Editing Count von Count (section)

==In popular culture==
The [[St. Paul Saints]], an [[Independent league baseball|independent]] [[minor league baseball|minor-league]] [[baseball]] team in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul, Minnesota]], known for unique and sometimes over-the-top promotions, announced that it would give away 2,500 bobblehead dolls dressed as the Count at its May 23, 2009 game. However, instead of the Count's regular head, this doll's head featured [[Al Franken]] on one side and [[Norm Coleman]] on the other, and was called "Count von Re-Count"—referring to the extraordinarily prolonged [[election recount|recount]] and legal battle surrounding the [[United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008|2008 U.S. Senate election]] between the two men. The team made further jabs at the election during the game.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=4201396 |title=Saints' gimmick jabs at Senate race |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=May 23, 2009 |access-date=23 May 2009}}</ref>

Australian [[rugby league]] football international [[Anthony Minichiello]] has been nicknamed "the Count" due to his striking resemblance to the character.<ref>[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/gallery-e6frex89-1225795738450?page=29 Movie star Muppets] at dailytelegraph.com.au</ref>

During the [[2020 United States presidential election]], which required a ballot-counting period of four days before [[Joe Biden]] was declared the winner, the Count was featured in many internet memes and social media posts, such as playful wishes that he could be called in to assist the tabulation and the insistence that President [[Donald Trump]]'s demand to "Stop the Count" was hopeless against the ''Sesame Street'' character.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Connie |title=Meme makers enlist Sesame Street's Count von Count in the fight to tally every vote |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90572571/meme-makers-enlist-sesame-streets-count-von-count-in-the-fight-to-tally-every-vote |access-date=7 November 2020 |agency=F@stcompany |date=7 November 2020}}</ref>