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Good googeley moogely… it’s been ages since I posted any Sesame Street clips!!  I think maybe at least two years, maybe longer than that.  How in the world did I overlook such timeless material?  Shame on me!

Time to make up for it.  And boy howdy, do I get to make up for it…

I was waaaay young when this aired but I vividly remember it.  It was part of a Sesame Street Christmas special from… I think it was 1980?  The other part of it that’s still in my head is Big Bird sitting on top of the apartment building waiting for Santa, and wondering how in the world would the big guy get into those tiny little chimneys.

But this is the real highlight of the show: Bert and Ernie in an adaptation of O. Henry’s classic holiday tale “The Gift of the Magi”, as only Bert and ...

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Been a few months since I posted a classic clip from Sesame Street. I figure it’s time for another great Bert and Ernie sketch 🙂

This one is definitely from way back. For one thing you can hear Mr. Hooper (the actor who played him passed away in 1982) and for another, there’s no way that a sketch like this would be broadcast on Sesame Street today. Ahhh those were the days…

So here is Bert and Ernie in “What Time Is It?”

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The bloggin’ might be sparse the next few days as I am going out of town on a mission of considerable import. So in the meantime…

It occurred to me this afternoon that I haven’t posted a vintage Sesame Street clip in a good long while. The ones with Bert and Ernie seem to be especially popular. So here’s one from the 1970s (way before the advent of 1080P) which finds Bert plagued with “H” all over his television screen…

I remember this sketch cracking me up bad when I first saw it as a pre-schooler! Thirty years later, it’s lost none of its hilarity 🙂...

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One of my fellow cast members of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – namely Eric Smith, who portrayed Reverend Hopkins – told me during the show’s run this past week that he loves it when I post vintage Sesame Street sketches and whatnot on this blog.

So Eric, this one’s going out to you especially 🙂

This is one of the few appearances of Bert’s adorable baby nephew Brad, who is staying with his uncle and about to get a bath. Of course, Ernie has to show up and… well, be Ernie.

The results? Hilarity!

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