I don’t know where this ranks among dumb realizations I’ve had, but tonight I just learned that The Count on Sesame Street is a play on “Count Dracula.” As in “a Dracula that counts.”
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About a decade ago my wife made an offhand comment about the charmin bear that made it clear to me that she assumed everyone clocked that they use a bear because DOES A BEAR SHIT IN THE WOODS but I 100% had not until that exact moment
Kinda... "It comes from a European belief that vampires are compelled to count spilled seeds or grains. ... Some Chinese myths say that a vampire must count every grain if they come across a bag of rice. A vampire would stop to count, delaying them until sun-up, ..." historically mustard seeds.
Blind spots are fun. I was already a music major in college before I learned that "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and "The Alphabet Song" both use the same melody!
That’s the easier way to think about it but also did you know that in Eastern European lore you could spill rice or something and vampires would have to count it all while you get away.
I assumed he was based on the Count of Monte Cristo, which confused the heck out of me because there wasnt even a hint of grilled cheese sandwiches involved.
It took me until last week to realize the hilarious @timheidecker.bsky.social character Decker is named that because it is the last part of Tim's name.
I would say it ranks a lot lower than "wait pirates steal things from people?". It's probably on par with the time you learned ash ketchum from Pokemon was ash catch 'em.
My favorite Count moment was in one of the Muppet TV specials. Someone backstage is doing the countdown to live, and he shows up to take over and says, “Please. Allow me. I am a professional!”
Bert and Ernie did have a shared bedroom with two beds, I remember an episode involving counting sheep that showed them sharing a room.
Incidentally, took me many years to work out that when Americans said roommates, they meant housemates with seperate rooms. Room mates here means a shared room.
Back in the day the TV networks weren't allowed to show a couple in one bed. The Dick VanDyke show included. Also the Lucy show was one of the first to show a pregnant woman. The show wasn't allowed to even say the word "pregnant". It was "expecting". Look how far we've come, lol.
You should definitely keep watching. You'll learn tons of other stuff. Like the alphabet, the difference between near and far, and that sharing is good.
this is fake news perpetrated by the cookie industrial complex. if you slow down the footage (heck even if you don't) you can clearly see he has no throat opening & all the cookies just crumble & fall out of his mouth.
i’ll never forget the clever sesame street skit about “Addition” to the music “Tradition” from Fiddler on the Roof. Sesame Street Foreva!!! Teaches more than schools these days
Sesame Street was the reason I spent kindergarten and 1st grade incredibly bored, wondering who are these idiots who don't know the alphabet yet? Oh, we're going to sing it again for the 5th time this week? Can I just take an early nap?
I always loved that mental picture of this terrifying creature about to murder someone and 'Wait...did you spill rice? Oh my Satan!There's *so* many of these little guys!'
I thought I was dumb for not putting together the Miles "Tails" Prower joke because they so often wrote it in that exact order, but this is a new level of oblivious Dan
(If anyone else hasn't had the realization... I wonder if *Miles Prower* follows the speed limit)
Also, less well know, is that the older versions of the vampire myths in Eastern Europe told of scattering seeds etc in front of them as a distraction to get away, as they were obsessive about counting things.
I assumed it was a deliberate reference to the counting weakness of folklore vampires. Sesame Street is full of Easter eggs for the adults watching with the kids.
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https://youtu.be/B-Wd-Q3F8KM?si=mwA2RRTh-fIlsQ3q
for some reason i assumed it was a take on karma good/evil. instead of just armageddon with cars.
but i was in highschool.
Blind spots are fun. I was already a music major in college before I learned that "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and "The Alphabet Song" both use the same melody!
I just have a feeling that, if I looked into the lyrics, it would end up like that time I tried to teach "Do, Re, Mi" with "Oh Susannah."
My (mostly black) students didn't know the song. That should have been a red flag right there...
Slavery in 19C US...
And a coming Class War in the 21C World. ☹️
The class was laughing their asses off while I circular-filed the exercise booklets I had so carefully prepared. 😀
I mean, it was clearly the pun, but was it deeper than that?
What about the green guy who's always grouchy and his slimey friend
I assumed he was based on the Count of Monte Cristo, which confused the heck out of me because there wasnt even a hint of grilled cheese sandwiches involved.
But only in small amounts
(We all do things like this now and then.)
It ranks #1.
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but if it helps, I remember my daughter discovering this & telling me her 'news'!😂😆🤣
Incidentally, took me many years to work out that when Americans said roommates, they meant housemates with seperate rooms. Room mates here means a shared room.
https://youtu.be/LENSqVW3Q3k?si=S7tH9nZjcBx4-gZ3
“Who’s the best vampire?”
“The one from Sesame Street”
“He doesn’t count”
“I assure you he does ….”
But I only learned the word gazebo like 5 years ago so I guess we’re even
One....Ah..hah..hah..ha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTc3PsW5ghQ
(If anyone else hasn't had the realization... I wonder if *Miles Prower* follows the speed limit)
“Do you know why the call me the Count? Because I love to count… things!”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmomania