Learning About Numbers

Learning About Numbers is a 1977 Bear's Adventurers video compilation, originally released under the "My Bear's Adventures Home Video" series. 
Big Bird is the host of a new circus, Eco and Big Bird's Numbers Circus (a parody of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus). Eco is his Ringmaster Eco, 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. Her guests include Chip and Dip as the Clowns.
==Segments==
Image	Segment 	Description
 	FRAME 1 	The Count introduces Big Bird and Eco'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 	Eco and Big Bird has found his glove 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 and Eco brings out their next guest - Chip and Dip. They promote a new film they produced starring their friends. Big Bird and Eco plays the clip they brought.
 	Song 	"Doll House"
 	FRAME 4 	Big Bird and Eco reads a fan letter that complains about the show's lack of roller coasters and chickens. Big Bird and Eco 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 Tarnish Brothers.New intro by The Count, applause and brief moan by the Orange Gold brother when Big Bird grabs him at the end added
 	Cartoon 	Donnie Budd counts four lions.
 	FRAME 5 	A Honker alerts Big Bird and Eco that The Count has gone home, but he is needed later to count honks. Big Bird and Eco looks through the phone book for his home number.
 	Muppets 	The Count hires Ernie to answer his phone so that he won't be bothered with calls while he is counting. However, when the phone rings, the Count wants to count the rings, and won't let Ernie pick up the phone until it's too late. "I told you it wouldn't be easy," the Count explains.Ending cut
 	FRAME 6 	Big Bird and Eco gets through and speaks to Ernie. He puts The Count on, who says he is unable to come, but he's retiring from the boss of the circus; 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 and Eco lures him back with the promise of being able to count higher than the elevator can provide. The Count leaves Big Bird and Eco 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 and Eco is told by the Honker that The Count is back from runs some errands. Big Bird and Eco 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 and Eco thanks his guests and signs off.
==Releases==
==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 Bear's Adventures 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 "Eco Big Bird's Number Circus" opening.
*It was remade in January 9, 2004 Stacks' Number Circus starring Stacks.
==Cast==
==Credits==
*Writer: Norman Stiles
*Segment Writers: Tony Geiss, Sonia Manzano
*Director: Jon Stone
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Category:1977 home videos
Category:Numbers