Sesame Street - Ernie and Salesman "8"

[KhaosJr]

I always wondered what would happen if Lefty tried to sell a letter, a number, or anything else to Forgetful Jones. Very likely, anybody who ever liked Tom Hanks as "Mr. Short-Term Memory" would love that. Any thoughts?

[BermudaEntrepreneur]

Now if only Lefty was a sexy woman selling 69's! I'll take as many of those as I can afford!

[cstoczyn]

@BermudaEntrepreneur Me 2

[cstoczyn]

Where's Lefty's Boss When You Need Him?

[cstoczyn]

Lefty:(given up): Oh, Why Me?

[cstoczyn]

Where's Bert When You Need Him?

[cstoczyn]

This Is From 1969-1970

[cstoczyn]

Poor Ernie

[cstoczyn]

Poor Lefty

[thomasisatwin]

why would that salseman told to ernie to shush!!

[cstoczyn]

@thomasisatwin IDK

[shairaptor]

it's so much better in german!! (but well maybe it's because i grew up with the german version cos I'm german ;)

[cstoczyn]

@shairaptor I Like The English Version Better

[shairaptor]

lefty is gay for ernie, that's so hot ^^ =D

[GarlandFraser]

"or when you gotta know how many gigabytes of ram Carmine has....ATE"

[cstoczyn]

@GarlandFraser LOL

[DaveWollenberg]

Lefty couldn't sell ANYTHING to Ernie.

[cstoczyn]

@DaveWollenberg Too Bad

[cavalierfan1995]

dig the 8!!!

[cstoczyn]

@cavalierfan1995 LOL

[lucioustofu]

NEWPORT! NEWPORT! NEWPORT!

[V0r4xiz]

What do you sell ?

AIDS !

[Lucky7198]

My Calculus II teacher at the University of Utah had this referenced on his website. Yup, he's just that awesome.

[bolch88bb8]

Oh come on what kinda drug reference is this lol

"i got an 8"

LOL

[xLeafs2012x]

thats what i call a shifty character :)

[Headhuntaz2007]

What are you selling? - Eights... oh my god... this is definately disturbing... sounds like the A-word. Why doesn't he sell Sevens?

[Perlinator67]

That green dude acts awfully suspicious: looking around nervously, talking in whispers. That 8 is obviously stolen property!

Green people are usually up to know good. Just look at Snidely Whiplash in the Dudley Doright cartoons.

[Dunstgloeckchen]

Lefty sounds so gangsta in the english version, awesome! :D

I only knew the german version before, but this Lefty is much better :]

[wyecee]

Those 9's resemble g's.

[Hurricanemoss]

Where's the one where He wants to sell Him a "J"?

[awaseniu]

Did anyone ever notice that Lefty never sold anything to Ernie?

[flippedoverturtle]

lmao! Classic

[TelephoneRock4ever]

Did you catch what Lefty said in the end?

"Ohh, why me?" Ha ha ha!

No wonder his first sales pitch didn't go so well!

[TelephoneRock4ever]

In this skit, Lefty's "shhh" is shortened down. I liked it better when it was drawn out, like "shhhhhhhhhhh".

His "shushing" still makes me giggle.

[TheStapleGunKid]

Uh oh, Lefty has some competition! This is going to get ugly. I predict a major turf war. The sesame streets will run red.

[jonvalley14]

ROFL! i bought his whole selection xD

[ErichoTTA]

Great stuff.

[shadowtweet]

lol. "riiiiight" lefty is so classy. XD

[d72jjpilc]

Another great Ernie and Lefty memory! Ernie raising his voice in excitement and Lefty responding with his classic

'SHHHH!' is a 'one-two punch' that I will never forget (or, in the case of this clip, an 'eight-nine' punch!)

[bigbadmeerkat]

Selling 8s is weird, but it's perfectly normal to be selling Os, stop signs, and paintings with hidden elephants?

LOL Seseme Street...

[bloofan06]

This is cracking me up!!!

[dannypena]

ernie got them 9mm's

[NYsmiLez]

8.. like an eighth... hahha

[Elaforestr]

8th of drugs and the other song is about a O "ounce of drugs" these are subliminal messages for future drug dealers

[kubikdoctor]

...and how to behave in a police state

[MelikeErdogan]

hhaaaa

[HazardXXXX]

0:48 "What do you sell?" "AIDS"

LOL

[mattmanguy]

@ Hazard XXXX:

Ernie: "That's kind of a weird thing to be selling."

LOL XD

[qwasd0r]

HE SELLS AIDS!

[motorcitysmitty10]

Lefty woulda made a GREAT flasher!

[kubikdoctor]

lol

[halifaxsoundguy]

No wonder all of us bought drugs

[Katarine08]

LOL

[123jrnp]

ROFL :D

[kungfujiapple]

From 1969.

[TnseWlms]

So everyone eats breakfast at 8 in the morning? Don't tell that to Jack.

[PandaMishima]

Probably most kids went to elementary school at 9 o'clock (hey, there's another use for the Number 9!), so an 8 o'clock breakfast would be the most common for a lot of kids. It's a nice early time that leaves you with the rest of the day open.

[BermudaEntrepreneur]

Oh @#$%! I think I just saw someone selling 8's on Ebay. Hmmm, must be Lefty!

[BermudaEntrepreneur]

Lefty should go on Ebay and sell those 8's. But shhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't tell anybody about it!

[cstoczyn]

@BermudaEntrepreneur I Won't

[BermudaEntrepreneur]

Love it! Classic TV. These youths don't have anything on the shows of long ago.

[seffola]

my "salesman" sold me an 8th too, It's cool I didnt need to use my .9

[TheStapleGunKid]

Dang so another number dealer is moving in on Lefty's turf? This could get ugly.

[TheBlueFlamingo]

I would love to have an 8. Why doesn't that guy ever come into my neighborhood?

[TheStapleGunKid]

Maybe it doesn't have a thriving black market for stolen letters.

It's kind of funny how this is on a kids show.

"Hey kids, today we're going to learn about how to buy goods from shady black market salesmen who approach you on the street!"

[Desadonte]

"you look like a intelligent young man." "I do? Oh yeah, I do, sure!" heheheh

Ernie's laugh was always so funny.

[cdouglas90]

That nigga was a junky hahahahahahaah lol

[foxe101]

UUhh OOhh....Stranger Danger!!!

[atarian2049]

I dig the eight.

[Brownies79]

I love how the normally cool, calm, and collected Lefty gets completely rattled at the 1:00 mark by Ernie who almost blows his cover. Classic and amazing.

[flyntball]

Pff... Rudolph.

Go 8.

[TnseWlms]

Does anyone remember a sketch where Big Bird has eight cups in a box, and thinks the best way to remember how many cups he has is to call Gordon over to his nest and ask him to say "eight" over and over again indefinitely?

[PandaMishima]

Not the best way, but definitely an effective one.

[Gabrielle261]

this is my fav salesman clip! ^^

wanna buy an 8?

[orjudestie]

Thats not funny!

[mosley2k]

riiiiight

[zacandtaylorrule]

Absolutely classic. I love the way Ernie reacts when Lefty says Shush!

[cstoczyn]

@zacandtaylorrule Me 2

[cne08]

riiiiiight.

[PopCornJamie]

i hat 8

[waddleduckie1]

He doesn't have 8 cents. If he did , he could give this man a nickel and three pennies.

[tod4533]

2 threes is six which is the devil

[GoGoldenhorse]

no that's three sixes, not just one.

[PandaMishima]

@tod4533

So are 3 twos, or 6 ones, or 1/2 of twelve. C'mon, there's infinite numbers, can't the devil have just one?

[setheurovision94]

Actually those reindeer would be 9 if you count Rudolph. An absolutely fabulous twist at the end of this skit; good to see Ernie coming on top when not with Bert.

[afriendofbean]

Yes you're right that's true. The reindeer are "Dasher", "Dancer", "Prancer", "Vixen", "Comet", "Cupid", "Donner", "Blitzen", and "Rudolph" makes nine.

[Dreamline78]

But Rudolph isn't one of the original reindeer. Although, he is the only one that has his own song.

[moatguy]

Well no not when The Night Before Christmas was written but Rudolph is one of them now. So in a sense Ernie's 9's would be more handy if you count Rudolph.

[TnseWlms]

Don't forget "Olive", the other reindeer.

[Garrettk41]

You're probably being sarcastic, but just in case it's "all of the other reindeer".

[TheMcCart]

That's the joke. It's a pun.

[severus69]

This is classic!

[zbot92]

riiiiiiight

[Quietschquatsch]

Hey, that was great! Pretty funny!

[janniklas00]

wow I love listening and watching the salesman trying to sell something to Ernie. Especially this one. It is so funny. I love it.

[cne08]

My favorite Ernie & Lefty skit.

[finnishminnow]

Mine too.

[ginaandsavionfan39]

it's from episode 2847

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[CDCB]

But Ernie has his Season 1 sweater. It has to be a reairing of it.

[PandaMishima]

What day of the month the 9th of August comes on, love that part! You could still use the 8 for the fact August is the eighth month!

[MIKECNW]

I notived he has only 6 9's.

Maybe he should turn them upside down and sells as 6's.

Sorry I couldn't resisit that.

[DiAnno13]

"Hi, there, Mr Van Patten. Say, could I interest you in buying a nine?"

"Thanks, Ernie, but eight is enough."

[moatguy]

Actuly Lefty,Ernie nine may come in handy with Santa,s reaindeer these days if you include Rudouph.

[DiAnno13]

"Why should I buy an eight and hang it on the wall?"

"Because if ya leave it on the floor, ya might trip over it."

[DiAnno13]

"Could I interest you in buying my collection? Suppose you're going out on the town, and you want to get dressed to the nines..."

[PandaMishima]

Love the ending to this one, Ernie gets the better of the Salesman! Kind of a contrast to the Empty Box. Wonder who the "9 salesman" was?

[DiAnno13]

George Harrison.

[sesamegirlbelinda]

As always . . . I "8" this one up!

[finnishminnow]

What a funny "Number 8" joke!

[spicy321]

"Dig the eight!" Frank Oz rules!

[Garrettk41]

Not everyone on the planet eats breakfast at eight, Lefty.

[ISNorden]

Heck, I bet most of the toddlers watching the show back then weren't eating breakfast at 8:00 either. :)