Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer who played Count von Count on "Sesame Street" for almost 40 years, passed away on Thursday. He was 78. Nelson began his work in puppetry with Bill Baird, the man ...

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 ...

As a child, Riley LeBon was terrified of Count von Count on “Sesame Street.” Last week, the now-third-year University of Virginia student helped puppeteer the numbers-obsessed vampire with Muppet ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Count von Count is a hand-rod puppet ...

You’ve got to admire the timing of Sesame Street releasing a clip of Billie Eilish performing a duet with The Count from an episode that won’t air until next year. Why, when the time-honored ...

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