(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!
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!
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Zoon vroom boom in my room ♪
♪ Going 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
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 ♪
♪ 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, 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 ♪
Yeah!
♪ That's how you sing a ding-along song ♪
I do not like this.
♪ Ringy dingy ding dong ♪
♪ 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, 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!
(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 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")