The Countmobile

The Countmobile's debut appearance with flair in Episode 0716.

The Countmobile is the car owned by Count von Count, first introduced in Sesame Street’s sixth season. Suggesting possible out-of-state registration on the vehicle, its license plate number is TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000.

In one episode, the Count illegally parks his car in front of 123 Sesame Street while he makes his way around the street to count people with jobs. While speaking with Luis, who is fixing an iron at the Fix-It Shop, his attention turns back to his car being attended to by another person doing their job. He quickly learns that the woman standing near his car is a meter maid, who promptly hands him a citation for parking next to a fire hydrant.

By the time of Follow That Bird, the Count had significantly upgraded his ride and registered the vehicle this time in New York with the license plate number 12345678910. A near antique, bearing some resemblance to a Stanley Steamer, the Countmobile is painted purple and boasts bat-like wing appendages. This version of the car was featured in the 1984 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in promotion for the film, driven by a walk-around version of the Count with some of the human cast as passengers.

At (presumably) any given time, the Countmobile is capable of transporting ninety-nine bats.

Follow That Bird from the front...

...and side angles.

at Sesame Place

die cast toy

The Count's Castle

Numbers computer game

The Count's Zambezi Rally

The Magical Wand Chase

Notes

• The script for Episode 1474 calls for the Countess Dahling von Dahling to drive her Countessmobile, but it doesn't appear in the final episode.

Books and Merchandise

• Sesame Street die-cast cars (Hasbro/Playskool) (1982)
• Count All the Way to Sesame Street (1985)
• Follow That Bird Wendy's Kids Meal (1985)
• The House of Seven Colors (1985)
• Ernie's Neighborhood (1987)
• The Sesame Street People in Your Neighborhood 1991 Calendar
• The Count's Castle (2001)