It is his drive, his base need, the source of his delightful full name: Count Von Count. Being familiar with the character, you probably saw the immediate wordplay of a Count who likes to count an ...

Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie, Elmo and The Count were favorites and my sons enjoyed them also.

"We still teach numbers and letters, but our primary focus is on the emotional and social development of the child," Matt Vogel, who plays both Big Bird and Count von Count, previously told USA TODAY.