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{{InfoboxFound |title=<center>"The Count Orders a Hot Dog"</center> |image=WaiterGrover-HotDogs.jpg |imagecaption=Screenshot from the sketch. |status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> |datefound=20 Jun 2015 |foundby=[https://youtube.com/user/MarshalGrover MarshalGrover] }} '''"The Count Orders a Hot Dog"''' is a sketch that originally aired during [[Sesame Street (partially lost children's educational TV series; 1969-present)|''Sesame Street'']] "Episode 904" (i.e. during the seventh season), on April 29th, 1976 (although technically, it was created during and for the fifth season, in 1973). The sketch featured Grover the waiter working at Charlie's Restaurant. The Count, who is sitting at one of the tables, orders a hot dog. When Grover brings the hot dog to the Count, instead of eating it, he counts it and orders another one. Grover, being slightly confused, brings him another hot dog only to have the Count do the same. After the third time, Grover refuses to bring him more if he was only going to count them. The Count then uses a hypnotism spell to bring him more. The clip goes into fast motion along with fast-paced music as Grover brings the Count more and more hot dogs, with thunder sounding each time the Count counts one. The pile of hot dogs keeps growing until Grover eventually falls to the ground due to exhaustion. There are no copies or screenshots of this sketch available online, although, an (apparently incomplete) fan transcription of the sketch has been made available.<ref>[http://members.tripod.com/tiny_dancer/waitercount.html A fan's incomplete transcription of the short.] Retrieved 27 Dec '13</ref> The sketch may have been removed from rotation due to parents finding hypnotism or Grover falling down inappropriate for their children. According to a user on the Muppet Central forums, the clip made reruns into the 1980s, but it has apparently never been aired since. The forum thread is quite old, (the first post taking place in August of 2003) but has recently been bumped by several users in 2011, and 2013.<ref>[http://muppetcentral.com/forum/threads/grover-the-count-and-hot-dogs.8078/ A Muppet Central forum thread on the short.] Retrieved 27 Dec '13</ref> On June 20th, 2015, LMW user Scarecroe uploaded a screenshot of the sketch on Muppet Wiki while gathering images for ''Sesame Street'' "Episode 1195" (i.e., during the tenth season which originally aired on December 8th, 1978) which included this sketch for an episode guide. On the same day, MarshalGrover (known as Oscarfan on Muppet Wiki) uploaded a video of the sketch on YouTube. ==Gallery== {{Video|perrow =1 |service1 =youtube |id1 =HLDr_s5pcVU |description1 =The sketch, provided by MarshalGrover. }} ===Images=== <gallery mode=packed heights=300px> 1186v.jpg|Screenshot from another sketch in which both Grover and the Count appear. </gallery> ==External Link== *[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_0904 A Muppets Wiki page on ''Sesame Street'' "Episode 904".] Retrieved 16 Feb '19 ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Found media|Count Orders a Hot Dog]] [[Category:Found puppetry|Count Orders a Hot Dog]] [[Category:Found TV|Count Orders a Hot Dog]]