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 ...
KLFY News 10

Sesame’s Count wants to get young children counted in census

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — No other age group was under-counted more during the last once-a-decade census than children under age 5, researchers say. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to change ...
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 ...