No, what makes the Count a rare voice in the world of children’s entertainment is that his voice has an accent. But arithmomania (a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder where individuals constantly count) is not the only thing that makes the Count different from his neighbours on Sesame Street. “Well Mona, I guess you could say that I have an unquenchable thirst for numbers.” “A wampire? Me?” he responded in his thick, Transylvanian accent. Instead, I asked the figure wearing a cape if he would describe himself as a vampire. And I realised that I couldn’t bring myself to ask if he was, to quote Regoli, “evil”. The purple puppet smiled open-mouthed with his pointy, yellowing teeth (just two of them) winking at me. I interviewed the monster that inspired the letter last week.
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And Regoli is right, TV can teach us about good and evil too. TV shows us society and so, implicitly, it tells us our place in it. What children watch matters, it shapes their understanding of the world outside their homes. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts said last week.You can understand Regoli’s concern. “Our youngest Americans need and deserve the resources that are vital to get an accurate count,” U.S. Researchers who have examined the under-count say young children are more likely to be living in multi-generational households, living in foster care, in more than one household because of parental custody arrangements, or living in multi-unit buildings like apartments that are difficult to access. The consequences of overlooking young children in a community can be harmful since the decennial census helps determine the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending, including money for schools, Head Start and family nutrition programs. The under-counting was worst in minority communities, with under-counting for Hispanic children estimated at 7.5% and for black children at 6.3%, according to researchers. Sesame Workshop also is offering on its website fliers and information about the census that can be downloaded and distributed.ĭemographers estimate that 4.6% percent of children under 5, or 1 million children, weren’t counted in the 2010 census.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cut one for New York City. “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and U.S. Morgan Freeman made a public service announcement for census outreach efforts in Mississippi. The Sesame Street characters are joining a growing group of celebrities using their influence to encourage people to be counted. Elmo is popular and connected to young children and families, and the Count is so logical when it comes to being counted,” said Jeanette Betancourt, Sesame Workshop’s senior vice president of U.S. Casting for the spots was purposeful, Sesame Workshop officials said. In the ad, the Count plays a census taker. The head count starts for most people this Thursday.
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The public service announcements in English and Spanish started airing Monday. The spots encourage parents of young children to make sure they and their children are counted in the 2020 census.
The Muppet best known as the Count is joining Elmo, Rosita and her mom, Rosa, in public service announcements filmed on the set of the long-running educational television show. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to change that. (AP) - No other age group was under-counted more during the last once-a-decade census than children under age 5, researchers say.
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