Sesame Street Hand Puppets--The Count

[megoscott]

Brian blogged about the 70's Vintage Sesame Street Hand Puppets we all know and love.



Up on eBay right now if a rare Canadian only Count puppet. Count with a rubber head. In America they only sold the soft floppy headed Count. This one is truly cool to me.

[HardyGirl]

I had Cookie Monster (not the one pictured). He had a pull string that made his arms go in and pat his tummy.

[monkey tennis]

I had a Ernie and Bert teddy type thing.
I wanted a Kermit the frog though.

My kids had the Tickle-Me Elmo.

[sauce]

just love them! that early count puppet is kinda un-count-like, tho

[Monsterama2000]

I had Ernie when I was young, my brother had Burt. I found an Ernie at a yard sale a couple of years ago and bought it. That rubber Count is awesome!

[palitoy]

That thing is brilliant. Everything about Sesame Street merchandise makes me want to plunge in and fill my toyroom with it. I have my original talking Ernie in my office.

[sauce]

i have to resist looking at sesame street auctions. it has a force over me that will plunder my bank account

[megoscott]

What I love about this Count and most of that early stuff is how accurate it is. It's a great likeness of the puppet. Nowadays everything is "babyfied", stylized to be extra cute and sweet. Me likey funky retro.

[The Toyroom]

I believe I still have all of those....of course Ernie is blind in one eye and Bert lost the last of what little hair he had on top anyway. That Big Bird looks different than mine...mine has hard plastic legs and feet that are poesable, as well as a hard plastic beak.

So, uh, what's the deal with Ernie and Bert holding hands in that picture anyway?

[sauce]

What I love about this Count and most of that early stuff is how accurate it is. It's a great likeness of the puppet. Nowadays everything is "babyfied", stylized to be extra cute and sweet. Me likey funky retro.

agreed. hate the new stylized garbage. hate the drake!
and to clarify, i meant that the count in the pic with the other characters looked strangely un-count-like. it looks more like some of the anything muppets. the canadian puppet is right on with its looks!

[megoscott]

The floppy Count looks like roadkill.

I am resolved to not buy the hand puppets---They take up too much space and cost too much. I hope one of you will buy this so I can be your friend.

[megoscott]

I believe I still have all of those....of course Ernie is blind in one eye and Bert lost the last of what little hair he had on top anyway. That Big Bird looks different than mine...mine has hard plastic legs and feet that are poesable, as well as a hard plastic beak.

So, uh, what's the deal with Ernie and Bert holding hands in that picture anyway?

Look carefully--they are shaking hands, it's entirelly platonic and a symbol of cooperation.

[4NDR01D]

Somewhere I have a "Skeeter" hand puppet. He's different than these as he has a full body w/ legs. He's kinda cool although I don't collect any "kids stuff", you know what I mean.

[toys2cool]

OMG those things are amazing,I'd love to have that complete set

[Evel KMego]

The rubber head Count rocks! The Count was always my favorite anyway.