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** In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYzbD5Hwvbk third nighttime sketch]], Ernie wants to know what time it is. But it's too dark to read the clock, so, unable or unwilling to wait until morning, he tries a new method: he leans his head out the window and sings loudly "O SOLE MIO, O SOLE YOU-O!" This wakes up the whole neighborhood who all yell at him to stop singing because it's 3:00 AM. Satisfied that he knows the time now, Ernie goes back to bed. The whole time, Bert, of course, is not amused.

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** In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYzbD5Hwvbk third nighttime sketch]], Ernie wants to know what time it is. But it's too dark to read the clock, clock or get up and find the light switch (it's not explained why he doesn't turn on the bedside lamp), so, unable or unwilling to wait until morning, he tries a new method: he leans his head out the window and sings loudly "O SOLE MIO, O SOLE YOU-O!" This wakes up the whole neighborhood neighborhood, who all yell at him to stop singing because it's 3:00 AM. Satisfied that he knows the time now, Ernie goes back to bed. The whole time, Bert, of course, is not amused.
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** While the priest conducts the ceremony, the wedding guests launch into a voice over song, sharing fond memories and their thoughts about the union. Elmo is ringer bearer, and his only contribution to the song is a panicked SurvivalMantra of ''"don't drop the rings."''

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** While the priest conducts the ceremony, the wedding guests launch into a voice over song, sharing fond memories and their thoughts about the union. Elmo is ringer the ring bearer, and his only contribution to the song is a panicked SurvivalMantra of ''"don't drop the rings."''
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** After unscrambling the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7mTzncqv9g GROW]]" sign, the plant he has grows uncontrollably into a vine that picks him up.
** After reading, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJRjTwNHn_o DIRTY]]", a robot grabs him and [[ForcedBath washes him]].


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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo4VWFeuLA8 this skit]], Guy Smiley is hosting a game show called ''Say the Word'', in which a player must get a contestant to say a particular word before the timer runs out. In this particular instance, the word is "stop", so the player asks him what the opposite of "go" is, but the contestant doesn't know what "opposite" means. The player says, "Don't go," but the contestant [[ComicallyMissingThePoint says he isn't going anywhere]]. The player finally gets the contestant to say, "Stop" by tickling him.
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* A hilarious TakeThat at both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8jr_qdQLs those who believe the Veggie Monster rumors and the media in general.]]

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* A hilarious TakeThat at both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8jr_qdQLs com/watch?v=GAEt9YNAc4A those who believe the Veggie Monster rumors and the media in general.]]]] A newsman sees Cookie Monster eating vegetables, and thinks that this means he is now the "Veggie Monster", believing in a FalseDichotomy that one can only like cookies ''or'' vegetables and not both. At one point, Cookie Monster even [[DisguisedInDrag disguises himself as a woman named Rosemary]] so he won't be caught eating veggies and mistaken for Veggie Monster again.
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-->'''[=DeNiro=]:''' I can be a [[Film/TaxiDriver New York City taxi driver]], [[Film/RagingBull an out-of-shape boxer]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers or a cabbage]].

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-->'''[=DeNiro=]:''' I can be a [[Film/TaxiDriver New York City taxi driver]], [[Film/RagingBull an out-of-shape boxer]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers or a cabbage]].cabbage.
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-->'''Louie''' : Look at that, a miraculous recovery.

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-->'''Louie''' : -->'''Louie''': Look at that, a miraculous recovery.
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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIR8ykXHNGs a sketch from 1970,]] Ernie flags down an ice cream van and tells the driver (Jerry Nelson) about the ice cream cone he's been thinking about all day: chocolate, strawberry, peach, vanilla, banana, pistachio, peppermint, lemon, orange, butterscotch. After getting Ernie to repeat the order, the ice cream man returns with the cone, chuckling "You didn't think I'd remember [...] did you? But I did!" However, Ernie is aghast; he was reciting the flavours from top to bottom, but the cone has been put together from bottom to top. The ice cream man doesn't see what the fuss is about, but when Ernie persists, he has a... creative solution:
-->'''Ice cream man:''' ''[impatiently]'' All right. I'll tell you what. If you wanted the cone to be a ''[Ernie points at each scoop as the flavours are recited]'' chocolate, strawberry, peach, vanilla, banana, pistachio, peppermint, lemon, orange, butterscotch, and I made it instead into a ''[again, Ernie points at each scoop as the flavours are recited]'' butterscotch, orange, lemon, peppermint, pistachio, banana, vanilla, peach, strawberry, chocolate cone, it's ''very'' easy to fix.\\
'''Ernie:''' Hmm. Well, how is it easy to fix when ''[points at the bottom scoop]'' you put the chocolate down here, and I wanted it on the top, ''[points]'' up here?\\
'''Ice cream man:''' Simple. Just eat the same cone ''standing on your head! [sweeps off, leaving Ernie stunned]''
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* During the Monster Foodie [[https://youtu.be/n3lLLHThcYc Truck]] segment involving pineapple pizza, Cookie Monster reveals he accidentally ate pineapple for a snack. Gonger acts annoyed at first, but then he ''flips his lid'' when Cookie Monster brings out '''a pinecone and an apple''' as a substitute.

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* During the Monster Foodie [[https://youtu.be/n3lLLHThcYc Truck]] segment involving pineapple pizza, Cookie Monster reveals he accidentally ate a pineapple for a snack. Gonger acts annoyed at first, but then he ''flips his lid'' when Cookie Monster brings out '''a pinecone and an apple''' as a substitute.



** When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Bt_tLBfxI he doesn't want to help Telly with the letter B]], he ends up saying, "Beat it!", "Bye-bye", "Blah blah blah", "Stop bothering me", and "Bleh!".

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** When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Bt_tLBfxI com/watch?v=F6g2YHItl-U he doesn't want to help Telly with the letter B]], he ends up saying, "Beat it!", "Bye-bye", "Blah blah blah", "Stop bothering me", and "Bleh!".
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*** Followed by this line from Oscar the grouch.

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*** Followed by this line from Oscar the grouch.Grouch.



---> '''Oscar''': Hey, that's really annoying." (they leave) "Hey, come back here! I ''like'' being annoyed!"

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---> '''Oscar''': Hey, that's really annoying." (they leave) "Hey, Hey, come back here! I ''like'' being annoyed!"annoyed!



* In this [[https://youtu.be/jwoWBrT-FyU clip]] , Oscar tries to mess around with The Count by asking him to count the number of the day, which is 0. The Count catches onto this, and has fun messing with Oscar, such as saying he has 0 horns. Oscar's increasingly annoyed behavior sells this.

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* In this [[https://youtu.be/jwoWBrT-FyU clip]] , clip]], Oscar tries to mess around with The Count by asking him to count the number of the day, which is 0. The Count catches onto this, and has fun messing with Oscar, such as saying he has 0 horns. Oscar's increasingly annoyed behavior sells this.



* In "Elmo The Engineer", Elmo doesn't want to put away his toys before bath time, and pretends that his arm is hurt. His father Louie sees through this, and gets Elmo to expose himself by saying he'll make him a snack, making him raise his arm. We then get this:

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* In "Elmo The the Engineer", Elmo doesn't want to put away his toys before bath time, and pretends that his arm is hurt. His father Louie sees through this, and gets Elmo to expose himself by saying he'll make him a snack, making him raise his arm. We then get this:



* [[https://youtu.be/wFjK_mIiYBY This skit]] has Ernie and Bert going to the farm in a taxi driven by The Count. As it turns out, they're in the On The Go game show hosted by Guy Smiley, where they have to guess animal sounds. Bert correctly guesses Ernie making a pigeon sound without even trying. When he makes a quacking sound, Ernie had a hard time guessing even when he has rubber duckie in his hand. When Bert moos, Ernie guesses a duck, not a cow, and then rubber duckie '''starts mooing''' .

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* [[https://youtu.be/wFjK_mIiYBY This skit]] has Ernie and Bert going to the farm in a taxi driven by The Count. As it turns out, they're in the On The Go "On the Go" game show hosted by Guy Smiley, where they have to guess animal sounds. Bert correctly guesses Ernie making a pigeon sound without even trying. When he makes a quacking sound, Ernie had a hard time guessing even when he has rubber duckie Rubber Duckie in his hand. When Bert moos, Ernie guesses a duck, not a cow, and then rubber duckie Rubber Duckie '''starts mooing''' . mooing'''.



** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biAMh-xdvJc yet another nighttime sketch]], Ernie gets up and breaks into a song and dance routine, singing "Dance Myself To Sleep." Then he produces a group of background tap dancers called The Boogie Woogie Sheep, and starts playing a solo on the bugle. Bert's harrowed reactions raise the scene from silliness to plain hilarity, especially when Rubber Ducky starts playing a bugle solo-- and then the sheep ''pick up Bert's bed and dance out the door with it''. The song ends with both Bert and the sheep stuck outside as Ernie drifts off.

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** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biAMh-xdvJc yet another nighttime sketch]], Ernie gets up and breaks into a song and dance routine, singing "Dance Myself To Sleep." to Sleep". Then he produces a group of background tap dancers called The Boogie Woogie Sheep, and starts playing a solo on the bugle. Bert's harrowed reactions raise the scene from silliness to plain hilarity, especially when Rubber Ducky Duckie starts playing a bugle solo-- and then the sheep ''pick up Bert's bed and dance out the door with it''. The song ends with both Bert and the sheep stuck outside as Ernie drifts off.
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Mass stripping URL cruft; also "vacuum" only has a double U. (No, not a W, a... oh, never mind.)


** The Count once [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76f19BfPrfM&feature=emb_title tricks Oscar into saying, "no" 17 times]]. Also an unintentional funny comes when Oscar says he won't say the "n word".

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** The Count once [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76f19BfPrfM&feature=emb_title com/watch?v=76f19BfPrfM tricks Oscar into saying, "no" 17 times]]. Also an unintentional funny comes when Oscar says he won't say the "n word".



* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gxtMa2KEGs&feature=emb_title this]] sketch, a professor (played by the same actor as David) tries to give a lecture about trees. At the end, he reiterates his point about them being good to lean on, tries leaning on the poster of a tree, but tears through the paper and falls over.

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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gxtMa2KEGs&feature=emb_title com/watch?v=7gxtMa2KEGs this]] sketch, a professor (played by the same actor as David) David's actor, Northern Calloway) tries to give a lecture about trees. At the end, he reiterates his point about them being good to lean on, tries leaning on the poster of a tree, but tears through the paper and falls over.



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U0nJ9e9pUk The Listening Game from the album "Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert".]] Ernie blindfolds Bert and has him guess what certain sounds are. First Bert guesses a ticking alarm clock, and the sound it makes when Ernie winds it. Then Bert guesses a vacuum cleaner, and then a ping pong ball. When Bert guesses that Ernie is opening the cookie jar and eating a cookie, Cookie Monster comes into the apartment (from somewhere outside). Bert guesses that Cookie Monster had eaten the cookies, the ping pong ball, the vacuuum cleaner, the alarm clock, run out the door, ridden away on his motorcycle, and crashed into a truckload of chickens.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U0nJ9e9pUk The Listening Game from the album "Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert".]] Ernie blindfolds Bert and has him guess what certain sounds are. First Bert guesses a ticking alarm clock, and the sound it makes when Ernie winds it. Then Bert guesses a vacuum cleaner, and then a ping pong ball. When Bert guesses that Ernie is opening the cookie jar and eating a cookie, Cookie Monster comes into the apartment (from somewhere outside). Bert guesses that Cookie Monster had eaten the cookies, the ping pong ball, the vacuuum vacuum cleaner, the alarm clock, run out the door, ridden away on his motorcycle, and crashed into a truckload of chickens.



* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i44WC60yew&ab_channel=RohailHashmi this early sketch]], Ernie had eaten one of two pieces of chocolate cake when he learns that Bert was saving them for dessert. To cover his tracks, Ernie makes up a phony story that a monster came in, took the slice of cake, shook the crumbs off onto a separate plate, ate the cake, wiped his mouth with the napkin, gave Ernie said napkin and the fork, and left. Bert naturally doesn't buy the lie and dismisses Ernie's claim that "it could've happened". But after Bert leaves the room, a monster comes in and eats the other piece of cake, ''doing the exact same things Ernie said in his story'', before leaving. When Bert comes back to see the remaining slice gone, Ernie tries to explain what just happened, but Bert decides not to talk about it and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere walks off]], leaving Ernie sobbing.

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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i44WC60yew&ab_channel=RohailHashmi com/watch?v=_i44WC60yew this early sketch]], Ernie had eaten one of two pieces of chocolate cake when he learns that Bert was saving them for dessert. To cover his tracks, Ernie makes up a phony story that a monster came in, took the slice of cake, shook the crumbs off onto a separate plate, ate the cake, wiped his mouth with the napkin, gave Ernie said napkin and the fork, and left. Bert naturally doesn't buy the lie and dismisses Ernie's claim that "it could've happened". But after Bert leaves the room, a monster comes in and eats the other piece of cake, ''doing the exact same things Ernie said in his story'', before leaving. When Bert comes back to see the remaining slice gone, Ernie tries to explain what just happened, but Bert decides not to talk about it and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere walks off]], leaving Ernie sobbing.
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''(Elmo makes a priceless blank stare at her, [[AsideGlance turns to the audience with that look]], then screams in utter fury)''

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''(Elmo makes a priceless blank stare at her, [[AsideGlance turns to the audience with that look]], then screams in utter fury)''

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** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImD69J_pR0 this 1983 segment]], Dr. Nobel Price "invents" a [[RobotMe robotic double]] of Kermit named "Sherman the Hoppity Hop." The real Kermit is even more frustrated with Dr. Price than usual, and Sherman even copies Kermit's trademark scrunched-up frustrated face! The cherry on top is Sherman's voice being Richard Hunt doing a wacky robotic Kermit impression!



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImD69J_pR0 This Sesame Street News segment]] where Dr. Nobel Price "invents" a [[RobotMe robotic double]] of Kermit named "Sherman the Hoppity Hop." The real Kermit is even more frustrated with Dr. Price than usual, and Sherman even copies Kermit's trademark scrunched-up frustrated face! The cherry on top is Sherman's voice being Richard Hunt doing a wacky robotic Kermit impression!
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** The inevitable FlyInTheSoup sketch: It starts with Mr. Johnson telling Grover there is a fly in the soup, but Grover looks next to the soup, under the soup, and on the soup and not in the soup. Mr. Johnson asks for another soup, and Grover gives him cream of mosquito!
---->'''Grover''': I dunno, Charlie, we got a weirdo here, he comes here a lot.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xshx2ci7hI4 Forgetful Jones singing "Oklahoma" wrong (and Kermit's reaction each time)]].

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xshx2ci7hI4 com/watch?v=cQ9g62YE1N4 Forgetful Jones singing "Oklahoma" wrong (and Kermit's reaction each time)]].
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* Oscar's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URv7sViI8sc Little Red Riding Grouch]]" story. TheBigBadWolf's disgusted reactions to the titular character's [[WeirdWorldWeirdFood Grouch Foods]] are ''priceless'' (thanks to Richard Hunt [[LargeHam hamming it up]]). The title character [[GenreSavvy knowing the Wolf is not her grandmother]] and planning to ward him off with the Grouch Foods is also funny.
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** During a [[https://youtu.be/UFOm-ngFbMg?t=3m32s Rapunzel]] News Flash from 1972 (with a ''heavily'' Brooklyn-accented Rapunzel), [[PrinceCharmless Prince Charming (who was anything but)]] yelled [[BigShutUp "OH, SHUT UP!"]] to Rapunzel after her wig fell off her head and he couldn't find his horse. This moment could also be as close as ''Sesame Street'' could get to swearing. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-fK8rYa45Q official Sesame Street YouTube clip]] [[{{Disneyfication}} fades just as the Prince is about to yell]]. However, an "Old School" DVD release [[{{Recut}} retained the original ending, plus a few extra seconds which had never been aired before]].

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** During a [[https://youtu.be/UFOm-ngFbMg?t=3m32s Rapunzel]] News Flash from 1972 (with a ''heavily'' Brooklyn-accented Rapunzel), [[PrinceCharmless Prince Charming (who was anything but)]] yelled [[BigShutUp "OH, SHUT UP!"]] to Rapunzel after her wig fell off her head and he couldn't find his horse. This moment could also be as close as ''Sesame Street'' could get to swearing. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-fK8rYa45Q official Sesame Street YouTube clip]] [[{{Disneyfication}} [[{{Bowdlerise}} fades just as the Prince is about to yell]]. However, an "Old School" DVD release [[{{Recut}} retained the original ending, plus a few extra seconds which had never been aired before]].
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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8TioFHubWFtW1NT7VC1WG8mH_zmZK4aM Crumby Pictures]] shorts, in which Cookie Monster parodies movies, such as ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', ''Film/TheKarateKid'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', and ''Film/{{The Avengers| 2012}}''.

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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8TioFHubWFtW1NT7VC1WG8mH_zmZK4aM Crumby Pictures]] shorts, in which Cookie Monster parodies movies, such as ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', ''Film/TheKarateKid'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'', and ''Film/{{The Avengers| 2012}}''.Avengers|2012}}''.
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%%** Psst. [[http://www.toughpigs.com/11-great-kermit-freakouts/ The Tough Pigs site's list of a number of times Kermit lost his temper.]] Includes a few ''Sesame Street'' skits, such as the one featuring Kermit's immortal line "This is a terrible place for a bus stop! What kind of bus is going to drive into my living room?!" %%Natter

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqGGpj0Ans Kermit showing what "mad" is to Cookie Monster as Cookie demonstrates "sad".]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqGGpj0Ans Kermit's attempt at giving a lesson on emotions]] gets interrupted by Cookie Monster, who proceeds to eat the visual aid Kermit showing had prepared to demonstrate what "happy" looks like. Kermit then decides to demonstrate what "mad" is to himself, and flips out and unleashes an ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech upon Cookie Monster. Since this makes Cookie Monster cry, Kermit then decides to use him as an example of what "sad" looks like. After forgiving Cookie demonstrates "sad".]]Monster, Kermit mentions that he doesn't need the "sad" visual aid anymore... so Cookie Monster happily scarfs it down.
--> '''Kermit:''' I think I'm going to have to talk about being mad again... '''''LISTEN, YOU DUMB STUPID ROTTEN MONSTER!!! HOW DARE YOU'''''...

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