Why was 34,969 Count von Count's magic number? (BBC)
By Ruth Alexander
BBC News
It's R.I.P. to Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind Sesame Street's resident number expert Count von Count. The Count loved all numbers, but 34,969 in particular. Why?
BBC radio's More or Less team was in a state of great excitement.
We were about to interview one of our heroes: Count von Count, Sesame Street's Transylvanian arithmomaniac.
But what do you say to a Muppet?
The makers of Sesame Street, the children's programme which was celebrating its 40th anniversary in December 2009 when the interview was recorded, offered some guidance in the form of an emailed document entitled Interviewing Muppets.
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You have to read pretty far to come across actual suggestions -- interesting number trivia.
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