Polygon

The man who made Sesame Street’s Count Von Count count

In 1972, early into his tenure at Sesame Street, Norman Stiles thought up a pun. The former Merv Griffin comedy writer had spent his first year penning scripts around the kids program’s strict ...
Moviefone

Sesame Street Count It Higher (1988)

Count It Higher Great Music Videos from Sesame Street is a 30minute directtovideo compilation originally released on VHS in 1988 as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video series In the video Count ...
Yahoo

The Actual Vampire Lore Behind ‘Sesame Street’s Count von Count

Whatever you consider Sesame Street’s Count, man or monster, he’s got a simple mission: to count things. It is his drive, his base need, the source of his delightful full name: Count Von Count. Being ...
Digital Spy

Jerry Nelson, voice of Sesame Street's Count von Count, dies

Jerry Nelson, who provided the voice of Sesame Street's Count von Count, has died aged 78. Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company, confirmed the news on the company's Facebook page today (August ...
katc

Sesame Street's Count wants to get young children counted in census

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Researchers say no other age group was under-counted more during the last once-a-decade census than children under 5. Sesame Street is using Count von Count to change that. He is ...
The New York Times

The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.
The Nation

Sesame Street Workers Say, “U Is for Union”

Amid attacks from the Trump administration, 74 percent of Sesame Street workers vote to unionize to make their workplace “smarter, stronger, and kinder.” Count von Count tries to keep cool between ...