JR's Hangout

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Welcome! This is a place where I'd like to share things that aesthetically give me joy. I'll be treating this tumblr sort of like an archive, where I will post and repost and share images and whatever that tickles my fancy. The images don't belong to me! I'll try to always name the source and/or artist.

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yodaprod

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis MN (1973)

Photo: HUM Images/Universal Images Group

thevaultoftheatomicspaceage

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nayters

citizenscreen

Lucille Ball was born on August 6, 1911 #botd 💕

oldpaintings

The Pain by Henri Martin (French, 1860--1943)

throatoftheworld

Elixirs of Absence by Hisham Echafaki

luci-lle-e

@gigi-orosco @wildwood-faun

oldwinesoultoo

gypsyastronaut

bobbole

Janis Goodman, Breathing Space

koshigurajumy

Jumy-M

Incomplete Dream / そんなわけで私は粉々だ

jimhenson-themuppetmaster

Count Von Count

PERFORMERS

Jerry Nelson 1972-2012

Matt Vogel 2013-present

DEBUT

1972

PATTERN

Large Lavender Live Hand

Count von Count is a mysterious but friendly vampire-like Muppet on Sesame Street who is meant to parody Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Count Dracula. He first appeared on the show in the Season 4 premiere in 1972, counting blocks in a sketch with Bert and Ernie.

The Count has a compulsive love of counting (arithmomania, an affliction of legendary vampires); he will count anything and everything, regardless of size, amount, or how much annoyance he causes others around him. In one song, he stated that he sometimes even counts himself. When he finishes counting, The Count laughs and announces his total (which sometimes appears on screen). This finale is usually accompanied by a crash of thunder and a flash of lightning, even on sunny days. (According to The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook, the Count has a personal cloud that hovers over his head and provides the thunder and lightning.