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Offline rpm

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The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« on: August 24, 2012, 06:24:24 PM »

Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind Count von Count on PBS' "Sesame Street," has died.
Sesame Workshop says Nelson, who suffered from emphysema, died Thursday night in his Massachusetts home on Cape Cod. He was 78.
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Re: The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2012, 07:31:55 PM »
 :salute Long live the Count!
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Re: The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2012, 07:36:50 PM »
ONE! One Salute! HA, HA, HA!
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Re: The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2012, 07:51:12 PM »
TWO! Two Salute! HA, HA, HA!
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Re: The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2012, 08:29:19 PM »
S is for SALUTE! HA HA HA!
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Re: The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2012, 08:55:45 PM »
 :angel: :salute
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Re: The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2012, 07:25:28 AM »
I loved that Guy  :salute
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Re: The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2012, 07:40:10 AM »
 :cry

Who was the guy in game who sounded like the Count?
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Re: The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2012, 07:41:16 AM »
:cry

Who was the guy in game who sounded like the Count?
Wont say  :rofl
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Re: The Count is Dead, Long Live The Count
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2012, 09:58:53 AM »
The count was the only guy to ever get the better of the cookie monster by offering to count his cookie stash and then eating them as he counted.