Classic Sesame Street - Ernie as Old King Cole

[Pooleman96]

Ernie definitely fits the role of Old King Cole,since he IS a merry old soul in person.

[brightbite]

I always loved this one! To this day, it reminds me of childhood summer days on my back porch, blowing soap bubbles into the warm breeze.

[hinokieurio]

I like it very much. Eurio

[Garrettk41]

Not quite as memorable as the News Flash Old King Cole segment with Kermit the Frog, but pretty good just the same. Who voice fiddlers 2 and 3?

[puffhelen]

Isn't Ernie good as King Cole?

[narugirl188]

i heard that the actor cole sprouse was named as cole using the name old king cole

i do no

maybe true

maybe not

[Pikachuiscool]

Gotta love Ernie.

[airwolf28]

I missed blowing bubbles with that pipe..

[airwolf28]

Have you noticed that the first 2 fiddlers not playing music but the music is actually playing is tunning their fiddle and a squeak.

[moatguy]

The first fiddler looks and sounds like Forgetful Jones,the second looks like Sgt Friday,s partner and the third looks like one of the people in "Some of us".

[tvwhiz]

Sounds like Maria narrating.

[sawing14s]

It is.

[DiAnno13]

Check the roof, maybe there's a fiddler up there.

[ISNorden]

Pretty cool; I seem to recall a Kermit News Flash in which King Cole also called for more musicians (including a drummer, a bass player, and I think a saxophonist). Anyone got that clip to upload?

[DRUMMERMAN77]

the fiddlers are blind lol

[glowworm2]

I started cracking up for some reason-when I discovered that Ernie's pipe was for bubble blowing!

[ISNorden]

The only way CTW could get away with a pipe in a nursery rhyme, apparently...I've seen bubble pipes before, but those little plastic wands were a lot more common even in the 70s.