The Great Numbers Game is a 1998 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation. Elmo, Telly Monster, Gabi and Alice have to find the numbers from 1 to 20 in order to win "The Great Numbers Game".
The video is a companion piece to The Alphabet Jungle Game.
Segments[]
Picture | Segment | Description |
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FRAME 1 | Elmo, Telly, Gabi and Alice find the word START. Telly says that maybe it is the start of a big circus with elephants, tubas, and triangles. So they start the Start to see what happens. They start to fly and land in a magical forest. A piece of paper on a tree tells them that they're in a game where they have to find the numbers 1 to 20. The gang start looking for clues and Elmo spots a bridge in the air. So they pull it down and cross it. Telly spots the number 1 on the flag of a castle. | |
Cartoon | Kids count one duck in the pond (First: Episode 3095) | |
Song | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) | |
Animation | Three taxi chairs (different music and voices added) (First: Episode 3119) | |
Animation | Egyptian #4 (First: Episode 3306) | |
Cartoon | A girl's mom can dribble 5 balls. (First: Episode 3448) | |
Cartoon | 5s are found in an icy environment. Artist: Joey Ahlbum (First: Episode 3300) | |
FRAME 2 | Telly warns Elmo that a giant cookie is coming his way and the cookie starts chasing him. | |
Song | Six circus balls (First: Episode 3001) | |
Song | The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411) | |
Song | Rap #7 (First: Episode 2506) | |
Cartoon | "Captain Spacey" counts 8 planets until the 25-cent rocket machine runs out of juice. (First: Episode 3554) Elmo warns her and her mother to watch out for the cookie at the end. | |
Animation | The King of Eight (First: Episode 0225) | |
Song | "Nine Chickens" Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3382) | |
FRAME 3 | Now Elmo and Telly have to get to 10. Gabi says that they have to jump on some moving platforms to ride their way. Elmo goes first, then it's Telly's turn, but he misses the second platform and falls back through 9's Nine Chickens segment, then 8's Captain Spacey segment, where he finds a skateboard and tells Elmo that he'll ride it through 9 and meet him back at 10. | |
Animation | Ocean countdown 10-1 (First: Episode 2848) | |
Song | "A Number 10 from Tennessee" Artist: Gene Barretta (First: Episode 3526) | |
FRAME 4 | Telly asks Elmo what number is next as he skates by and Elmo answers 11. | |
Animation | Clown Honking #11 (First: Episode 3196) | |
Animation | Counting up to 11 (African masks) (First: Episode 3151) The cookie chases Telly on his skateboard at the start. | |
Song | "Pinball Number Count" (#12) Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0985) | |
Song | "Counting Alarm Clock" (First: Episode 3090) | |
FRAME 5 | Telly and Elmo warn Gabi that the cookie is after her and Gabi runs for her life. | |
Animation | Masked March #13 (First: Episode 3378) | |
Song | A mouse riding an armadillo in the western desert sings "Lucky Thirteen." (First: Episode 2828) | |
Cartoon | The lightning bugs at the Glowworm Jamboree display the numbers 1-14. Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 3515) | |
Cartoon | "Fourteen Desert" Artist: Joey Ahlbum (First: Episode 3267) | |
Song | "Mother Brown's Farm (Number Fifteen Song)" (First: Episode 2693) | |
FRAME 6 | Telly and Elmo warn Alice about the cookie too and that it's bigger. | |
Animation | Rubber Stamp #15 (First: Episode 2945) | |
Song | I've Got the "Sixteen Blues" (First: Episode 2755) Gabi exclaims "The cookie's headed for 17!" at the end. | |
Animation | Seventeen derby hats drop onto a balloon head. (First: Episode 2820) | |
Song | A spoof of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" - the number of sandwiches the singer has to choose from. (First: Episode 2859) The cookie finally gets eaten by the gang at the end and Elmo says "Good cookie!" | |
Animation | 19 kernels of popcorn pop. (First: Episode 2855) | |
Cartoon | Number Creatures #20 (First: Episode 2687) | |
FRAME 7 | The gang finally arrive at the number 20 on a rainbow and decide to play the game again. So they run all the way back to the START button. Then, the credits roll. |
Notes[]
- On the 2004 Australian VHS and DVD releases, year of production is incorrectly listed as 2000.
Releases[]
International releases[]
Cast[]
- Starring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets:
- Featuring Kevin Clash as Elmo
- and Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster
- with Pam Arciero, Peter Linz, Noel MacNeal
- Child Cast: Desiree Casado, Alice Tai
Credits[]
- Executive Producer: Nancy Kanter
- Produced by Teri Weiss
- Directed by Mary Perillo
- Written by Annie Evans
- Puppet Captain: Kevin Clash
- Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop: Mark Zeszotek, Lara MacLean
- Supervising Editor & Art Director: Mary Perillo
- Talent Coordinator: Danette DeSena
- Animators: Jane Aaron, Joey Ahlbum, Merril Aldigieri, Karen Aqua, Gene Barretta, David Bastian, Ken Brown & Lisa Crafts, Buzzco, Bruce Cayard, Loring Doyle, Fred Garbers, Jeff Hale, Imagination Films, Al Jarnow, Mustapha Khan, Caroline & Frank Mouris, Rose Rosely, Rudling Productions, John Schnall, Michael Sporn, Veronika Soul, Zog Studios
- Composers & Lyricists: Kevin Bartlett, Alan Cagan, Chris Cerf, Anna Dibble, Sarah Durkee, Lowell Dunbar, Robert Dylan, Gary Eichsteadt, Kenneth Field, Don Hadley, Jim Henson, Paul Jacobs, Walt Kraemer, Stephen Lawrence, Bud Luckey, Robby Merkin, Frederick Reed, Alan Scott, Bill Seery, Elliot Sokolov
- Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
- Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
- Director, Sesame Street Research: Rosemarie Truglio