Learning About Numbers

Learning About Numbers is a 1986 Sesame Street video compilation, originally released under the "My Sesame Street Home Video" series. 
Big Bird is the host of a new talk show, Big Bird's Numbers Show (a parody of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson). Count von Count is his announcer, and he is scheduled to count the Honkers' honks. Unfortunately, he leaves early for another job as an elevator operator, but Big Bird manages to get him to come back. His guests include Chip and Dip.
==Segments==
Image	Segment 	Description
 	FRAME 1 	The Count introduces Big Bird's Number Show and his guests tonight. Big Bird arrives on "stage" and opens with a joke about the cold weather, discovering he's missing one of his mittens.
 	Muppets 	Grover and John-John count a penny.
 	Cartoon 	A guru counts to twenty.Producer: Ken Snyder; Music: Billy Taylor
 	FRAME 2 	Big Bird has found his mitten and retells his joke. He then presents his first, fiddle-playing guest.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	FRAME 3 	Big Bird brings out his next guests - Chip and Dip. Speaking only in meows, they promote a new film they produced starring their friends. Big Bird plays the clip they brought...
 	Song 	"Doll House"
 	FRAME 4 	Big Bird reads a fan letter that complains about the show's lack of roller coasters and chickens. Big Bird appeases the request.
 	Film 	Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball turns into a cherry which is devoured by a girl.
 	Cartoon 	"Three Waltzing Chickens"Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Big Bird sings "I Just Adore Four" with The Happy Squares.New intro by The Count, applause and brief moan by the Orange Gold Square when Big Bird grabs him at the end added
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions.
 	FRAME 5 	A Honker alerts Big Bird that The Count has gone home, even though he is needed later to count honks. Big Bird looks through the phone book for his home number.
 	Muppets 	Ending cut
 	FRAME 6 	Big Bird gets through and speaks to Ernie. He puts The Count on, who says he is unable to come; he has a new job as an elevator operator!
 	Muppets 	Count Von Count works as an elevator operator, with Kermit the Frog as his customer.
 	FRAME 7 	Big Bird lures him back with the promise of being able to count higher than the elevator can provide. The Count leaves Big Bird with a final message about soccer socks...
 	Cartoon 	"Six Soccer Socks"Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes.
 	Animation	The King of Eight
 	Cartoon 	"Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Muppets 	John-John wants to count backwards. Grover tells him to count backwards from 10, but John-John has a little trouble.
 	FRAME 8 	Big Bird is told by the Honker that The Count is back. Big Bird then introduces them.
 	Muppets 	The Count finds three Honkers and counts 20 of their honks. They then want him to honk his nose, but he ends up hurting it.
 	FRAME 9 	Big Bird thanks his guests and signs off as the Count counts all the "thank you's" he tells everybody.
==Releases==
Image:Orignumbersvhs.jpg|1986Random House Home Video(with activity book)88315ISBN 0394883152
Image:Noimage-big.png|1986Random House Home Video88314ISBN 0394883144
Image:LearningNumbersRHVHS2.jpg|1992Random House Home Video88315Reissue cover
LearningaboutnumbersSonyVHS.gif|1996Sony WonderLV 51275ISBN 1564063313
Image:Learning_about_numbers.jpeg|2004Sony WonderLVD 51275ISBN 073892766X
Dvdset-imagineplay.jpg|2006Sony Wonder3 disc set with Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game and Imagine That!
SS Double Feature 1.jpg|2008Genius EntertainmentDouble feature with Learning to Share
File:Newlearningaboutnumbers.jpg|Genius Entertainment
Learningaboutnumbersthealphabetjunglegameelmosworldheadtotoewithelmo.jpg|2010Warner Home Video3 disc set with The Alphabet Jungle Game and Elmo's World: Head to Toe with Elmo!
SesameStreetEssentialsCollectionLearning.jpg|2011Warner Home Video Triple feature with Guess That Shape and Color and All-Star Alphabet
==International releases==
Image:D9ed017b42a06ab5226ef110.L. AA280 .jpg|1987The Video CollectionDouble feature with Learning to Add and Subtract
Image:21d7f96642a0f8e9c158c110.L. AA280 .jpg|1991The Video CollectionDouble feature with Learning to Add and Subtract
Image:61pE2raR1LL. SS500 .jpg|1997Walt Disney Home VideoD610463Double feature with The Best of Ernie and Bert
LearningaboutnumbershongkongVCD.jpg|2006Intercontinental Videocat. no 1004482091
Learningaboutletterslearningaboutnumbers.jpg|2006ABC Video for KidsDouble feature with Learning About Letters
Numbers Phillipines DVD.jpg|2006Viva Video
HVN VHS Learning aboutNumbers1.jpg|Berjaya HVN
Learningaboutnumbersasianvcd.jpg|Berjaya HVN cat. no 152003
Learningaboutnumberslearningtosharefrontcover.jpg| 2009Berjaya HVNDouble feature with Learning to Share
Learningaboutnumbers Japan VHS.jpg| Sony
Learningaboutnumbers taiwanvhs.jpg|Ladder Publishing
==Booklet==
Scans of the activity book from the original VHS release.
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==Notes==
* While other videos released as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video line had their titles featured over a plain black background, this video's title appears over a space background, immediately segueing into the "Big Bird's Number Show" opening.
* As The Count announces the guests during the opening, clips are shown of and that don't appear in the video. Also, Kermit the Frog is not mentioned as one of the guests.
* The music used throughout the number show would later be reused for "Sesame Street Tonight" in Episode 2938.
==Cast==
*Starring Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
*Jim Henson's Muppets:
**Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Martin P. Robinson, Kevin Clash
==Credits==
*Writers: Norman Stiles
**Tony Geiss, Sonia Manzano (archive material)
*Directed by Jon Stone
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