jtemperance linked to a classic Sesame Street bit on YouTube,
funky shapes dude. Which led me to find a bunch of other psychedelic/surreal animated bits about counting that I remember from childhood:
Also, the famous
loaf of bread, container of milk, stick of butter. My memory had been conflating this with another animated short that was much more psychedelic, though, which I can't find. It was a kid traveling through the city alone, encountering various bizarre things on his odyssey. Does that ring any bells for anyone?
Edit: one more:
Count To Ten With Nobody.
Edit 2: OK, I could go on forever, but just one more:
queen of 6