Sesame Street
Counting Hats
Season 47 Episode 18 | 25m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Elmo and Zoe compete to see who can wear the most hats.
Elmo and Zoe compete to see who can wear the most hats.
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Sesame Street
Counting Hats
Season 47 Episode 18 | 25m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Elmo and Zoe compete to see who can wear the most hats.
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COUNT: GREETINGS.
TODAY ON "SESAME STREET"-- OH, THAT IS 1--1 LITTLE HAT.
AH AH AH!
[THUNDER] GAH!
AS I WAS SAYING, TODAY ON "SESAME STREET," WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MY FAVORITE THING-- OOH, THAT'’’S 2.
2 LITTLE HATS.
AH AH AH!
[THUNDER] OOH!
3.
OOH!
4.
AH!
5.
5 WONDERFUL HATS FOR ME TO COUNT.
AH AH AH!
[THUNDER] NOW LET US COUNT MORE, TODAY ON "SESAME STREET."
KIDS: ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪ ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ SUNNY DAY SWEEPING THE CLOUDS AWAY ♪ ♪ ON MY WAY TO WHERE THE AIR IS SWEET ♪ ♪ WHERE THE AIR IS SWEET ♪ ♪ CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET ♪ ♪ HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET?
♪ ♪ LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪ ♪ HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET?
♪ GROVER: WHOOOA!
KIDS: ♪ LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪ SESAME STREET!
GORDON: HEY.
MAN: MORNING.
GORDON: HI, SAM.
HA HA HA!
OH, HI.
WELCOME TO SESAME STREET.
YOU KNOW, IT'’’S GONNA BE SUCH A GORGEOUS DAY TODAY-- ELMO: GORDON!
GORDON!
GORDON!
GORDON: OH, HI, ELMO.
ELMO: GORDON, GORDON, COME ON, COME ON, YOU'’’RE GOING TO MISS IT.
GORDON: MISS WHAT?
ELMO: WELL, TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY ON SESAME STREET, GORDON.
GORDON: OH, REALLY?
ELMO: TODAY IS WHO CAN WEAR THE MOST HATS ON THEIR HEAD DAY.
GORDON: WHO CAN WEAR THE MOST HATS ON THEIR HEAD DAY?
ELMO: YEAH.
[CHANTING "HATS" IN DISTANCE] ELMO: UH-OH, IT'’’S STARTING, GORDON, IT'’’S STARTING!
GORDON: WHO CAN WEAR THE MOST HATS-- ELMO: COME ON, GORDON!
COME ON, COME ON!
GORDON: YEAH, OK. OK, ELMO.
OK. ZOE: ALAN!
ALAN, ALAN, ALAN!
ALAN: OH, HEY, ZOE.
ZOE: HEY, I'’’M READY.
I'’’VE BEEN PRACTICING, AND I AM READY!
ALAN: OH, THAT'’’S GREAT, ZOE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR ELMO, AND THEN WE CAN-- ELMO: ELMO'’’S HERE.
ELMO'’’S HERE.
ZOE: HERE HE IS!
ALAN: OH, HE'’’S HERE!
ELMO: OH, LOOK, ELMO BROUGHT GORDON.
GORDON: YEAH.
WOW!
ZOE: WOW!
GORDON: LOOK AT ALL THESE HATS.
ZOE: YEAH!
YEAH!
GORDON: I GUESS ELMO WASN'’’T KIDDING, HUH?
ELMO: NO!
CHRIS: HEY, UNCLE GORDON, YOU THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO PLAY THE WINNER?
GORDON: I...I THINK I'’’LL JUST WATCH.
CHRIS: AH!
HA HA!
ALAN: ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
ZOE: YEAH, LET'’’S GO.
ELMO: YAY!
ALAN: AND WELCOME TO WHO CAN WEAR THE MOST HATS ON THEIR HEAD DAY!
CHRIS: ON THEIR HEAD.
[CHEERING] GORDON: WHOO!
WOW!
I NEVER KNEW THAT WEARING A HAT COULD BE SO EXCITING.
CHRIS: OK, THAT'’’S 1 HAT.
ALAN: 1 HAT.
CHRIS: 2 HATS.
ALAN: 2 HATS.
ELMO: OH.
AHEM.
CHRIS: 3 HATS.
ZOE: HA HA HA!
ALAN: 3 HATS.
CHRIS: OK. 4 HATS.
ZOE: WHOA.
HA HA!
ALAN: 4 HATS.
ZOE: HA HA!
[CHANTING, "MORE HATS"] ALAN: OK, THEN... ALAN AND CHRIS: LET'’’S ADD MORE HATS.
GORDON: CAN THEY BALANCE MORE HATS?
OH!
WELL, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WAS COMING.
CHRIS: AND THAT'’’S 1 MORE HAT FOR ELMO.
ALAN: AND 1 MORE HAT ON ZOE'’’S HEAD.
ZOE: YEAH.
CHRIS: AND THAT'’’S 2 MORE HATS ON ELMO'’’S HEAD.
ALAN: AND 2 MORE HATS ON ZOE'’’S HEAD.
ZOE: HA HA!
CHRIS: AND THAT'’’S 3 MORE HATS ON ELMO'’’S HEAD.
ALAN: AND 3 MORE HATS ON ZOE'’’S HEAD.
GORDON: HOW MANY HATS ARE THEY EACH WEARING NOW?
HATCHECK GIRL: I CAN ANSWER THAT.
GORDON: WHO ARE YOU?
HATCHECK GIRL: I'’’M THE HATCHECK GIRL.
IT'’’S MY JOB TO CHECK THE HATS.
SO WHAT'’’S YOUR NAME?
ZOE: WHO, ME?
UH, ZOE.
HATCHECK GIRL: ZOE?
HOW ABOUT YOU?
ELMO: ELMO.
HATCHECK GIRL: ELMO.
SO, ELMO, ZOE, HOW MANY HATS DID YOU HAVE ON YOUR HEAD TO BEGIN WITH?
ZOE: UH...4.
ELMO: UM... HATCHECK GIRL: 4?
ZOE: YEAH.
HATCHECK GIRL: AND HOW MANY HATS DID THESE GUYS JUST ADD?
ZOE: UM...3.
HATCHECK GIRL: 3?
3.
SO IT'’’S 4 HATS PLUS 3 HATS.
EASY.
LET'’’S JUST COUNT AND SEE HOW MANY YOU GOT.
ELMO: OK. HATCHECK GIRL: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
4 HATS PLUS 3 HATS MAKE 7 HATS.
7 HATS ALTOGETHER.
LET'’’S SEE YOU, ZOE.
ZOE: ME?
OK. HATCHECK GIRL: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
4 HATS PLUS 3 HATS MAKE 7 HATS ALTOGETHER FOR YOU, TOO.
[CHANTING, "MORE HATS"] CHRIS: THAT'’’S 1 MORE HAT FOR ELMO.
ALAN: AND 1 MORE HAT FOR ZOE.
ZOE: YOW.
CHRIS: AND 2 MORE HATS FOR ELMO.
ALAN: AND 2 MORE HATS FOR ZOE.
ZOE: YOW.
CHRIS: UH-OH.
ELMO: WHAT'’’S WRONG?
CHRIS: I'’’M OUT OF HATS.
[AUDIENCE GROANS] ALAN: OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I AM, TOO.
ELMO: WELL, WE'’’RE OUT OF HATS?
ZOE: BUT YOU CAN'’’T BE OUT OF HATS.
[CROWD CHANTING, "MORE HATS"] ALAN: HEY, WAIT!
I HAVE AN IDEA.
CHRIS: OHH.
ZOE: WHAT?
WHAT?
ALAN: THAT'’’S 3 MORE HATS ON ZOE'’’S HEAD.
CHRIS: AND THAT'’’S 3 MORE HATS ON ELMO'’’S HEAD.
[CROWD CHEERING] GORDON: WHOO!
ELMO: MORE HATS.
MORE HATS.
MORE HATS.
ZOE: OH.
ALAN: OH, I'’’M SORRY, YOU GUYS, BUT WE'’’RE OUT OF HATS.
ZOE: WHAT?
ABBY: OH, WHOA!
WHERE AM I?
OH, HI, ZOE.
HI, ELMO.
ELMO: HI, HI, HI.
HI, ABBY.
ABBY: HEY, UH, WHAT'’’S ALL THAT STUFF ON YOUR HEAD?
ZOE: ABBY, ABBY, YOU CAN FIX THIS.
ABBY: WHAT?
ELMO: ABBY, TODAY IS WHO CAN WEAR THE, OOH, MOST HATS ON THEIR HEAD DAY.
SO ELMO AND ZOE ARE TRYING TO SEE WHO CAN WEAR THE MOST HATS, OOH, OOH, ON THEIR HEAD.
ZOE: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, BUT, ABBY, WE'’’RE TIED, AND WE'’’RE OUT OF HATS.
ELMO: YEAH!
ZOE: SO WE NEED YOU TO MAKE A SPELL AND SAY SOME MORE.
ABBY: WELL, I THINK I KNOW A SPELL FOR THAT.
WELL, I DON'’’T QUITE REMEMBER HOW IT GOES.
ALAN: WELL, LISTEN, IF YOU DON'’’T QUITE REMEMBER HOW IT GOES-- ABBY: NO, IT'’’S OK.
I JUST KNOW THAT IT NEEDS A RHYME.
SOMETHING THAT RHYMES WITH HATS.
LIKE, UH--AH!
LIKE BATS!
YEAH, BATS RHYMES WITH HATS.
HATS, BATS, BATS, HATS.
OK, HERE GOES.
[AHEM] WIDDLE BIDDLE DIDDLE HATS, WIDDLE BIDDLE DIDDLE BATS!
[ALL CHEERING] ALAN: ABBY, THERE ARE BATS ON THEIR HEADS!
ZOE: WHOA!
ABBY: YEAH, BUT, ALAN, LOOK.
THE BATS ARE WEARING HATS.
COUNT: AH, THERE YOU ARE, MY PRETTIES.
ONE MOMENT YOU ARE THERE, THE NEXT MOMENT YOU WERE GONE.
ELMO: HI, COUNT.
COUNT: AH, GREETINGS.
HMM.
AN INTERESTING GATHERING.
IT MUST BE WHO CAN WEAR THE MOST BATS ON THEIR HEAD DAY.
CHRIS: UH, ACTUALLY-- COUNT: I SHALL COUNT AND FIND OUT.
ELMO: YEAH.
COUNT: THAT IS 1, 2 BATS ON ELMO'’’S HEAD.
[THUNDER] ELMO: OH!
COUNT: MM-HMM.
AND 1, 2 BATS ON ZOE'’’S HEAD.
ZOE: YEAH.
WHOA.
[THUNDER] COUNT: AH, CONGRATULATIONS, ELMO AND ZOE.
IT IS A TIE, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE 2 WINNERS.
HA HA!
1, 2.
AH AH AH!
[THUNDER] HMM.
YES, I LOVE THIS GAME.
HA HA!
COME, MY PETS.
COME.
YES, I KNOW IT WAS EXCITING.
YEAH.
ALAN: YOU KNOW WHAT, GUYS?
I THINK YOU'’’RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SETTLE FOR THE HATS YOU HAVE ON.
ELMO: BUT WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
ELMO CAN WEAR MORE HATS.
ZOE: ME, TOO!
ABBY: WELL, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
I REMEMBER.
IT'’’S NOT A RHYMING WORD, IT'’’S...OH!
ALAN: ABBY!
ABBY: I GOT IT!
I GOT IT!
[AHEM] WIDDLE, BIDDLE, DIDDLE, HATS, HATS, HATS, HATS, HATS!
ZOE: WHOA!
ELMO: OH!
CHRIS: IT WORKED!
ALAN: MAYBE TOO WELL.
ELMO: WHOA!
ZOE: WHOA!
ABBY: HA HA!
HA HA HA!
AH.
ELMO: WHOA!
GROVER: WHOO!
HEY!
HEY!
ALAN AND CHRIS: WHOA!
[BREATHING HEAVILY] GROVER: OHH... ABBY: UM.
ZOE: WHOA.
WHOA.
WHOA!
ELMO: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
CHRIS: WHOA!
ALAN: OH!
CAREFUL.
CHRIS: WHEW!
ABBY, DO SOMETHING.
ABBY: YEAH, I'’’M TRYING.
I'’’M ON HOLD.
OH, MOMMY, YEAH.
OH, GREAT, MOMMY.
LOOK, I SAID A SPELL TO MAKE LOTS OF HATS APPEAR ON ZOE AND ELMO'’’S HEADS, BUT NOW I NEED A SPELL TO MAKE THEM COME OFF.
OH, YOU'’’RE KIDDING, REALLY?
OK, THANKS, MOMMY.
LOVE YOU, MOMMY.
ALAN: OK, WHAT DID SHE SAY?
ABBY: WELL, SHE SAID THEY'’’RE HATS.
YOU DON'’’T NEED A SPELL.
YOU JUST TAKE THEM OFF.
ZOE: OH.
CHRIS: OH, OK. ZOE: ALAN.
ALAN: OK, ALL RIGHT, OK, GOT IT, ZOE.
ALL RIGHT, I GOT-- WHOA, WHOA!
ELMO: YAY!
HA HA.
BE CAREFUL.
BE CAREFUL.
ZOE: OH, THERE'’’S SO MANY.
CHRIS: GOT IT?
ALAN: WHOO!
YEAH.
WELL, I AM GLAD THAT'’’S OVER.
GORDON: OVER?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WHO WON?
ZOE: YEAH, WHO WORE THE MOST HATS ON THEIR HEAD?
ELMO: YEAH.
CHRIS: UH, GEE, ZOE, I'’’M NOT SURE.
HATCHECK GIRL: NO, BUT I AM.
COME ON, EVERYBODY, LET'’’S COUNT.
ABBY: OH, OK. HATCHECK GIRL: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
WE HAD 30 HATS ON ZOE'’’S HEAD AND 30 HATS ON ELMO'’’S HEAD.
IT IS OFFICIALLY A TIE.
ELMO: YAY!
ZOE: ALL RIGHT!
YAY!
HEY, ELMO, YOU DID GOOD!
ELMO: SO DID YOU, ZOE.
ZOE: OH, THANKS.
COME ON, LET'’’S GO PLAY SOMETHING ELSE LIKE, UM, DRESS UP.
ELMO: OK, BUT NO HATS.
ZOE: HA HA!
NO HATS!
ELMO: COME ON.
ALAN: THAT'’’S FOR SURE.
NO HATS.
ABBY: HA HA!
GORDON: OH, BROTHER, WHAT AN ADVENTURE THAT WAS, HUH, ABBY?
ABBY: YOU'’’RE TELLING ME, GORDON.
I'’’LL NEVER SAY, "WIDDLE BIDDLE DIDDLE HATS, HATS, HATS," AGAIN.
HA HA HA!
GORDON: WHA--HEY!
WHOA!
HEY--AB--AB-- ABBY: DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
♪ HOLD TIGHT, IT'’’S TIME FOR THE LETTER OF THE DAY ♪ CHORUS: ♪ THAT'’’S RIGHT ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'’’S TIME FOR THE LETTER OF THE DAY I SAY ♪ ♪ BECAUSE THE LETTER OF THE DAY ♪ ♪ IS ON ITS WAY, HEY ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ HEY ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY ♪ ALL: ♪ HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'’’S TIME TO SING ♪ BIG BIRD: ♪ IT'’’S TIME TO TWEET ♪ ROSITA: ♪ IT'’’S TIME TO GET UP ON YOUR FEET ♪ ZOE: ♪ AND GIVE A CHEER ♪ ELMO: ♪ LOUD AND CLEAR ♪ ABBY: ♪ BECAUSE THE LETTER OF THE DAY IS HERE ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'’’S HERE ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ THE LETTER OF THE DAY IS HERE ♪ IT'’’S THE LETTER "C"!
ALL: YAY, "C"!
CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'’’S HERE ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ THE LETTER OF THE DAY IS HERE ♪ CHORUS: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ABBY: ♪ IT'’’S HERE ♪ ♪ BECAUSE THE LETTER OF THE DAY IS HERE ♪ ALL: "C"!
KID: THE LETTER "C," AND "C" IS FOR COUNTING.
C-C-C-COUNTING.
WOW, LOOK AT ALL THOSE CUTE CATS.
LET'’’S COUNT THEM.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 CATS.
THERE ARE 10 CATS ALTOGETHER.
HEY, THAT CAT LOOKS LIKE HE'’’S UP TO SOMETHING.
OH!
BALLS OF YARN ARE IN THAT BIG BASKET.
CATS LOVE TO PLAY WITH YARN.
I HOPE THERE'’’S ENOUGH BALLS FOR ALL OF THEM.
LET'’’S COUNT THEM TO MAKE SURE.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
YEAH, THERE'’’S ENOUGH.
10 BALLS OF YARN FOR 10 CATS.
GREAT COUNTING.
WOMAN: OH, NO, MY YARN.
[CAT MEOWS] KID: "C" IS FOR COUNTING.
THE LETTER "C." ANNOUNCER: AT A SCHOOL GYM JUST HOURS BEFORE THE BIG GAME, THIS CHEER SQUAD CAN'’’T STOP RAH-RAH-ROCKING BACK AND FORTH.
ELEPHANT: FROM THE TOP!
ALL: WE'’’RE THE SQUAD THAT'’’S FULL OF TALENTS!
HEAR US CHEER AND WATCH US BALANCE!
ELEPHANT: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
CHICKEN: OHH!
AWW.
THAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME!
WE ALWAYS FALL WHENEVER WE TRY THAT MOVE.
ELEPHANT: WE NEED HELP!
ISN'’’T THERE ANYBODY THAT CAN HELP US SO WE CAN BALANCE AND NOT FALL OVER?
GROVER: AAAAAAH!
OHH!
NEVER FEAR.
YOUR HERO IS--UH... SOMEWHERE UNDER THIS CAPE--HERE!
HA!
CHICKEN: UM, ARE YOU A SUBSTITUTE OR SOMETHING?
GROVER: NONSENSE.
I AM SUPER GROVER 2.0!
NOW, WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?
ELEPHANT: EVERY TIME WE TRY TO DO OUR BALANCING CHEER, LIKE, WE FALL OVER.
I JUST CAN'’’T SEEM TO BALANCE THEM.
GROVER: SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE POM-POMED POULTRY WITHOUT FALLING OVER?
WELL, STAND BACK WHILE I-- RAH-RAH SIS-BOOM-BAH-- UNLEASH MY POWERS OF OBSERVATION!
HA HA!
HMM.
I OBSERVE WITH MY SUPER EYES THAT YOU HAVE 2 ARMS.
ELEPHANT: 1, 2, YES, I DO!
GROVER: TSK, TSK, TSK.
JUST AS I SUSPECTED.
ELEPHANT: WHAT?
WHAT?
GROVER: YOU CLEARLY HAVE A CASE OF FLOPPY ARM.
ELEPHANT: OH, OHH, OHH!
GROVER: YES, YES.
THAT IS WHEN 1 ARM IS STRONG LIKE, WELL, AN ELEPHANT AND THE OTHER, EH, NOT SO MUCH.
YEP.
THAT ARM OVER THERE IS CLEARLY YOUR STRONG ARM.
ELEPHANT: HEY, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, THAT ARM DOES FEEL STRONGER!
GROVER: NOW I SHALL-- RAH-RAH SIS-BOOM-BAH-- UNLEASH THE POWER OF INVESTIGATION.
IF I AM CORRECT, THEN WHEN ALL THE CHICKADEES JUMP TO THIS SIDE, YOUR STRONG ARM WILL HOLD ALL THE WEIGHT, AND YOU SHALL BE PERFECTLY BALANCED.
THAT IS MY HYPOTHESIS.
CHICKADEES: WOW!
GROVER: LET US INVESTIGATE, AND SHOW ME THAT CHEER!
ALL: WE'’’RE THE SQUAD THAT'’’S FULL OF TALENTS!
HEAR US CHEER AND WATCH US BALANCE!
ELEPHANT: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
OHH.
UGH.
UGH!
CHICKEN: MAYBE IN ORDER TO HAVE BALANCE, WE CAN'’’T HAVE ALL THE WEIGHT ON ONE SIDE.
WE NEED TO HAVE AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF WEIGHT ON BOTH SIDES.
GROVER: BY UNLEASHING MY POWERS OF OBSERVATION, I SEE THERE ARE 1, 2, 3, 4 CHICKENS.
YES.
SO IF WE JUST PUT HALF OF THE CHICKENS ON ONE SIDE-- 1, 2-- AND HALF ON THE OTHER SIDE--1, 2-- YOU WILL BE PERFECTLY BALANCED.
CHICKEN: I'’’M NOT REALLY SURE THAT'’’S HOW IT WORKS.
GROVER: NONSENSE!
2 CHICKENS ON THIS SIDE, 2 CUTE, LITTLE CHICKENS ON THIS SIDE.
THEY MUST WEIGH THE SAME.
ELEPHANT: OK. EVERYBODY READY?
GROVER: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
I'’’M JUST GOING TO STAND OVER HERE IF YOU DO NOT MIND.
HA HA HA!
ALL: WE'’’RE THE SQUAD WITH LOTS OF TALENTS!
HEAR US CHEER AND WATCH US BALANCE!
GROVER: IT WORKED!
AH HA HA!
SEE?
I WAS RIGHT!
AAH!
ELEPHANT: SORRY!
OHH!
CHICKEN: I THINK IF WE WANT TO BALANCE BY WEIGHT, I THINK NEED SOME SORT OF TOOL TO MEASURE OUR WEIGHT.
GROVER: A TOOL, YOU SAY?
STAND BACK.
IT IS NOW TIME FOR ME TO... U-N-L-E-A-S-H, UNLEASH THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY!
LET ME CHECK MY UTILITY SOCK.
HEH HEH.
[HUMMING] WEDGE OF CHEESE--NO.
PICKLE--THAT'’’S FOR LUNCH LATER.
OH.
THIS THING FROM THAT LAWYER SHOW.
[DUNK-DUNK] CHICKEN: NO, NO.
WAIT.
GROVER: WHAT?
CHICKEN: THAT IS A SCALE.
GROVER: YES.
YES, YES, IT IS!
WAIT.
WHAT IS A SCALE AGAIN?
CHICKEN: A SCALE IS A TOOL TO MEASURE WEIGHT.
WHEN THE 2 SIDES ARE PERFECTLY BALANCED, IT MEANS THERE'’’S AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF WEIGHT ON EACH SIDE.
GROVER: OH, YEAH.
CHICKEN: I'’’M A LARGE CHICKEN, AND I THINK I PROBABLY WEIGH MORE THAN THE SMALL CHICKENS, SO I'’’LL GET ON THIS SIDE.
CHICKADEES: OOH!
CHICKENS: AND WE'’’LL FIND OUT HOW MANY SMALL CHICKENS WEIGH THE SAME AS ME.
CHICKADEE: BUCK-AW!
ELEPHANT: 1!
CHICKADEE: BUCK BUCK BUCK-AW!
ELEPHANT: 2!
CHICKADEE: BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK-AW!
ELEPHANT: 3!
OH!
LOOK!
3 SMALL CHICKENS WEIGH THE SAME AS 1 LARGE CHICKEN.
THE SCALE IS PERFECTLY BALANCED!
NOW LET'’’S TRY THE CHEER.
ALL: WE'’’RE THE SQUAD THAT'’’S FULL OF TALENTS!
HEAR US CHEER AND WATCH US BALANCE!
GROVER: PERHAPS THE OTHER ARM IS FLOPPY.
WHA?
YOU'’’RE BALANCED!
ANNOUNCER: AND SO SUPER GROVER LEARNED THAT TO STAY BALANCED IT HELPS TO HAVE AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF WEIGHT ON BOTH SIDES.
GROVER: BIG CHEER FOR SUPER GROVER 2.0!
HA HA!
WHOA!
OHH.
NOW I AM A LITTLE OFF BALANCE.
[BIRDS CHIRPING] COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ YUM, YUM, YUM, DUM DEE DEE DUM ♪ ♪ HOW MANY COOKIES ARE THERE TODAY?
♪ CHORUS: ♪ YUM, YUM, YUM, DUM DEE DEE DUM ♪ ♪ HOW MANY COOKIES TODAY?
♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ WHILE THEY STILL BAKING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ BAKE, BAKE, BAKE, BAKE ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ LET'’’S DO SOME SHAKING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE ♪ ALL: ♪ BAKE-A, BAKE-A, BAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE ♪ ♪ HOW MANY COOKIES TODAY?
♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ WHILE THEY STILL BAKING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ BAKE, BAKE, BAKE, BAKE ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ LET'’’S DO SOME MORE SHAKING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE ♪ ALL: ♪ BAKE-A, BAKE-A, BAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE ♪ ♪ HOW MANY COOKIES TODAY?
♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ ME THINK THEY'’’RE READY ♪ COUNT: ♪ EVERYBODY STEADY ♪ [DING, BEEP BEEP BEEP] 10!
[THUNDER] COOKIE MONSTER: COOKIES!
AHH, NOM NOM NOM NOM!
CHORUS: ♪ YUM, YUM, YUM, DUM DEE DEE DUM ♪ ♪ THAT'’’S HOW MANY COOKIES THERE ARE TODAY ♪ ALL: 10!
GIRL: HEY, THERE.
I CAN HEAR A HOEDOWN.
HMM.
I WONDER HOW MANY ANIMALS ARE PLAYING IN THE HOEDOWN.
LET'’’S COUNT THEM TOGETHER.
♪ THERE'’’S 2 SHEEP STRUMMING THE OLD BANJO ♪ ♪ TAP YOUR FEET AND START THE SHOW ♪ ♪ 2 SHEEP PLAYING, 2 SHEEP PICKING ♪ ♪ 2 SHEEP PLAYING, GET YOUR FINGERS CLICKING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ NOW CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STAMP YOUR FEET ♪ ♪ AND COUNT WITH ME TO THIS HOEDOWN BEAT ♪ GIRL: THAT'’’S 1, 2, 2 ANIMALS AT THE OLD HOEDOWN.
♪ THERE'’’S 3 PIGS STRUMMING THE OLD GUITAR ♪ ♪ STARTING TO COUNT AND WE'’’RE GONNA GO FAR ♪ ♪ 3 PIGS JAMMING, 3 PIGS STRUMMING ♪ ♪ 3 PIGS PLAYING TO THE TUNE WE'’’RE HUMMING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ NOW CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STAMP YOUR FEET ♪ ♪ AND COUNT WITH ME TO THIS HOEDOWN BEAT ♪ CHORUS: 3, 4, 5.
5 ANIMALS AT THE OLD HOEDOWN.
HOW MANY MORE ANIMALS ARE THERE?
♪ THERE'’’S 5 DUCKS JAMMING ON THE DRUMS ♪ ♪ TIME TO HAVE SOME COUNTING FUN ♪ ♪ 5 DUCKS PLAYING, 5 DUCKS GROOVING ♪ ♪ 5 DUCKS JAMMING, GOT THIS WHOLE CROWD MOVING ♪ CHORUS: ♪ NOW CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STAMP YOUR FEET ♪ ♪ COUNT 1 TO 10, THE HOEDOWN'’’S COMPLETE ♪ GIRL: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
THERE'’’S 10 ANIMALS HAVING A GOOD TIME JAMMING TO THEIR HOEDOWN RHYME.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
CHORUS: ♪ NOW CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STAMP YOUR FEET ♪ ♪ COUNT 1 TO 10, THE HOEDOWN'’’S COMPLETE ♪ [CHEERING] ELMO: ♪ LA LA LA LA ♪ ♪ LA LA LA LA ♪ ♪ LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪ ♪ ELMO'’’S FULL OF WONDER ♪ ♪ WONDER WHAT WE WILL DISCOVER ♪ ♪ IN ELMO'’’S WONDERFUL WORLD ♪ HA HA HA!
HI!
WELCOME TO ELMO'’’S WORLD!
OH, GUESS WHAT ELMO IS WONDERING ABOUT TODAY.
WAIT FOR IT.
WAI-AI-AIT FOR IT.
COUNTING!
YEAH!
WHOA, PRETTY CLOUDS.
LET'’’S COUNT THEM TO SEE HOW MANY THERE ARE.
1, 2, 3, OH, 4, 5.
5 CLOUDS ALTOGETHER.
YEAH!
BOY, ELMO LOVES COUNTING AND WANTS TO FIND OUT MORE.
HEY!
THAT'’’S ASK ELMO'’’S FRIEND SMARTIE.
LET'’’S CALL HER TOGETHER.
OH, SMARTIE!
SMARTIE: 5, 4, 3.
COUNT DOWN WITH ME, ELMO.
SMARTIE AND ELMO: 2, 1!
SMARTIE: WHOO-HOO!
ELMO: YAY!
BOY, SMARTIE SURE DOES LOVE COUNTING.
SMARTIE: YOU'’’VE GOT MY NUMBER, ELMO.
GET IT?
NUMBER?
ELMO: HA HA HA!
SMARTIE: COUNTING.
ELMO: COUNTING, YEAH!
BOY, ELMO WANTS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT NUMBERS.
SMARTIE: WELL, WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW?
ELMO AND SMARTIE: WE LOOK IT UP.
SMARTIE: SEARCHING FOR COUNTING.
COUNTING IS SO MUCH FUN.
AND YOU CAN DO IT ALL SORTS OF WAYS.
YOU CAN COUNT YOUR EYES-- 1, 2-- AND YOUR NOSE.
1 NOSE.
YOU CAN COUNT THE TRUCKS IN THE SANDBOX.
1, 2, 3 TRUCKS ALTOGETHER.
KIDS: 1, 2, 3, 4.
SMARTIE: 4 JUMPS.
ELMO: WOW!
COOL.
THANK YOU, SMARTIE.
SMARTIE: YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON ME.
SEE YOU LATER.
ELMO: HA HA HA!
BYE-BYE!
HEH HEH HEH!
BOY, THERE'’’S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO COUNT.
HEY!
THAT GIVES ELMO AN IDEA.
OH!
LET'’’S PLAY A GAME TOGETHER.
YEAH.
COME ON, COME ON.
HA HA HA!
OH!
ELMO WONDERS IF WE CAN MATCH THE RIGHT NUMBER OF HATS TO THE PENGUINS.
ARE YOU READY?
LET'’’S PLAY.
FIRST, LET'’’S COUNT TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PENGUINS THERE ARE.
KIDS AND ELMO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
5 PENGUINS.
ELMO: SO THEY NEED 5 HATS, ONE FOR EACH PENGUIN.
OH, LET'’’S TRY THESE.
UH-OH.
HOW MANY HATS ARE THERE?
LET'’’S COUNT.
KIDS AND ELMO: 1, 2, 3.
OH, NO!
GIRL: 2 PENGUINS DON'’’T HAVE HATS.
ELMO: WE NEED MORE HATS.
HEY, LET'’’S TRY THIS GROUP.
KIDS AND ELMO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
5 HATS ALTOGETHER.
ELMO: YAY!
WE DID IT.
5 HATS FOR 5 PENGUINS.
WOW!
SNAZZY HATS, PENGUINS.
BOY, THERE'’’S SO MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT COUNTING, AND THAT MAKES ELMO WONDER EVEN MORE.
DOES MR. NOODLE LIKE TO COUNT?
HEY, LET'’’S ASK HIM, OK?
KIDS AND ELMO: HEY, MR. NOODLE!
ELMO: OH!
IT'’’S MR. NOODLE'’’S POODLE, SCHMOODLE.
KIDS AND ELMO: HI, SCHMOODLE.
ELMO: OH, SCHMOODLE, DO YOU LIKE TO COUNT?
[SCHMOODLE BARKS] ELMO: YOU DO?
OH, SHOW US, SCHMOODLE.
KID: YEAH, SHOW US HOW YOU COUNT.
ELMO: HOW MANY TOYS DOES SCHMOODLE HAVE?
KIDS AND ELMO: 1.
KID: THAT'’’S 1 TOY.
NOW HE HAS 2.
ELMO: DOES SCHMOODLE HAVE ANY MORE TOYS?
KID: HEY, WHERE'’’S SCHMOODLE GOING?
KIDS: THAT'’’S 1, 2, 3.
ELMO: 3 TOYS.
BOY, SO MANY TOYS, SCHMOODLE.
[SCHMOODLE BARKS] ELMO: WOW!
ELMO CAN'’’T COUNT THAT HIGH YET, SCHMOODLE.
KIDS: THAT'’’S A LOT.
ELMO: THANKS FOR COUNTING WITH US, SCHMOODLE.
BYE-BYE.
KIDS: BYE, SCHMOODLE!
ELMO: LEARNING NEW THINGS MAKES ELMO SO HAPPY, IT MAKES HIM WANT TO DANCE.
COME ON!
♪ HAPPY, HAPPY DANCE, DANCE ♪ ♪ HAPPY, HAPPY DANCE, DANCE ♪ ♪ WHEN WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW ♪ ♪ WE DO THE HAPPY DANCE, DANCE ♪ ♪ LET'’’S SEE YOUR HAPPY DANCE ♪ YEAH!
COOL!
SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
KEEP LEARNING!
ELMO LOVES YOU!
♪ HAPPY, HAPPY DANCE, DANCE ♪ ♪ HAPPY, HAPPY DANCE, DANCE ♪ ♪ WHEN WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW ♪ ♪ WE DO THE HAPPY DANCE, DANCE ♪ YEAH!
COUNT: 398, 399, 400 HATS.
AH AH AH!
[THUNDER] ABBY: UM, WHAT YOU DOING, COUNT?
COUNT: OOH, ABBY, I HAVE JUST COUNTED ALL THE HATS ON SESAME STREET, BUT I STILL WANT TO COUNT SOMETHING ELSE.
ABBY: HMM.
I GOT THIS.
COUNT: HMM.
ABBY: ZIPPIDY ZAP!
COUNT: OOH!
KITTY CATS.
MARVELOUS.
THANK YOU, ABBY.
ABBY: YOU'’’RE WELCOME.
COUNT: 1 KITTY CAT.
ABBY: CATS.
RHYMES WITH HATS.
SEE YA NEXT TIME ON SESAME STREET.
COUNT: 5 KITTY CATS.
ALL: ♪ COME ON AND MOVE YOUR BODY ♪ ♪ AND USE YOUR MIND ♪ ♪ BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU ARE GROWING ♪ ♪ ALL THE TIME ♪ ♪ YOU'’’RE GETTING SMARTER ♪ ♪ STRONGER ♪ ♪ KINDER ♪ ♪ ON SESAME STREET ♪ ROSITA: ♪ BE KIND AT HOME, AND WHEN YOU PLAY ♪ COOKIE MONSTER: ♪ TRY SOME SHARING AND CARING EVERY DAY ♪ ALL: ♪ YOU'’’RE GETTING SMARTER ♪ FLOWERS: ♪ SMARTER ♪ ALL: ♪ STRONGER ♪ FLOWERS: ♪ STRONGER ♪ ALL: ♪ KINDER ♪ FLOWERS: ♪ KINDER ♪ ALL: ♪ ON SESAME STREET ♪ ALL: ♪ SMARTER ♪ COUNT AND ROSITA: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ALL: ♪ STRONGER ♪ COUNT AND ROSITA: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ALL: ♪ KINDER ♪ COUNT AND ROSITA: ♪ HEY, HEY ♪ ALL: ♪ ON SESAME STREET ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪
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