Episode 0759

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Herry Monster demonstrates "back" and "front" with three kids. First, he points out that the viewer can see the children's fronts, then (after scaring the kids) they see their backs as they run away.
 	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 	A man carves a YES and puts it on display.
 	Film 	Topi antelopes nod "yes."Music by Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #7
 	SCENE 1 	Bob, Maria, and Mr. Hooper find The Count in his pajamas, sleeping on some crates in the yard. Big Bird joins them, but his loud chattering wakes the Count up. A discouraged Count explains that he fell asleep while trying to count the stars in the sky last night (as has been happening the last several nights), but he always falls asleep before he finishes. Bob suggests he try sleeping all day so he will be wide awake all night. The Count wants to continue sleeping in the yard though and refuses to budge until nighttime despite the protests from everyone about how noisy it will be throughout the day. Big Bird agrees to watch the Count as he sleeps to make sure it’s quiet around him. He begins by shushing the grownups, who still doubt the idea will work.
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit plans to talk about the letter F, but Beautiful Day Monster delivers an E instead, so he fixes it by using an ax and chopping off the bottom line of the E to make it look like an F.
 	Cartoon 	Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF
 	Film 	F for Factory
 	Cartoon 	A self-proclaimed "handsome" fly (voiced by Casey Kasem) is indignant about appearing in a segment about the letter F with a "fat and ugly" frog. The frog solves the problem by eating the fly.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster presents to Ernie his new device “The Cookie Counter” which will notify him of the quantity of cookies inside the box. Cookie Monster points “The Cookie Counter” rod to the box of cookies, which rings five times representing the amount of cookies inside the box. Ernie is impressed by Cookie Monster's device and talks about the benefits the device provides to the audience, simultaneously Cookie Monster eats Ernie's box of cookies. Ernie tests the Cookie Counter by pointing the rod at the box of cookies, the box doesn't ring. Cookie Monster asks Ernie to face the Cookie Counter rod to his stomach; it rings five times as proof of the location of the five cookies.
 	Cartoon 	Monster in the dark (finding a light switch)
 	Film 	A clown (Dennis Allen) takes off his make-up. Which face do you like better?
 	Cartoon 	Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert and Shola demonstrate happy, sad, scared and mad.
 	SCENE 2 	While watching The Count sleep, Big Bird tries to shush all the noises he hears. He irks Mr. Hooper when he noisily stacks paperweights, tries to silence Bob when he uses the squeaky laundry line, and reminds Maria not to play her phonograph too loudly. He ends up knocking some trays over while swatting at a pesky fly, temporarily waking the Count.
 	Cartoon 	"Poverty F”
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Frazzle about his day, and Frazzle responds with growls to demonstrate how he felt.
 	Cartoon 	Frances Fairy displays several F words.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #7
 	Cartoon 	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.
 	Cast 	David and Luis prepare to hang clothes on a high clothesline using a ladder. However, they each climb it to hang one article at a time. A voiceover instructs them to cooperate, so David climbs the ladder as Luis hands him clothes to hang up.
 	Cartoon 	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer.
 	Film 	Kids comment as they watch tomatoes grow in a field.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A bee looks for a flower.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 3 	Mr. Snuffleupagus comes by and Big Bird fills him in on what’s going on. They decide to guard the Count together when Snuffy feels a tickle in his snuffle and is about to sneeze. Big Bird tries to stifle Snuffy by holding his snuffle, but it causes him to have a hard time breathing. As soon as he no longer feels the sneeze coming on, Big Bird agrees to let go. Once he does, Snuffy lets out a massive sneeze, waking up the Count and blowing leaves, debris, and some of Big Bird’s feathers all over him. Snuffy apologizes and decides to leave before he sneezes again.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	After Snuffy leaves, Bob, Maria and Mr. Hooper come running after having heard the noise. Big Bird explains to them what happened, and as always, they don’t believe him… although the Count lets out a small sneeze of his own.
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	Muppets 	Kermit, Farmer Grover and a horse show how a horse and cart works.
 	Cartoon 	A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Film 	Sesame Street Animal Films: Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Fleas have fun in fur!Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Visual Thinking: A hipster and a square imagine shapes.
 	Cartoon 	A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet.
 	SCENE 4 	At twilight, Big Bird begins to fall asleep after hanging around guarding the Count all day. His snoring wakes up the Count, who is at first irritated about being woken up once again but grows delighted once he notices it's now getting dark out, because he’s now awake enough to count the stars. It also helps that Big Bird snores very loudly, guaranteeing him that he won't fall asleep again. He begins his counting and awakens Big Bird, so he agrees to count more quietly so as to let the loud snoring continue.
 	Cartoon 	A flower picks up a man and says he smells beautiful.
 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Sand F/f
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #7 (repeat)
 	SCENE 5 	At night, the Count has counted 825 stars until the clouds start to fill the sky, covering up the stars. Since he can no longer count stars he begins to count Big Bird’s snores instead, and Big Bird is briefly woken by the thunder and lightning. The Count continues counting quietly as Bob announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Maria and Mr. Hooper hold the Sesame Street sign and Bob holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Comparisons
Category:Sleep
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 6