Sesame Street | |||||||
The Count follows an ant in the hopes of counting a million ants | |||||||
Air date | February 20, 1975 | ||||||
Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets | Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: The students recite poems about things they had to practice at. | |
Cartoon | D-dart (First: Episode 0292) | |
SCENE 1 | Despite having instructions showing him how to do so, Biff has trouble putting together a letter D, so he goes inside the Fix-It Shop to consult with Luis. While he's gone, Big Bird comes by and completes the D, then leaves. When Biff returns, Luis says it's a fine looking D, but Biff knocks it over and can't put it together again. Continuing to struggle with his D, and too proud now to ask for help, Biff resolves to box everything up and work on his D at home. | |
Film | D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D. (First: Episode 0367) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Polly recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0281) | |
Cartoon | "The D Commercial:" Two boys notice a D, saying it looks fat. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter D. This leads to a jazzy story about a dog who digs for dice, wins a duck, and buys a dinosaur with a dime. Moral: "If you dig a dinosaur, drop your duck for a dime." Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0016) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Hippopotamus Round." (First: Episode 0413) | |
Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0416) | |
Muppets | Ernie sings "Dee, Dee, Dee" as Cookie Monster hastily demonstrates each D word. (First: Episode 0319) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Eating" while animals eat. (First: Episode 0106) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert refuses to share his cookie with Ernie, who tells Bert that if the cookie was his, he wouldn't mind sharing. Ernie takes the cookie, and asks Bert to ask him if he would share it. (First: Episode 0472) | |
Film | Where the buffalo roam ... (First: Episode 0510) | |
Muppets | The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Part 1 of 2 The Country Mouse lives peacefully on the farm when his cousin, the City Mouse, comes to visit. The City Mouse is appalled that his cousin lives in a haystack, eats acorns, and listens to birdsong. He invites his cousin to come visit him in the city. (First: Episode 0314) | |
Cartoon | A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy. (First: Episode 0537) | |
Muppets | The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Part 2 of 2 The Country Mouse visits the City Mouse's apartment, and finds that his cousin eats pizza, doesn't mind traffic sounds, and listens to groovy music on his stereo. The Country Mouse is startled when he hears a cat. The City Mouse sighs, "Oh, that's just the cat. That means he's hungry, and he wants to catch us and eat us for dinner." Horrified, the Country Mouse goes back to the country, where he's safe. The City Mouse offers the cat a bite of pizza. (First: Episode 0314) | |
SCENE 2 | The Count is bored; he doesn't have anything to count. He spots an ant walking across the table and decides to count his legs. As the ant departs, he resolves to follow it so he can count all its friends. | |
Muppets | Little Bird explains "next to". Then Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird. (First: Episode 0167) | |
Cartoon | Two circles demonstrate next to and away from. (First: Episode 0644) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie comes from finishing his bath, and tells Bert that there's something that he forgot. Bert asks if he's washed behind his ears, his neck, and his elbows. Finally, Ernie remembers that he forgot to turn off the water in the tub -- as the water level rises. (First: Episode 0347) | |
SCENE 3 | The Count follows the ant as it climbs all over Bob. | |
Film | The celebration of Chinese New Year (First: Episode 0495) | |
Cartoon | "Jazz #3" (First: Episode 0002) | |
Film | Marching Band #3 (First: Episode 0517) | |
Cartoon | Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (First: Episode 0473) | |
Muppets | Little Jerry and the Monotones sing about being "Sad." (First: Episode 0584) | |
SCENE 4 | The Count has followed the ant to the front of 123 Sesame Street where it's crawling on Gordon and Susan's white Volkswagen Beetle bug. The couple leave for a drive in the country with the ant as a stowaway. | |
Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) | |
Film | Luis announces "And now, the octopus!" Music: "Pomp and Circumstance" (First: Episode 0291) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Kermit the Frog, Shola and Fannie have just finished watching the previous film. Shola hugs Kermit, and he comments, "She learned a lot from the octopus ... how to squeeze!" (First: Episode 0534) | |
Cartoon | Z for zebra and zoo (First: Episode 0281) | |
Film | An ice cream man hands a boy too many cones. The boy cries out for "HELP" and some kids eat the extras. (First: Episode 0484) | |
Cartoon | Three birds enter a cuckoo clock to do their job. (First: Episode 0407) | |
Muppets | Grover is carrying the word "HELP", which is very heavy. He asks Marty to help him carry the word. Instead, Marty gives Grover three more "HELP" words to carry. (First: Episode 0287) | |
Cartoon | Workmen construct a D building, filled with everything that begins with D. (First: Episode 0406) | |
Film | Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball turns into a cherry which is devoured by a girl. | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: D for Dog (First: Episode 0016) | |
Cartoon | Counting 10 to 1. (First: Episode 0480) | |
Muppets | Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact). (First: Episode 0145) | |
SCENE 5 | Big Bird brings a liverwurst sandwich for an exhausted Count, who tells him about the adventure he's been on with the ant. The Count assumes the ant is still there, but Big Bird points out that it's actually a speck of dirt. Count gets upset with the "snake-in-the-grass" ant that has been evading him: "I have been duped by an insect!" Big Bird notices the sandwich beginning to move, and they realize that now a bunch of ants have taken his sandwich and moved it into a nearby anthill! | |
Film | Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are. (First: Episode 0326) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert has acquired some drums, but he doesn't know how to play them well. Ernie teaches him how to make drum playing exciting. (First: Episode 0579) | |
Animation | Sand D/d (First: Episode 0640) | |
SCENE 6 | Bob and Susan have joined Big Bird and the Count, who continues to enjoy counting the thousands of ants. Meanwhile inside the hill, the ants are deep in conversation: one ant complains about the food, another panics that they're being watched, and another talks about the wild goose chase it had with the Count. They ask him to keep it down as they dine, but the Count continues as Gordon announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Mr. Hooper, the Count, and Susan hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- The ants, made from stripped-down versions of the Twiddlebug family, are performed by Frank Oz (Fat Blue), Richard Hunt (Lavender), Jim Henson (Hot Pink), and Jerry Nelson (Magenta).
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