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Sesame Street
The Count counts mistakes on Sesame Street
Air date January 12, 1999
Season Season 30 (1998-1999)
Written by David Korr
Directed by Reggie Life
Production November 17, 1998
Sponsors Y, 9
Syndication 123 Sesame Street
PBS Sprout

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 At Hooper's, Big Bird, Miles and Zoe greet the viewer, and Alan comes out with a tray of nice hot fresh yummy muffins. He puts each of them on a plate as they count them, which attracts the attention of the Count, who wants to count them himself. However, due to the way they are stacked, he misses 1. At first, he's very upset that he made a mistake, but Miles and Big Bird point out that mistakes happen all the time, which inspires the Count to spend the day counting mistakes.
Dogs.bread
Film Wegman's dogs bake bread.
(First: Episode 3740)
2096e
Cartoon Name That Food ("Will you eat it?")
(First: Episode 1491)
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SCENE 2 Prairie Dawn plays the piano and sings a Pageant song about the number 9, and feels proud of herself afterwards.
MartianBeauty
Cartoon "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.
Artist: Bud Luckey
(First: Episode 0316)
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Animation Rubber Stamp #9
(First: Episode 2876)
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SCENE 3 Gordon encounters Elmo, who seems to be in pain. He tells Gordon that his feet hurt after he put on his running shoes, and Gordon notices that he put them on the wrong feet. The Count notices this, and counts the second mistake.
3142e
Film Feet wearing all different types of shoes dance.
(First: Episode 2601)
Prideday
Cartoon At the Pride Day Ceremony, Donald is waiting to describe his proudest accomplishment, and is initially unsure of himself next to other impressive students. He finally proudly acclaims his achievement, tying his shoes all by himself.
Artist: John Korty
(First: Episode 2085)
ErnieNelson
Muppets Ernie's Show and Tell
Nelson shows Ernie the baby booties he got for his yet-to-be-born sister.
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SCENE 4 Prairie Dawn sings another Pageant song about the letter Y, and feels even prouder of herself.
Airplanes.Y
Animation Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase letter Y.
(First: Episode 3199)
Wormsinspace.Y
Muppets Worms in Space make the letter Y.
(First: Episode 3778)
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SCENE 5 Oscar shows the viewer a sign he made with a picture of himself yelling "Go away! Don't bother me!" Miles and Gabi have a hard time reading it, because Oscar accidentally hung it upside down on his trash can. That makes 3 mistakes! Oscar decides to keep the sign upside down anyway, since it can drive people crazy when they try to read it. He chuckles, "Sometimes good things can come from mistakes."
Toon.Pencil.Dance
Cartoon A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.
(First: Episode 1966)
Celeb.benstiller
Muppets / Celebrity Ben Stiller sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with Telly, and decides that he'd like to be a person in the neighborhood. But does a cheese count as a person?
Scribblesbarcode
Animation Two giddy female scribbles introduce themselves to a bar code, who can only beep. They recognize him from the supermarket.
Artist: Fred Garbers
(First: Episode 2981)
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SCENE 6 Prairie Dawn sings a song about counting to the tune of "Oh! Susanna."
Peacockcartoon
Cartoon A peacock counts 20 feathers on his tail.
(First: Episode 0406)
MakeBuildings
Film Two sisters make their own buildings, both with paper and blocks.
(First: Episode 3686)
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SCENE 7 Big Bird and Zoe are almost done with building a block tower, when Big Bird wants to put one last red block on top. He forgets that these are not Jenga blocks, and makes the mistake of telling Zoe to pick a block from the bottom of the tower. She does so, and makes the tower collapse. Big Bird and Zoe argue over whose mistake it is, while the Count goes over the mistakes he's counted today, and counts the fourth 1, no matter whose it was.
YellowYak
Animation Y: Yuri, a yellow yak, eats yams and yogurt.
(First: Episode 3381)
Jaws.Y
Film Jaws spoof with the letter Y.
(First: Episode 3323)
Mary-Y
Cartoon Mary doesn't like the letter Y at first, but eventually finds it useful, especially for her name.
Artist: ArtistMike
(First: Episode 3347)
4141-elephantclouds
Animation Elephants appear in the clouds as Vivaldi music plays.
(First: Episode 3627)
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SCENE 8 Prairie Dawn sings another "Oh! Susannah" song about elephants, and still feels proud of herself for being so perfect.
Drawingonface
Cartoon Different emotions are drawn on a face, until the character grabs the pencil.
(First: Episode 3531)
GroverSamantha.happysad
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentGrover and Samantha demonstrate what people look like when they're happy and sad.
(First: Episode 3562)
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Cartoon African quilt pattern
(First: Episode 3145)
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SCENE 9 Prairie Dawn plays one last song, The Alphabet Song. When she gets to G, she makes a mistake, and is shocked. The Count counts the mistake, and reassures Prairie that it's okay to make a mistake, which he learned earlier today at Hooper's. She tries it again and makes two more mistakes, but everyone suggests that she keep trying. She gets it right the third time, and everyone cheers.
Ewshoes
Muppets Elmo's World: Shoes
(First: Episode 3791)
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SCENE 10 Back at Hooper's, The Count talks about his great day counting mistakes, and Alan makes a mistake while announcing the sponsors.


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