Episode 1219

Picture	Segment 	Description
center 	COLD OPEN 	10th Season Intro Still
 	SCENE 1 	Maria is going on a two-day camping trip. The Count is present as she says goodbye to Bob and Olivia, then learns there are new things to count in the wilderness. He decides to join her (to her initial dismay). He leaves Big Bird in charge of counting things around Sesame Street while he's gone.
 	Muppets 	Marshal Grover asks Fred the Wonder Horse why he's walking backwards -- he can only see where he's been, and not where he's going. He also wants to know what happened to Fred's head. Fred explains that Marshal Grover doesn't know the difference between front and back. "That is a terrible, mean, cruel thing to say to me, Fred!" Marshal Grover exclaims. "It is true, but..." Fred tells Grover that he's facing backward, and if he turns around, he'll see Fred's head. Grover turns around, and cries: "Oh, Fred! I've missed you! Oh, it's good to see you!" Fred says that if he stays turned around, he'll be able to see where he's going. Grover tries it, and he's proud to know the difference between front and back. Unfortunately, now his head is resting on the saddle, with his feet in the air.
 	Cartoon 	Dr. Frankenstein makes sure his monster knows about front and back. (voices: Rick Cimino)
 	Film 	Counting the circus clowns
 	Cartoon 	A trainer announces that his talking dog will say YES, but he says NO instead.Artist: Derek Lamb
 	Muppets 	
 	Insert 	Luis sings about how it's "Fun to Wonder."
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding.Music: Robert Dennis
 	Cartoon 	Q for QuarterArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Cast 	Gordon and Luis demonstrate front and back with a tandem bicycle.
 	Cartoon 	Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #2
 	Muppets 	Farley looks for his lost toy box.
 	SCENE 2 	Maria's campsite is all set up and she's already caught two fish to fry for dinner. The Count has instead been counting various items he brought with him from the city (signs, subway tokens, and a fire hydrant). He explains that he wasn't sure what he'd be able to count in the country and made sure he had something just in case. Maria opens his eyes to the many things in nature he can experience.
 	Film 	Footage of a coral reef, showcasing the plant life and the fish.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Three little men climb up the three flower stems.
 	Film 	David (in voice-over) finds rectangles.
 	Cartoon 	A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart.
 	Film 	David asks the viewer to find a rectangle and two circles in the picture of a doorbell.
 	Cartoon 	A man tells a confused boy that he saw a bird in a tree, with both of their thoughts appearing on the screen.
 	Muppets 	Sesame Street pageants: Prairie Dawn directs the cast in a pageant about the face. Ernie talks about eyes, Cookie Monster talks about the mouth, Bert and Grover talk about ears, and Herry Monster talks about the nose. At the end of the pageant, they assemble a picture of a face.
 	SCENE 3 	Maria is unable to sleep, as the Count is busy counting stars in the sky (over 13,000 of them). She tells him to stop and get some sleep, but he assures her he has only a few thousand left to go – then he'll count the crickets. “Whose idea was it for you to come along anyway?” she muses.
 	Film 	What do birds eat?
 	Cartoon 	Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	"Jazz #2"
 	Song 	"Spanish Foods Song"
 	Cartoon 	"Love" word animation
 	SCENE 4 	Maria returns to the street and describes to Bob and Olivia some of the many things the Count counted. She tells them she still had a nice time and is relieved to be home.
 	SCENE 4 cont'd	The Count eagerly awaits to hear about the things Big Bird counted while he was away. He's not enthused when Big Bird lists off the things he's counted about Mr. Snuffleupagus, claiming imaginary friends can't be counted. He changes his mind when he hears about the high values associated with Snuffy's meals.
 	Cartoon 	Can a cat bark?
 	Muppets 	"Fat Cat"
 	Cartoon 	Would you mind closing our OPEN?
 	Celebrity 	Tennis star Arthur Ashe says the alphabet.
 	Cartoon 	A man discovers the letter O has fallen off a HOTEL sign.
 	Song 	"Beet Beet, Sugar Beet."
 	Transition 	Bridge #9 - Rectangle Bridge C
 	Celebrity 	Victor Borge: "Pardon my back...pardon my front, but that's the way I'm built."
 	Cartoon 	Four people cooperate building a table.
 	SCENE 5 	The Count sleeps out under Maria's fire escape to count stars again, unaware that the stars are the same in both the city and country. Despite this, he wants to make sure and continue counting. Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Camping
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 10