![]() Whenever you find one, you get a lighting-bolt but if you get it wrong, you’re handed a tornado. seven ice-cream cones, or five baseballs). It can be represented in numeral form, or via a group of objects adding up to the desired total (e.g. ![]() The Count’s mission is, thereafter, to find the aforementioned number amidst those floating in the sprawling level. The premise of the game is simplicity itself: you play as the Count, and at the beginning of each level, you pick a random number from a spinning wheel. I took the game to school so that we could review numbers, and the kids had a blast. The Sesame Street Countdown classes were one such occasion. ![]() I recently took a job as an English teacher for foreign students in an elementary school, and whenever I’m not regretting my decision bitterly, I actually manage to have some fun with the kids. Which is why I took the first of these games, Sesame Street Countdown, straight to its intended audience – my first-grade English class. Plus, you must keep in mind that they are not, in fact, aimed at a jaded, snide, sarcastic twentysomething geek anyway. The fact that the games are actually not bad didn’t dispute this. In fact, there is abundant evidence to support that it’s impossible to slam Sesame Street. “Oh, great, games for babies! This is going to be fun!”, I thought. Which brings us to today’s retro review.Ī while ago, while perusing for something to bash in writing, I came across two Sesame Street titles for the Nintendo Entertainment System. There were books, feature films, t-shirts, stuffed toys and even videogames. As a result, a slew of Sesame Street-related merchandise was released in subsequent years. Of course, station execs were not indifferent to the show’s monumental success. Plus, it was on TV! As a kid, anything that can make you parents let you watch TV is welcome, right? As a result, at least half of the world’s twenty- and thirtysomethings can claim to have first heard the alphabet recited by Kermit the Frog, and the same amount can tell you by heart the lyrics to “One of These Things is Not Like The Others.” The show was great, serving as a surrogate teacher for toddlers the world over, present writer included. Isn’t childhood great?! At home, the Count likes to kick back with his beloved numbers. Oh, and there was also Ernie and Bert, those bed-sharing, griping-like-a-married-couple, rainbow-rights activists. Anyone who has ever been a kid remembers the kiddy show where Big Bird, Grover, Elmo, Kermit, the Count and the Cookie Monster taught us our ABC’s. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.Ah, Sesame Street.Most people fall asleep in seven minutes.The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life.".In many advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.Maine is the only state that has a one-syllable name.Almonds are a member of the peach family."Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"."Screeched" and "strengths" are two other long one-syllable words, but they only have 9 letters. The longest one-syllable words in the English language are "scraunched" and "strengthed." Some suggest that "squirreled" could be included, but squirrel is intended to be pronounced as two syllables (squir-rel) according to most dictionaries.A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes.The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing (when using the proper position of the hands on the keyboard Hunting and pecking doesn't count!).There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more.Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib.The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. ![]()
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