Episode 2722

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria, Bob, and Gina are throwing a surprise birthday party for Forgetful Jones. They've specifically asked Buster the Horse to bring him by so he won't forget to come. As a gift, they give Forgetful clues as to what they're celebrating. Forgetful realizes that it's Buster's birthday, which he remembers because it's the same day as his own.
 	Cartoon 	A map of Africa morphs into the shape of animals that are found there.
 	Film 	Counting 20 boxesMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Bip Bipadotta leads "Scratch My Back" as a song about two monsters named Jack and Jill who swear that they will always be there to scratch each other's backs.
 	Cartoon 	On his way to the store, a boy gets distracted and remembers to buy different things.
 	Muppets 	Ernie and Alphonso read a "DANGER" sign.
 	Cartoon 	"Name That Food" game show hosted by Don CarrotArtist: Len Glasser
 	SCENE 2 	The Count sings "Old MacDonald" to himself and hears thunder, noticing the dark storm clouds overhead. Gordon, trying to put Miles down for a nap, has heard this and asks the Count to keep down the noise, assuming the thunder was caused by him. He is similarly blamed by Gina and Maria, whose activities are also disrupted by the thunder. He decides he might as well do some counting if he's getting blamed for it and starts counting thunderclaps, lightning and raindrops. Everyone surrounds him and realizes he was right all along, as they quickly find shelter from the rain.
 	Cartoon 	Kids observe cloud formations, until it starts to rain.
 	Muppets 	The Amazing Mumford waves his magic wand over a transparent glass cookie jar and makes the jar become full of cookies and then empty (over and over) as an anxious Cookie Monster watches.
 	Animation 	D / d (drums and drumsticks)
 	Animation 	Teeny Little Super Guy: Robert W. Shipshape gets a hat for his birthday, and it blows into the street. R.W. remembers not to cross the street without an adult; Teeny Little Superguy helps him across.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	SCENE 3 	In Hooper's Store, Gordon discovers he's got a winning lottery ticket. Everyone celebrates that he just won upwards of one million dollars, but he reveals his ticket is for a mere five bucks, which he spends on a toy boat for Miles.
 	Cartoon 	A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	Kermit at Home: While Kermit is at home typing his autobiography, salesmonster Telly comes to his doorstep and asks if Kermit wants to buy a head warmer. Telly keeps worrying he's not doing a good job, and that Kermit won't want one. But Kermit reassures him that since he does have a head, he will have a use for a head warmer, unlike the things Grover sells (toothbrushes, earmuffs, and nose warmers). When Kermit puts the head warmer on, it covers his entire head. Telly remarks, "Kermit! It's -- it's you!"
 	Cartoon 	A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.
 	Celebrity 	Patti LaBelle and The Sweeties sing "Take the Hand of Someone You Love."
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop is sent to the grocery store to get twenty grapefruits. He counts to 20 on the way there so that he can remember the quantity, but forgets what item he was sent for.
 	Muppets 	The Martians discover a radio. They tune into three different styles of music, none of which they like. Then they tune into some static, which they start joyfully dancing to.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: The Marmoset
 	SCENE 4 	From down by the Fix-It Shop, Maria can hear Bob having a sing-along in his apartment. She hears the group doing "Old MacDonald" and is shocked when she hears real animal sounds singing along. The sounds turn out to be coming from none other than Simon Soundman.
 	Cartoon 	"Daddy Dear"
 	Muppets 	
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Little Things". re-filmed version
 	Cartoon 	Listening to sounds can tell you about danger.
 	SCENE 5 	The Count holds a small vase with six roses, which he uses to do the "She loves me, she loves me not" routine. He tells Luis that he has fallen in love with the Countess von Backwards, who too loves counting, but she obsesses over counting backwards. He doesn't know if she loves him back, but hopes his roses will help her admit her feelings.
 	SCENE 5 cont'd	At her castle, the Countess counts her fingers (punctuated by the howling of wolves). The Count enters and presents her with the roses. To the Count's dismay, she confesses that she loves... counting backwards. "Curses, this is not what I had in mind!" the Count says to himself.
 	Cartoon 	A man assembles the word LOVE, and a bird pecks the O into the shape of a heart.
 	Muppets 	Caribbean Anything Muppets sing about "Caribbean Air."
 	Cartoon 	An N-terview with an N
 	SCENE 6 	The Count counts his many, dejected sighs. Luis recommends instead of giving her gifts, he should tell the Countess how he feels. The Count takes this to heart and finds the Countess, delivering six "I love you"s to her. She counts them backwards.. but doesn't count to zero, declaring she loves him too! They then do some counting together arm in arm, their thunder, lightning, and wolf howls blending together.
 	Cartoon 	The Great Inventor Series: Science Salutes the Men and Women Who Have Changed the Way We Live. Cartoon about the days when people tried drinking ice cream soda before straws were invented. Awful messes were made getting more of the refreshment on their clothes than in their bellies. Until one day an ice cream parlor janitor noticed that when people brought their leashed pet anteaters in to enjoy an ice cream soda, the floor was always sucked completely clean. Realizing that nature had solved the problem, the janitor invented artificial anteater noses that strapped on over people's mouths... which eventually evolved into the modern straw.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Fay Ray dresses up as different animals. ("It's Kermit the Dog!")
 	SCENE 7 	The Count has counted all 4,798 of Big Bird's feathers, which the Countess proceeds to count backwards. (Count: "When she gets to zero, I will count them again!") Luis announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*This episode's street scenes are remakes and adaptations from earlier episodes:
**Scene 1 is adapted from Episode 1650
**Scene 2 is adapted from Episode 0921
**Scene 3 is adapted from Episode 0973
**Scene 4 is adapted from Episode 0970
**Scenes 5 and 6 are adapted from Episode 0953
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Category:Birthday Episodes
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 21