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  • (hip hop music)

  • ♪ Now this is a song ♪

  • ♪ All about how my life got flipped ♪

  • ♪ Turned up my brow ♪

  • - Whoa!

  • What?

  • I didn't mean literally!

  • ♪ Won't take long ♪

  • ♪ Just a minute, you see ♪

  • ♪ To tell you how we became Bert and Ernie ♪

  • Ah!

  • Ah!

  • Ernie!

  • Help!

  • (Ernie laughing)

  • ♪ On Sesame Street, born and raised ♪

  • ♪ Learning letters, numbers, singing "Sunny Days" ♪

  • ♪ Growing up, moving, flying the coop ♪

  • ♪ Said bye-bye to my mommy off to 1-2-3 stoop ♪

  • ♪ There I met a grouch who didn't smell too good ♪

  • ♪ Told me to ♪

  • - Scram!

  • ♪ Leave the neighborhood ♪

  • ♪ It was then I remembered what my mom used to say ♪

  • - Keep your head up, be kind,

  • and you'll find your way. (laughs)

  • ♪ I said hello when I got near ♪

  • ♪ He said ♪

  • - Oh, what's that?

  • I got a banana in my ear.

  • ♪ Want to be friends who laugh, learn, and share ♪

  • ♪ Ernie pointed to the seat and said ♪

  • Sit right there.

  • (Ernie laughs)

  • ♪ Showed him my paper clips ♪

  • ♪ He thought they were great ♪

  • ♪ Introduced him to Rubber Duckie as our new roommate ♪

  • ♪ One half of a whole, one part of a pair ♪

  • That's the story of how we became Ernie and Bert.

  • ♪ Put it there ♪

  • (both laughing)

  • (Bert groans)

  • Oh, Bert, that was terrific.

  • - Mm-hm.

  • - Hey, let's go again.

  • - Again?

  • (hip hop music)

  • What do you mean...

  • Oh, no, no! - Hold on, Rubber Duckie.

  • - No, no, no, no, no, no!

  • Ernie!

  • Ah!

  • - Aha!

  • (Bert screaming)

  • (Ernie snickering)

  • Bert?

  • Hey, Bert.

  • Bert?

  • - Mm-hm?

  • Ernie, what?

  • Ernie, what is it?

  • I'm trying to sleep.

  • - Hey, Bert, did you ever think about

  • all the things you like?

  • - Well, sure, Ernie, but,

  • but not now, huh?

  • - Yeah, but just tell me something you like, Bert.

  • - Well, Ernie, I'm trying to sleep.

  • - Oh, come on, Bert.

  • Just one.

  • Just name one thing that you like, okay?

  • Name just one.

  • - Ah, all right, Ernie.

  • I'll try.

  • Um...

  • (bright music)

  • ♪ I like paperclips ♪

  • - Paperclips?

  • ♪ Paperclips ♪

  • ♪ I like bottle caps ♪

  • Bottle caps?

  • ♪ Bottle caps ♪

  • ♪ I love pigeons yeah ♪

  • Pigeons?

  • ♪ Love pigeons, oh yes, I do ♪

  • Well, Bert, you know...

  • ♪ I don't really like any of those things ♪

  • ♪ But I like you ♪

  • - Oh, Ernie.

  • ♪ I like playing jokes ♪

  • Playing jokes?

  • - Playing jokes!

  • ♪ Love my rubber duck ♪

  • - Rubber duck.

  • - Rubber Duckie!

  • ♪ I like bubble gum ♪

  • - Bubble gum?

  • - Bubble gum!

  • ♪ Yes, I do ♪

  • - Well now, Ernie,

  • ♪ I'm not crazy about any of those things ♪

  • ♪ But I like you ♪

  • ♪ I like to lie awake in bed at night and talk to you ♪

  • Yeah, I know.

  • ♪ I like to say goodnight and go to sleep ♪

  • ♪ I like to go and see the big hippopotamus in the zoo ♪

  • (laughs) Hey, Ernie!

  • ♪ You know what ♪

  • - What, Bert?

  • ♪ I like that too ♪

  • Gee!

  • (Bert laughs)

  • ♪ I like jellybeans ♪

  • - Jellybeans?

  • - Jellybeans!

  • ♪ I like lentil soup ♪

  • ♪ Lentil soup ♪

  • - (laughs) Yeah.

  • ♪ I like a marching band ♪

  • - I like a music box!

  • ♪ Yes, I do ♪

  • ♪ But though I don't always like everything ♪

  • ♪ That I like ♪

  • ♪ Still I like you ♪

  • ♪ Though I'm not too crazy about your Rubber Duckie ♪

  • ♪ Though I don't love pigeons ♪

  • ♪ Still we're awfully lucky 'cause ♪

  • ♪ I like you ♪

  • (Ernie snickers)

  • (Bert laughs)

  • - Hey, Ernie?

  • Hey, uh, Ern?

  • - Oh, hi, Bert!

  • - Yeah, hey, Ernie, uh,

  • do you know that you, uh,

  • have a banana in your ear?

  • - What was that Bert?

  • - I said you have a banana in your ear, Ernie.

  • Bananas are food.

  • They are to eat, not to put in your ear, Ernie.

  • - What'd you say, Bert?

  • - Will you just take that banana out of your ear?

  • - I'm sorry, you'll have to speak a little louder, Bert.

  • I can't hear you.

  • I have a banana in my ear.

  • (playful music)

  • - Oh, these are beauties!

  • Oh, I love spending time alone with my paperclip collection.

  • - Oh, there you are, Bert!

  • Hey, Bert, I need your help, Bert.

  • - Well, what is it, Ernie?

  • - Well, I need for you to sing the Rubber Duckie song

  • to my Rubber Duckie.

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaks)

  • - Oh, Ernie!

  • Please, I'm busy.

  • - But Bert, it's important, Bert.

  • - Ah!

  • Ernie, what is so important, huh?

  • What is so important about singing to your duck?

  • - Well, I'll tell you, Bert--

  • - Is it more important than my paperclips?

  • - Well, Bert, I was just thinking--

  • - Do I ask you to sing to my paperclips?

  • - Bert, Bert,

  • I was thinking.

  • (Bert sighs)

  • I was thinking, what if I should have to go away somewhere

  • and what if I can't bring Rubber Duckie with me

  • and there's no one to sing to Rubber Duckie?

  • - Well, where would you possibly go?

  • - Well...

  • Gee, well, what if I suddenly had to

  • go around the world, Bert?

  • Or something like that, Bert,

  • and Rubber Duckie would get so sad, Bert.

  • Rubber Duckie would get so sad, Bert.

  • - [Bert] All right.

  • - And then he'd need somebody to sing to him, Bert, right?

  • Right, Bert?

  • See there, Bert?

  • Look, just thinking about it, Bert,

  • just thinking about it has made him so sad, Bert.

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaking)

  • - Ernie.

  • - What if I had to go around the world, Bert?

  • - Ernie--

  • - You could sing to him, Bert.

  • - Ernie. - Huh?

  • - All right.

  • - You'll do it?

  • - You win.

  • - Great! - Fine.

  • - Mm-hm. - Okay?

  • - Okay.

  • (Bert sighs)

  • Now, all you have to do is just practice, Bert.

  • - All right, what do I do?

  • - I think this would be a great time to practice.

  • - All right, fine, let's get it over with, okay?

  • - Okay.

  • - Uh, I'll sing the Rubber Duckie song,

  • but just one time, Ernie!

  • - Yeah.

  • - And then that is it,

  • I'm going back to my paperclip collection, okay?

  • - Sure, Bert.

  • Now, sing.

  • Bert, Bert, sing from the heart, Bert.

  • - All right, all right.

  • - Okay, sing it to Rubber Duckie.

  • (Bert sighs) (Rubber Duckie squeaks)

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, you're the one ♪

  • ♪ You make bath time lots of fun ♪

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you ♪

  • - Bo-bo-bo-bee-doh!

  • - Do I have to do that?

  • - Bo-bo-bo-bee-doh!

  • ♪ Bo-bo-bo-bee-doh ♪

  • - Okay, Bert.

  • Bert, that was not bad for a first time, Bert,

  • but we need more feeling, Bert.

  • Bert, he's a very sensitive little--

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, joy of joys ♪

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaks)

  • ♪ When I squeeze you, you make noise ♪

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaks)

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, you're my very best friend, it's true ♪

  • Okay, Bert, now really let her rip!

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, you're so fine ♪

  • Oh, yeah!

  • ♪ And I'm glad that you are mine ♪

  • Yes!

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you ♪

  • Okay, Bert, now give us a big finish!

  • - Hey, stand back!

  • - Come on, Bert!

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, you're so fine ♪

  • ♪ And I'm lucky that you're mine ♪

  • Oh, yeah!

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, I'd like a whole pond of ♪

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond ♪

  • Bring it home, Bert!

  • ♪ Of you ♪

  • (Bert laughing)

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaking)

  • Ah, Bert!

  • Bert, that was great, Bert!

  • (Bert laughing)

  • Oh, fun!

  • Yes, Bert!

  • Bert, Bert, that was so great.

  • I think you touched his little Duckie heart.

  • - Oh, yeah?

  • You know what, Ernie? - Yeah.

  • - I really enjoyed that.

  • It was fun.

  • I feel like singing to your Rubber Duckie again.

  • Here we go. - Uh...

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie ♪

  • Bert, Bert, wait a second, Bert.

  • - What?

  • - We can't do that, Bert, because Rubber Duckie and I

  • have to return a book to the library.

  • - Well, leave Rubber Duckie here, I'll sing--

  • - Uh, no, no, no.

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie ♪

  • Bert, Bert, Bert. - What?

  • - I don't think so, Bert.

  • You see, I'm not really ready to

  • leave my Rubber Duckie with anyone else.

  • See you, Bert.

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaking)

  • - Wait, wait, wait, wait!

  • Come back!

  • I like singing to your Duckie.

  • We established a relationship!

  • (Ernie vrooming)

  • - Hey, Bert!

  • Old buddy Bert!

  • Come here, Bert.

  • Quick!

  • Quick, Bert!

  • Quick, quick, quick, Bert! - What is it, what is it?

  • - Quick, quick, quick!

  • - I was feeding my beautiful pigeons over there.

  • - Yes, Bert, but look what I found.

  • - (gasps) Oh, Ernie, that is beautiful!

  • - Of course it is.

  • But do you know what it is, Bert?

  • - Ernie, of course I know what it is.

  • - Yeah?

  • - It's a circle, a perfect circle.

  • (bright music)

  • - Well--

  • ♪ It's a circle ♪

  • Yeah.

  • ♪ It's round ♪

  • Right.

  • ♪ It's so perfect ♪

  • ♪ And round ♪

  • True, true.

  • ♪ This thing that you found ♪

  • Yeah?

  • ♪ Down on the ground ♪

  • Right.

  • ♪ It's a circle ♪

  • ♪ My friend ♪

  • Mm-hm?

  • ♪ Just a ring without end ♪

  • But, Bert--

  • ♪ It's a circle ♪

  • ♪ It's round ♪

  • ♪ It won't make a sound ♪

  • ♪ Up and down, in, around ♪

  • ♪ Right side up ♪

  • ♪ Hey, upside down ♪

  • Yeah.

  • ♪ It's a circle ♪

  • ♪ A circle ♪

  • ♪ A circle, yeah ♪

  • ♪ And round ♪

  • - Yeah, well, you're right about that, Bert.

  • It is a circle, but it's ever so much more, Bert.

  • - Well, Ernie, what do you mean more than that?

  • It's a circle, Ernie,

  • it's perfect just as it is.

  • - Yes, but use your imagination, Bert.

  • Now, look at the circle.

  • - Yeah.

  • - What else do you see that reminds you of a circle?

  • - Huh?

  • - See what I mean?

  • (bright music)

  • ♪ It's a sun in the sky ♪

  • ♪ It's a big pizza pie ♪

  • ♪ It's a full harvest moon ♪

  • ♪ Or a bright red balloon ♪

  • ♪ A button on a coat ♪

  • ♪ A porthole on a boat ♪

  • ♪ It's a wire spoke wheel on an automobile ♪

  • ♪ It's a pancake with berries ♪

  • ♪ A bowl of bean cherries ♪

  • ♪ A dime or a nickel ♪

  • ♪ A slice of dill pickle ♪

  • ♪ A bullseye, a snowball, a basketball hoop ♪

  • ♪ A dish with some ice cream ♪

  • ♪ Can I have a scoop ♪

  • ♪ A fried egg, a muffin, a clock on the wall ♪

  • ♪ A bubble, a marble, a thumbtack, a ball ♪

  • ♪ A peach pie, a tire, a knob on the door ♪

  • ♪ It's a circle, I know ♪

  • ♪ But it's so much more ♪

  • - I know that all those different things

  • remind you of a circle, Ernie,

  • but I like this circle just like it is.

  • - Yeah? - A perfect circle.

  • - Oh, yeah.

  • ♪ It's a sun in the sky ♪ ♪ It's a circle ♪

  • ♪ It's a big pizza pie ♪ ♪ It's round ♪

  • ♪ It's a full harvest moon ♪ ♪ It's so perfect ♪

  • ♪ Or a bright red balloon ♪ ♪ And round ♪

  • ♪ A button on a coat ♪ ♪ This thing that you found ♪

  • ♪ A porthole on a boat ♪ ♪ Down on the ground ♪

  • ♪ It's a wire-spoke wheel on an automobile ♪

  • ♪ It's a pancake with berries ♪ ♪ It's a circle ♪

  • ♪ A bowl of bean cherries ♪ ♪ My friend ♪

  • ♪ A dime or a nickel ♪ ♪ Just a ring ♪

  • ♪ A slice of dill pickle ♪ ♪ Without end ♪

  • ♪ A bullseye, a snowball ♪ ♪ It's a circle ♪

  • ♪ A basketball hoop ♪ ♪ It's round ♪

  • ♪ A dish with some ice cream ♪ ♪ It won't make a sound ♪

  • ♪ Can I have a scoop ♪

  • ♪ A fried egg, a muffin ♪ ♪ Up and down, in around ♪

  • ♪ A clock on the wall ♪

  • ♪ A bubble, a marble ♪ ♪ Right-side up ♪

  • ♪ A thumbtack, a ball ♪ ♪ Upside down ♪

  • ♪ A peach pie, a tire ♪ ♪ It's a circle ♪

  • ♪ A knob on the door ♪ ♪ A circle ♪

  • ♪ It's a circle, I know ♪ ♪ A circle ♪

  • ♪ But it's so much more ♪ ♪ And round ♪

  • ♪ It's a circle, I know, oh yeah ♪

  • ♪ But it's so much more ♪

  • (Bert laughs)

  • - You know, Bert, I think you're right.

  • This circle is perfect just as it is.

  • - Yeah, but you know, Ernie, you're right, too.

  • It's all those other things, too.

  • - Well, no, no, Bert.

  • I think you're right.

  • - No, no, no, you're right.

  • - No, Bert, really, I insist.

  • You are the right one here.

  • - No, you are right, Ernie.

  • - You know something, Bert?

  • - What?

  • - I think you and I are going in circles.

  • (both laugh)

  • Yeah?

  • - You're right about that.

  • - No, no, you're right, Bert.

  • - Okay, I'm right.

  • It was the best of oatmeal, it was the worst of oatmeal.

  • - Hey, hey, Bert.

  • - Hm?

  • - Uh, asking questions is a good way

  • to find out things you want to know, isn't it?

  • - That's right, Ernie.

  • - I thought so.

  • Uh, Bert, I have a question for you.

  • - Hmm?

  • - Do you like me, Bert?

  • - Do I like you?

  • - Mm-hm.

  • - Well, of course I like you, Ernie.

  • You're my best friend.

  • - Oh, well, that's great, Bert,

  • because you're my best friend, too.

  • - Mm, good.

  • - I have another question for you, Bert.

  • - Yes, Ernie?

  • - Uh, one second, I'll be right back.

  • Would you still like me if I wore fruit on my head?

  • - Yes, Ernie, I would still like you

  • if you wore fruit on your head.

  • - You would?

  • (Bert sighs)

  • Oh, that's great, Bert.

  • Well, I have one more question.

  • Would you still like me if I wore fruit on my head

  • and bounced like a ball?

  • Like this.

  • (springy music)

  • - Yes, Ernie, I would still like you if you

  • wore fruit on your head and bounced like a ball.

  • - You would!

  • Oh, that's so nice, Bert.

  • Uh, okay, I have one more question.

  • Um...

  • (Bert groans)

  • Let's see, would you still like me

  • if I wore fruit on my head, bounced like a ball,

  • and said "Rutabaga, rutabaga, rutabaga," like that.

  • Rutabaga, rutabaga, rutabaga...

  • - Ernie. - Rutabaga!

  • - Ernie. - Rutabaga, rutabaga,

  • rutabaga, rutabaga--

  • - Ernie!

  • - Yes, Bert?

  • - (sighs) Ernie, I would still like you

  • if you wore fruit on your head, bounced like ball...

  • - Yep.

  • - And said "Rutabaga, rutabaga!"

  • - You would?

  • - Yes, Ernie, I would!

  • - Oh!

  • - But I would like you more if you didn't.

  • - Really, Bert?

  • - Really, Ernie.

  • - Hmm.

  • Well, in that case, I, uh,

  • I won't wear fruit on my head.

  • - Oh!

  • - I won't bounce like a ball

  • and I won't say "Rutabaga, rutabaga."

  • (Bert sighs)

  • - Thank you, Ernie!

  • - No, I'll wear a fish on my head,

  • I'll tap dance and I'll say "Hippity-hoppity!"

  • - Huh?

  • - Hippity-hoppity, hippity-hoppity, hip, hip!

  • Hippity-hoppity, hippity-hippity-hoppity-hoppity,

  • hippity-hippity, hop, hop!

  • Tap, tap, tap!

  • Hippity-hop!

  • What are friends for, Bert?

  • Hippity-hippity, hoppity-hoppity, hip hip!

  • Hippity-hop, hippity-hippity-hoppity-hoppity, hip!

  • - Sometimes I don't know.

  • - Hippity-hippity, hop, hop!

  • Hippity-hippity, hop, hop!

  • Hip, hip, hip, hippity-hop, hop!

  • ♪ Sometimes I have trouble ♪

  • ♪ Falling asleep ♪

  • ♪ But it's not so bad ♪

  • - Not again.

  • ♪ I don't worry ♪

  • ♪ And I don't weep ♪

  • ♪ In fact, I'm glad ♪

  • ♪ Because I get up off my pillow and I flip on the light ♪

  • Ernie, turn the light back off!

  • ♪ I get down and get hip in the still of the night ♪

  • ♪ I stretch and I yawn and then I breathe real deep ♪

  • Ernie!

  • ♪ And dance myself to sleep ♪

  • Oh, why me?

  • ♪ I hoop around my beddie just a-tappin' my toes ♪

  • ♪ Before I know what's happened, I'm ready to doze ♪

  • ♪ Got some partners I can count on ♪

  • ♪ Called the boogie-woogie sheep ♪

  • What?

  • ♪ I dance myself to sleep ♪

  • I don't believe this.

  • ♪ I gently rock-a-bye myself ♪

  • Ernie!

  • ♪ Across the floor ♪

  • Ernie!

  • ♪ I turn and then I toss and then I start to snore ♪

  • ♪ My trusty little bugle helps me spread the news ♪

  • ♪ That I'm tappin' to "Taps" then I'm a-raring to snooze ♪

  • (Ernie plays "Taps")

  • Oh, not the bugle.

  • Ernie!

  • Those sheep are tap dancing!

  • Oh, why me?

  • - Oh, that's nothing, Bert.

  • Wait till you see Rubber Duckie play the bugle.

  • Watch this, Rubber Duckie.

  • He's the boogie-woogie bugle duck of Sesame Street.

  • (bright bugle music)

  • - Ernie!

  • Ernie, your sheep!

  • ♪ Well, I'm getting kinda drowsy ♪

  • Your sheep!

  • ♪ So the moment has come ♪

  • Call them off, please!

  • Hey!

  • ♪ To grab my Rubber Duckie while the sheep take my chum ♪

  • No, no, not outside, please!

  • ♪ Time to shuffle off to dreamland got a date to keep ♪

  • Ernie!

  • Ernie!

  • ♪ We'll dance ourselves to sleep, oh yeah ♪

  • ♪ We'll dance ourselves to sleep ♪

  • ♪ Wearing our jammies ♪

  • ♪ We'll dance ourselves to sleep ♪

  • ♪ And thank you lambies ♪

  • ♪ We'll dance ourselves to sleep ♪

  • - Hi, there!

  • Guess what?

  • I'm in my favorite place in the whole world.

  • Do you know where that is?

  • My room!

  • That's right.

  • (bright music)

  • I love my room.

  • And there's lots of neat stuff I love to do in my room, too.

  • ♪ In my room, I don't twiddle my thumbs ♪

  • ♪ If I get bored, I just play my drums ♪

  • ♪ Grab up the sticks and count to four ♪

  • ♪ And I pound the drums until I can't pound anymore ♪

  • ♪ I go boom boom boom ♪

  • ♪ In my room ♪

  • ♪ In my room I go boom boom boom ♪

  • ♪ Boom boom boom in my room ♪

  • ♪ In my room I go boom boom boom ♪

  • There's lots of other neat stuff

  • I like to do in my room, too!

  • ♪ In my room with my rubber duck ♪

  • ♪ We like to play with the toy dump truck ♪

  • ♪ Duckie sits behind the steering wheel ♪

  • ♪ And we pretend that the truck is really real ♪

  • ♪ And go vroom vroom vroom ♪

  • ♪ In my room ♪

  • ♪ In my room we go vroom vroom vroom ♪

  • ♪ Vroom vroom vroom in my room ♪

  • ♪ In my room we go vroom vroom vroom ♪

  • See you later, Rubber Duckie.

  • (bright music)

  • ♪ In my room with my hands in my pocket ♪

  • ♪ I can pretend that I'm a rocket ♪

  • ♪ Counting down four, three, two, one ♪

  • ♪ Blasting off and having some fun ♪

  • ♪ Going zoom zoom zoom in my room ♪

  • ♪ In my room going zoom zoom zoom ♪

  • ♪ Zoom zoom zoom in my room ♪

  • ♪ In my room going zoom zoom zoom ♪

  • ♪ Vroom vroom vroom in my room ♪

  • ♪ In my room going vroom vroom vroom ♪

  • ♪ Boom boom boom in my room ♪

  • ♪ In my room going boom boom boom ♪

  • ♪ Zoom vroom boom ♪

  • ♪ Zoom vroom boom ♪

  • ♪ Zoon vroom boom in my room ♪

  • ♪ Going zoom vroom boom ♪

  • ♪ Zoom vroom boom ♪

  • ♪ Zoom vroom boom ♪

  • ♪ Yeah I love my room ♪

  • Isn't it great? (laughs)

  • - Hey, it's my room, too, you know.

  • - Aw, of course it is, pal.

  • (bright music)

  • (birds chirping)

  • (fishing reel cranks)

  • (Ernie humming)

  • - Ah!

  • Ah, gee, Ernie,

  • an hour on this lake and not one bite.

  • - Mm-hm.

  • - Where are all the fishes?

  • - Oh, they're down there, Bert.

  • - They are?

  • - Sure.

  • If you'd like, I'll catch some and show you.

  • - Oh, you will?

  • - Mm-hm.

  • - Easy as that? - Sure.

  • - Huh!

  • Okay, here's a pole.

  • Go ahead, show me.

  • - Oh, I don't need a fishing pole, Bert.

  • - What?

  • - Mm-mm.

  • - Well, how are you gonna catch all these fishes

  • without a fishing pole?

  • - Oh, you see, I call 'em.

  • I have this special fish call

  • and they come right into the boat.

  • - Oh, they do?

  • - [Ernie] Mm-hm.

  • - You call them.

  • - [Ernie] Mm-hm.

  • - (laughing) He calls them.

  • (laughing) That's rich!

  • This I gotta see.

  • Go ahead.

  • - Sure, well--

  • - [Bert] Call them.

  • - You see, Bert, I have to call 'em really loud, though.

  • - [Bert] Yeah.

  • - So they can hear.

  • - [Bert] Yeah.

  • - You know, the fish are under the water.

  • - [Bert] Sure.

  • - That's why you have to call real loud,

  • so they can hear you through the water, you know?

  • - [Bert] Sure, sure.

  • - Okay.

  • - Go ahead.

  • I call 'em like this.

  • (Bert laughs)

  • Here, fishy, fishy, fishy!

  • (water splashes)

  • One.

  • One fish.

  • - Wow!

  • - Mm-hm.

  • I think I'll call a few more.

  • Here, fishy, fishy, fishy!

  • (water splashes)

  • Two fish.

  • Shall I call a few more, Bert?

  • - Yeah, yeah!

  • How do you do that?

  • Yeah, yeah!

  • - Oh, just like this.

  • Here, fishy, fishy, fishy!

  • (water splashes)

  • Three fish.

  • Four fish.

  • Five fish.

  • - Wow!

  • Ernie, it's terrific!

  • Let me try, okay?

  • - [Ernie] Sure, Bert.

  • - How do I do it? Uh...

  • - [Ernie] Just make sure you call real loud, Bert.

  • - Just, okay, just real loud, got it.

  • Okay, here we go.

  • Here fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy!

  • - No, Bert.

  • - What?

  • - That's not loud enough.

  • You're calling very quiet.

  • - Oh, okay.

  • Here fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy!

  • - Mm-mm.

  • Still too quiet.

  • - Too quiet?

  • - Mm-hm.

  • - Okay, here we go now.

  • Here fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy!

  • - No, that's not loud enough, Bert.

  • (Bert groans)

  • Okay.

  • Here fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy! (pants)

  • Ernie, it doesn't work for me.

  • I've been trying to call and call

  • and they just don't come up.

  • - Oh, that's the way, Bert.

  • See, you got it now.

  • You're yelling real loud.

  • So you have to yell just like you're yelling right now.

  • - Like this?

  • - Mm-hm.

  • - Okay.

  • Here fishy, fishy, fishy, fishy!

  • (water splashes)

  • - You called? (snickers)

  • - Ah...

  • - That's one for you, Bert. (laughing)

  • - They were the best of pigeons,

  • they were the worst of pigeons.

  • - Hi, there, Bert.

  • - Hm?

  • - Hi, Bert.

  • - No. - Hm?

  • - Whatever it is, no.

  • I am trying to read by myself, all me, myself alone.

  • Okay, Ernie?

  • Please? - Right, Bert.

  • You know, Bert, there's something real interesting

  • that I've been thinking about, Bert.

  • Please do not disturb me, Ernie, I'm trying to read.

  • (zydeco music)

  • - I've been thinking about adding numbers, you know?

  • Addition. - Zydeco?

  • - Let me tell you about it.

  • ♪ Oh the number one is not my favorite number ♪

  • - Why zydeco?

  • ♪ 'Cause one means only me and there's no you ♪

  • Oh.

  • Don't butt me.

  • ♪ But just add one more, you'll see ♪

  • ♪ That makes two, that's you and me ♪

  • ♪ Adding makes things fun when one and one are two ♪

  • You're out of your mind.

  • ♪ Adding adding adding such a nifty thing to do ♪

  • ♪ It's such fun to add when one and one make two ♪

  • Ernie, this is not normal, you singing like this,

  • do you understand?

  • - Yeah, but you know something, Bert,

  • the number two is not my favorite number, Bert.

  • - It's not?

  • - Nope.

  • - Oh, huzzah.

  • ♪ Oh the number two is not my favorite number ♪

  • Okay, fine, you made your point.

  • Can I read now, please?

  • ♪ Though two is fine, I'd love to add some more ♪

  • Sure.

  • ♪ So let's add another two ♪

  • ♪ That's the perfect thing to do ♪

  • ♪ Adding makes things fun when two and two are four ♪

  • Grover and Cookie.

  • ♪ Adding adding adding it's a thing that I do ♪

  • (Bert screaming)

  • ♪ It's as fun to add when two and two make four ♪

  • I don't believe this, Ernie.

  • Ernie, all I'm trying to do is read quietly in my chair.

  • - Yeah, but you know something, Bert?

  • Four is not my favorite number either, Bert.

  • ♪ The number four is not my favorite number ♪

  • ♪ Come on, let's add some more ♪

  • ♪ I just can't wait ♪

  • ♪ 'Cause right now we have four ♪

  • ♪ I say why not add four more ♪

  • - What?

  • ♪ Adding makes things fun when four and four are eight ♪

  • Four cows?

  • ♪ Adding adding adding, boy oh boy is adding great ♪

  • Watch my chair!

  • ♪ It's so fun to laugh when four and four make eight ♪

  • Ernie, I don't believe this!

  • (elephant roars)

  • Ernie!

  • - Come on in!

  • ♪ Now four and four are eight ♪

  • ♪ And that's really kinda great ♪

  • ♪ Eight and one is nine and that's one more friend of mine ♪

  • ♪ Now, if we add one more ♪

  • ♪ You know what happens then ♪

  • ♪ Nine and one makes ten of us ♪

  • ♪ And so let's sing again ♪

  • ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Yep yep yep ♪

  • ♪ Adding adding adding, boy oh boy is adding fun ♪

  • ♪ And now our little adding song is done ♪

  • ♪ Yep yep yep yeah ♪

  • ♪ Yes, now our little adding song is done ♪

  • ♪ Yep yeah ♪

  • ♪ We've added up to ten, our song is done ♪

  • Wow, that was great, huh?

  • (elephant roars)

  • Yeah, whoa!

  • See how great adding is, Bert?

  • - Yeah, yeah.

  • (elephant roars)

  • Yeah, adding's really great, Ernie.

  • - Oh, yeah, it's great.

  • - Yeah, yeah.

  • All I wanted to do was read by myself in peace and quiet

  • and now there are ten of us here!

  • You know something,

  • I think that you should try subtraction!

  • Try subtraction, try subtraction!

  • - Try subtraction?

  • - Yes!

  • - Okay, Bert, okay, okay.

  • (Bert shouting)

  • Bert, Bert, Bert, Bert.

  • I'll be happy to try subtraction.

  • I'm gonna go play in the park, so I'll subtract me.

  • Let's see, ten minus one,

  • that leaves nine. (laughs)

  • - What, what, what?

  • Wait, wait, Ernie, wait, wait!

  • Ernie!

  • - You know, Bert, nine's a great number. (laughs)

  • (cows mooing)

  • (elephant roars)

  • - Go, get away!

  • Get away!

  • What?

  • Oh!

  • Stop it!

  • No, no, what are you doing?

  • (Bert snoring)

  • (Ernie sighs)

  • Ernie, did you put the...

  • Ernie, did you put the lights on?

  • What are you doing?

  • - I'm just watching you sleep, Bert.

  • - You are watching me sleep?

  • - Mm-hm.

  • - You know, sleep is really amazing, isn't it, Bert?

  • - Well, Ernie, I wouldn't know.

  • - Well, you know, it makes you feel so,

  • so rested.

  • - Yeah, well, Ernie,

  • I am not going to get any sleep if you keep watching me.

  • - Oh, I'm sorry, Bert.

  • Goodnight, Bert.

  • - Oh, fine, goodnight, Ernie.

  • - [Ernie] Goodnight.

  • - Hope you mean it!

  • (Ernie humming)

  • - Wow.

  • Hmm.

  • Look at that.

  • Bert is sleeping.

  • And when he wakes up tomorrow, he'll be ready to play

  • all because of sleep.

  • (bright music)

  • (Bert screams)

  • ♪ Sleep ♪

  • ♪ Without it think of how tired we'd be ♪

  • - Ernie...

  • ♪ Sleep ♪

  • ♪ Gives me plenty of energy ♪

  • Oh!

  • ♪ Nodding, napping, snoring, snoozing ♪

  • ♪ Every night it's what I'm choosing ♪

  • ♪ Sleep ♪

  • Ah!

  • ♪ Wakes me up when it's time to play ♪

  • ♪ Oh sleep ♪

  • ♪ Gets me ready to run all day ♪

  • ♪ And sleep makes me feel so rested ♪

  • ♪ Sleep makes me feel brand new ♪

  • ♪ Sleep is what I'm gonna do ♪

  • ♪ Sleep ♪

  • ♪ It's what everyone in the world must do ♪

  • ♪ That's right, Bert ♪

  • ♪ Sleep ♪

  • ♪ Every boy and girl, every pigeon, too ♪

  • (Bert laughs)

  • ♪ Dozing, dreaming, snoozing, snoring ♪

  • ♪ There is simply no ignoring ♪

  • ♪ Sleep makes me feel so rested ♪

  • ♪ Sleep makes me feel brand new ♪

  • ♪ Sleep ♪

  • ♪ Gotta get some ♪

  • ♪ Sleep ♪

  • ♪ Gotta go to ♪

  • ♪ Sleep is what I'm gonna do ♪

  • (laughs) You know, Ernie, you're right.

  • I never thought about it before, but sleep is...

  • (Ernie snoring)

  • Really amazing.

  • (sighs) If I could get any.

  • (bright music)

  • I'm gonna get some hot chocolate.

  • (screen chirps)

  • - Hey there, everybody, it's your old pal Ernie here.

  • I sure hope everybody's staying nice and cozy at home.

  • I just thought I'd come and tell you a joke.

  • It...

  • Hmm.

  • Do you know who likes jokes?

  • Why, my old buddy Bert.

  • He's just crazy about jokes.

  • Hey, let's give him a call, hm?

  • Boop.

  • (screen chiming)

  • One ringy-dingy.

  • (screen chimes)

  • Two ringy-dingies.

  • - Ernie!

  • Why are you calling me from the other room?

  • - Six feet apart, Bert, six feet apart.

  • - Ah!

  • Hey, Bert, you want to hear a joke?

  • - No, not really.

  • - Okay.

  • Knock, knock.

  • - (sighs) Who's there?

  • - A little old lady.

  • - A little old lady who?

  • - Uh, what's that, Bert?

  • - I said a little old lady who?

  • - Oh, I can't hear you, Bert.

  • - A little old lady who?

  • A little old lady who?

  • - Bert, I didn't know you could yodel.

  • - Ah!

  • (Ernie laughing)

  • Goodbye, Ernie.

  • (screen chirps)

  • - Bert, Bert?

  • Hm.

  • Must be a bad connection.

  • (playful music)

  • (screen chimes)

  • - What is it now, Ernie?

  • - Knock, knock Bert.

  • - Ah!

  • Who's there?

  • - Spell.

  • - Spell who?

  • - Oh, that's an easy one, Bert!

  • W-H-O, that spells who. (laughs)

  • - Ah!

  • - Hey, this is a fun game, Bert.

  • Okay, now it's your turn to spell something.

  • Spell, uh, Rumpelstiltskin.

  • - Oh, gee!

  • - Mm, I don't think Rumpelstiltskin begins with OG, Bert.

  • Here, sound out the letters.

  • Rrrr...

  • - Goodbye, Ernie.

  • (playful music)

  • (Ernie laughs)

  • (screen chimes)

  • No more jokes!

  • - Okay.

  • Just one, Bert.

  • (Bert sighs)

  • Knock, knock.

  • - Who's there?

  • - I am.

  • - I am who?

  • - You are Bert.

  • I am Ernie.

  • - You are insufferable. (sighs)

  • - No, no, Ernie.

  • - Goodbye.

  • (Ernie laughing)

  • (playful music)

  • Ernie keeps bugging me with these knock knock jokes

  • and I really need some help around the apartment.

  • I'm gonna give him a call.

  • (screen chimes)

  • - Hey, Bert.

  • - Ernie, will you come help with the laundry?

  • - Oh, no, no, no, Bert.

  • You see, it goes like this.

  • See, you say "Knock knock"

  • and then I say "Who's there?" - What?

  • - And then you say "Will."

  • And I say, "Will who?"

  • And then you say, "Will you come help with the laundry?"

  • You see that?

  • - No, I...

  • - See, you never start with the punchline, Bert.

  • Hey, but you keep working on it.

  • See ya.

  • (screen chirps)

  • (playful music)

  • (Bert sighs)

  • (screen chimes)

  • - What?

  • - Knock, knock, Bert.

  • - (sighs) Who's there?

  • - Who.

  • - Who who?

  • - Hey, I didn't know you could

  • do an owl impersonation, Bert.

  • That's a really good owl. - What?

  • - Hey, you want to hear some of my animal sounds?

  • Look, I can do a puppy dog.

  • (Bert growls)

  • Yip, yip, yip, yip, yip!

  • - Yeah, very funny, Ernie.

  • Very funny. - And a kitty cat.

  • The cat says meow.

  • And a duck!

  • - Ernie! - The duck goes

  • quack, quack, quack, quack,

  • quack, quack. - Ernie!

  • - Ooh!

  • - Ernie!

  • (Ernie whinnies)

  • Ah!

  • - And the cow goes moo!

  • And a pig goes oink oink!

  • Oink, oink, oink! - Goodbye, Ernie.

  • - And of course, the chicken goes (clucks)!

  • And don't forget a rooster.

  • (Ernie crows)

  • (Ernie laughs)

  • (playful music)

  • Hey there, everybody!

  • Can you do this?

  • Pat your head and rub your tummy.

  • Try it!

  • Pat on top and rub your tummy in a circle like this.

  • (Ernie laughs)

  • - Ernie, what are you doing?

  • - Hm?

  • - Oh, we're patting our heads and rubbing our tummies, Bert.

  • - We?

  • What?

  • We who?

  • - We us. (laughs)

  • - Huh?

  • Oh, hi there! (laughs)

  • - Hey Bert, try patting your head

  • and rubbing your tummy with us.

  • - Oh, I don't know, Ernie.

  • I'll look silly.

  • - Silly's fun, Bert.

  • - I'm not really good at that kind of thing.

  • - Well, how do you know if you don't even try?

  • - Gym wasn't my best subject.

  • How about a rousing game of Pinochle instead, huh?

  • - Oh, come on, Bert, we'll help you.

  • Right?

  • Let's help my old buddy Bert rub his tummy

  • and pat his head, okay?

  • (bright music)

  • - There's music, too?

  • - Everything's better with music, Bert.

  • ♪ Rub your tummy just like this ♪

  • ♪ Rub it all day long ♪

  • ♪ Rub your tummy ♪

  • - Your tummy?

  • ♪ Rub it hard ♪

  • ♪ While we sing our song ♪

  • I think I can do that. - Come on!

  • ♪ Rub, rub, rub, a-rub, rub ♪

  • ♪ Rub, rub, a-rub, rub ♪

  • ♪ Rub, rub, rub, a-rub, rub ♪

  • ♪ Rub, rub, a-rub, rub ♪

  • ♪ Rub, rub, a-rub, rub ♪

  • ♪ Play and sing along ♪

  • - Hey, Ernie, I think I've got it!

  • - He thinks he's got it. (laughs)

  • Now try the pat part, Bert.

  • - Pat part?

  • ♪ Pat your head just like this ♪

  • ♪ Pat it all day long ♪

  • ♪ Pat your head but not too hard ♪

  • This is kind of awkward for me.

  • ♪ And sing our silly song ♪

  • I have a high forehead, you know.

  • ♪ Pat pat pat a-pat pat ♪

  • ♪ Pat pat a-pat pat ♪

  • ♪ Pat pat a-pat pat ♪

  • ♪ Pat pat a-pat pat ♪

  • Hey, this isn't so hard.

  • ♪ Pat pat a-pat pat ♪

  • ♪ Sing our silly song ♪

  • - Now, this I could do all day!

  • - Okay, then!

  • Let's put it all together.

  • - All together? ♪ Rub your tummy ♪

  • ♪ Pat your head ♪

  • At the same time?

  • ♪ While you sing along ♪

  • ♪ As we sing our very, very, merry silly song ♪

  • (Ernie laughs)

  • - How you doing there, Bert?

  • - Ernie, I'm trying to concentrate.

  • - Gee, Bert, I think you're rubbing your head

  • and patting your tummy.

  • - Wait, wait, look at that!

  • I'm doing it!

  • I got rhythm, I got control!

  • I got hand-eye coordination!

  • - Good for you, Bert.

  • (Bert laughs)

  • And how are you doing?

  • Are you patting your head and rubbing your tummy, too?

  • ♪ Rub rub rub a-pat pat ♪

  • ♪ Pat pat a-rub rub ♪

  • ♪ Rub rub a-rub rub ♪

  • ♪ Pat pat a-pat rub ♪

  • ♪ Rub pat a-pat pat ♪

  • ♪ Come and play along ♪

  • ♪ Pat pat pat a-pat pat ♪

  • ♪ Rub rub a-rub rub ♪

  • ♪ Pat pat a-pat pat ♪

  • ♪ Rub rub a-rub rub ♪

  • I have to go meet Rubber Duckie at the bathtub now.

  • Bye, everybody!

  • ♪ Come on and play along ♪

  • ♪ Yeah ♪

  • - Hey, Ernie, try this one!

  • Ernie?

  • What?

  • Huh.

  • Hey, catch this!

  • Pat your head, rub your tummy, hop on one foot

  • and recite "Mary Had a Little Pigeon."

  • (Bert clears throat)

  • Mary had a little pigeon who soared up in the sky

  • and everywhere that Mary went, the pigeon was sure to fly!

  • If my gym teacher could see me now! (laughs)

  • - Hey, Bert.

  • - What is it, Ernie?

  • - You know, Bert, I just remembered,

  • I didn't put away all my toys.

  • I left a big mess in the other room.

  • Do you think I should get up and

  • clean that stuff up now?

  • - Ernie, it's time to go to sleep now.

  • You can do that in the morning.

  • - Yeah.

  • It's pretty messy in there, Bert.

  • - Well, Ernie, you're just a little messy.

  • I've learned that.

  • I'm used to it.

  • Let's go to sleep.

  • - You know, Bert,

  • you're a real friend.

  • I'm messy and you don't like it messy,

  • but because I'm your friend,

  • you don't mind too much if I'm messy.

  • - Well, not too much, Ernie.

  • Let's just go to sleep.

  • - But that's what a friend is, Bert.

  • I mean, not minding too much because you like someone.

  • (bright music)

  • That's a friend, Bert!

  • A pal!

  • Not minding, that's what friends are for.

  • ♪ I am messy ♪

  • - Really messy.

  • ♪ But you don't mind if I am messy ♪

  • ♪ If I'm messy, you don't mind it ♪

  • ♪ That's what friends are for ♪

  • ♪ You like pigeons ♪

  • I love them!

  • ♪ Well, I don't mind if you like pigeons ♪

  • ♪ If you like them, I don't mind it ♪

  • ♪ That's what friends are for ♪

  • ♪ Friends help you put away your toys ♪

  • Help?

  • I do it alone, mostly, Ernie!

  • ♪ Do do di do do do di do ♪

  • ♪ Friends don't mind if you make a little noise ♪

  • A little noise?

  • Like what?

  • - Like this, Bert.

  • (banging drums)

  • You didn't mind that, did you, Bert, old pal?

  • - Oh, not much.

  • (sighs) Ernie, I'm tired.

  • I'm really tired.

  • - You're tired, Bert?

  • Well, that's okay, old buddy.

  • You see, I don't mind if you're tired,

  • 'cause you're my friend.

  • You can be tired if you want to.

  • ♪ You are tired ♪

  • ♪ Really tired ♪

  • ♪ Well, I don't mind if you are tired ♪

  • ♪ If you're tired, I don't mind it ♪

  • ♪ That's what friends are for ♪

  • - I'm going to sleep anyway.

  • ♪ Friends always lend a helping hand ♪

  • ♪ Do do di do do do di do ♪

  • ♪ Friends are the kind of friends that understand ♪

  • ♪ And they don't mind it ♪

  • - Right, Bert?

  • Bert?

  • He's sleeping.

  • Well, I don't mind if he's sleeping.

  • Because he's my friend.

  • 'Cause that's what friends are for.

  • Bert, it's okay if you're sleeping, Bert.

  • I don't mind, Bert.

  • It's okay.

  • - What is okay?

  • ♪ You are sleeping ♪

  • ♪ Really sleeping ♪

  • ♪ But I don't mind if you are sleeping ♪

  • Sleeping?

  • ♪ If you're sleeping, I don't mind it ♪

  • ♪ That's what friends are for ♪

  • ♪ That's what friends boo boo be do ♪

  • ♪ That's what friends bee di di di ♪

  • I'm gonna go sleep in the kitchen!

  • ♪ That's what friends ski di bee do ♪

  • ♪ That's what friends scoo-doo bee do ♪

  • ♪ That's what friends are for ♪

  • - Right, Bert?

  • Bert?

  • Hmm.

  • I guess he's going to sleep in the kitchen again.

  • (Ernie yawns)

  • Well, if he wants to sleep in the kitchen,

  • that's okay with me.

  • Because he's my friend.

  • (playful music)

  • (Ernie snores)

  • (gentle music)

  • (Ernie chewing)

  • - Ernie.

  • - Yes, Bert?

  • - Oh, Ernie, what...

  • Ernie, what are you,

  • what are you doing with those cookies in bed, huh?

  • - Oh, the cookies?

  • Well, I was just hungry, Bert,

  • so I thought I'd have a few cookies before I went to sleep.

  • - Ernie.

  • Ernie, don't eat those cookies

  • while you're in your bed, huh?

  • - Why not, Bert?

  • - Because you get crumbs in the sheets, that's why.

  • - Gee, Bert, I'll get crumbs in the sheets?

  • - Yeah, Ernie, and if there are crumbs in the sheets,

  • they'll get in your pajamas.

  • - Oh, crumbs in my pajamas, Bert?

  • - Yeah.

  • Yeah, Ernie, and if you get crumbs in your pajamas,

  • they'll make you itch.

  • You know that.

  • - Oh, I don't like to itch, Bert.

  • - No, and if you itch,

  • you won't be able to sleep, Ernie,

  • so don't do it, okay?

  • Goodnight.

  • - Oh, gee.

  • If I eat the cookies in bed,

  • I'll get crumbs in my sheets.

  • And if I get crumbs in the sheets,

  • I'll get crumbs in my pajamas.

  • And if I get crumbs in my pajamas, I'll itch.

  • Then I won't be able to sleep.

  • Oh, Bert, thank you so much

  • for stopping me from eating cookies in my bed.

  • - All right, Ernie, just go to bed, though, okay?

  • - Okay.

  • (Bert sighs)

  • And I'm never going to eat cookies in my bed again.

  • - Okay, good.

  • Ernie, what are you doing?

  • - I'm gonna eat cookies in your bed, Bert.

  • (playful music)

  • Move over.

  • - Oh!

  • (Ernie chewing)

  • Hey, old buddy Bert!

  • Hey, what do you say we go outside and play some ball,

  • old buddy, old pal, huh?

  • - Not now, Ernie, I'm reading my book.

  • - But Bert, I don't think you understand.

  • I am talking about going outside to play ball, Bert.

  • - I don't think you understand, Ernie.

  • I am talking about not now.

  • Maybe later, huh?

  • - Gee, Bert, you you'd rather read some book than play ball?

  • - It's not just some book, Ernie.

  • It's a really good book

  • and I want to finish it.

  • - Well, Bert, what could there possibly be in a book

  • that's as good as playing ball?

  • - Well, Ernie, let me put it this way.

  • (bright music)

  • ♪ There's a tiger in my book and a lion in my book ♪

  • ♪ There's a sneaky alligator I can spy on in my book ♪

  • ♪ Sometimes all I need ♪

  • ♪ Is a book to read ♪

  • - Wow.

  • ♪ And there are pirates in my book ♪

  • ♪ On an ocean in my book ♪

  • ♪ There's a sorcerer with secret magic potions in my book ♪

  • ♪ And to learn where the story will lead ♪

  • ♪ I just read ♪

  • ♪ On a quiet day ♪

  • ♪ I could go outside and play ♪

  • ♪ But there's adventure in my book ♪

  • ♪ So exciting in my book ♪

  • ♪ Turn the pages, see the pictures ♪

  • ♪ Read the writing in my book ♪

  • ♪ Yes, sometimes all I need ♪

  • ♪ Is a book to read ♪

  • Oh.

  • - And that's why I want to read my book right now, Ernie.

  • - Mm.

  • - Ernie?

  • - Yeah?

  • - I'll play ball with you later, okay?

  • - Ball?

  • Who said anything about playing ball, Bert?

  • Scoot over, pal.

  • - What?

  • What?

  • Ernie, what are you doing?

  • - Well, Bert, that book sounds so good

  • I want to read it with you.

  • - Aye!

  • We wants to read it, too, matey!

  • - Who are you? - Yeah!

  • Can we start from the beginning?

  • - Yeah, where's the part about the tiger?

  • - How did you get--

  • - I'd like to see the illustrations.

  • (bright music)

  • - Turn the page!

  • - Well, it is your book, Bert. (laughs)

  • - I don't get it.

  • - Are you ready, Bert?

  • - Oh, I am prepared to wail, Ray.

  • - Right on.

  • What about you, Ernie?

  • - Oh, any time, Ray.

  • - Well, let's deal with it, then.

  • - Right!

  • ("I Got a Song")

  • ♪ I got a song to sing and I'm gonna sing it ♪

  • ♪ There's a good time on it's way and I'm gonna bring it ♪

  • ♪ I've got a song ♪

  • ♪ He's got a song ♪

  • ♪ I've got a song ♪

  • ♪ He's got a song ♪

  • ♪ I've got a song, song, song ♪

  • ♪ I've got a song ♪

  • ♪ Yes, I got a song to sing and I'm gonna move you ♪

  • ♪ 'Cause when I sing my song ♪

  • ♪ It's gonna improve you ♪

  • ♪ I got a song ♪

  • ♪ He's got a song ♪

  • ♪ Yeah, a song ♪

  • ♪ He's got a song ♪

  • ♪ I've got a song, song, song, I've got a song ♪

  • ♪ Now, a song can make you sleepy ♪

  • ♪ A song can make you sad ♪

  • ♪ But my song is a happy song ♪

  • ♪ The best I've ever had ♪

  • - Take it, Bert!

  • Here we go!

  • ♪ Got a song to sing and we're gonna sing it ♪

  • ♪ There's a good time on its way and we're gonna bring it ♪

  • ♪ We got a song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song ♪

  • ♪ Yeah, we got a song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song, song, song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song ♪

  • - [Ray] Go ahead, y'all!

  • ♪ Now, songs can make you sleepy ♪

  • ♪ Songs can make you sad ♪

  • ♪ Yeah, but our song is a happy song ♪

  • ♪ The best we ever had ♪

  • (Ernie scatting)

  • (Bert scatting)

  • ♪ Got a song to sing and we're gonna sing it ♪

  • ♪ There's a good time on its way and we're gonna bring it ♪

  • ♪ We got a song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song, song, song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song, song, song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song, song, song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song, song, song ♪

  • ♪ We got a song, song, song, we got a song ♪

  • (Ernie and Bert scatting)

  • (all laughing)

  • (Ernie humming)

  • - Hey, Bert, I, uh, got my bar of soap here. (laughs)

  • - Hi, Ernie.

  • Huh.

  • That's interesting, he's got a bar of soap.

  • I guess that means he's going to wash something.

  • Hm.

  • - Hi, Bert.

  • Got my fluffy towel here.

  • (Ernie humming)

  • - Hm.

  • This time he has a towel.

  • With that soap and a towel like that,

  • maybe he's planning to wash his face.

  • Yeah, it must be.

  • - Oh, Bert, got my little...

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaks)

  • (Ernie laughs)

  • - Rubber Duckie.

  • Oh, well, now I know for sure.

  • Yeah, if he has some soap and a fluffy towel

  • and his Rubber Duckie,

  • that mean's he's planning to take a bath

  • in his tubby, yeah.

  • - Bert, got my flashlight here.

  • - Flashlight?

  • Flashlight?

  • - Well, Bert, got my umbrella here. (hums)

  • - Umbrella?

  • Hey, Ernie, uh...

  • Hey, Ernie, listen.

  • - Well, Bert, I got your bowling ball here.

  • - Wait a minute!

  • Wait a minute!

  • Ernie, come back here.

  • Come here. - Sure, Bert.

  • - Yeah, listen, uh...

  • - What?

  • - That, uh, bowling ball.

  • - This bowling ball here?

  • - What do you think you're doing?

  • Put it down.

  • - Well, but...

  • (Ernie groans)

  • Well, I was, uh,

  • what does it look like I'm doing, Bert?

  • - Well, first of all you carried through some soap

  • and a towel and your Rubber Duckie,

  • so I thought you were going to take a bath.

  • - Well, that's exactly what I'm going to do, Bert.

  • - Okay, okay, but why do you need a flashlight

  • and an umbrella and my bowling ball to take a bath, huh?

  • - Well, let's see, I took the flashlight

  • in case a fuse blows out

  • and I don't want Rubber Duckie

  • to be afraid of the dark, you see.

  • - Mm.

  • - And, um,

  • well, let's see, I took the umbrella

  • in case it starts to rain in the bathroom.

  • - Rain in the bathroom?

  • - And I don't want Rubber Duckie to get wet.

  • - 'Course not, no.

  • - Not from above, you see.

  • - Oh.

  • - He likes to get wet from sitting in the water, you see.

  • - Right.

  • - And the bowling ball I brought along just in case,

  • oh, I don't know, you never know if somebody's going to

  • wander by and ask to borrow a bowling ball.

  • - A bowling ball.

  • Sure, why not?

  • Sure.

  • - Well, it could happen, Bert.

  • - Ernie.

  • Ernie. - Hm?

  • - That is the silliest idea you have ever had.

  • Now, just, you can't use my bowling ball for that.

  • You can't.

  • No.

  • Just leave it here.

  • - If that's the way you feel, Bert, uh...

  • - That's it.

  • - I'll just have to take a bath

  • without your bowling ball, I guess.

  • - Good.

  • - At least, I'll try.

  • Okay, Bert.

  • Okay.

  • - That is the silliest thing I have ever heard.

  • Taking a bath with all those things!

  • Oh, boy, this I've gotta see.

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaks)

  • ♪ Oh, Rubber Duckie ♪

  • ♪ You're the one ♪

  • (Ernie humming)

  • Oh, hi, Bert.

  • - Ernie, do you know how silly you look

  • sitting in that bathtub, huh?

  • - Oh, yeah?

  • Oh, well, better safe than sorry.

  • Right, Rubber Duckie?

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaks)

  • Right.

  • (fuse blows)

  • Hm!

  • Look at that.

  • - What happened?

  • - Oh, well, we blew a fuse and all the lights went out.

  • But don't worry, Rubber Duckie,

  • I've got my flashlight right here.

  • (thunder rumbling)

  • Oh!

  • Look at that!

  • - What's that?

  • - It's starting to rain.

  • - In the bathtub?

  • - Yeah.

  • But don't worry, Rubber Duckie,

  • we've got our umbrella to keep the rain

  • from getting on us, huh?

  • - Oh, I don't believe this.

  • (knocking at door)

  • - Come in!

  • (thunder rumbling)

  • - Say, fellas, I got a tournament tonight

  • and I was wondering if I could borrow your--

  • - Hey, uh, Bert?

  • - Yeah, yeah, I'll get my bowling ball, Ernie.

  • (playful music)

  • - Hey, Bert?

  • Bert?

  • Bert.

  • Bert, wake up, Bert!

  • - I'm up, I'm up!

  • I'm up, what, what, what, what, what?

  • - Bert, I can't sleep, Bert.

  • - Oh.

  • Ernie, why?

  • - Well, I don't know, Bert, I...

  • I'm afraid, I think, Bert.

  • - Well, what are you afraid of, Ernie?

  • - Oh, you know, like dark shadows and

  • spooky things and monsters.

  • - Oh, Ernie.

  • Now, listen, you know,

  • I mean, you know, Grover and Cookie and

  • Harry and all,

  • you know, all those guys are your friends

  • and they're monsters.

  • - Well, that's true, Bert,

  • but I don't mean monsters like that.

  • I mean like spooky, scary monsters that go "wubba wubba!"

  • - "Wubba wubba?"

  • - No, don't say that, Bert!

  • You scare me.

  • - Ernie.

  • Get in the bed.

  • - Huh?

  • - Get in the bed. - Okay, Bert.

  • - Get in the bed.

  • Okay, now, listen.

  • Ernie, listen,

  • you are imagining all those scary things in your mind.

  • - Really?

  • - Yes.

  • But you know, you can imagine nice things

  • and good things, too.

  • - [Ernie] Yeah?

  • - Yeah, like, uh...

  • Well, what do you like?

  • - Well, I like, uh, big balloons.

  • - Oh, good, good, good.

  • Big balloons, that's nice.

  • Um, what else do you like?

  • - Let's see, I like small balloons.

  • - Small balloons, good.

  • Okay, so you like big balloons and small balloons.

  • - Mm-hm.

  • - Now, there must be something else you like, though.

  • - Oh, there is, Bert.

  • There is something else I like.

  • - Oh, good.

  • What, what, what?

  • - Medium sized balloons.

  • - Okay.

  • We've established you like balloons.

  • - I like balloons.

  • - So, um, so imagine balloons.

  • - Well, gee, I tried that, Bert.

  • But it's hard.

  • - Well, do what I do.

  • - Hm? - Here's what I do.

  • I'll sing this to you.

  • - Okay.

  • ♪ Here in the middle of imagination ♪

  • ♪ Right in the middle of my head ♪

  • ♪ I close my eyes and my room's not my room ♪

  • ♪ And my bed isn't really my bed ♪

  • ♪ You see I look inside and discover things ♪

  • ♪ That are sometimes strange and new ♪

  • ♪ And the most remarkable thoughts I think ♪

  • ♪ Have a way of being true ♪

  • ♪ Here in the middle of imagination ♪

  • ♪ Right in the middle of my mind ♪

  • ♪ I close my eyes and the night isn't dark ♪

  • ♪ And the things that I lose I find ♪

  • ♪ Time stands still and the night is clear ♪

  • ♪ And the wind is warm and fair ♪

  • ♪ And the nicest place is the middle of imagination ♪

  • ♪ When I'm there ♪

  • (gentle music)

  • Okay, everybody, it's time to sing.

  • - Whoa, whoa, wait!

  • No singing here.

  • No singing.

  • I am admiring my bottle cap collection.

  • - Yeah, but don't you want to sing a song, Bert?

  • - No.

  • - But Bert, it's a ding-along song!

  • - A ding-along song?

  • - [Ernie] Mm-hm.

  • - What is a ding-along song?

  • - Well, Bert, it's a song with dingers.

  • (dingers dinging)

  • And you can join in!

  • - Whoa, wait, wait, hold, hold, hold it!

  • I know what you're doing.

  • You think that when you sing,

  • as usual, I will join in and have fun with it, right?

  • - Well, just go with it, Bert.

  • (dingers dinging)

  • - Okay, okay, okay.

  • I'll join in.

  • - Yep.

  • - But I will not like it.

  • - Ah!

  • ♪ When you're singing with a dinger ♪

  • ♪ Sing a ding-along song ♪

  • ♪ 'Cause a dinger likes to ding ding ♪

  • ♪ Ding a-ling along ♪

  • ♪ With a dinger and a singer it's a real humdinger ♪

  • ♪ Let's sing the ding-along song ♪

  • Okay, Bert, repeat after me.

  • You, too!

  • ♪ Sing ring-a-ding a-ding ding ♪

  • Come on, Bert!

  • ♪ Ring a-ding a-ding ding ♪

  • More feeling!

  • ♪ Dingy dingy dong ♪

  • ♪ Dingy dingy dong ♪

  • Yeah!

  • ♪ That's how you sing a ding-along song ♪

  • I do not like this.

  • ♪ Ringy dingy ding dong ♪

  • ♪ Ringy dingy ding dong ♪

  • ♪ Ding a-ling a-ling long ♪

  • ♪ Ding a-ling a-ling long ♪

  • ♪ Bring me a ping pong ♪

  • Bring a ping pong?

  • ♪ Sing me a ding dong ♪

  • ♪ Ding dong ♪

  • ♪ Ding a-ling a-ling ♪

  • ♪ Ding-Along song ♪

  • Okay.

  • Okay, okay, okay, okay.

  • Out, out, out! - Wasn't that fun?

  • (Dingers dinging)

  • - I did not like that.

  • Go away.

  • I do not like that song.

  • Go away.

  • Go away, I do not like that song.

  • Go away.

  • Go away.

  • Go away, everybody.

  • Ugh!

  • (Bert sighs)

  • ♪ Ding a-ling ding dong ♪

  • ♪ Ringy dingy ding dong ♪

  • ♪ Dingy ding pong ♪

  • - What you doing there, Bert?

  • - Nothing, nothing, nothing.

  • (Ernie laughs)

  • (bright music)

  • Wow!

  • Isn't this terrific, Ernie?

  • A real Egyptian pyramid!

  • - I don't know, Bert.

  • I'm afraid.

  • - Afraid of what?

  • I mean, this is wonderful!

  • Look at all the exciting new discoveries.

  • - Huh?

  • - Yeah, look at all the knowledge here.

  • - Oh.

  • - This pyramid is, oh, it must be centuries

  • and thousands, even, of years old.

  • This is great!

  • Look at these hieroglyphics, all this funny writing.

  • - It's pretty spooky to me, Bert.

  • - Oh, boy, how exciting!

  • And look at this!

  • Look at this funny statue.

  • - Oh, that's a pretty neat statue.

  • - Now, this one's a handsome statue.

  • This is nice.

  • - I think I prefer this one.

  • - Well, no accounting for taste.

  • Boy, oh, boy!

  • Isn't this exciting?

  • - Well, I don't know, Bert, I'm still...

  • Let's go home.

  • - Why?

  • - Well, 'cause I'm kind of afraid, Bert.

  • - Oh, Ernie, this is a wonderful opportunity.

  • We spent all this time getting here.

  • Come on, come on, follow me, okay?

  • Let's look around some more.

  • - Yeah, Bert.

  • - Oh, Ernie look!

  • Look at this!

  • There's a spooky, dark tunnel here.

  • You want to join me?

  • - Uh, I think I'll wait here, Bert.

  • - Okay, I'll take a look.

  • Wow!

  • - Hm.

  • I wonder.

  • Maybe Bert's right.

  • Maybe there isn't anything to be afraid of.

  • It's all in my imagination.

  • (bright music)

  • I'll just look these statues over here.

  • Look at that.

  • (scepter tapping)

  • Bert?

  • Bert, did you tap me?

  • Bert's not here.

  • Who tapped me?

  • Ah!

  • Ah!

  • (scepter tapping)

  • Bert!

  • Oh, Bert!

  • Bert!

  • - What, what, what?

  • Ernie, what?

  • What is it, what, what, what?

  • (Ernie stammering)

  • What?

  • - This statue here, Bert!

  • Bert, this statue, it tapped me, Bert.

  • - This statue tapped you?

  • - It did, Bert, it just tapped me, Bert.

  • - The statue here made of stone, thousands of years old,

  • it tapped you?

  • - That's right, Bert.

  • - Ernie.

  • Ernie, don't you think maybe

  • you were using your imagination?

  • Hm?

  • It didn't really tap you,

  • you were just imagining it, hm?

  • Now come on, leave me alone.

  • I'm going to go explore this tunnel.

  • Boy, oh, boy!

  • (playful music)

  • - Maybe I just...

  • Maybe it was, maybe it was my imagination.

  • Maybe.

  • Sure, it was my imagination.

  • I'm sure it was my imagination.

  • That statue didn't,

  • you didn't tap me, did you, statue?

  • - Sure, I did. (laughs)

  • - Bert!

  • Oh!

  • Bert, Bert!

  • - What, Ernie?

  • What? What is it?

  • What, what?

  • What, what, what?

  • - The...

  • The...

  • The...

  • The statue just talked to me, Bert.

  • - The what?

  • - The statue, it talked to me, Bert.

  • - The statute that tapped you before

  • and now it talked to you?

  • - It talked to me, Bert.

  • - Oh, it talked to you.

  • - It talked to me.

  • - Oh, well, then, let's let it talk, then.

  • Come on, let's talk.

  • Come on, statue, talk.

  • What's the capital of Delaware?

  • Okay, um...

  • - Go ahead, statue, say something.

  • - Go ahead, go ahead.

  • Where do I park my bicycle?

  • Huh?

  • - It did talk to me, Bert.

  • - Ernie, come here.

  • - What?

  • - Don't you think maybe,

  • maybe that was your imagination too?

  • Maybe you let your imagination just run away from you

  • 'cause you were so scared, hm?

  • - Maybe, Bert.

  • - Okay, good.

  • Why don't you maybe sing a song, hm?

  • That'll make you feel better, huh?

  • - Yeah, Bert.

  • - Yeah, you won't be that scared then.

  • Okay? - Okay, Bert.

  • (eerie music)

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie you're the one ♪

  • ♪ You make bath time lots of fun ♪

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie I'm awfully fond of you ♪

  • ♪ Do do do do ♪

  • ♪ Do do do do do do do ♪

  • Wow!

  • ♪ Do do do do do do do do ♪

  • Oh, Bert will never believe this!

  • ♪ Do do do do do do do do ♪

  • ♪ Do do do do do do do do do do do ♪

  • Bert!

  • ♪ Do do do do do do ♪

  • ♪ Do do do do do do do do do do ♪

  • Hey, Bert!

  • ♪ Do do do do do do do do ♪

  • - What are you doing?

  • ♪ Do do ♪

  • - Me and the statue are dancing, Bert.

  • The statue's a great dancer, too.

  • - The statue's dancing now?

  • - Well, it was, Bert.

  • - It was dancing?

  • - It was, it was dancing and it was singing, too, Bert.

  • - (sighs) Ernie, why don't we just go home?

  • - But the statue knows "Rubber Duckie," Bert.

  • - Sure, sure.

  • Come on, come on.

  • - We were dancing.

  • Honest, we were, Bert. - Should we just take a rest,

  • Ernie? - Really.

  • - Come on, let's go home.

  • That's it. - Okay, Bert, but--

  • - Sure.

  • - The statue really...

  • Bye-bye, statue.

  • - Yeah, uh, bye-bye, statue. (laughs)

  • - Bye-bye. (laughs)

  • - Ernie!

  • (playful music)

  • (birds cawing)

  • ("El Patito")

  • - Rubber Duckie!

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie, it is a connection ♪

  • ♪ It doesn't have to be a tubby session ♪

  • ♪ Yeah, take my day from zero to eleven ♪

  • ♪ Yeah ♪

  • ♪ Bo do di oh you are ♪

  • - Oh, no, not this song again!

  • ♪ With me on the street every day ♪

  • ♪ Speaking in your own special way ♪

  • ♪ That sound I want to hear is squeaky ♪

  • ♪ Squeaky ♪

  • - Hey Bert, what sound does a duck make?

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaks)

  • (Ernie laughs)

  • - It goes quack, actually.

  • - Quack!

  • ♪ El Patito ♪

  • - Oh, that's Spanish for Rubber Duckie.

  • (singing in foreign language)

  • ♪ El Patito ♪

  • ♪ Duckie, I am so lucky! ♪

  • ♪ Bo di oh di oh bo ♪

  • ♪ No matter where we go ♪

  • ♪ You and I we both know ♪

  • ♪ We're there for each other ♪

  • ♪ So happy together ♪

  • ♪ You might even say we're two birds of a feather ♪

  • - Ernie, you are not a bird and he is made of rubber!

  • - Oh, it's a figure of speech, Bert.

  • ♪ Duckie I'm so lucky ♪

  • ♪ Rub-A-Dub a-dubby ♪

  • ♪ Yellow little buddy ♪

  • ♪ Squeeze you and squeeze you, I know it doesn't phase you ♪

  • ♪ The song my Duckie plays up ♪

  • ♪ Oh raise your hands up ♪

  • ♪ Let's hear what Rubber Duckie says ah ♪

  • ♪ El Patito ♪

  • ♪ Rubber Duckie ♪

  • (singing in foreign language)

  • ♪ El Patito ♪

  • (Rubber Duckie squeaks)

  • Nice!

  • ♪ El Patito ♪

  • (Bert humming)

  • - Hey, that song's actually pretty catchy!

  • ("El Patito")

(hip hop music)

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