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'''The Ringmaster''' was a character seen in a series of eleven animated sketches on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. He was a character very much like the ringmasters seen in most circuses. The sketches he appeared in taught children how to count numbers of various animals. |
'''The Ringmaster''' was a character seen in a series of eleven animated sketches on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. He was a character very much like the ringmasters seen in most circuses. The sketches he appeared in taught children how to count numbers of various animals. |
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Revision as of 15:57, 22 February 2008
The Ringmaster was a character seen in a series of eleven animated sketches on Sesame Street. He was a character very much like the ringmasters seen in most circuses. The sketches he appeared in taught children how to count numbers of various animals.
Each sketch began (and ended) with a number of red dots appearing on-screen, which then turned into whatever numeral was to be featured in the sketch. Then the numeral became part of a 3x4 grid of squares and flickered as it appeared.
In the Ringmaster sketches, the top-hatted character boldly announced however many animals would be performing whatever tricks. With a whip he made the animals rearrange themselves in many patterns, despite the fact that their number remained unchanged.
Sketches
2 - The Ringmaster enchants two green snakes while playing his silver saxophone.
3 - The Ringmaster presents a trio of high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water.
4 - Four lordly lions perform a balancing act.
5 - Five fantastic floating fools fall from the big blue blimp. (EKA: Episode 3150)
7 - The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals.
8 - Eight polar penguins show off their skating prowess. (EKA: Episode 2293)
9 - Nine blue elephants emerge from a small pink two-door sedan.
10 - The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feats of ten brown bears.
11 - Eleven purple dogs perform after racing out of a doghouse.
This segment was included in Old School: Volume 2. (EKA: Episode 1800)
12 - The Ringmaster takes off his top hat, and twelve yellow finches fly out of it. (EKA: Episode 1575)