Count on Sports
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| Produced by: | Genius Products |
| Release Date: | July 22 2008 |
| Discs: | 1 |
| Region: | 1 |
Count on Sports is a Sesame Street home video title which uses sports to emphasize math, relational concepts, and shapes. Ernie anchors the ESPN-style ESSN (Ernie's Sports Show News), assisted by Bert and Bernice. Grover, Prairie Dawn, Elmo, and Murray Monster also appeared as reporters on certain sport event. Vince Carter also makes a special appearance.
Segments/Songs
- At the Transylvania Open golf tournament, The Count takes nine hits to get his golf ball out of a sand trap (First: Episode 4117)
- A soccer player bounce the ball 5 times
- A soccer player kicks the ball towards the goal to demonstrate above and below
- Gymnast Dominique Dawes demonstrates up, down, fast and slow (EKA: Episode 3874)
- Kids dance around at gymnastics to "Rockin' Robin" (EKA: Episode 3314)
- Song:"Elmo's Riding" (First: Episode 4160)
- Vince Carter and Grover demonstrate short and tall.
- Stop-motion animated cavemen take turns playing basketball. (EKA: Episode 4101)
- At the NasCount races, Count Billy Bob Von Count Jr. has his greasemonkey crew work on his car, while he counts each passing car (First: Episode 4154)
- Elmo's Top Ten Plays of the week
- Murray Monster finds shapes in the baseball field
- Song: "7th Inning Stretch"
- Song: "Play Ball" (First: Episode 4083)
- Venus Williams plays imaginary tennis against Elmo
DVD bonus features
- Elmo practices football and singing the alphabet with four of The New York Jets. (First: Episode 4147)
- "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures"
- Tiny Town
- Mountain Climbers
- Inventors
Credits
- Executive Producer: Carol-Lynn Parente
- Coordinating Producer: April Chadderdon
- Producer: Benjamin Lehmann
- Co-producer: Kevin Clash
- Writer: Adam Rudman
- Director: Ken Diego
- Starring The Muppets from Sesame Street:
- Steve Whitmire as Ernie
- Eric Jacobson as Bert and Grover
- Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn and Zoe
- Kevin Clash as Elmo
- Joey Mazzarino as Murray Monster and Sir Harry the Tennis Ball
- Tyler Bunch
- Muppet Performers: Peter Linz, Paul McGinnis, and Matt Vogel
