<P> The Count debuted on Sesame Street in Season 4 ( 1972 -- 73 ) , and was conceived by Norman Stiles , who wrote the first script . The Count was performed by Jerry Nelson , who brought the character to life . He was originally made out of the Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet pattern . Nelson voiced the Count until his death on August 23 , 2012 . At that time , Matt Vogel had taken over performing the puppetry of the Count . Upon Nelson 's death , Vogel started performing both the Count 's voice and puppetry . His first performance of the Count was in a YouTube video called `` Counting the Yous in YouTube '' , a song about the celebration of Sesame Street 's YouTube channel reaching 1 billion views . </P>
<P> The Count debuted on Sesame Street in Season 4 ( 1972 -- 73 ) , and was conceived by Norman Stiles , who wrote the first script . The Count was performed by Jerry Nelson , who brought the character to life . He was originally made out of the Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet pattern . Nelson voiced the Count until his death on August 23 , 2012 . At that time , Matt Vogel had taken over performing the puppetry of the Count . Upon Nelson 's death , Vogel started performing both the Count 's voice and puppetry . His first performance of the Count was in a YouTube video called `` Counting the Yous in YouTube '' , a song about the celebration of Sesame Street 's YouTube channel reaching 1 billion views . </P>
who does the voice of the count on sesame street
who does the voice of the count on sesame street
Matt Vogel
Matt Vogel