Episode 5320

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Elmo introduces today's theme of counting numbers such as 1 (Stephanie D'Abruzzo), 2 (Martin P. Robinson), 3 (Peter Linz), and 4 (Pam Arciero). Those same numbers appear behind to assist him.
 	SCENE 1 	Grover comes in with a number of cats from his new job as a "kitty sitter." Elmo wonders how many cats there are. Grover thinks it's impossible to know, until Elmo reminds him he can just count them. Grover does this, but starts over at each cat. Elmo tells him to count them all together, but this proves a challenge when he realizes the kitties are all over the place, so Grover gets them all in a line and counts four cats in total.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	They believe to be totally sure of how many kitties there are, until one more pops up behind Grover. He starts counting again, this time counting five. Then yet another kitty shows up...
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	...and another, who looks a bit peculiar.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Grover is annoyed he has to start counting all over again, which signals the Count to come help. Grover explains that he's too tired to count again every time a new kitty comes along. The Count teaches Grover a counting shortcut, called "Counting On," and leads a song all about continuing a count from where you left off. They count six, seven kitties all together, without needing to start from zero. Now they know there are seven kitties. Seven hungry kitties!
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Grover heads to Hooper's Store to get the cats, who are at this point really hungry, some food. Chris asks Grover how many bowls they need, and Grover thinks it's impossible until he realizes the number would match the number of cats. Elmo asks how many bowls Chris has, a query Grover is certain is impossible to answer, until Julia reminds him he can count the bowls...
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Grover counts four bowls, not enough for seven kitties. Chris tells Grover that those are just the blue bowls, and he has yellow ones as well. Grover thinks he has to start counting all over again, until the Count arrives to remind him he can just count on from four, as well as to sing another rendition of his counting on song. The group starts counting from four to arrive at seven bowls, the perfect number for the seven kitty cats...
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Grover stacks up the bowls to feed the cats, but gets trampled over by all the felines. Grover gets cat hair all over him causing him to sneeze three, four times.
 	Insert 	I Wonder, What If, Let's TryNolan and Ayana count on from three to see how tall they can make a block tower before it topples over.
 	Muppets 	Elmo and friends sing and clap as they find out the letter of the day - C.
 	Celebrity 	Billie Eilish and the Count express their love of counting in a parody of "Happier Than Ever."
 	SCENE 2 	As the Count counts ten carrot sticks for Elmo and Tamir, the tune of the Foodie Truck arrives...
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster's Foodie TruckWith two friends, Nima orders something green that's fit for three people. Gonger has the idea to make pesto pasta. Cookie Monster gets all the ingredients ready, including "pine nut," so Gonger asks to count the number of pine nuts and finds there's only one. Needing way more than that, the two go to the pine tree forest for some pine nuts...
 	Muppets 	Elmo and Abby pose as astronauts and sing about finding the number of the day by counting Martians. Today, there are 16.
center 	Cartoon 	Elmo & Tango's Mysterious MysteriesElmo and Tango arrive to Oscar and his four stinky stinkbug friends. By the time Oscar gets a dirtball for them to play with, the bugs have vanished.
 	SCENE 3 	Grover, Elmo, and the largest cat sign off. As the cat corrects her moo to a meow, Grover begins to wonder if she's even a cat at all.
==Notes==
*Performers of the cats include Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (orange cat) and Peter Linz (small brown cat).
==Gallery==
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Category:Numbers
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 53