Count Tribute
Season 44
| Category | Details |
| Title | Count Tribute |
| Season & Episode | Season 44, Episode 4411 |
| Main Muppets | The Count, Elmo, Telly, Abby Cadabby |
| Human Guest(s) | Alan, Chris, Maria, Gordon, Leela |
| Special Guest(s) | Hank Azaria, OK Go |
| Letter of the Day | S |
| Number of the Day | 18 |
| Theme | Loyalty, friendship, and skip-counting. |
| Air Date | October 31, 2013 |
Parent's Guide
The Count lost the Nobel Prize to a calculator. He's still super excited to be with his friends. He says it's better to count the number of friends who care than the number of prizes. This helps your child process disappointment. Just a friendly reminder that external rewards like trophies can be nice. Intrinsic rewards, like the joy of the activity, last longer.
The Count won't be at the event. Everyone on Sesame Street dresses up as him. They say they're the Count to protect his reputation. This shows how important community support is. Have a chat with your kid about the back of a friend. Being a good friend means having their back when they're not around. I remember wearing a costume to school to support a friend who was nervous about a play.
Alan and Telly act like the Count to help him win the prize. Hank Azaria explains the word "impostor" in a separate segment. Use this to talk about the difference between deception and helpful play. This helps people understand each other better. Alan's got good intentions. Being yourself is the best path to success.
Elmo saves the day by counting dancing pickles by twos. The fake Counts can't keep up with the counting by ones. This is an intro to skip counting. Show your child that there's more than one way to solve a problem. Counting by twos or fives teaches efficiency. It makes challenges easier to handle.
Cookie Monster plays Jean Bon Bon in the Les Mousserables bit. He's got to figure out how his friends feel. He looks at their facial expressions. He keeps an eye on what they're doing. This is a tool for social emotional learning. Try doing this at home by watching people in a park. Ask your child how a person feels based on their face. This helps them develop emotional literacy. It helps kids navigate social dynamics with empathy.
Lars and Sigrid are the judges. They're pretty inflexible. They won't give the Count the prize because he's not there in person. They see how much he taught the community. Sometimes you do your best, but the rules just don't work in your favor. This is an opening to discuss fairness. An award doesn't define your talent. A calculator wins because of a technicality. The Count is still the best counter. Help kids see that their self-worth doesn't come from outside validation. Pay attention to the effect you have on the people around you.
What’s the Word on the Street?: Impostor
Count Tribute, Street Story: Alan, Chris, and Telly welcome the viewer to a special evening in Sesame Street: The Count von Count is receiving the Noble Prize for counting. Everyone on Sesame Street has gathered round for the ceremony.
When the judges call the Count up, he doesn’t appear. Chris tries to message him, and he replies, stating that he was helping a counting emergency in Chicago and now all of his flights are delayed. They ask the judges to just leave the prize with them, but they say, that the Count must be present for a final counting test to receive his prize.
The judges call the count-out again, and Alan comes onto the stage, pretending to be the count. With the judges skeptical at first, they proceed and tell him to count the pickles that appear behind the sign, and Alan has trouble counting them and blows it. The judges say that the Count has one more minute to appear. Telly says that they need someone who can count really fast and knows someone…
Telly is now on stage with a count costume. He counts better than Alan, but still fails and the judges give the count one last minute to show up, or else, the prize goes to the second-best counter in the world. Elmo claims that he knows a counting trick that the count taught him.
Elmo now comes on stage and has to get his third-person speech pattern under control. HE counts all the pickles but the judges say that, when the Count counts something, there’s always thunder and lighting, but they didn’t hear any. So they instead give the prize to the second -best counter- a calculator from Bejing.
Suddenly, the count comes down from the sky and counts all of his friends. Sesame Street Episode 4411's street story "Count Tribute" ends.
Muppets / Celebrity: Hank Azaria shows Elmo what an impostor is.
Muppets: Murray announces that Abby’s Flying Fairy School is coming up, but first, he and the kid's rap about S words.
Cartoon: Bubba, of Bubba’s Word emporium, announces his sale of S words.
Muppets: Murray and Georgia introduce Abby’s Flying Fairy School
Song: OK Go sings about “Three Primary Colours”
Muppets: Cookie’s Crumby Pictures is coming up, but first, Ovejita has Murray press a button: 18 apples.
Film: In time-lapse, a man makes a puzzle of an 18 in Sesame Street Episode 4411.
Muppets: Elmo the Musical is next, but first, Ovejita performs a magic trick.
Muppets: Homelamb. The sheep agents of Homelamb are looking for the Big Bad Wolf.
Muppets: Murray and a boy introduce Elmo the Musical
There are seven songs that are sung in this episode. The name of the songs are "Hammer Song," "Screwdriver Song," "Wrench Song," "The Repair Monster," "The Half Song," "The Whole Again Song," "The Great Halfini".
Muppets: Sesame Street sponsors are the number 18 and the letter S. Murray announces the sponsors. Sesame Street Episode 4411 ends.
