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.

Jerry Nelson, who voiced many characters on Sesame Street for more than 40 years, has died. Nelson is perhaps best known because he brought Count von Count, the purple, friendly vampire ...

Over the next decade, “Count Von Count,” as he was officially identified, became a Sesame Street staple, evolving throughout the years into a gentler fanged monster who lives inside a Gothic ...

Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer who taught innumerable children to count over the years as the voice of one of Sesame Street’s most ... known as the voice of Count von Count – the vampire with ...

Move over, Psy! "Sesame Street" has topped 1 billion views on YouTube, as well. The long-running kids' education show is the first nonprofit to hit this mark. And who better to celebrate this ...

"Sesame Street" is finding a new home, as it changes hands from HBO to Netflix. And of course PBS is getting a cut.

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Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind Sesame Street's beloved Count von Count, died Thursday at the age of 78. The cause of death was unspecified. At the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street ...

"Sesame Street" is hoping to use Count von Count to change that. The Muppet best known as the Count is joining Elmo, Rosita and her mom, Rosa, in public service announcements filmed on the set of ...