Classic Sesame Street: The Count's Rocket Ship

[parkercadie1]

Another tremendous reason why the Count, and several of the original Sesame Muppets should come back to the show, and of course why Elmo should move to another planet.

[Garrettk41]

The Count isn't gone from the show. He's still there.

[parkercadie1]

DAMN- I want to see a "Bram Stoker's Dracula" parody with this RainBrain dude as Renfield, in some sort of fashion. Enter the Count with maybe a bug substitute? The Count is marvelous in any era! AH AH AH!

[simplecoffee]

The Count is madly attractive and knows it! Yay arithnomania...in whatever language one wishes.

[ncfwhitetigress]

Is that Dr. Rainbrain guy a vampire too? It looked like he's got fangs 2.

[HxCn00b666]

hahahaha omg i love the count

[akim200]

it didn't move didn't move,lol

[MarshalGrover]

Are they sure that's not an American-made rocket?

[andreasn1967]

someone should create a 2009 remake starring north korean kim jong-il during his favourite pastime.

[sideslide23]

that rocket is a P.O.S

[cootmaster]

Transylvania numbers are funny

singolia nupublic lol

[AnthonyP73]

I thought he said Dukovnic. As in David. Oops - thats Duchovny.

[DanaAbel30]

He was actually speaking Romanian, because Transylvania is a part of Romania.

[Socratease1]

This getting a good number of posts, a good post count! :D

[copacetic79]

Gotta love that Romanian precision engineering ;-)

[Dudelebo326]

i love it when it coughs at the end

[finnishminnow]

I remember seeing this one in Spanish.

[classicssmfan]

So do I

[MuppetPro]

LOL I LOVE FRANK'S CHARACTER! LOL THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SESAME SEGMENTS I'VE EVER SEEN! Let me guess, 1977?

[davektm5257]

Dr.Rein Brain reminds me of the guy in my video. Crazy fellow!

[andrewcolinwilson]

What's Dr. Rainbrain's problem?

[MuppetPro]

I was just thinking that when I first saw the clip. I thought he had A.D.D. or something.

And please forgive me for that remark. I'm not trying to say anything bad about ADD or people with it, I'm just thinking maybe the character has it.

[therealgreatqball]

I forgive...

[ncfwhitetigress]

impatience

[ElectricShark]

Tourette's, I think.

[InspectriceGadget]

MDR LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[twinklewonderkid91]

"Blast away-sky!" haha. I love the count ah ah ah!

[zuko1]

The Count's laugh is funny A A A A A A A!

[MurasakiYugata]

Vampire with a rocket ship? Reminds me of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.

[jestanotherguy]

lol

[PsychoGroupieCoke]

I love the count xD he has the best laugh I've ever heard!! (love his accent too)

[ndingo]

01:32 Houston... We Have A Problem =)

[zymaymyn]

So one second take 4 seconds??????????

[PRINCESSROCKYT]

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ElectricShark]

Doesn't Dr. Rainbrain look like Renfield from Bram Stoker's Dracula?

[spartydrew5]

maybe the shuttles would actually launch on time if the count worked for them...A HA HA HA HA HA HA

[atlcowboy2536]

blast awayski!!!

awesome

[ayame316]

I love the count but that Dr. Rainbrain freaked me out, especially when he goes nuts at the end, it made me think, "are there grownups this crazy in real life???"

[whatsup87]

it freaked me out when I was a kid, why does rainbrain act out like that in the end? As a kid, I had no idea why he did that, now that Im 20, I still don't have a clue. lol

[colleen4ever]

Maybe because he spent all that time building a rocket that at the end served no pirpose other than for the Count to do the countdovvn again and again!

[Garrettk41]

What I don't understand is why didn't the rocket blast off? After all, Dr. Rainbrain was the one doing all the work, and he clearly didn't know that the Count wanted it that way. So you'd think he'd have set it up so that it would take off.

[MurasakiYugata]

The Count is more devious than you realize.

[bandersnatch24601]

Blastawayski!

[zappatull]

When Dr. Rainbrain freaks out at the end still makes me bust a gut even to this day.

[fizzygoldenbutterfly]

maybe I am wrong but I thought there was a second bit where the rocket did blast off?

[fizzygoldenbutterfly]

does anyone have the second section to the clip?

[sawing14s]

What second section?

[kananase]

This is THE one and only clip.

[mrhorgan]

This was one crazy sketch. I think I was seven when I watched this.

[ElectricShark]

I worship you for putting this skit up. I love Dr Rainbrain. He's so cute.

[jaydude28]

yeah the sound effects were the greatest especially the cough really cracked me up

[DakariKingMykan]

You dummies... you know better than to be that close to a burning rocket. The Heat will fry you to a crisp.

Still... a memorial sketch, birngs back memories.

And speaking of spaceships, does anyone have any SPACESHIP SURPRISE skecthes? (Especially the old versions)

[rjolliffe]

MY MY!! What a greatest rocketship that I ever heard and couldn't get up to space because of the ignition failure.

[1337vashfan]

One crazy scientist indeed! :D

[Homie0static]

Thanks for posting this. I wanted to see that science guy go ape **** and run up to the screen ala Bip and Mahna Mahna.

[tpirman1982]

I agree. Dr. Rainbrain is the coolest, yet insane scientist.

[austinmuppet]

Definitley :P

[loveutoto]

A mad scientist indeed! Especially when the rocket didn't move after two countdowns.

[tpirman1982]

I gotta agree to the description of this video.

I wouldn't dare to let Count hire me to work for him.

His jobs he hires people to do for him are always counting-related scams.

[wattamack4]

Yeah I'd rather work for Lefty than the Count.

[classicssmfan]

If you worked for Grover, then it would probably be more of a disaster. lol

[classicssmfan]

We know that Chris (Gordon and Susan's nephew), and Ernie learned that lesson very easily.

[tpirman1982]

"Tridetski, du-public, singolia! BLAST-AWAY-SKI!!!" lol

Classic!

[uofmrules1]

Ah the only Transelvanish we ever learned. LOL

[tpirman1982]

I laughed so hard when Dr. Rainbrain went insane.

Did anyone else laugh when that happened during the 2nd attempt to blast off?

[tpirman1982]

That's Frank Oz for ya'.

[astr4004]

He reminds me of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man for some reason; overall, I'm not crazy about his design. But I do love the Count's "one - one crazy scientist!" at the end.

[HoustonRules]

That poor Rainbrain...he's probably still in Belleview Psychiatric Hospital. LOL.

[astr4004]

Dr. Rainbrain = worst Sesame character ever?

[ElectricShark]

Hey! Dr. Rainbrain is adorable! His spazzing out at the end was classic! He is the archetypal mad scientist. The Renfield to The Count's Dracula.

[Garrettk41]

As if.

[wattamack4]

That Scientist looks like a reletive of harvey kneeslapper.

[tpirman1982]

Yeah, considering that Frank Oz performed him and Dr. Rainbrain.

[andrewcolinwilson]

he even sounds like Bert and Fozzie.

[Lectronimo]

Transylvania, we have a problem.

[bluerose417]

The Count is the man!