Episode 2301

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Big Bird needs ten cents to buy a special present before he and his friends can play. He has four pennies, Snuffy has four as well and a kid has two, all totaling ten cents. They bring the money to David and Big Bird secretly orders the special gift - a red ball. David tells them it actually costs 15 cents, but he has enough change in his pocket to split the difference. The ball turns out to be a birthday present for him! Snuffy wonders what they'll play with now, so Big Bird asks to borrow David's ball.
 	Cartoon 	A mother bird adds her eggs that hatch.
 	Film 	Some kids have a bike race by the river.
 	Animation 	Blue, red and yellow ovals play "Old MacDonald."
 	Cast 	Marvelous Maria rides her trike in 10 circles (then backwards).
 	Cartoon 	A peasant tries to woo a pretty girl by reciting the famous "Roses are Red" poem. The lines are fed to him by a poet behind a bush, whom she eventually runs off with.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Insert 	Three of These Kids (upside-down girl)
 	Animation 	3 balls + 1 = 4.
 	SCENE 2 	Grundgetta shows Oscar a postcard they just got, and they wish they could visit Swamp Mushy Muddy. Instead, they imagine themselves there, floating on a swamp in a barrel. Oscar serenades Grundgetta by singing "Alone in a Swamp."
 	Animation 	Sand C/c
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin notices a short thread on Luis' tuxedo, which becomes long as he pulls it, unraveling Luis's trousers!
 	Cartoon 	C is for Candle (the candle blows back)
 	Muppets 	The Bicuspids sing "Kids Just Love to Brush."
 	SCENE 3 	Count von Count and the kids are dressed in some special outfits to honor the national holiday, Transylvania Counting Day (a day where everyone is a count). They give a jacket and hat to Gordon, though he just sticks with wearing a monocle. The Count leads them all in a count to 40. When they reach the end, they share in his laugh, causing some rain to pour. Gordon winds up soaked, as the Counting Day gear doubles as weather protection.
 	Cartoon 	A large blob shoves a tiny one out of the way and declares, "I'm big!" The tiny one thinks for a moment and declares, "I'm me!"Artist: Janet Perlman
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #11
 	Muppets 	Dicky Tick hosts "Lifestyles of the Big and Little."
 	Cartoon 	Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster tells his little cousin monster to get him something special that starts with the letter C. He hopes she'll bring him a cookie, but she brings a carrot, a cucumber, a cauliflower, and an ear of corn. Finally, she realizes that cousin also starts with C, and assumes he was referring to her.
 	Cartoon 	Black cat, white cat, orange cat, marmalade cat, mouse cat, bird cat, chasing balls of string cat.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Photographic collage demonstration of ALL, MOST, SOME and NONE of an apple.Artist: Frank and Caroline Mouris
 	Celebrity 	Yosh Shmenge (John Candy) visits Oscar, who is the 100th customer of the "Shmenge By-Mail Music Institute." His reward is a free, in-person clarinet lesson, but Oscar points out that the lessons have been for Slimey. Yosh is confused by the idea of a musical worm, but is impressed by his skills and the two play a duet. Oscar then requests some trumpet lessons for his pet pig.
center 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: C - Cap
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Maya to help him follow an arrow. The arrow changes direction until Grover falls down, exhausted.
 	Song 	Luis sings "Follow the Arrows" as a man does so.
 	SCENE 4 	The Count recruits Bob and Linda for another Transylvania Counting Day tradition - counting things you've never counted before. The Count has counted practically everything one can think of (even their national fish, the poopky), but he hasn't counted signs. Bob and Linda sign the numbers 1 through 20, as the Count counts each one. ("In Transylvania, we would be engaged, all three of us!... Thankfully, we're not in Transylvania," Count says.)
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Five Anything Muppets sing the "Numerical Correspondence Song."
 	Cartoon 	A ball goes up and down a musical staircase.
 	Muppets 	After fighting with each other, the Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Love" and forgets their feud.
 	Animation 	The mountains make a snack for a bird, but he forgets to brush his teeth afterward.
 	Muppets 	Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead.
 	Cartoon 	Hypnotic "Q" rainbow
 	Film 	Seashells form various patterns in the sand.
 	Cartoon 	Q-quiet! (tree chopping)
 	Transition	Diamond transition
 	SCENE 5 	At night, Gordon finds the Count partaking in one last Transylvania Counting Day pastime - counting as many stars as one can before midnight. Gordon sits out with the Count for a bit counting stars together. Bob announces the sponsors.
==See also==
* Counting Day was previously observed in Episode 0751.
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