Sesame Street - Ernie and Lefty (R/P)

[SpyroFan001]

I like the part where they say P and R.

[pinocchiofan]

Does anyone have the Ernie and Lefty sketch where Lefty tries to sell Ernie a snowman?

[stevedogan]

I've never quite figured out....is Lefty supposed to be 1 of those 1920's/Al Capone kind of people? Him and his boss (the blue guy with the derby hat on -like in the golden 'AN' skit.) remind me of the kind of people in those type of movies.

[See918]

Hey Ernie, quit eating so much asparagus, your P stinks!

[MOLRobocop]

R is for "racketeering"

[PandaMishima]

Lefty sounds part pirate, with all the "Rrrr! Rrr!"

[ClarkieandStephen]

Lefty has eyebrows it looks like!!!! I can't find the skit with Left and Ernie..where Ernie says" Even Steven, Buddy" I went through all the skits...I don't remember what Lefty was selling...

[SocialismIsAlive]

so there were vampires and mobsters on sesame street.

[lucypunch]

They had Lefty back then? It's funny how pussified and stupid many American parents have gotten, as they got this character taken off the air. Cause hey, why not let a TV show tell you fantasy from reality.

[ErnieandBert1]

From the penultimate episode of season 1.

[MuppetsFan123]

Lefty says "urg"! Ernie says "PEE"

[vazquezlorena]

It always cracked me up how Lefty "shushes" Ernie and he gets startled and then whispers it. But on this one Ernie got him back! hahahahah Love it!! thanks for posting this!

[Garrettk41]

There's a clip fairly similar to this one: the one with Ernie turning the letter P into the letter R. Has anyone got that in English?

[Cloudwacher22]

This sketch appears on:

"Sesame Street" episode 0129 (May 7, 1970)

Lefty: This isn't over, Ernie! I swear to god, one day, I'll fix you and your letter P, as well, too!

Ernie: God, what a jealous salesman trying to brag about my letter P with his letter R. I just don't think that's right!

[JasonMC72]

@Cloudwacher22 Where did you find the information on the numbered episode and air date? I would love to watch additional clips from Season 1 on DVD or youtube. Thanks! :)

[Cloudwacher22]

00:08 sound like Frank Oz performing Lefty here instead of Carroll Spinney.

[ArxVirtus]

Frank usually did Lefty. Carroll only did Lefty's voice a few times.

[wattamack4]

You know what I've found insteresting about those Season 1 skits is that pratically EVERY Muppet insert has a tan background.

[TelephoneRock4ever]

Aww, that's okay, Lefty. At least I think R is a great letter.

His face at 1:00 is priceless!

[awaseniu]

R I have to P

[kungfujiapple]

Ernie will win this letter battle with the letter P.

Lefty the Salesman, better luck next time.

[adamjlynch]

Isn't that just Kermit wearing a fake nose and funny hat?

[finnishminnow]

It was pretty funny when Ernie said "Ssssshhh" like Lefty after Lefty said that letter loudly.

[Katarine08]

LMAO!! Lefty is the best!

[Garrettk41]

I agree. I wish that sort of thing had happened in the invisible ice cream cone sketch as well.

[finnishminnow]

@Garrettk41

Okay, then.

[Garrettk41]

@finnishminnow What I mean is, when Ernie explains that he's given Lefty an invisible nickel, I think what should have happened next is Lefty said "an invisible nickel?!" too loudly, and Ernie should have shushed him then.

[finnishminnow]

Oops, I meant...

"It was pretty funny when Ernie said "Ssssshhh" like Lefty, after he said the Letter "P" loudly".

[PhiltheValiant]

R? P? I'll show you a really great letter:

*Gets a photo of Hilary Duff* H!

[TheGreatDoon]

I didn't want to buy either letter at the end of it lol.

[gringging]

So, it looks like Ernie finally turns the tables on Lefty by shushing him. Fantastic!!

[Hemenucha]

I think Ernie needs to reach over and break the leg off that R.

[digamejh]

The dots on Ernie's eyes make him look even stupider than usual...

[CygnusRoc]

All they need now is an I...as in RIP classic Sesame Street lol

[DiAnno13]

Like an exercise from acting class.

[dadogster]

RRRR

[jachinthebox]

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[UsualMike]

That was Lefty's worst sales pitch yet.

[mrkingofkings]

RP for "Rating Pending", haha.

[calbab]

Have not seen very many good reviews on this skit... Think it needs some better "P-R" !!!

[MeAndMyRC]

A skit sort of like Seinfield was...about not much about anything!

[zbot92]

R for riiiiiiiiiiiiight

[Quietschquatsch]

This was the first time in my entire life that I saw something annoying in Sesame street. But this one was especially annoying...

[Lycanthrope777]

I must say Lefty is definitely one of my favourite classic Sesame characters (along with Sherlock Hemlock and Don Music). I remember I even drew a picture of Lefty selling the nickel symbol for our giant Periodic Table in chemistry class last year, and the teacher liked it so much that to this day it's still on display in his classroom...

Dare I ask why Lefty has a unibrow in this video?

[CDCB]

WOW! That clip is extremely old! I wonder how the original poster found it?

[procrazedfan]

Hey!...G...

[jeffkahl]

P for pointless...

[MarshalGrover]

Well, the skit really doesn't go anywhere, but it's eaducational nonetheless.

[jeffkahl]

true

[Rltpage]

Ernie and Lefty were funny when they started bickering about P and R.

[ISNorden]

Odd for a Sesame Street sketch, because the conflict never really gets settled; Ernie and Lefty just name letters until one of them runs away.

[loveutoto]

It's also odd that Lefty just names the R instead of asking Ernie if he wants to buy it. He usually comes right out and says he's selling something.

[ISNorden]

Yeah, they should've just used Bert instead of Lefty here: no selling or "shady dealing" is involved in this sketch!

[afriendofbean]

I agree, and I was also wondering why Lefty didn't ask Ernie to buy the R. I also wonder if Lefty wasn't going to sell the R to Ernie, I wonder why he shushed Ernie. He only shushes Ernie only if he's selling something to Ernie. Maybe the reason why Lefty didn't sell the R to Ernie because R is probably Lefty's favorite letter, or maybe he only said R to Ernie because that was probably his way of saying that R is the best letter out of the 26 letters, while Ernie says that P is better.

[dadogster]

great to see Carol Spinney's performance of Lefty.

[zymaymyn]

Which really isn't that much different from Frank Oz's Lefty.

[dadogster]

true.