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 ...
FOX13 Memphis

Count on it: Beloved Sesame Street character Count von Count celebrates birthday

The one and only Count is celebrating a birthday Saturday. How many birthdays has he had? Lets count. Oct. 9 is the designated birthday for Count von Count, the beloved Sesame Street puppet who has ...
nerdist

Watch Patrick Stewart Help the Count on SESAME STREET

Count Von Count has been teaching the children of the world about numbers on Sesame Street since 1972. But sometimes even he struggles with wrangling numbers. Especially when those numbers are ...
WFAA8

Count on Sesame Street wants young kids to be counted in census

WASHINGTON — Researchers say no other age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census than children under 5. Sesame Street is using Count von Count to change that. He is ...
The Boston Globe

Sesame Street’s Count von Count has become an election meme as tallies in key states drag on

The beloved Muppet, who first appeared on Sesame Street during Richard Nixon’s administration, seems to have gained new fame as an online mascot for those resisting Trump’s demand to halt the vote ...
WFTV

Count on it: Beloved Sesame Street character Count von Count celebrates birthday

The one and only Count is celebrating a birthday Saturday. How many birthdays has he had? Let’s count. Oct. 9 is the designated birthday for Count von Count, the beloved “Sesame Street” puppet who has ...