All pictures and content are from the Sesame Street episode "Grouch Messing Machine"

Monday, April 4, 2011

Entry 3 - Playing with Seven

Murray does another transition, this time into a segment all about the number seven. There can be several parallels draw from this segment to the first segment about the letter C. The number seven is shown with a quick camera pan to a white number (this time, in a purple circle). Again, it is repeated whenever the number seven is reached, and the symbol is shown on the screen with a "You are correct!" bell noise. Seven tap dancers count out themselves as they join in a dance, seven hula-hoopers are shown, Murray counts out seven pink hats, and seven children "appear" on the screen and count as they show up. As with the first two entries, this one also takes place outside in the world.

After this, a step team performs a routine about the number. It's energetic (like Murray), yet the number appears differently when shown on screen, interrupting the consistency. Two reasons I can see for this change would be because the board that the children dance on is painted with the same color as the seven that appears on the screen. The other reason is that the bright purple and white seven may look very awkward and confusing on the background of the outside, even though it has already appeared in the outside in the segment.

One, two, three, four, five, six, SEVEN!

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