Bert and Ernie

Ernie and Bert are two Muppets on the long-running PBS children's television show Sesame Street. The two appear together in numerous skits, forming a comic duo that is one of the centerpieces of the program. In the tradition of many movie comic duos, notably Abbott and Costello, the interplay forms between the mischievous innocent (Ernie) and the world-weary partner (Bert).

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Muppet - PBS - Children's television show - Sesame Street - Skit - Abbott and Costello - Ernie - Bert

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A typical Bert and Ernie skit follows one of two similar patterns, both beginning with Ernie devising a hare-brained idea and Bert calmly attempting to talk him out of it. Usually this ends with Bert losing his temper and Ernie remaining oblivious to his own bad idea. Sometimes Ernie's dumb idea miraculously turns out to be correct, much to Bert's evident frustration.

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An example Bert and Ernie skit is the banana in my ear joke:

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:Bert: "Hey, you've got a banana in your ear!"

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Banana - Ear

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:Ernie: "What?"

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:Bert: "I said, YOU'VE GOT A BANANA IN YOUR EAR!"

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:Ernie: "What? I can't hear you; I've got a banana in my ear!"

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