The Count and Cookie Monster Cooperate
Skit starring Count Von Count (Jerry Nelson) and Cookie Monster (Frank Oz)
(The camera focuses on The Count)
Count Von Count: Greetings! I am the Count! They call me the Count because I love to count things!
(The camera focuses on Cookie Monster as well)
Cookie Monster: Hi! Me Cookie Monster! They call me that because me love to eat cookies!
(Then, the camera focuses on a pile of seven cookies on the plate.
The Count and Cookie Monster rush in to see them on the plate.)
Count & Cookie: (staring at the plate) Cookies!
Cookie: Oooh, me eat them!
Count: No, I will count them!
Cookie: Eat!
Count: No, count!
Cookie: Eat!
Count: Count!
Cookie: Eat!
Count: Wait …
Cookie: Huh?
Count: Why don’t we cooperate?
Cookie: You mean …
Count: Yes! I will count the cookies and you will eat them.
Cookie: Count …
Count: Yes?
Cookie: Count them!
Count: My pleasure.
(Begins to count cookies from the plate while picking them one by one)
One!
Cookie: (Eats first cookie) Arr-yum-yum-yum.
Count: Two!
Cookie: (Eats second cookie) Arr-yum-yum-yum.
Count: Three!
Cookie: (Eats third cookie) Arr-yum-yum-yum.
Count: Four!
Cookie: (Eats fourth cookie) Arr-yum-yum-yum!
Count: Five!
Cookie: (Eats fifth cookie) Arr-yum-yum-yum!
Count: Six!
Cookie: (Eats sixth cookie) Arr-yum-yum-yum!
Count: Seven!
Cookie: (Eats seventh cookie) Arr-yum-yum-yum!
Count: Seven cookies!
(Thunder and lightning)
AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH! Oh, counting!
Cookie: Oh, oh cookies!
(The Count exits. Cookie exits while looking at an empty plate of cookies as well.)
Memorized by Mikealan802@aol.com