoon | Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross. (First: Episode 0276) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — It's a sunny day at the beach, and Bert remembered to bring everything. Ernie, however, only brought an umbrella in case it rains... which it does. (First: Episode 0284) | |
Animation | Sand F/f (First: Episode 0629) | |
Insert | The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F. (First: Episode 0446) | |
Cartoon | A minstrel sings about a fox who outsmarts a crow. Artist: Etienne Delessert (First: Episode 0631) | |
SCENE 2 | The Count arrives at the Fix It Shop and tells Maria, Luis, and Susan that he's not going to count, he's going to say the alphabet. He does, then declares that he has recited the alphabet one time. Everyone catches on to his plan to count recitations of the alphabet, but they instead challenge him not to count at all. The Count declares, "I can not count if I want to not count," so Susan challenges him to prove it. He agrees and promises not to count for the rest of the day, when Luis closes the shop. | |
Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher." (First: Episode 0553) | |
Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert, and Shola illustrate "between." (First: Episode 0542) | |
SCENE 3 | The Count is having trouble not counting things, so Big Bird helps keep him occupied by identifying things that he's standing between. Luis comes by to make sure the Count isn't counting, but Big Bird agonizes him when he begins counting how many things he stood between. | |
Cartoon | Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF (First: Episode 0387) | |
Film | Elephants in the zoo. (First: Episode 0283) | |
Cartoon | "Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes. (First: Episode 0345) | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit comes across the word "Telephone," spells it, and then teaches the word to the viewer. When an Anything Muppet boy who stands too far away says that he can't hear Kermit, Kermit dials the T, and the boy answers with the last E. (First: Episode 0314) | |
Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) | |
SCENE 4 | The Count wallows in misery over his lack of counting near Oscar's trash can prompting Oscar to ask why he's so miserable. The Count explains his situation and tells Oscar he couldn't give up being grouchy. Sure enough, when Susan comes by basking in the beauty of the day, Oscar can't contain his usual disposition to cheeriness. With a new understanding of withdrawal, Oscar sympathizes with what the Count is going through. | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie that if he can clean the messy apartment in fifteen seconds or less, he will give Ernie his dessert, ice cream and cookies. (First: Episode 0033) | |
Cartoon | F for Football Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0135) | |
Film | Sea Horse Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0183) | |
Cartoon | A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly. (First: Episode 0034) | |
Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "Dialing for Prizes Movie." (First: Episode 0629) | |
SCENE 5 | Maria offers to count for the Count to help him get through his day without counting. Adopting the Count's accent and mannerisms, she counts ten pieces of paper and begins to laugh. The Count stops her and asks to at least let him have that. He does, and his usual lightning follows. He says he's still sobbing pitiful sobs on the inside. | |
Film | "Three Song (Song of Three)." (First: Episode 0001) | |
Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit demonstrates between by using a ping-pong ball, a doughnut, and a Beatles record sitting on a table, with the donut between the record and the ball. Beautiful Day Monster comes along and proceeds to eat everything. Kermit fears he will also get eaten, but the monster thanks him with a kiss. (First: Episode 0070) | |
Song | "Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429) | |
Cartoon | What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465) | |
Muppets | The letter S joins U and N to make the word SUN. Some Anything Muppets appear in beach gear to bask in the sun. (First: Episode 0453) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play." (First: Episode 0047) | |
Cartoon | Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (repeat) | |
Muppets | Beautiful Day Monster is part of a group of cheerleaders who cheer up to the letter F. When the leader asks what "ABCDEF" spells, they are all stumped, and Beautiful Day Monster comments on how weird that is. (First: Episode 0094) | |
SCENE 6 | Luis has closed the shop, so everyone checks in with how the Count did all day without counting. He says he committed to it after just telling himself to stop counting over and over... and reveals that he counted over five million times that he told himself. Big Bird announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Maria and Luis hold the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the CTW sign. |
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