Sesame Street - Count Up To Nine

[KatCassidy2]

This is from 1978 - When my brother was four or five (mid-1990's) we had a video of Sesame Street songs which had a lyrics booklet in it and that had a year of copyright for each song

[Omega13X2000]

Where is the one where the Count sings with Ernie?

The song goes:

" Down and Down and Down

Up, Up and Down again

Up, Up and Down and Down and Down

and Uuuuup.... aaaagain,,,!

[panda374]

Chris Cerf as count

Richard hunt  juke box machine.

[verkaforever]

Does anyone have the cartoon song "Dinner For Nine"? It featured on an episode I saw years and years ago.

[MyLifeIsATheory]

i just realized how fun everything that relates to kids is when you're baked as fuck.

[Generation567]

That song used to scare the livin shit outta me for some reason

[metelhead08]

oh man...this brings back memories...I used to have this on a cassette when I was a kid :)

[Chasenakhe]

The fact that he's fine with the sun just shows how strong of a vampire he is.

[duchess93]

my grandpa tells me like every day how when i was little i would wake up in the middle of the night and beg him to put this song on,lol

[TherealRNO]

Is it me or are the Oinker Sisters doing the background "doo wah" vocals, given 1:28-1:29 & 1:34-1:35?

[SesameStreetSketches]

@TherealRNO Richard Hunt and Chris Cerf are doing the voices. The editing was done in fast speed.

[akbossman]

The count rocks!

[HATERICHFUX]

totally grouse..(awesome..lol)

[HelenaVenom]

i love the count. if i was a sesamestreet-puppet, i married him. he's got a castle, wears elegant clothes and is easily to keep him busy. i'd just had to give him something to count.

[ArgHamster]

Or something to cunt?

[TherealRNO]

Helena: He's spoken for by his TWO Countes', Von Dahling and Von Backwards.

[eesloan4]

This is hysterical. Such a great piece of history....

[zacandtaylorrule]

I love this! It has a very fifties feel to it. I bet a doo wop group could do a good cover of this.

[crazyfroglady]

I remember we used to have this on a record, and my dad copied it to tape for me. I used to listen this all the time, until the tape finally burned out.

[DeathDragon4000]

how about this..fuck off

[terminalbooboo]

A thing of beauty! -- As a modern day creepazoid, I can clearly trace my twisting as far back as Count Von Count. RIP

[Garrettk41]

I'm not conscious of having seen this when I was young. But I was familiar with the title before I heard the song itself. It seemed so typical and bland I figured the song would be pretty boring. Boy was I ever wrong! This is a real toe tapper.

[intothetreebob]

Teaching children irony since 1969

[DeepUnreal]

MAKE THE SUN SHINE FOR ME????

you're supposed to be a vampire!!!!!!lol

[giantpanda371]

oh ok

[giantpanda371]

Jim Henson was good as count. Who does him today I wonder.

[Turnajon]

It wasn't Henson who did the Count; it was Jerry Nelson.

[finnishminnow]

Yeah, we got that.

[jeopardy60611]

I want a jukebox like that! This is one of my all-time favorite Sesame Street songs. I seem to remember making a cassette recording of it 25 years ago, but I'm glad to see the video now. It's interesting how Sesame Street spoofed a lot of musical styles, such as this doo-wop thing. Does anyone have the full clip where you see the Count putting a coin in the jukebox?

[Dulcimerist]

I wish someone would post the sketch where The Count's bats all go on strike. That one's the best!

[wattamack4]

There's already two copy's of that sketch on Youtube.

[trevz32]

OMG i love this song so much! count was so my favourate one lol xxxxx yay count rules xxxxx

[finnishminnow]

So do I.

[PaulDrapac]

This should have been included on the Old School Volume 2 DVD set.

[BaggyJeansBoy]

God!! I L-O-V-E the Count. He is simply the best. I watched Sesame Street somewhat recently and many of the old characters are gone. It seems reeeally dumbed down and "kid"-oriented. I used to love that Sesame Street used to be hip and have in jokes for Adults. Too bad - huh? Jim Henson, you are truly missed.

[TherealRNO]

To me, Sesame Street died when Tickle Me Elmo made Elmo--the little red menace, as Oscar called him--the focus of the show and ever since, Stepford "must be politically correct and kid-friendly" Street took Sesame's place.

[finnishminnow]

I love The Count too, and he's one of my favorite characters as well.

[vampirekikikat]

=^^= yay. I remember this song from when i was realy little!!! : D i feel 5 yrs old again!

[bennyraven]

Oh, one of my favorite Count songs! (The other is "Eight Beautiful Notes.")

And I just read in the comments that what I called the "Nine Machine" is a jukebox. Never knew!

[leia5899]

As a kid, the panels below the numbers reminded me of toast. It still does today.

[Batou3]

Toast?

[Jamiepeavler]

Kind of has a 1950's doo wop kind of sound, doesn't it?

[jillpole]

Transylvanian doo-wop...

It boggles...in a good way. :D

[finnishminnow]

Yes indeed.

[RCast]

Thank you for posting this! Nine is my favorite number and I was glad when I saw this on Sesame Street when they did a song for number nine other than that one starring the "Number 9 Cutie".

[rocknroller111]

Thank you for these posts and keep up the good work. This is one of my favorite SS songs also, and I never thought I'd hear it again.

[jaydude28]

what was the deal for him going behind the jukebox, was that some sort of extra surprise, like maybe he electricuted and came back to life

[WillWatchAnything]

Being the ever noticable kids me and my sisters were, we always pointed out the flub in this when the number 5 stays lit a second longer than the others (time index 1:49)

[Maestrojosh87]

I used to point that out too!!! That was so funny!

[maziebunny]

mine too. I love this place, some of you have (despite the ones that creep me out even still) the best pieces from SS past. thank you.

[PaulDrapac]

This is my favorite SS song of all time!!

[finnishminnow]

Mine too.