Sesame Street - Ernie and the Mailman

[EsmeAmelia]

Whoa, Ernie was MANHANDLING the mailman!

[pepperjackcheese1]

Well Harold 12345678910 was something proud maybe, that's for sure.

[Pigeon0fDoom]

The dutch version made my childhood... too bad i cannot find it on youtube.

Best joke ever...

[spacebullseye]

Ernie got a little too friendly with the mailman early on...

[LMW1159]

mary ann abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz....­.what a long name that is xD lol

[hotroute]

The mailman is the same anything muppet that played the trombone in the "Fine Musician" number.

[Garrettk41]

Yes. A Pumpkin Anything Muppet.

I'm still looking for the clip with Ernie turning a P into an R.

[zacandtaylorrule]

Haha! I think I rememeber this one but just barely.

[Katzi]

Thank you SO much for posting this! I was hoping someone would post it!

[kungfujiapple]

This sketch appears on:

Sesame Street episode 0038 (December 31, 1969)

Sesame Street episode 0102 (March 31, 1970)

Sesame Street episode 1781 (March 7, 1983)

[MIKECNW]

@kungfujiapple I'm sure this was in other episodes besides those.

[Smartboy8877]

@kungfujiapple

That is very interesting information!

[1980sVideoVault]

This was way, way, way before the clip

with John Moushita and the baby, little

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

If the mailman had remembered Big

Bird's made up pronounciation, maybe

he could've used it as a pun from the

song, "AB-CA-DEF-GHI-J-KL-M-NOP-QR-

STU-VWRX-YZ", so mabye Ernie would've

delivered the letter to Mary Ann faster.

[Katzi]

LOL!I was JUST thinking the same thing about John Moschita!

[regency98us]

It is very much a sophisticated sketch, the humor is well written, and the fact that the mailman uses "arithmatic" rather than "math" shows a more proper way of language. Today, SS is more loose and the muppets are more silly and use baby talk instead of just relating to children like adults. It would help them grow and learn better by adults being themselves and not lowering themselves to a little baby level.

[MarshalGrover]

You clearly haven't been watching SS nowadays. Since 2007, they've been introducing a new, somewhat sophisticated word each episode. And have you heard Baby Bear, Grover and Cookie speak? They spout nothing but adult-type words.

[Garrettk41]

You do have a point. I don't know how true that is of Baby Bear, but the latter two certainly do. I remember Cookie Monster once saying "Houdini, eat your heart out!" Now how many kids are going to get that?

[trppey66]

You mean to tell me there was a Miss ABCDEFG...YZ on Sesame Street, as well as a Mrs ABCDEFG...YZ?

[trppey66]

Wow!! Talk about a great find. For someone like me who was the perfect SS age when SS began!

Now, if anyone has my favorite E and B skit...the one where Bert tries to entice Ernie to go buy a newspaper. But Ernie take forever getting ready just to walk one block to the store. Anyone remember that one besides me?

[DiAnno13]

Mary Ann married Harold just to shorten her last name.

[trppey66]

She was already married...she was Mrs Mary Ann Abc...xyz

[DiAnno13]

Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz... is that Polish?

[kungfujiapple]

From 1969.

[muppetfan33]

I know I saw the episode this skit was from, but I don't remember seeing this skit on that episode!

[d72jjpilc]

The mailman might not have the greatest sense of humor, but in terms of patience, I would give him a grade of A+++++++ since he can recite the alphabet umpteen times without unduly raising his voice in anger! For some reason, I associate the mailman with the 'square' in the

'Imagining Shapes' clip - probably similar personality. Great memory - thanks!

[kungfujiapple]

The Pumpkin Anything Muppet mailman is performed by Frank Oz and sound like Sam the Eagle and an early Bert. Ernie, of course, is here performed by Jim Henson and sound like Kermit the Frog also.

[applejax2006]

wow,what a blast from the past.thanks for posting !

[Ziffel67]

Boy I barely if at all recall this one, thanks!

Yeah the repitition made me skip forward about ten seconds every time he started saying a,b,c,d....!

That was one of the longest keeheehee laughs I've heard Ernie do.

[MarshalGrover]

"He teaches a lot of musical NUMBERS!" Oy gevalt, that's corny!

[KPCarter2000]

Yeah NOW, but when I first heard it, Didn't get it.

[Smartboy8877]

@MarshalGrover

Although it was corny, I was quite amused by it!

[Deanmo23]

What are this episode's sponsors? I know the letter L is one of them.

[kwvtads]

L, R and 3.

[Garrettk41]

Cool. I'd learned about this clip on Muppet Wiki. Nice to finally know what it's like. A bit repetitive, though.

[MuppetDude]

Repetition is what Sesame Street's based on. :D It's always great to see a new old clip on YouTube.