Count von Count

The Count has a personal cloud hovering over him, which is the source of his thunder and lightning. Some residents of Sesame Street have been disturbed by it in a few episodes. For example, in episode 0974, he was counting at midnight, disturbing others, and as his punishment, the Amazing Mumford used magic to detach his cloud, therefore taking his thunder and lightning away until he understood. This episode was inspired by the 1978 Sesame Street bedtime storybook titled Who Stole the Count's Thunder?. According to BBC News, during an interview with the More or Less team's Tim Harford, the Count said his favorite number is 34,969. The Count was quoted as saying, "It's a square-root thing.": 34,969 is a perfect square, being 1872. The Count's signature song is "The Song of the Count". The song was written by Jeff Moss as a traditional Hungarian Csárdás. The Count has been shown with a number of girlfriends, who tend to be vampire Countesses. These include Countess von Backwards (debuted in Sesame Street's 28th season), who counts backwards, her total is indicated by a wolf howl; Countess Dahling von Dahling (debuted in the 12th season); and one simply called "the Countess" (first appearing in season 8). The von Count family includes an unnamed brother and mother as well as an Uncle Uno and grandparents. When the grandmother counts, it rains, and when the grandfather counts, it snows. The Count has a distinctive and endearing personality that has endeared him to generations of Sesame Street viewers. He is a friendly and enthusiastic character who loves to count everything around him. The Count is also very proud of his vampire heritage and often makes references to his vampire ancestry, but he is not depicted as scary or threatening. Instead, he is portrayed as a lovable character who enjoys teaching children about numbers and counting. The Count is known for his playful sense of humor, and he often laughs heartily while counting objects. He is also shown to be quite meticulous and detail-oriented when counting, often pausing to ensure that he has counted every object correctly.

Appearance: The Count has purple skin, black hair, big eyebrows, pointy ears and nose, a widow's peak hairdo, a goatee beard and two prominent canine teeth. He wears a formal evening suit with a cape and has a monocle in one eye. He speaks with a heavy Eastern European accent, for example, pronouncing "one" as "vun".

Count von Count (known simply as The Count) is a Muppet character on Sesame Street. His first appearance on the show was in the fourth season premiere in 1972, where he counts six blocks in a sketch with Bert and Ernie.