Ernie is animal-sitting 6 different creatures: 3 chickens, 2 pigs, and 1 baby camel! But when he’s not looking, all the animal escape onto Sesame Street! It’s up to Elmo, Bert, and Ernie to find all the animals before the farmer comes back to take them home. Watch more on this Sesame Street Full Episode, “Counting Critters!”
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00:00Hello.
00:01Today on Sesame Street, we are going to do a lot of counting.
00:05Oh.
00:06Yeah.
00:06Count heads.
00:07Count heads?
00:08Oh, OK.
00:08Yeah, yeah.
00:09Why not?
00:09Um, one head, two heads.
00:11Two heads all together.
00:12No, no, no.
00:13That wrong.
00:13That wrong.
00:14How can that be wrong?
00:15You're the two-headed monster.
00:17No, no, no.
00:18One head.
00:19Two head.
00:20Whoops.
00:21Three heads.
00:22Oh.
00:22All together.
00:25I stand corrected.
00:26Watch out for more counting on Sesame Street.
00:30Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah.
00:36Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away.
00:41On my way to where the air is sweet.
00:46Where the air is sweet.
00:49Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?
00:54How to get to Sesame Street?
00:58Sesame Street.
01:03Nothing like reading on a quiet afternoon with a good,
01:10a quiet afternoon.
01:13Ah, Ernie.
01:16Ooh, what is that, Bert?
01:17I am trying to enjoy a quiet afternoon,
01:20but you keep making noise.
01:22Gee, I'm sorry, Bert.
01:24I didn't realize I was doing that.
01:26Hmm, I guess I just can't wait for the chickens to arrive.
01:29Oh, well, that makes sense.
01:33Wait, chickens?
01:34What chickens?
01:35Oh, didn't I tell you, Bert?
01:36My friend the farmer asked me if I do a little chicken-sitting.
01:39Chicken-sitting?
01:40Mm-hmm.
01:41It's like babysitting, but for chickens.
01:43You know, chicken-sitting.
01:44Chicken-sitting?
01:45That is not a thing, and it is definitely not a thing
01:48you're going to do.
01:49They're here.
01:50What?
01:51Come on in, guys.
01:53What is going on here?
01:55Uh, I think Bert's paperclips are right over there.
01:58No, no.
01:59No poultry on the furniture.
02:01Ernie, I just vacuumed in here.
02:04Oh, did you, Bert?
02:05Oh, that was so kind of you.
02:06Thank you for cleaning up for the chickens.
02:08Ah.
02:10Exactly how many chickens are you chicken-sitting, Ernie?
02:14Oh, gee, that's a good question, Bert.
02:16Uh, looks like there are three.
02:18Three chickens altogether.
02:20Wait, are you sure?
02:21I only see two.
02:22One, two.
02:23That's because the third one's on your head.
02:25Huh?
02:26Ah!
02:27Ah!
02:28Ah!
02:29See there, Bert?
02:30There's one, two, three chickens altogether.
02:34There's a chicken on my head!
02:36That's what I said, Bert.
02:37But I don't want a chicken on my head!
02:39Don't worry, Bert.
02:40She'll come down when the pigs get here.
02:42Pigs?
02:43Oh, yeah, didn't I tell you, Bert?
02:45I'm also pig-sitting today.
02:46No, no.
02:47I think I would have remembered if you said that, Ernie.
02:49But they're here.
02:50Oh, hey, Bert.
02:51Can you watch the three chickens for me, please?
02:53Mommy!
02:54Do I have a choice?
02:56Make yourselves at home.
02:58No, no, no, no.
02:59Oh, ah-ha!
03:00Ah-ha!
03:01See that, Bert?
03:02See that, Bert?
03:03I told you the chicken would get off your head
03:05when the pigs got here.
03:06Problem solved.
03:07Yes, that problem is solved.
03:09But, Ernie, we have another problem.
03:11Our apartment is full of pigs and chickens!
03:14Oh, gee.
03:15I wouldn't say full, Bert.
03:18Let's see.
03:19There are only one, two, three, four, five animals so far.
03:25So far?
03:26You said so far?
03:27I heard you.
03:28I heard you.
03:29Did you promise to babysit more animals?
03:32Only one more, Bert, and he's just a baby animal.
03:35Ah!
03:37He's here.
03:38All right, all right.
03:40I guess a baby animal won't take up too much room.
03:42Come on in, Gerhard.
03:44Everybody else is here.
03:46Ah!
03:48He's not a little baby!
03:50I didn't say he was a little baby, Bert.
03:52He's a camel.
03:53What did you expect?
03:54I did not expect a camel!
03:56Or two pigs!
03:57Give me that.
03:58Or three chickens!
03:59Do you know how many animals that is, Ernie?
04:01That's one, two, three, four, five, six animals in our apartment!
04:07Ah!
04:10Bert, Bert, not so loud, Bert.
04:12You scared the baby.
04:14Oh, I'm sorry.
04:15I didn't mean to.
04:17I'm just no good with kids.
04:19Don't say that.
04:20He was just a little surprised.
04:21You're great with kids.
04:23Yeah.
04:25Hey, Bert?
04:27Yeah?
04:28Is it kind of quiet in here all of a sudden?
04:30Oh, yeah.
04:32Yeah, you're right, Ernie, it is.
04:34Hey, maybe now's a good time to go back to reading my...
04:37Ah!
04:38Reading your what?
04:39Ah!
04:40The door!
04:41The door!
04:42You left the door open!
04:43And I don't see any animals in here!
04:45You know, if there are zero animals in our apartment,
04:49that means that there are...
04:51Six animals on Sesame Street!
04:55Ah!
04:56Ah!
04:57Ah!
04:58Ah!
04:59Ah!
05:00Ah!
05:01Elmo, Melon, have either of you seen any animals around here?
05:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:05Um...
05:06Oh, oh, oh, oh!
05:07Elmo saw a squirrel!
05:08Really?
05:09Where?
05:10Oh, it was so cute, Ernie!
05:11It had a little fluffy, fluffy tail!
05:14It's better, because we're not looking for a squirrel.
05:17We're looking for three chickens, two pigs, and a camel.
05:21How did you lose six animals?
05:24It's a long story, don't ask.
05:26Um, well, Elmo would be happy to help you find them.
05:28Oh, I'll help, too!
05:29Yeah?
05:30Or would you, R.G.?
05:31That'd be swell.
05:32Oh!
05:33Chicken?
05:34Uh-oh!
05:35Uh-oh!
05:36Oh!
05:37Oh!
05:38Oh!
05:39Oh!
05:40Oh!
05:41Oh!
05:42Oh!
05:43Oh!
05:44Young man!
05:45Young man, I didn't order the chicken soup!
05:48I am so sorry.
05:49I will get you another bowl right away.
05:51Please do!
05:52Oh, boy!
05:53Elmo better go find those piggies!
05:55Wait, guys!
05:56Guys!
05:57Hey!
05:58I guess I'm chicken city now.
06:01I didn't know that was a thing.
06:04Oh!
06:05I was sure the chickens went this way, but I don't see them at all!
06:09Oh, me neither, Bert.
06:10All I see are these funny chicken-shaped flowers growing out of the ground here.
06:17Ernie!
06:18Those aren't flowers!
06:19Those are the two chickens we're looking for!
06:22Ah!
06:23Come back here!
06:32Hey!
06:33Stop eating that!
06:34Cut it out!
06:36Hey!
06:37Scram, Elmo!
06:38I'm busy!
06:40I gotta get this pig out of my trash can!
06:43Stop that!
06:44Hey!
06:45That's the same exact animal Elmo's looking for!
06:48Well, you can have him.
06:49He's turning this trash can into a real pigsty!
06:53And that's my job!
06:55Ah!
06:56Ah!
06:57Ah!
06:58Here!
06:59No!
07:00No!
07:01Good riddance!
07:02Oh!
07:03Oh, thank you, Oscar!
07:05Yeah!
07:06Oh, boy!
07:07Oh, boy!
07:08Elmo found one piggy!
07:11Oh, that tickles!
07:12Oh, that tickles!
07:13Oh, oh, oh!
07:14Good job, Elmo!
07:15Oh, thank you!
07:16Come back here, you!
07:17Oh, wait a minute.
07:18There were two piggies.
07:19What?
07:20So that means Elmo has to find one more piggy!
07:26Oh, boy.
07:27Now, if Elmo were a piggy, where would Elmo go?
07:31Did that recycling bin just say, one coin?
07:37Elmo found one, two piggies!
07:43You're so fast!
07:47Slow down!
07:50Come back here, chicken!
07:54Come back here!
07:57Come back here!
08:00Oh, Bert, are you okay?
08:02Yeah, I think so.
08:04I'm just worried, Ernie.
08:06What if those poor little chickens get lost?
08:08What if we can't catch them?
08:10Oh, yeah, I know.
08:12Come here for a second, Bert.
08:14Yeah, you got an idea?
08:16What is it?
08:17Whoa!
08:18Ernie, what are you doing?
08:20What are you pouring on my head?
08:22Oh, it's bird seed, Bert.
08:24Ernie, bird seed?
08:26Yep.
08:27See, we'll lure the chickens to us.
08:30And we'll lure them to people's heads.
08:32So, we'll lure them to your head with the bird seed.
08:36That is a terrible idea, Ernie.
08:38Why don't you try...
08:40Shh, Bert, Bert, hold still.
08:42It's working.
08:44You're right, Ernie.
08:46There's a chicken on my head.
08:48It worked, it worked.
08:50There we go.
08:52Now, let's catch the other one.
08:54Yeah, load me up, Ernie.
08:56No, no, not the tablecloth.
08:58Oh, Elmo found one, two piggies.
09:00Hey, that's terrific.
09:02Yeah, and we found two chickens.
09:04Yeah.
09:05That's great, guys, but this chicken won't get off my head.
09:08Yeah, they do that.
09:10Hey, let's count and make sure we have all six animals, okay?
09:14Okay, Bert.
09:15Let's see, we got one, two, three chickens.
09:18And one, two piggies.
09:20That's one, two, three, four, five animals.
09:25Oh, no, we're supposed to be looking for six animals.
09:28That means one of them is still missing.
09:30Oh, a camel.
09:32Oh, look at that, Ellen found a camel.
09:36But let's do one more head count just to make sure, huh?
09:40Okay.
09:41One, two, three, four, five, six.
09:47Six animals all together.
09:49They're all here, but not for long,
09:52because my friend the farmer will be here
09:54at any minute to come pick them up.
09:56Oh, really, Ernie?
09:57It feels like they just got dropped off.
09:59Everybody has to go home already.
10:01Well, not everybody.
10:10Oh, sorry, Bert.
10:12I guess I'm making that noise again, huh?
10:14No, no, no, no, it's okay.
10:16I can't really read my book anyway.
10:19Ah.
10:21There, there, Gerhart.
10:23Pleasant dreams.
10:27Do you know what time it is?
10:29Hold tight, it's time for the letter of the day.
10:31That's right!
10:32It's time for the letter of the day, I say,
10:34because the letter of the day is on its way.
10:36Hey!
10:37Hey!
10:38Hey!
10:39Hey!
10:40Hey!
10:41It's time to sing.
10:42It's time to tweet.
10:43It's time to get up on your feet.
10:45And give a cheer.
10:46Loud and clear.
10:47Loud and clear.
10:48Because the letter of the day is here.
10:50Hey!
10:51Hey!
10:52It's here.
10:53Hey!
10:54Hey!
10:55The letter of the day is here.
10:56It's the letter C.
10:57Yay, C!
10:59Hey!
11:00Hey!
11:01It's here.
11:02Hey!
11:03Hey!
11:04The letter of the day is here.
11:05Hey!
11:06Hey!
11:07It's here.
11:08Because the letter of the day is here.
11:09C!
11:10C is for counting.
11:12Hey, load there.
11:13It is your old pal, Grover.
11:16This is Lori.
11:17Hi.
11:18The letter C is for counting.
11:21And today, Lori is going to help us count to five
11:24with a very special talent of hers.
11:26I cannot wait for you to see.
11:27Oh, I'm so excited.
11:28Lori, you tell them about it.
11:29Right.
11:30So I'm going to do cartwheels,
11:31and Grover's going to count them.
11:32Ready, Grover?
11:33I am ready.
11:35Okay.
11:36Okay.
11:37Oh, boy.
11:39One.
11:40Two.
11:41Oh!
11:42I've got to capture this.
11:43Oh!
11:44Yes!
11:45Yes!
11:46Oh!
11:47That was amazing!
11:49Oh, wow!
11:50Did you count to five?
11:52Um, whoops.
11:54No, I was taking pictures of your cartwheels for my mommy.
11:57You want to see?
11:59Oh, no!
12:01They all came out blurry for some reason.
12:03Oh!
12:05Okay.
12:06Well, you know what?
12:07You keep taking pictures,
12:08and I'll do cartwheels and count.
12:10You would do that for me?
12:12Oh, yes!
12:13That would be great!
12:14Yes, thank you!
12:15Oh, and, uh,
12:16if you could try to be a little less blurry this time,
12:18that would be perfect.
12:19Less blurry?
12:20Yeah.
12:21Okay.
12:22Yeah.
12:23Okay.
12:24Okay.
12:25Here we go.
12:26Okay.
12:28One.
12:30Two.
12:31Three.
12:33Four.
12:35Five.
12:36Wow!
12:37Yes!
12:38Oh, wow, Lori!
12:39You are not only good at doing cartwheels,
12:41but you are great at
12:43c-c-counting as well!
12:45Aww.
12:46Thanks, Grover.
12:48Aww.
12:49Counting.
12:50The letter C.
12:51Oh, I think I was in selfie mode for that.
12:53Oh, dear.
12:57Where are we going?
12:59Can't wait to see!
13:02On Abby's Amazing Adventures!
13:06With me, Rudy!
13:09Whoa, horsey!
13:12Hi, I'm Abby.
13:14This is my room.
13:16And this is my brother, Rudy.
13:19Giddy-up!
13:20We're pretending to ride horses.
13:22Guess who?
13:24Something's not right!
13:26Look out!
13:28Wow, a surprisingly smooth landing.
13:31Oh, no!
13:33Oh, no!
13:35Oh, no!
13:37Oh, no!
13:38Hiya, baskets!
13:40Well, howdy, partners!
13:42Guess what I've got today.
13:44What could it be?
13:45Count along with me!
13:47One, two, three!
13:51Those are the numbers one, two, and three!
13:54That's right.
13:56And I'm counting on you two
13:58to help me count today.
14:00Aww.
14:01I wanted to ride a horsey.
14:03Well, maybe we can.
14:05Just grab onto my handles
14:07and we'll hit the dusty trail.
14:09Howdy-ho!
14:10Off we go!
14:15Whoa.
14:16We're on horseys.
14:18That's right.
14:20They're named Spot and Dot.
14:22Hi, Spot.
14:24Hi, Dot.
14:26And this is a ranch.
14:29You're going to be sheep ranchers.
14:31Ranchers look after animals
14:34and take care of them.
14:36Your job is to count the sheep
14:38and make sure all six
14:40are in their pen.
14:42How many sheep are in the pen now?
14:44One, two,
14:46three, four.
14:48Four sheep in the pen.
14:50That means
14:52we're looking for two more sheep.
14:54Round them up, ranchers.
14:56Help us find the sheep, too.
14:58Let's go, Rudy.
15:00Come on, Spot and Dot.
15:02Get up.
15:06Are those sheep?
15:08No, I think they're cows.
15:12Rudy, wait.
15:14What sound does a cow make?
15:18Moo.
15:20That's what I thought.
15:22Moo.
15:24Moo.
15:26Moo.
15:30Moo.
15:34That's a sheep
15:36hiding with the cows.
15:38Let's bring him to the pen.
15:44I will help with the gate.
15:46We did it.
15:48Don't forget to close the gate.
15:50Great job.
15:52Now, how many sheep
15:55Let's count together.
15:57One, two,
15:59three, four,
16:01five.
16:03There are five sheep
16:05in the pen.
16:07Remember, you ranchers
16:09need to have all six sheep
16:11in the pen.
16:13Okay, that means that we need
16:15What do we need?
16:17To find one more sheep.
16:19Let's ride.
16:21Abby, look.
16:23Those are animal tracks.
16:25A sheep made them.
16:27Wow, let's follow them.
16:33Where did the sheep go?
16:35Don't know, partner.
16:37Hey, that's a nice painting
16:39on that barn.
16:41You can even see
16:43the clouds move.
16:45Wait a minute.
16:47Paintings don't move.
16:49It's the sheep.
16:51He's pretending to be a cloud.
16:55It's time to bring you home.
16:59We'll hit the gate.
17:03Another sheep in the pen.
17:05Time to count.
17:07One, two, three,
17:09four, five,
17:11six.
17:13Six sheep.
17:15That's all of them.
17:17Good job, ranchers.
17:19You do make a great team.
17:21You put all six sheep back in the pen.
17:23Stick with Handshake.
17:25Up high, down low.
17:27Yay, we did it. Way to go.
17:29Time to go home.
17:31Bye, Spot.
17:33Bye, Dot.
17:35Time to put everything away.
17:39I'm glad I could count on you two.
17:41Time for me to go.
17:43I'll leave the way I came in.
17:46Here's a job for you.
17:48Pretend to be a rancher.
17:50Round up your stuffed animals and count them.
17:52See you next time.
17:54On Abby's Amazing Adventures.
17:58Yum, yum, yum.
18:00Dum, dee, dee, dum.
18:02How many cookies are there today?
18:04Yum, yum, yum. Dum, dee, dee, dum.
18:06How many cookies today?
18:08While they're still baking.
18:10Let's do some shaking.
18:12Shake, shake, shake, shake.
18:14How many cookies today?
18:16While they're still baking.
18:18Let's do some more shaking.
18:20Shake, shake, shake, shake.
18:22Shake, shake. How many cookies today?
18:24Me think they're ready.
18:26Everybody steady.
18:30One, two, three, four, five, six.
18:36Cookies.
18:38Yum, yum, yum.
18:40Dum, dee, dee, dum.
18:42Yum, yum, yum.
18:44Dum, dee, dee, dum.
18:46How many cookies are there today?
18:48Six.
18:50Bees live in beehives.
18:52Inside there are honeycombs
18:54in the shape of hexagons.
18:56There are six bees.
18:58Let's count the bees
19:00in their beehive.
19:02One, two,
19:04three, four, five,
19:06six bees
19:08all together.
19:11Now let's count down
19:13as they fly away.
19:15Six,
19:17five,
19:19four,
19:21three,
19:25two,
19:29one,
19:31zero.
19:33Zero bees are left.
19:35I wonder where the bees
19:37are going.
19:39Flowers bloom.
19:41There are one, two,
19:43three, four, five,
19:45six flowers.
19:47Six flowers
19:49for six bees.
19:51The number six.
19:53Bye-bye, bees.
19:59La, la, la, la.
20:01La, la, la, la.
20:03La, la, la, la.
20:05Elmo's full of wonder.
20:07Elmo's wonderful world.
20:09Hi.
20:11Welcome to
20:13Elmo's world.
20:15Guess what Elmo is wondering
20:17about today.
20:19Wait for it.
20:21Wait for it.
20:23Counting.
20:25Yeah.
20:27Pretty clouds.
20:29Let's count them
20:31to see how many there are.
20:33One, two,
20:36three,
20:38four,
20:40five.
20:42Five clouds all together.
20:44Yeah.
20:46Boy, Elmo loves counting
20:48and wants to find out more.
20:50Hey.
20:52Let's ask Elmo's friend, Smartie.
20:54Let's call her together.
20:56Oh, Smartie.
21:02Five, four, three.
21:04Count down with me, Elmo.
21:06Two, one.
21:08Yeah.
21:10Boy, Smartie sure
21:12does love counting.
21:14You've got my number, Elmo.
21:16Get it? Number? Counting?
21:18Counting, yeah.
21:20Boy, Elmo wants to find out more about numbers.
21:22Well,
21:24what do we do when we want to learn something new?
21:26We look
21:28it up.
21:30Searching for counting.
21:32Counting is so much fun
21:34and you can do it all sorts of ways.
21:36You can count your eyes.
21:38One, two.
21:40And your nose.
21:42One nose.
21:44You can count the trucks in the sandbox.
21:46One, two.
21:48Three trucks all together.
21:50One, two, three, four.
21:52Four trucks.
21:54Wow.
21:56Cool.
21:58Thank you, Smartie.
22:00See you later.
22:02Bye-bye.
22:04Boy, there's so many different ways
22:06to count.
22:08Hey, that gives Elmo
22:10an idea.
22:12Let's play a game together.
22:14Yeah.
22:16Come on, come on.
22:24Elmo wonders if we can match
22:26the right number of hats
22:29to the right number of penguins.
22:31Are you ready? Let's play.
22:33First, let's count to find out
22:35how many penguins there are.
22:37One, two, three, four,
22:39five.
22:41Five penguins.
22:43So they need
22:45five hats.
22:47One for each penguin.
22:49Oh, let's try these.
22:51Uh-oh.
22:53How many hats are there?
22:55Let's count.
22:57Oh, no.
22:59Two penguins don't have hats.
23:01We need more hats.
23:03Hey, let's try this group.
23:05One, two, three, four,
23:07five.
23:09Five hats all together.
23:11Yay.
23:13We did it. Five hats
23:15for five penguins.
23:17Wow.
23:19Snazzy hats, penguins.
23:21Boy, there's so much to learn
23:23about counting.
23:25That makes Elmo wonder
23:27even more.
23:29Does Mr. Noodle like to count?
23:31Let's ask him, okay?
23:33Hi, Mr. Noodle.
23:35It's Mr. Noodle's
23:37poodle, Schmoodle.
23:39Hi, Schmoodle.
23:41Schmoodle,
23:43do you like to count?
23:45You do?
23:47Show us, Schmoodle.
23:49Yeah, show us how you count.
23:51How many toys does Schmoodle have?
23:54One. That's one toy.
23:56Now he has
23:58two. Does Schmoodle have
24:00any more toys?
24:02Hey, where's
24:04Schmoodle going? That's
24:06one, two, three.
24:08Three toys. Boy,
24:10so many toys, Schmoodle.
24:14Wow.
24:16Elmo can't count that high yet, Schmoodle.
24:18That's a lot.
24:20Thanks for counting with us, Schmoodle.
24:22Bye-bye, Schmoodle.
24:24Learning new things makes Elmo
24:26so happy. That makes
24:28him want to dance.
24:30Come on. Happy, happy, dance,
24:32dance. Happy, happy, dance,
24:34dance. When we learn something
24:36new, we do a happy dance,
24:38dance. Let's see your
24:40happy dance. Yeah,
24:42cool. See you next
24:44time. Keep learning. Elmo
24:46loves you. Happy, happy,
24:48dance, dance. Happy, happy,
24:50dance, dance. When we learn
24:52something new, we do a happy
24:54dance, dance.
24:56Yay.
24:5826.
25:0027. Hope you had fun
25:02counting with us today. 28.
25:04Today on Sesame Street. 29.
25:06Ernie, what are you counting now?
25:08Camel snores, 30. The baby
25:10camel has snored exactly 30 times.
25:12Good to know.
25:14See you next time on
25:16Sesame Street. We'll be
25:19counting on it.
25:21How long do camels sleep?
25:23I can't feel my toes.
25:25Come on and move your body
25:27and use your mind, cause you know
25:29you are growing all the time.
25:31You're getting smarter, stronger,
25:33kinder
25:35on Sesame Street.
25:37Find a home and when you
25:39quit, find some caring and caring
25:41every day. You're getting smarter
25:43and stronger and kinder
25:45on Sesame
25:47Street.
25:49On Sesame Street.
25:51Yeah!