ERNIE: [HUMMING]
SALESMAN: Hey, bud.
ERNIE: Hey, who?
SALESMAN: You.
ERNIE: Hey, me?
SALESMAN: Yeah.
Come here.
ERNIE: What?
SALESMAN: Come here.
ERNIE: What?
SALESMAN: Now, you look like
an intelligent young man.
ERNIE: I do?
SALESMAN: Yeah.
ERNIE: Oh, yeah.
I do.
Sure.
[LAUGHS]
SALESMAN: You look like
someone who would be
interested in a bargain.
ERNIE: A bargain?
SALESMAN: Yeah.
ERNIE: Why, sure.
Why not?
Are you a salesman?
SALESMAN: Right.
ERNIE: Oh.
What do you sell?
SALESMAN: Eights.
ERNIE: Eights, like
the number eight.
SALESMAN: Sh!
ERNIE: Like the number eight.
SALESMAN: Right.
ERNIE: That's kind of a weird
thing to be selling.
SALESMAN: Listen, you take
this eight, here, see.
It's very useful.
You buy it, you hang
it on the wall.
ERNIE: On the wall.
Why--
Why should I buy an eight
and hang it on the wall?
SALESMAN: Next time you wonder
how many legs an octopus has--
ERNIE: Yeah?
SALESMAN: --you look
at the eight.
ERNIE: Octopus has eight legs!
SALESMAN: Sh!
ERNIE: The octopus
has eight legs.
SALESMAN: Right.
Right.
Or when you forget how many
reindeer Santy Claus has--
ERNIE: Yeah?
SALESMAN: --dig the eight.
ERNIE: Eight reindeer!
SALESMAN: Sh!
ERNIE: Eight reindeer.
SALESMAN: Right
ERNIE: Right.
SALESMAN: Or when you can't
remember what time you eat
breakfast in the morning--
You ready?
ERNIE: Yeah.
Ah!
I eat breakfast at eight!
SALESMAN: Sh!
ERNIE: I eat breakfast
at eight.
SALESMAN: Right.
Now, you want to buy an eight?
ERNIE: No.
I can't.
I don't have any money.
See, see, just of couple minutes
ago, I met this guy
selling nines, you see.
So I bought his whole
selection.
So I was wondering, could I
interest you in buying a nine?
Because you could put it on the
wall, you see, and see how
many players there are on a
baseball team, you know.
You could also find out what day
of the month the ninth of
August comes on.
How about that?
SALESMAN: Oh, why me?
ERNIE: Hey listen, how about
I'll trade you all my nines
for your eights?
How about that?
I'll even throw in
a four or two.
Huh?
I'll throw in a two and a
four, and two threes.
Huh?
