RIP Muppet Puppeteer Jerry Nelson

[Raph's Girl]

GAH!! Seseme Street Muppets puppeteer Jerry Nelson has died at age 78. So RIP Count Von Count, Harry Monster, and The Amazing Mumford.

He was also the original puppeteer for Floyd, Robin the Frog, Dr. Strangepork, Camila the Chicken, Uncle Deadly and Lew Zealand before being replaced in 2008.

He also did work on Fraggle Rock where he was Gobo Fraggle, Pa Gorg and Marjory the Trash Heap!

http://abcnews.go.com/US/slideshow/jerry-nelson-count-sesame-street-dead-at-78-15862468

[TurtleTitan97]

R.I.P. Nelson. :(

[tomservo95]

sad sad news....

http://youtu.be/KNfHU748SYQ

[Lance_Steele]

R.I.P Mr Nelson.

[cartoonistaaron]

This was sad to hear. You expect people you loved as a kid will live forever. Now he's part of that pantheon of childhood memories.

[Raph's Girl]

More on his career: http://www.slashfilm.com/original-muppeteer-jerry-nelson-dies/

:cry: He even did voices in The Dark Crystal....

Here's a song that features Muppet version of Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, and Jim Henson:

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[Lance_Steele]

More on his career: http://www.slashfilm.com/original-muppeteer-jerry-nelson-dies/

:cry: He even did voices in The Dark Crystal....

Wasn't Dark Crystal also a Jim Henson movie?

[Raph's Girl]

Wasn't Dark Crystal also a Jim Henson movie?

Yes. But not associated with the Muppets.

[TheCanadiandrome]

R.I.P Mr Nelson. now who's voicing the Count on Sesame Street?

[Jester]

Man, that sucks. He was a true talent.

[mysterycolor]

he will be missed by all....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7yAe2MBIpE

[ZariusTwo]

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[pannoni1]

I always liked Harry Monster, being how funny he handled him. But his portrayal of The Count will always hold a place in my heart, especially his "I am the Count because I love to count things" spiel and his "HA HA HA HA HA HA!", especially after a thunderbolt is heard in front of his castle.

My dearest wishes and sorrows to Mr. Nelson and his family.

[Jester]

Every time there is a thunder storm, I do the "Ha ha ha ha!" Count laugh. :D

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

I remember Count von Count and liked him, but don't remember the others. RIP. :(

[Guitar_Raph]

He was also Sherlock Hemlock, an early Muppet character.
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Herry Monster

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My favorite sketch.

When Mr. Snuffle-Upagus was introduced, the adults thought that Big Bird had an imaginary friend. That finally ended in 1985 when the adults finally saw him!

"That's 1,351 posts by Guitar_Raph!" (Thunder) Ha ha ha!"

[gobo]

RIP, Jerry. I'll be getting your album as soon as I can locate it."That's 1,351 posts by Guitar_Raph!" (Thunder) Ah ah ah!"

Fixed that for ya.

[Raph's Girl]

RIP, Jerry. I'll be getting your album as soon as I can locate it.


I found it!! http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nelsonjerry

It's also available on Itunes.

[gobo]

I found it!! http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nelsonjerry
Thanks. :)

[BubblyShell22]

Wow. That's very sad. R.I.P., Mr. Nelson. You will be missed. I loved The Count.

[Raph's Girl]

Somebody made a touching tribute to Jerry. The song is called Tides and is from his album.

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[Jester]

I always loved The Muppets Frog Prince, which was Robin's introduction.

Here's one of the songs from it, sung by Jerry and Trudy Young:
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also loved this songs:
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Wish I could find Sir Robin, the Brave, but you can find the whole thing, parted out on Youtube. I ought to watch my copy when I get home from work, with Trey. Sure he'd enjoy it.

[BubblyShell22]

I remember one of my favorite episodes of Sesame Street was the one where Ernie couldn't sleep, and the Count slept over at his house. The Count was teaching Ernie how to count sheep, but in the morning, Ernie kept repeating random numbers and looked like he still hadn't gotten any sleep because of the Count's counting sheep. It was so hilarious.

[Zany Orange Dude]

Jerry will be missed...:tsad:

[Guitar_Raph]

More tribute to Jerry Nelson.
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Chris & the Alphabeats

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Biff in a crazy ending sketch!

Another character he played was Simon Soundman, the guy who made sound effects. Bob was conducting a number for two flutes. Simon asked Bob, "Do you have any music for two flutes & a (sound of a jazz guitar playing three chords)." What's so funny about that? Free enterprise, that's what. The jazz guitarist played NBC!

[Raph's Girl]

Tough Pigs (the best muppet news site around) has gathered up a bunch of Jerry's music they found on youtube:

http://www.toughpigs.com/jerry-music/