Episode 0733

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock."
 	SCENE 1 	The Amazing Mumford makes things appear out of thin air that rhyme. Oscar gets excited about the tricks after seeing a rock and a rag produced, so he gets Mumford to promise that he'll get the rest of the stuff he conjures. The last item is meant to rhyme with "rugs," so Oscar and Maria are confused when Marcia appears in Maria's arms. Since Oscar wanted the product of each trick, he gets hugs from Marcia.
 	Cartoon 	Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished."
 	Film 	No matter how they're arranged, George the Farmer always has three barrels, four milk jugs, and five cartons.
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time." In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane," a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set.
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Film 	A gymnast demonstrates between.
 	Cartoon 	Frances Fairy displays several F words.
 	Cartoon 	Two lines intersect at the middle of the screen and have an argument; they cooperate by making a cross.
center 	Muppets 	
 	Animation 	Sand F/f
 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers make the form of the letter F.
center 	Cartoon 	A minstrel sings about a fox who outsmarts a crow.Artist: Etienne Delessert
 	SCENE 2 	The Count arrives at the Fix It Shop and tells Maria, Luis, and Susan that he's not going to count, he's going to say the alphabet. He does, then declares that he has recited the alphabet one time. Everyone catches on to his plan to count recitations of the alphabet, but they instead challenge him not to count at all. The Count declares, "I can not count if I want to not count," so Susan challenges him to prove it. He agrees and promises not to count for the rest of the day, when Luis closes the shop.
 	Muppets 	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count it Higher."
 	Cartoon 	An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party.
 	Muppets 	Ernie, Bert, and Shola illustrate "between."
 	SCENE 3 	The Count is having trouble not counting things, so Big Bird helps keep him occupied by identifying things that he's standing between. Luis comes by to make sure the Count isn't counting, but Big Bird agonizes him when he begins counting how many things he stood between.
 	Cartoon 	Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF
 	Film 	Elephants in the zoo.
 	Cartoon 	"Alphabet Imagination": A female voice quickly recites the alphabet followed by a male voice narrating each letter in a series of psychedelic vignettes.
center 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit comes across the word "Telephone," spells it, and then teaches the word to the viewer. When an Anything Muppet boy who stands too far away says that he can't hear Kermit, Kermit dials the T, and the boy answers with the last E.
 	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.
 	SCENE 4 	The Count wallows in misery over his lack of counting near Oscar's trash can prompting Oscar to ask why he's so miserable. The Count explains his situation and tells Oscar he couldn't give up being grouchy. Sure enough, when Susan comes by basking in the beauty of the day, Oscar can't contain his usual disposition to cheeriness. With a new understanding of withdrawal, Oscar sympathizes with what the Count is going through.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	F for FootballArtist: John and Faith Hubley
 	Film 	Sea HorseMusic: Joe Raposo
 	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 	Guy Smiley hosts "Dialing for Prizes Movie."
 	SCENE 5 	Maria offers to count for the Count to help him get through his day without counting. Adopting the Count's accent and mannerisms, she counts ten pieces of paper and begins to laugh. The Count stops her and asks to at least let him have that. He does, and his usual lightning follows. He says he's still sobbing pitiful sobs on the inside.
 	Film 	"Three Song (Song of Three)."
 	Muppets 	Kermit's Lectures: Kermit demonstrates between by using a ping-pong ball, a doughnut, and a Beatles record sitting on a table, with the donut between the record and the ball. Beautiful Day Monster comes along and proceeds to eat everything. Kermit fears he will also get eaten, but the monster thanks him with a kiss.
 	Song 	"Three Is My Favorite Number"
 	Cartoon 	What Do You Do With a Pet?
 	Muppets 	The letter S joins U and N to make the word SUN. Some Anything Muppets appear in beach gear to bask in the sun.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play."
 	Cartoon 	Two heads think of F words, ending with "finished." (repeat)
 	Muppets 	Beautiful Day Monster is part of a group of cheerleaders who cheer up to the letter F. When the leader asks what "ABCDEF" spells, they are all stumped, and Beautiful Day Monster comments on how weird that is.
 	SCENE 6 	Luis has closed the shop, so everyone checks in with how the Count did all day without counting. He says he committed to it after just telling himself to stop counting over and over... and reveals that he counted over five million times that he told himself. Big Bird announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria and Luis hold the Sesame Street sign, while Susan holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 6