
Sesame Street
The Count’s Counting Error
Season 48 Episode 35 | 25m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
If the Count can't count, what will he do?!
When the Count makes a counting mistake he makes sure it never happens again by trying to find another job. But many other jobs require counting too!
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Sesame Street
The Count’s Counting Error
Season 48 Episode 35 | 25m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
When the Count makes a counting mistake he makes sure it never happens again by trying to find another job. But many other jobs require counting too!
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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!
ELMO AND COUNT: 1, 2, 3-- 3 FLUTTERING BUTTERFLIES.
AH AH AH!
ELMO: HA HA HA!
OH, HI THERE.
COUNT: GREETINGS.
ELMO: WELCOME TO SESAME STREET.
COUNT: YES.
ELMO: OH, ELMO IS COUNTING WITH THE COUNT ALL DAY.
COUNT: MM-HMM.
ELMO: HA HA HA!
OH, THE COUNT IS THE BEST COUNTER ON SESAME STREET.
COUNT: OH, THANK YOU, ELMO.
YOU KNOW, THEY CALL ME THE COUNT BECAUSE I LOVE TO COUNT THINGS.
ELMO: THAT'S RIGHT.
COUNT: OOH, ELMO, LET'S GO.
WE'VE GOT SOME COUNTING TO DO.
ELMO: HAH!
HA HA HA!
COUNT: OVER THERE.
CHRIS: ♪ OOH, DOO DOO DOO DEE DEE ♪ MOODY: OH, PLEASE, CHRIS, HURRY.
CHRIS: I'M GOING AS FAST AS I CAN, MRS. MOODY.
ELMO: OH, HI, CHRIS.
CHRIS: OH, OH, ELMO?
OH, HEY, COUNT.
COUNT: GREETINGS, CHRIS.
CHRIS: OH, HEY, I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
CAN YOU HELP ME COUNT THESE SANDWICHES TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ENOUGH?
MOODY: I NEED 10 SANDWICHES ALTOGETHER.
COUNT: WELL, OF COURSE.
ELMO AND I WILL COUNT THEM.
THAT'S 1, 1 SUMPTUOUS SANDWICH; 2, 2 DELECTABLE SANDWICHES; 3 YUMMY SANDWICHES-- MOODY: PLEASE COUNT FASTER.
COUNT: OH, WHERE WAS I?
AH.
AH, YES.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-- 9 SANDWICHES ALTOGETHER.
AH AH AH!
MOODY: OH, BUT 9?
COUNT: YES.
MOODY: BUT I NEED 10 SANDWICHES.
CHRIS: UH, 9 SANDWICHES?
ARE YOU SURE, COUNT?
COUNT: BUT OF COURSE I AM SURE, CHRIS.
I AM THE COUNT.
ELMO: UH, THE COUNT... COUNT: MM?
ELMO THINKS THE COUNT MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE.
COUNT: UH, A MISTAKE?
ELMO: MM-HMM.
YEAH.
SEE?
THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 SANDWICHES ALTOGETHER.
AH AH AH!
HA HA HA!
MOODY: OHH... OH, THAT IS A RELIEF.
COUNT: OH.
OHH...
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
I, THE COUNT, MADE A COUNTING MISTAKE?
ELMO: WELL, JUST A LITTLE ONE.
OH, THE COUNT SAID 3 TWICE... COUNT: I DID?
ELMO: BUT IT'S OK. EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES.
MOODY: ONE TIME, I SAID MEOW INSTEAD OF MOO.
HA HA HA!
CHRIS: OK.
HERE WE GO WITH YOUR ORDER MRS. MOODY.
MOODY: OH, THANK YOU, CHRIS.
CHRIS: YOU'RE WELCOME.
ALL RIGHT.
SEE YOU.
ELMO: OH, OH, WHAT SHOULD ELMO AND THE COUNT DO NEXT, THE COUNT?
COUNT: NOTHING.
ELMO: HUH?
COUNT: NADA.
ZERO.
ZILCH.
ELMO: UM, BUT ELMO AND THE COUNT ARE, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSED TO COUNT ALL DAY TOGETHER, REMEMBER?
COUNT: OH, I AM REALLY SORRY, ELMO, BUT I, THE COUNT, HAVE MADE A COUNTING MISTAKE.
I MUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN, SO I SHALL NEVER COUNT AGAIN.
ELMO: WHAT?
BUT-- COUNT: GOOD DAY.
ELMO: BUT THE COUNT-- THE COUNT--OH, NO.
THE COUNT IS NEVER COUNTING AGAIN EVER?
CHRIS: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, ELMO.
WE CANNOT LET HIM GIVE UP.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM TO CHANGE HIS MIND, HUH?
ELMO: OH, HO HO HO!
CHRIS: COME ON.
COME ON.
ELMO: YEAH.
GOOD IDEA.
THE COUNT?
CHRIS: COUNT?
ELMO: OH, HO HO HO!
THE COUNT.
COUNT: NOPE.
I AM NO LONGER THE COUNT.
I AM THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER.
ELMO: BUT-- CHRIS AND ELMO: THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER?
COUNT: YES.
THEY CALL ME THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER BECAUSE I LOVE TO BUILD BUILDINGS, RIGHT?
WOMAN: RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, CONSTRUCTION WORKER.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAMMER 5 NAILS INTO THIS HERE BEAM... COUNT: ALL RIGHT.
WOMAN: ALL RIGHT, SO COUNT OUT 5 NAILS, WILL YOU?
COUNT: AH, GLADLY.
HA HA!
THAT'S 1, 1 POINTY NAIL; 2, 2 POINTY NAI-- OH, NO.
NO, NO, NO, NO.
NOPE.
I AM COUNTING.
NO.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE COUNTING ON THIS JOB.
NO.
I'M SORRY, BUT I CANNOT COUNT.
I MIGHT MAKE A MISTAKE.
WOMAN: WAIT.
WHAT?
BUT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS COUNT ALL THE TIME.
COUNT: THEY DO?
WOMAN: OH, YEAH.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS COUNT NAILS.
THEY COUNT BRICKS, AND WE MEASURE THINGS.
THAT'S COUNTING, TOO.
COUNT: NOPE.
NOPE.
NO, NO, NO.
NO.
I'M SORRY.
I MUST FIND ANOTHER JOB.
I QUIT.
CHRIS: COUNT!
STOP, COUNT.
ELMO: THE COUNT!
WOMAN: AW, NOW WHO AM I GONNA GET TO COUNT THESE NAILS?
ELMO: OH.
UM, WELL, ELMO WILL HELP YOU.
WOMAN: WHAT?
YOU WILL?
ELMO: MM-HMM.
WOMAN: OK.
KID.
ELMO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5--5 NAILS ALTOGETHER.
WOMAN: THANKS, KID.
YOU GOT A FUTURE IN CONSTRUCTION.
ELMO: OH, WELL, THANK YOU.
BOY, ELMO JUST WISHES THAT HE COULD COUNT WITH THE COUNT.
CHRIS: OH, BUDDY, I KNOW YOU'RE FEELING DISAPPOINTED RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SURE THE COUNT WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE UP COUNTING FOR LONG.
HE LOVES COUNTING TOO MUCH.
COUNT: 10, 9... CHRIS: HEY... COUNT: 8... CHRIS: UH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE COUNT.
ELMO: AND HE'S COUNTING.
CHRIS: BACKWARDS.
COME ON.
COUNT: 7, 6... ELMO: THE COUNT!
CHRIS: COUNT, YO!
COUNT: 5, 4-- CHRIS: COUNT, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
COUNT-- COUNT: WHAT?
CHRIS: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THAT SPACESHIP, COUNT?
COUNT: I AM NOT THE COUNT.
I AM THE ASTRONAUT.
CHRIS AND ELMO: THE ASTRONAUT?
COUNT: YES.
THEY CALL ME THE ASTRONAUT BECAUSE I LOVE TO BLAST OFF INTO SPACE.
CHRIS: OK.
I GET IT.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU WERE COUNTING BACKWARDS, HUH?
COUNT: OH, NO.
I WAS COUNTING BACKWARDS?
ELMO: YOU WERE.
COUNT: OH, NO.
CANCEL THE MISSION.
WOMAN: WAIT.
WHAT?
COUNT: OH, I CANNOT DO THE COUNTDOWN.
YOU SEE, I MUST NOT COUNT.
[BEEP] I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE A MISTAKE.
WOMAN: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU MUST NOT COUNT?
YOU'RE AN ASTRONAUT.
ASTRONAUTS COUNT ALL THE TIME.
COUNT: OH, THEY DO?
WOMAN: YES.
THEY DO.
THEY COUNT MOON ROCKS AND SPACE STEPS, AND THEY MEASURE HOW FAR THEY'VE GONE.
COUNT: OH, I HAD NO IDEA.
WOMAN: WHAT?
COUNT: YEAH.
I'M SORRY.
I CANNOT BE AN ASTRONAUT, AFTER ALL.
I TENDER MY RESIGNATION.
WOMAN: BUT YOU'VE COMMITTED TO THE PROGRAM.
OH, GUESS I'LL HAVE TO BLAST OFF MYSELF.
OK, OK, OK.
HERE WE GO.
PUSH THE BUTTON.
BOOP BOOP BOOP.
DOOR IS CLOSING.
WE ARE GO.
COULD ONE OF YOU PLEASE START THE COUNTDOWN?
ELMO: ELMO WILL HELP YOU.
WOMAN: OH, THANK YOU.
ELMO: HA HA HA!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF!
WOMAN: [HUMMING "ALPHABET SONG"] CHRIS: WHOA!
ELMO: WOW.
CHRIS: OH, HO HO HO!
WOW.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!
ELMO: YEAH.
IT WAS, BUT WELL-- CHRIS: BUT WHAT?
ELMO: WELL, ELMO JUST REALLY WANTS TO COUNT WITH THE COUNT.
CHRIS: OH, I HEAR YOU, BUDDY.
ELMO, I HAVE AN IDEA.
ELMO: WHAT?
CHRIS: MAYBE WE CAN GET HIM TO COUNT AGAIN, HMM?
ELMO: WHAT?
CHRIS: COME ON.
COME WITH ME.
ELMO: OK. HEY, ELMO, CHECK IT OUT.
LOOK AT ALL THESE PRETZELS.
ELMO: OOH.
CHRIS: I WONDER HOW MANY ARE THERE.
ELMO: UH HUH.
OH, THAT'S ELMO.
UM, OH.
MAYBE THE COUNT CAN COUNT THEM.
HUH?
HUH?
HUH?
COUNT: NO.
I AM OUT OF THE COUNTING BUSINESS, REMEMBER?
HOPPER: I NEED 10 CARROTS RIGHT AWAY, PLEASE.
MY LITTLE BUNNIES ARE HUNGRY.
CHRIS: OK. COMING RIGHT UP, MR. HOPPER.
I GOT YOU COVERED, AND HERE WE-- [TELEPHONE RINGS] OH, OH, EXCUSE ME.
ELMO: WOW.
HOPPER: BUT--BUT-- CHRIS: HELLO.
HOOPER'S.
YES?
YOU NEED HOW MANY CUPCAKES?
100.
OK. HEY, NO PROBLEM.
HEE HEE HEE!
I HAVE A PROBLEM.
UH, COUNT, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HELP ME OUT?
I'VE GOT TO GO GET SOME CUPCAKES OUT THE BACK, SO DO YOU THINK YOU COULD COUNT OUT 10 CARROTS FOR MR. HOPPER OVER HERE?
COUNT: OH, IF ONLY I COULD, CHRIS.
ELMO: OH, ELMO WILL TRY.
CHRIS: THANK YOU, ELMO.
ELMO: SURE.
OK. LET'S SEE.
OK, SO THAT'S 1 CARROT, 2, 3, 4-- HOPPER: PLEASE HURRY!
ELMO: OK, MR. HOPPER.
NOW, WHERE WAS ELMO?
UH, OK. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
HOPPER: BUT I NEED 10 CARROTS!
COUNT: WAIT.
I BELIEVE YOU MADE A MISTAKE, ELMO.
ELMO: OH, A MISTAKE?
COUNT: YES.
YOU SAID 4 TWICE.
YOU SHOULD COUNT THE CARROTS AGAIN.
ELMO: OH, ELMO CAN'T DO THAT THE COUNT.
ELMO MADE A MISTAKE, SO ELMO'S GONNA GIVE UP COUNTING.
HOPPER: GIVE UP?
ELMO: GIVE UP.
COUNT: NO.
NO, NO, NO.
ELMO, NO.
ELMO, EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES.
YOU CANNOT GIVE UP.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO KEEP TRYING.
ELMO: BUT THE COUNT GAVE UP WHEN THE COUNT MADE A MISTAKE.
COUNT: OH, WELL, THAT WAS DIFFERENT, ELMO.
I AM THE COUNT, AND-- OH, YOU ARE RIGHT, ELMO.
ELMO: UH-HUH.
COUNT: MY, I DID GIVE UP, BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE.
I MUST KEEP TRYING, AND YOU SHOULD, TOO, ELMO: YEAH.
COUNT: SO COME.
LET'S COUNT THE CARROTS TOGETHER.
ELMO: OH, COOL.
COUNT AND ELMO: 1 CARROT, 2 CARROTS, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ELMO: 10.
COUNT: 10 CARROTS ALTOGETHER.
COUNT: AH AH AH!
ELMO: AH AH AH!
YEAH.
HOPPER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ELMO: YOU'RE WELCOME MR. HOPPER.
ENJOY.
COUNT: GOOD-BYE.
ELMO: OH, SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE COUNT WILL COUNT WITH ELMO?
COUNT: YES, ELMO, AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
ELMO: OH, YAY!
OH, OH, CHRIS, CHRIS, THE COUNT IS COUNTING AGAIN.
CHRIS: OH, THAT'S AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT.
ELMO: YEAH.
COUNT: WHAT SHALL WE COUNT FIRST?
CHRIS: HOW ABOUT 100 CUPCAKES?
ELMO: WOW!
COUNT: OHH, LET'S DO IT.
YOU GO FIRST, ELMO.
ELMO: OK. 1 CUPCAKE... COUNT: 2 CUPCAKES.
ELMO: 3... COUNT: 4... ELMO: 5... COUNT: 6... ELMO: 7... COUNT: 8... ELMO: 9... COUNT: 10... 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"!
GROVER: HELLO THERE.
IT IS YOUR OLD PAL GROVER, AND THIS IS LAURIE.
LAURIE: HI.
GROVER: THE LETTER "C" IS FOR CCC CCC "COUNTING," AND TODAY LAURIE IS GOING TO HELP US COUNT TO 5 WITH A VERY SPECIAL TALENT OF HERS I CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE.
OH, I'M SO EXCITED.
LAURIE, YOU TELL THEM ABOUT IT.
LAURIE: RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO DO CARTWHEELS, AND GROVER'S GOING TO COUNT THEM.
READY, GROVER?
GROVER: I AM READY.
LAURIE: OK. GROVER: OK. OH, BOY.
THERE SHE GOES.
OH, WOW.
WOULD YOU LOOK AT HER GO?
HOW DOES SHE DO THAT?
OH, SHE IS INCREDIBLE.
OH!
OH, THAT--WAIT.
DID YOU DO 5 CARTWHEELS ALREADY?
HOW MANY WAS THAT?
LAURIE: GROVER, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO COUNT, REMEMBER?
GROVER: OH, YES.
YES.
I KNOW.
I WAS JUST SO AMAZED BY YOUR WONDERFUL CARTWHEELS.
YOU DESERVE A MEDAL.
LAURIE: AW, THANKS.
WELL, IT'S NO PROBLEM.
WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
GROVER: GREAT IDEA.
YOU CARTWHEEL.
I WILL COUNT.
LAURIE: OK.
HERE I GO.
GROVER: OK.
THERE SHE GOES.
OK.
I'M GOING TO COUNT THIS TIME.
1, 2-- OH!
I'VE GOT TO CAPTURE THIS.
OH, YES.
YES!
OH!
THAT WAS AMAZING.
OH, WOW!
LAURIE: DID YOU COUNT TO 5?
GROVER: UM, WHOOPS.
HEH HEH.
NO.
I WAS TAKING PICTURES OF YOUR CARTWHEELS FOR MY MOMMY.
YOU WANT TO SEE?
OH, NO.
THEY ALL CAME OUT BLURRY FOR SOME REASON.
OHH!
LAURIE: OK. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU KEEP TAKING PICTURES, AND I'LL DO CARTWHEELS AND COUNT.
GROVER: OH, YOU WOULD DO THAT FOR ME?
OH, YES.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
YES.
THANK YOU, OH, AND IF YOU COULD, TRY TO BE A LITTLE LESS BLURRY THIS TIME.
THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
LAURIE: LESS BLURRY.
GROVER: YEAH.
LAURIE: OK. GROVER: YEAH.
LAURIE: OK. GROVER: OK.
HERE WE GO.
OK. LAURIE: 1... 2... 3... 4... 5.
GROVER: WOW!
YES!
OH, WOW, LAURIE.
YOU ARE NOT ONLY GOOD AT DOING CARTWHEELS, BUT YOU ARE GREAT AT CCC CCC COUNTING, AS WELL.
LAURIE: AWW, THANKS, GROVER.
GROVER: AWW... LAURIE: "COUNTING."
THE LETTER "C".
GROVER: OH, I THINK I WAS IN SELFIE MODE WITH THAT.
OH, DEAR.
[DOOR CLOSES] NED: JESTEROS NEEDS A NEW KING OR QUEEN, AND TO DECIDE, WE WILL PLAY A GAME, A GAME OF CHAIRS!
WOMAN AND DIFFERENT: HUZZAH!
NED: AND HERE TO TELL YOU HOW TO PLAY THE GAME IS GROVER BLUEJOY.
GROVER BLUEJOY?
WHERE IS GROVER BLUEJOY?
GROVER: SORRY I AM LATE, BUT IT WAS REALLY HARD GETTING OVER THAT WALL OUT THERE.
WHOA!
NED: JUST TELL EVERYONE HOW TO PLAY THE GAME.
GROVER: OH, RIGHT.
THE GAME OF CHAIRS IS PLAYED WITH A DECK OF CARDS.
NED: NO, IT'S NOT.
GROVER: OF COURSE IT IS NOT.
HA HA!
WHO SAID THAT?
HA HA!
THE GAME OF CHAIRS IS PLAYED WITH MARBLES.
NED: MUSIC WILL PLAY, AND THEN THESE 4 PLAYERS WHO WANT TO BE KING OR QUEEN WILL MARCH AROUND THESE 3 CHAIRS.
WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS, THEY WILL EACH TRY AND SIT IN A CHAIR.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO COMPETE TO BE THE KING OR QUEEN UNTIL THERE IS ONE CHAIR LEFT.
THAT IS THE GAME OF CHAIRS!
GROVER: MUSIC!
[PLAYING MEDIEVAL MUSIC] NED: STOP THE MUSIC.
GROVER: WHAT?
NED: I SAID, STOP THE MUSIC.
GROVER: SORRY.
I CANNOT HEAR YOU OVER THIS MUSIC.
NED: STOP THE MUSIC!
WOMAN: OW!
MAN: WHOA!
GROVER: OW!
OHH!
OH.
HERE.
LET ME HELP YOU UP.
[BABY CRYING] WOMAN: OH.
MY BABY'S SAD BECAUSE WE LOST.
GROVER: AW.
I AM SORRY, LITTLE--WHOA!
A MOMMY OF DRAGONS?
OH.
HEH HEH.
NO NEED TO GET HOT UNDER THE DIAPER.
DRAGON: YABBA YABBA YABBA!
GROVER: HA HA HA!
HEH HEH HEH.
UH, SO HOW MANY PLAYERS ARE LEFT?
NED: LET US COUNT.
WE HAVE 1, 2, 3 PLAYERS AND 1, 2, 3 CHAIRS.
GROVER: 3 CHAIRS AND 3 PLAYERS.
MAN: CAN WE HURRY THIS UP?
I HAVE A WEDDING TO GET TO.
NED: OH, RIGHT.
REMOVE 1 OF THE CHAIRS.
GROVER: AH.
YES.
REMOVING 1 OF THE CHAIRS.
HYAH!
[GRUNTING] SORRY ABOUT THE FLOOR.
UGH!
UNH!
AGH!
NED: NOW THERE ARE 1, 2 CHAIRS LEFT AND 3 PLAYERS.
LET'S CONTINUE THE GAME.
MUSIC!
GROVER: MUSIC!
[PLAYING MEDIEVAL MUSIC] NED: STOP THE MUSIC.
GROVER: WHAT?
NED: STOP THE MUSIC.
GROVER: WHOA!
WHOA!
JOFFREY: OW!
GROVER: OHH.
JOFFREY: OH!
AM I OUT?
GROVER: YES.
I AM SORRY.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CHOKED, JOFFREY.
JOFFREY: MMM.
ERR!
WAAAAAH!
GROVER: SO HOW MANY PLAYERS ARE LEFT?
NED: LET US COUNT.
THERE ARE 1, 2 PLAYERS... GROVER: 2 PLAYERS.
NED: AND 1, 2 CHAIRS.
GROVER: 2 CHAIRS.
NED: NOW REMOVE 1 MORE CHAIR.
GROVER: AH.
REMOVING 1 MORE CHAIR!
HYAH!
AHH!
OH!
REALLY SHOULD GET SOME WHEELS ON THESE THINGS.
NED: THAT LEAVES 1 CHAIR AND 2 PLAYERS.
THE 1 PERSON TO SIT IN THIS 1 CHAIR WILL BE THE NEXT KING OR QUEEN OF JESTEROS!
MUSIC!
GROVER: MUSIC!
[PLAYING MEDIEVAL MUSIC] NED: AND STOP THE MUSIC.
GROVER: WHAT?
NED: STOP THE MUSIC.
GROVER: WHOA!
MAN: OHH!
WOMAN: OW.
NED: THERE IS 1 CHAIR, AND ONLY 1 PERSON CAN BE IN THAT CHAIR, AND THAT PERSON IS... GROVER: HELLO!
MAN: YOU?!
WOMAN: YOU?!
WOMAN: I'M TELLING MY BROTHER!
NED: YOU'RE THE NEW KING?
MAN: I CANNOT THINK OF A MORE HORRIBLE ENDING THAN THIS.
DIFFERENT MAN: ALL HAIL KING GROVER.
GROVER: OOH.
[CLANG] HMM.
NICE FIT.
HEH HEH HEH.
NED: NOOOO!
GROVER: DO NOT LOSE YOUR HEAD OVER THIS, NEDDY BABY.
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] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
AH AH AH!
[THUNDER] COOKIE MONSTER: COOKIES!
AHH, NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!
CHORUS: ♪ YUM, YUM, YUM, DUM DEE DEE DUM ♪ ♪ THAT'S HOW MANY COOKIES THERE ARE TODAY ♪ ALL: 5!
[LAUGHTER] BLUE: 1... ORANGE: 2... GREEN: 3... RED 4... YELLOW: 5.
BLUE: LET'S DRAW.
OTHERS: WHAT DO WE DRAW?
BAG: HOW ABOUT THE NUMBER 4?
CRAYONS: YEAH!
GREEN: HEE HEE HEE!
YELLOW: WHOO HOO!
RED: HEY!
YELLOW: LOOK OUT I'M COMING THROUGH.
GREEN: YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL.
YELLOW: WAAH!
BLUE: THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE NUMBER 5 AT ALL.
ORANGE: WE NEED A BETTER PLAN.
RED: LET'S TRY WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE 1 BEAUTIFUL DRAWING.
BLUE: GREAT IDEA, RED.
THAT'S CALLED TEAMWORK.
LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.
ALL: LET'S DO IT.
BLUE: WORKING TOGETHER WAS A GREAT IDEA.
THAT'S AN AWESOME NUMBER 5.
1... ORANGE: 2... GREEN: 3... RED: 4... YELLOW: 5.
BAG: THE NUMBER 5.
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!
LET'S ASK ELMO'S FRIEND SMARTIE.
LET'S CALL HER TOGETHER.
ELMO AND KIDS: ♪ 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?
ALL: 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: I HOPE YOU HAD FUN COUNTING TODAY ON SESAME STREET.
WOMAN: I SURE DID, COUNT.
YEE-HAH!
COUNT: OOH.
THAT'S 1 YEE-HAH.
WOMAN: YEE-HAH!
COUNT: THAT IS 2 YEE-HAHS.
HORSE: YIPPIE AY-OH KI-YAY.
COUNT: AND 1 YIPPIE AY-OH KI-YAY.
AH AH AH!
WOMAN: HA HA HA!
WHOA.
COUNT: SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON SESAME STREET.
UNTIL THEN, KEEP COUNTING.
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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