Episode 1744

	Sesame Street
	The Count wants to count shoelace holes
Air date	January 13, 1983
Season	Season 14 (1982-1983)
Written by	David Korr
Production	November 3, 1982
Sponsors	J, P, 6

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	The Amazing Mumford has a new card trick to try and Forgetful Jones ends up as his volunteer. The four cards have different shapes on them and Forgetful is tasked with picking one, but Mumford must repeat what they are over and over for the forgetful cowpoke. Mumford shuffles the cards and has Forgetful pick one then put it back. Forgetful immediately forgets which card was his.
	Cartoon	A hammer and chisel cooperate to carve a triangle out of wood, which a pencil uses to draw some. (First: Episode 0932)
	Film	A kid marching band forms a triangle. (First: Episode 0531)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Cookies in Bed — Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed because of all the crumbs it will make. (First: Episode 0282)
	Cartoon	J family jamboree (First: Episode 0365)
	Muppets	Muppets cheer on a rocket launch. (First: Episode 0567)
	Cartoon	A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird watches the grown-ups for awhile; "Sometimes they do real funny things," he says. David, Maria, Luis, and Bob engage in a farcical routine trying to find each other in Hooper's Store, but somehow keep missing each other.
	Cartoon	The 'J' Train Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 1169)
	Muppets	"J Friends" (First: Episode 0339)
	Cartoon	Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231)
	Film	A man uses binoculars to observe a mother bear and her two cubs, as well as other facets of the forest.
	Muppets	The Trading Game — Contestants Sally Screamer and Oscar the Grouch trade for the contents of a mystery box. (First: Episode 0279)
	Cartoon	Little Red Riding Hood is prepared for her trip to Grandma's. (First: Episode 1468)
	Insert	R2-D2 falls in love with a fire hydrant. (First: Episode 1396)
	Animation	Six spaceships are counted, then subtracted. (First: Episode 1245)
	Muppets	The Martians find a telephone. (First: Episode 0398)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Little Things." (First: Episode 0655)
	Cartoon	"Pinball Number Count" #6 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0983)
	Film	A crane is shown, with a shovel and a wrecking ball. (First: Episode 1164)
	Insert	Olivia approaches Oscar the Grouch with a set of "tragedy" and "comedy" masks. They launch into the "Great Mask Song," using the masks to help describe things that make each of them happy and sad. (First: Episode 1682)
	Film	Kids narrate a film of baby eagles getting fed. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0501)
	Cartoon	Various alien creatures perform in an otherworldly music performance conducted by a trumpet-nosed creature. (First: Episode 1181)
	Muppets	Sally Sanchez can speak English and Spanish. Her pet cat, Gato, is bi-lingual too, speaking both cat and dog (with a hint of cow). (First: Episode 1437)
	Cartoon	Two ducks look the same height when they're in the bathtub, but one duck (Joe Flynn) is short and the other is tall. (First: Episode 0303)
	Film	A man and a little girl perform small aerobic workouts. (First: Episode 1710)
	Cartoon	"Mi casa es su casa." (First: Episode 0794)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash — Warren Wolf reports on Dr. Nobel Price's microphone invention. (First: Episode 1475)
	SCENE 3	The Count finishes counting 20 packs of shoelaces at Hooper's. He realizes he's never counted the little holes in shoes that the laces go through and asks everyone around if he may do so with their shoes, but nobody has time to help him.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Sharing Jellybeans — Ernie divides jellybeans among himself and Bert. (First: Episode 0014)
	Cartoon	6 mice, 6 snakes, 6 fish, 6 monkeys, 6 witches (First: Episode 1711)
	Film	Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917)
	Cartoon	A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1499)
	SCENE 4	The Count is upset his plan has fallen through, when the grown-ups return from their errands. They sit down to rest and allow the Count to count the holes in their shoes. However, the Count is discouraged to find that they each have footwear that doesn't have any laces, thus no holes.
	Cartoon	P is for Painting (First: Episode 0764)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin leads a counting practice for his Headball team. (First: Episode 0898)
	Film	"On the Farm" (First: Episode 0138)
	Cartoon	P for Penguin Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1190)
	SCENE 5	The Count comes across everyone on the stoop, and is very surprised by what he finds: everyone has put on some high-top boots so the Count can finally count the shoelace holes! He begins counting with delight as Bob announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.