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A skit from "Sesame Street".

Ernie Eats Cookies In Bed
a skit starring Ernie (Jim Henson) and Bert (Frank Oz)

(Ernie and Bert are in their beds. Bert is asleep and Ernie is snacking on cookies from a plate on his lap.)

BERT (rolls over and sits up in bed): Ernie?

ERNIE: Yes, Bert?

BERT: Oh, Ernie, what are you doing with those cookies in bed, huh?

ERNIE: Oh, the cookies? Well, I was just hungry, Bert, so I thought I'd have a few cookies before I went to sleep.

BERT: Ernie, Ernie, don't eat those cookies while you're in your bed, huh?

ERNIE: Why not, Bert?

BERT: Because you'll get crumbs in the sheets, that's why.

ERNIE: Gee, Bert, I'll get crumbs in the sheets? (He lifts the blanket to look for crumbs in the sheets.)

BERT: Yeah, Ernie, and if there are crumbs in the sheets, they'll get in your pajamas.

ERNIE: Oooo, crumbs in my pajamas, Bert?

BERT: Yeah, yeah, Ernie, and if you get crumbs in your pajamas, they'll make you itch. You know that.

ERNIE: Oh, I don't like to itch, Bert.

BERT: No, and if you itch, you won't be able to sleep, Ernie. So don't do it, okay? Good night. (Goes back to sleep.)

ERNIE: Oh, gee, if I eat the cookies in bed, I'll get crumbs in my sheets. (A crumb falls into his sheets.) And if I get crumbs in the sheets, I'll get crumbs in my pajamas. (Feels a crumb in his pajamas.) And if I get crumbs in my pajamas, I'll itch! (Scratches himself.) And I won't be able to sleep! (Gets up, carrying the plate of cookies.) Oh, Bert, thank you so much for stopping me from eating cookies in my bed!

BERT: Alright, Ernie. Just... just go to bed, though, okay?

ERNIE: Okay. And I'm never going to eat cookies in my bed again!

BERT: Okay, good. (Ernie starts getting into Bert's bed with the cookies.) Ernie? What are you doing?

ERNIE: I'm gonna eat cookies in your bed, Bert. Move over. (Begins eating them as Bert sighs loudly.)

Ernie Bashes The Bishop In Bed

(Ernie and Bert are in bed. Bert is asleep. Ernie is making a brisk, obscene motion beneath a sheet, moaning softly.)

BERT (sits up): Ernie?

ERNIE: Yes, Bert?

BERT: Oh, Ernie, what for fuck's sake are you doing, huh?

ERNIE: I am just playing with Rubber Duckie before I tuck in.

BERT: Jesus, Ernie, go jerk your salami in the john like everyone else.

ERNIE: Um, I think Elmo is in the john at the moment. (Sounds of Elmo in orgasmic ecstasy seep into the room.)

BERT: Bugger it, use the balcony then. Just don't bash the bishop in bed, OK?

ERNIE: Why not, Bert?

BERT: 'Cause you'll get cum in your sheets.

ERNIE: Gee, cum in my sheets? (Looks closely at the fabric for blobs of jism.)

BERT: Yeah, Ernie, if there is jism in your sheets you're going to be sleeping in a wet patch and getting cum in your crack too.

ERNIE: Oooo, cum in my crack???

BERT: Yeah, it ain't too comfortable. It's all moist and greasy, then goes sorta dry and crackly. Tough to sleep in these conditions.

ERNIE: Sounds unbearable, Bert.

BERT: Anyway, Ernie, jacking off is a disgusting habit. Don't do it again, OK?

ERNIE: Gee, Bert, is that so?

BERT: Yeah, stick with casual blowjobs. Cookie Monster gives great head and is up for anything after a dozen cocktails.

ERNIE: What is his number?

BERT: I'll tell you at the end of the show. Go to bed, Ernie. (He goes back to sleep.)

ERNIE: Oh gee, if I do the Pigeon in bed I'll have cream on my sheets. If I have cream on my sheets it'll go up my arse too, like after the threesomes we had with Maria, and I won't be able to sleep. Oh, Bert, I am so happy you stopped me! (Leaves his bed, heads toward Bert's.)

BERT: What are you doing?

ERNIE: I'm going to choke the chicken in your bed, Bert.

BERT (kinky grin): That's more like it! (Turns out his light.)

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Updated: May 10, 2016


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