NEWSCASTER: News item.
We are told there's a story breaking at the palace, so we
take you now to Kermit the Frog at the scene.
KERMIT: Uh, hi ho, Kermit the Frog here for
Sesame Street News.
Today I'm in the palace covering the exciting Princess
and the Cookie story.
Now this story, as you may remember, is when the princess
is supposed to have such delicate skin that she can
tell if there's a cookie in her bed, even if it is under
10 mattresses, OK?
Now, there's already a big bunch of mattresses back here.
Let's see how many mattresses there are here
so far, shall we?
OK, we've got--
let's see, here's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
OK.
OK, there are nine mattresses in there so far, and, oh, here
comes a royal lackey right now with another one.
Uh, pardon me, sir.
This is Kermit the Frog of Sesame Street News.
Can you tell me, is that the 10th mattress you've
got there right now?
WORKER: Oh, I've got my hands full, buddy.
Could you count them yourself?
KERMIT: Yes.
OK, well, as you can tell, he's very busy right now.
But as you remember, I counted nine mattresses, and he's
adding one mattress, and I think 9 and 1 will
probably make 10.
But we'll find out shortly, OK?
There it goes right, mm-hm.
See that?
[SHOUTING]
[CRASH]
KERMIT: Excuse me, sir?
WORKER: Oh, that smarts.
KERMIT: Pardon me, sir.
Kermit the Frog of Sesame Street News.
Can you tell me, was that indeed the tenth mattress you
just put on top of there?
WORKER: Gee, I don't know.
Guess we ought to count them, huh?
KERMIT: OK, well, let's count them right now.
WORKER: Yeah, I suppose so.
KERMIT: Here, this is the official counting of the
mattresses right now, folks.
You got that?
Here we go.
WORKER: Well, here we go.
1.
KERMIT: That's one, mm-hm.
WORKER: 2.
KERMIT: That's two mattresses, folks.
WORKER: 3.
KERMIT: Three mattresses.
WORKER: 4.
KERMIT: Four, right here, huh?
WORKER: 5.
KERMIT: Five mattresses, got that?
WORKER: 6.
KERMIT: Six mattresses and counting.
WORKER: 7.
KERMIT: Seven mattresses, uh-huh.
WORKER: 8.
KERMIT: Eight.
Remember, you heard it right here, folks.
WORKER: 9.
KERMIT: Nine mattresses.
And?
WORKER: And way up here on the tippy top is 10.
KERMIT: Yeah?
WORKER: Oh!
[CRASH]
KERMIT: 10 mattresses, folks.
That's it there.
That was the count.
There are 10 mattresses right now.
And, uh--
WORKER: Oh, that smarts.
KERMIT: The next thing I believe we'll
do is get the cookie.
Is that right, sir?
WORKER: Oh, the cookie.
I forgot the cookie.
KERMIT: Right, uh-huh.
OK, there goes the royal lackey right now, and in just
one second, he'll be putting a cookie underneath those 10
mattresses, and then we'll find out if the princess
really does have delicate enough skin to tell.
WORKER: I gotcha.
KERMIT: Got the cookie there, sir?
WORKER: That's right.
KERMIT: What kind of cookie is that, would you say?
WORKER: I'd say it's an oatmeal cookie.
KERMIT: Would you speak into the microphone, sir?
WORKER: Oh, oatmeal cookie.
KERMIT: Uh-huh, that's an oatmeal cookie, folks.
OK, let's see that cookie go underneath those mattresses.
Can you get a tight shot of this, John?
OK.
Yep, that's it.
See that cookie?
Go right underneath the mattresses there.
Mm-hm.
WORKER: I gotta go see the court physician.
I think I threw my sacroiliac out of whack.
KERMIT: OK.
This is it, folks.
Now, this is the moment we've been waiting for.
And in just one second, the princess will be coming in
here, and then we'll find out whether or
not she really can--
oh, here she comes now.
See the princess there, folks?
That's the royal princes, and she's
looking beautiful tonight.
You know, she's wearing a sort of a-- well, that's kind of a
blue brocade, with a magenta robe overlay in satin.
And then sort of a silver net, hairnet there.
Mm-hm.
Goodnight, princess.
Sleep well.
COOKIE MONSTER: Night, Frog.
KERMIT: Uh-huh, good night.
[HUMMING]
KERMIT: Now, there she goes up to bed.
And in just one second, this will be the, uh, time we'll be
waiting for, huh?
There she goes, now.
And will she be able to tell that there's a cookie?
She doesn't know that there's a cookie underneath those 10
mattresses.
COOKIE MONSTER: What Frog doing in my bedroom?
KERMIT: Kermit the Frog of Sesame Street News, ma'am.
COOKIE MONSTER: Whatever.
I'll be tired.
KERMIT: There she goes to sleep, folks.
COOKIE MONSTER: Night, night.
KERMIT: Nighty night.
OK, now this is the time we've been waiting for, folks.
Can she tell?
OK.
Hold everything, folks.
She's sat up.
The princess can't sleep, folks.
She's discovering something.
COOKIE MONSTER: Mattress!
[MUNCHING SOUNDS]
Delicious!
KERMIT: This is, uh, Kermit the Frog, of, uh, Sesame
Street News.
And, uh, we're returning you now to your, uh, local
programming.
COOKIE MONSTER: Delicious!
Oh, what inside?