Song of Eleven

[minor muppetz]

What if the baker film series from Sesame Street had a skit for the number eleven? Well, read the following script and find out!

Kid Voice-Overs: 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! 7! 8! 9! 10! 10! 9! 8! 7! 6! 5! 4! 3! 2! 1!
(the numbers zoom past the screen) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10... (there is now a short pause and a black screen, and then the number eleven appears, and the colors change like crazy) Eleven! Eleven! Eleven! Eleven! You thought you'd never see the eleven! Eleven! Eleven! Eleven, let's sing a song of eleven! How many is eleven?

(the first shot is a young Brian Henson with eleven dollars on a table)
Brian Henson: Eleven dollars.
(numbers appear by the dolars)
Kids: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
(the next shot is a man opening a door with a question mark on it. This door is almost as big as the wall itself. He opens, and sees ostriches)
Man: 11 ostriches!
Kids: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11!
(Oscar comes out of his trash can)
Oscar: Eleven piles of garbage!
(the camera zooms back tor eveal Oscar's trash can on top of one of eleven large garbage piles)
Kids: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11!
(a car salesman appears in a parking lot)
Car Salesman: Eleven cars for eleven dolars!
(the numbers only appear alongside the cars, and not any money)
Kids: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
(a bank teller is tied to his chair as eleven men dressed in black exit the bank)
Bank Teller: Eleven bank robbers!
Kids: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
(the lady who counted two heads, three little pigs, and five fingers appears)
Lady: Eleven unwashed dishes!
Kids: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1, 11.
(a little boy appears by a stairway)
Boy: Eleven stairs!
(the boy runs away as the stairs are counted)
kids: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
(this time,instead of having the eleven zoom to the screen, all of the numbers fade out, as the baker comes through the door. The dramatic music plays)
Baker: Eleven dougnhuts!
(The baker is about to walk down teh steps, but instead stops himself and tosses the doughnuts down the stairs. He then walks down the stairs, only to step on a broken step and fall under the stairway)
Kids: And that's the song of eleven!

 

[MartyMuppets]

That's very good minor. I know I haven't been commenting on your work for awhile but I've been busy with other things in my life though I intend to check your other stuff out sometime. Keep up the good work.

 

[Xerus]

Great way to continue the classic number songs.

 

[The Count]

This was a good script and I can imagine it happening. Liked Oscar's cameo.
Couple of things that need tidying should you attempt a Song of the Number 12 sketch.
When the kids were counting the steps of the staircase, a 10 got it's 0 omitted and ended up as a 1 before counting the eleventh final step.
Also, the dessert should have a particular flavor to it's own. If you notice the desserts from the sketches from the show, they're all based on some sort of distinctive flavorful dessert.
8 raspberry pudding desserts.
9 coconut cream pies.
10 pumpkin tarts.

Maybe 11 grape jelly doughnuts, or something like that.

Like I said, a good script.

 

[Fragglemuppet]

*intones for Ed's bennifit* Three birthday cakes!
Sorry, couldn't resist. Just illustrating how that rule doesn't always apply.

Also, did a muppet ever appear in those sketches? Very entertaining!

 

[The Count]

Yes... But they're still "birthday" cakes, not just simply "cakes", so you get the point I'm trying to make.
And yes, a Muppet did legendarily appear in one of these sketches... Rowlf counting up nine lights in the Song of the Number 9, though I've never witnessed it myself.

 

[minor muppetz]

*intones for Ed's bennifit* Three birthday cakes!
Sorry, couldn't resist. Just illustrating how that rule doesn't always apply.

Also, did a muppet ever appear in those sketches? Very entertaining!

Here are all appearances by the Muppets in these films:

Little Bird in Song of One
Three Muppet Crocodiles in Song of Three
Five monsters (including Grover and Beautiful Day Monster) in Song of Five
Rowlf in Song of Nine

 

[minor muppetz]

This was a good script and I can imagine it happening. Liked Oscar's cameo.
Couple of things that need tidying should you attempt a Song of the Number 12 sketch.
When the kids were counting the steps of the staircase, a 10 got it's 0 omitted and ended up as a 1 before counting the eleventh final step.
Also, the dessert should have a particular flavor to it's own. If you notice the desserts from the sketches from the show, they're all based on some sort of distinctive flavorful dessert.
8 raspberry pudding desserts.
9 coconut cream pies.
10 pumpkin tarts.

Maybe 11 grape jelly doughnuts, or something like that.

Like I said, a good script.

I hadn't thought much about doing a twelve segment, though I have thought of a zero segment. As for flavors, we'll say that the doughnuts were glazed doughnuts.