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-The '''Number Guy''' is a banjo strumming folksinger who appeared in a series of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' animated inserts with a counting motif. Produced by [[David Rudman|David]] and [[Adam Rudman]]'s Spiffy Pictures in [[1996]], the segments were built around a musical variation of Bob Dylan's [[1962]] folk song "Blowin' in the Wind". The folksinger asks how many of a specific animal will perform a a task. In reference to Dylan's song, each sketch ends with the banjo player responding "The answer, my friend, is..." right before the number is revealed.
+'''Number Guy'''<ref>[http://spiffypictures.com/spiffy.htm Spiffy Pictures]</ref> is a banjo strumming folksinger who appeared in a series of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' animated inserts with a counting motif. Produced by [[David Rudman|David]] and [[Adam Rudman|Adam Rudman's]] Spiffy Pictures in 1996, the segments were built around a musical variation of Bob Dylan's 1962 folk song "[[Blowin' in the Wind]]". The folksinger asks how many of a specific animal will perform a a task. In reference to Dylan's song, each sketch ends with the banjo player responding "The answer, my friend, is..." right before the number is revealed.
+In [[Episode 3912]], Number Guy appeared in a story that [[Elmo]] wrote, called "Elmo in Numberland". This led to the number 9 segment.
-==Individual Segments==
+==Sketches==
-'''How Many Pigs in a Pen?'''
+<gallery orientation=landscape widths=150 spacing=small>
-:The banjo player asks how many pigs will get in a pig pen. The answer is [[3]].
+Image:4130za.jpg|'''How Many Birds Can Fit on a Wire? [[1]]'''<br>{{eka|3818}}
+Image:Numberguy4.jpg|'''How Many Elephants Can You Fit in a Room? [[4]]'''<br>{{eka|3358}}
+Image:NumberGuy.9sheep.jpg|'''How Many Sheep Will Jump Over My Bed? [[9]]'''<br>{{eka|3364}}
+Image:4139t.png|'''How Many Pigs Will Jump Into This Mud? [[10]]'''<br>{{eka|3445}}
+</gallery>
+==Sources==
-'''How Many Elephants Can You Fit in a Room?'''
+<references />
-:The answer is [[4]].
-'''How Many Sheep Will Jump Over My Bed?'''
-:The banjo player wants to know how many sheep will jump over his bed. The answer is [[9]].
-'''How Many Birds Can Fit on a Wire'''
-:The answer is [[1]] very large bird.
-{{wikipedia2|Blowin' in the Wind}}
 [[Category:Sesame Street Characters|Number Guy]]
 [[Category:Animated Characters|Number Guy]]
-[[Category: Sesame Street Animated Segments]]
+[[Category:Sesame Street Animated Segments]]
 [[Category:Numbers]]

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Number Guy^[1] is a banjo strumming folksinger who appeared in a series of Sesame Street animated inserts with a counting motif. Produced by David and Adam Rudman's Spiffy Pictures in 1996, the segments were built around a musical variation of Bob Dylan's 1962 folk song "Blowin' in the Wind". The folksinger asks how many of a specific animal will perform a a task. In reference to Dylan's song, each sketch ends with the banjo player responding "The answer, my friend, is..." right before the number is revealed.

In Episode 3912, Number Guy appeared in a story that Elmo wrote, called "Elmo in Numberland". This led to the number 9 segment.

Sketches

How Many Birds Can Fit on a Wire? 1
(EKA: Episode 3818)

How Many Elephants Can You Fit in a Room? 4
(EKA: Episode 3358)

How Many Sheep Will Jump Over My Bed? 9
(EKA: Episode 3364)

How Many Pigs Will Jump Into This Mud? 10
(EKA: Episode 3445)

Sources

↑ Spiffy Pictures