Sesame Street - You're not Bert!

[zedkpea]

i love ernie :)

[wabankik]

...Randy Bachman Filed a report There!

[ftp44]

I always wondered; What relation is Ernie & Bert? Are they brothers or what?

[Loopysquish]

@ftp44 They are friends and roommates. They're not brothers though because Bert has an identical twin brother, Bart, who Ernie has never met in one of the episodes.

[DarkridesDisney]

Bert's laugh sounds like a machine gun.....

[OneWeirdDude]

@DarkridesDisney Joe Howard's laugh (he played George on Mathnet) is similar, I think.

[ravendta]

The Missing Bert Bureau!

[diamond000storm]

That was some amazing Exasperated Lip Curling action for a puppet, Bert. Seriously. I'm impressed.

[BRobMorris]

he looks like a young hitler

[loneshewolf74]

Bert and Ernie have been wearing the exact same clothes every day for decades. Ew...

[peace1996ny]

from 1980

[SkyeAmongClouds]

At 0:40 It sounds like he calls him Honey...

[MrTornado300]

Kinda looks like Outsiders greasers hair.

[metal7ful]

ernie you got problems that is bert

[MrTornado300]

It's all SLICKED DOWN! LOL

[sideslide23]

I love that part at 2:12

[CarlosJulio20]

he looked like hitler

[bhtrb456546]

@CarlosJulio20 with his famous moustache shorn off ;)

[simplecoffee]

Heehee @pamberine me too! :D

[TheGleek1116]

this is so cute

[camboy1132]

I think what every body want is for Sesame Street to release all 40 seasons on dvd. I'm waiting

[simplecoffee]

"I'M GONNA CALL THE MISSING BERT BUREAU!"

[pamberine]

@simplecoffee I Loooove that part!

[ZNKChannel]

Ooooooooooooooooooh, NOW I get it! He said "With your eyes, Bert" in his Barbershop sketch!

[jonnytbirdzback]

@ZNKChannel That was the whole point of that annotation! I'm glad you finally caught it.

[ZNKChannel]

Well, jonny, on deviantART, some guy does a "Gorch But Not Forgotten" comic strips. One of those is the barbershop sketch. One of the bubbles said "With your eyes, Bert!" & I thought the guy put that in from this. Then I saw the sketch you uploaded & THAT'S when I figured it out.

[zacandtaylorrule]

The Missing Bert Bureau? Haha!

[evantrude]

this is awesome! how can you not like ernie and bert?

[yankfan08161985]

bert looks like a nazi hahah

[kassie2k4]

I'll call the missing Bert Bureau!

[MuppetsFan123]

Picture at 0:52

[ZNKChannel]

Why'd you put that annotation when Ernie said "With your eyes, Bert! (throaty cackle)" making us see the Ernie's Barbershop sketch? Any reason or just for the heck of it?

[evantrude]

omg ernie is such a dumbass!

[ErnieandBert1]

Would anyone alternately think that Ernie was jokin' 'round with ol' Bert?

[afriendofbean]

Maybe he was joking probably because he probably didn't want Bert to leave and Ernie didn't want to be home alone (that's my guess).

If he wasn't joking, maybe because he didn't like the suit Bert was wearing or maybe it's because Ernie doesn't know much where he's not used to seeing Bert in other clothes except pajamas in the bedtime skits and Bert a lot of times has to teach him things. (Just like Bert had to teach Ernie the difference between before and after in one skit).

[Lordodragonss]

That's why characters don't change clotes in cartoons :D

[DakariKingMykan]

The only thing I don't liek about this skecth is Ernie's stupidity

[Cloudwacher22]

Bert: "Ernie, of course I'm Bert. Who else would I be?"

Ernie: "Well, for one thing, you could be Bert's brother Bart."

You know, guys, the way I see Bert being all dressed up for the pigeon lovers party, he sure looks familiar to his brother Bart (only without a sense of humor).

[afriendofbean]

Maybe this skit happened before Ernie met Bert but, Ernie did know that Bert had a brother named Bart but, he didn't know that they were twins (on this skit where Ernie met Bart, he asked Bert how he would know who Bart is).

True. Bert does look like his twin brother Bart without the humor. However, if this skit happened after Ernie met Bart, then Ernie would definately know that Bert is not Bart. (On the skit where he met Bart, he told the audience that Bert and Bart have a difference).

[afriendofbean]

I thought he would say it too but, maybe he knew it was Bert, it was probably Ernie's way of saying "Bert, now that I know that it was really you wearing that suit and different hair style, dress back in that suit and put that hair style back."

[Billyjk72]

I have NEVER seen this Skit before.

I remember the one of his cousin Bart or something like that - with the "Howareya howareya howareya".

[Garrettk41]

I'd say this is from somewhere between 1978 and 1981.

[afriendofbean]

Maybe this skit was probably from the year 1990 because, I remember seeing it then, and I can tell that Ernie is voiced by Jim Henson, and Jim Henson passed away on May 16, 1990. So maybe this skit is somewhere between January to early May in the year 1990.

[Garrettk41]

Well, remember, they continued airing these sketches long after they first premiered. Even clips from the very first season were often aired in the 1990s. And judging by Ernie's appearance, I can assure you this clip is from a lot earlier than 1990.

[afriendofbean]

That's true. As you mentioned that this skit was either between 1978 to 1981, maybe this skit was either in 1980 or 1981 because, I remember in the 1960s and 1970s, Ernie's shirt was more brighter and his nose was darker. Then in the 1980s, they made Ernie's shirt more darker and his nose more lighter (just like in this skit).

[Garrettk41]

Good observations. Yes, this is probably from that time.

[ErnieandBert1]

Judging by the Ernie puppet, I'd put this in the early-mid '80s actually.

[MuzikJunkyAES]

It's amazing how the team of Henson and Oz could switch between comedic roles with their various characters (Kermit and Grover or Cookie Monster are the opposite roles, for example) and still be so funny! Bert should wear a dashiki suit instead of a Western suit, though. Peace.

[moatguy]

I was expecting Ernie to say at the end "By the way Bert who was that other guy who claimed to be you?"

[deanster57]

cool-tori

[Garrettk41]

I hoped this would get posted.

[jeffkahl]

wow he changed fast for a dude in a suit!

[ErnieandBert1]

After seeing the picture of Bert from here on Muppet Wiki, I've been wanting to see this. Thanks, Jon!

[ErnieandBert1]

Ernie's so clueless here, and all tough at 1:24 - Missing Bert Bureau. HA!

How do I look?

With your eyes, Bert!

[antsamthompson9]

That was funny.

[Paulywint]

Yes it was funny.

[schemer1991]

bert sounds like squidward

[disneyrangerblue02]

@schemer1991 Think maybe that's where they got the idea for that character?

[schemer1991]

@disneyrangerblue02 oh interesting bert does sound like squidward

[disneyrangerblue02]

Uh, yeah, we've established that.

[schemer1991]

@disneyrangerblue02 yep

[inmyforties]

thanks