(screeching)
- Hey Bert, old buddy Bert,
come here, Bert, quick.
Quick, Bert, quick, quick.
- What is it?
quick, Bert, quick, quick, quick.
I was feeding my beautiful
pigeons over there.
- Yes, Bert, but look what I found.
- Oh, Ernie, that is beautiful.
- Of course it is, but do
you know what it is, Bert?
- Ernie, of course I know what it is.
- Yeah?
- It's a circle, a perfect circle.
- Well.
♪ It's a circle ♪
- Yeah.
♪ It's round ♪
- Right.
♪ It's so perfect and round ♪
- True.
♪ This thing that you found ♪
- Yeah.
♪ Down on the ground ♪
- Right.
♪ It's a circle ♪
♪ My friend ♪
♪ Just a ring without end ♪
- But, Bert.
♪ It's a circle, it's round ♪
♪ It won't make a sound ♪
♪ Up and down, in around ♪
♪ Right side up, hey, upside down ♪
- [Ernie] Yeah.
♪ It's a circle, a circle, a circle ♪
♪ Yeah, and round ♪
- Yeah, well you're right about
that, Bert, it is a circle.
But it's ever so much more, Bert.
- Well, Ernie, what do
you mean, more than that?
It's a circle, Ernie, it's
perfect just as it is.
- Yes but use your imagination, Bert.
Now, now look at the circle.
What else do you see that
reminds you of a circle?
- Huh?
- See what I mean.
♪ It's the sun in the sky ♪
♪ It's a big pizza pie ♪
♪ It's a full harvest moon
or a bright red balloon ♪
♪ A button on a coat,
a porthole on a boat ♪
♪ It's a wire spoke
wheel on an automobile ♪
♪ It's a pancake with berries ♪
♪ A bowl of bing cherries ♪
♪ A dime or a nickel, a
slice of dill pickle ♪
♪ A bullseye, a snowball,
a basketball hoop ♪
♪ A dish with some ice
cream, can I have a scoop ♪
♪ A fried egg, a muffin,
a clock on the wall ♪
♪ A bubble, a marble,
a thumbtack, a ball ♪
♪ A peach pie, a tire,
a knob on the door ♪
♪ It's a circle I know,
but it's so much more ♪
- I know that all those
different things remind you
of a circle, Ernie, but I like
this circle just like it is.
- Yeah?
- A perfect circle.
- Oh yeah.
♪ It's the sun in the sky ♪
♪ It's a circle ♪
♪ It's a big pizza pie ♪
♪ It's round ♪
♪ It's a full harvest moon ♪
♪ It's so perfect ♪
♪ Or a bright red balloon ♪
♪ And round ♪
♪ A button on a coat ♪
♪ This thing ♪
♪ A portal on a boat ♪
♪ That you found ♪
♪ It's a wire spoke wheel ♪
♪ Down on ♪
♪ On an automobile ♪
♪ The ground ♪
♪ It's a pancake with berries ♪
♪ It's a circle ♪
♪ A bowl of bing cherries ♪
♪ My friend ♪
♪ A dime or a nickel ♪
♪ Just a ring ♪
♪ A slice of dill pickle ♪
♪ Without end ♪
♪ A bullseye, a snow ball ♪
♪ It's a circle ♪
♪ A basketball hoop ♪
♪ It's round ♪
♪ A dish with some ice cream ♪
♪ It dont ♪
♪ Can I have a scoop ♪
♪ Make a sound ♪
♪ A fried egg, a muffin ♪
♪ Up and down ♪
♪ A clock on the wall ♪
♪ And around ♪
♪ A bubble, a marble ♪
♪ Right-side up ♪
♪ A thumbtack, a ball ♪
♪ Upside-down ♪
♪ A peach pie, a tire ♪
♪ It's a circle ♪
♪ A knob on the door ♪
♪ A circle ♪
♪ It's a circle I know ♪
♪ A circle ♪
♪ But so much more ♪
♪ And round ♪
♪ It's a circle I know ♪
♪ Oh yeah, but it's so much more ♪
(laughing)
You know, Bert, I think you're right.
This circle is perfect just as it is.
- Yeah, but you know,
Ernie, you're right, too.
It's all those other things, too.
- Well, no, no, no, Bert,
I think you're right.
- No, no, no, you're right.
- No, Bert, really I insist,
you are the right one here.
- You are right, Ernie.
- You know something, Bert?
- What?
- I think you and I are going in circles.
(laughing)
- You're right about that.
- Oh no, you're right, Bert.
- [Bert] Okay, I'm right.
("Rubber Duckie")
♪ Rubber Duckie, you're the one ♪
♪ You make bathtime lots of fun ♪
♪ Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you ♪
♪ Vo vo vo de oh ♪
♪ Rubber Duckie, joy of joys ♪
♪ When I squeeze you, you make noise ♪
♪ Rubber Duckie, my very
best friend, it's true ♪
♪ Oh, every day when I ♪
♪ Make my way to the tubby ♪
♪ I find a little fellow who's ♪
♪ Cute and yellow and chubby ♪
♪ Rub-a-dub-dubby ♪
♪ Rubber Duckie, you're so fine ♪
♪ And I'm lucky that you're mine ♪
♪ Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you ♪
♪ Vo vo vo de oh ♪
♪ Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you ♪
(laughing)
Bert.
Hey, Bert.
Bert.
- Ernie, what is it?
I'm trying to sleep.
- Hey, Bert, did you ever think
about all the things you like?
- Well sure, Ernie, but not now, huh?
- Yeah but, just tell me
something you like, Bert.
- Well, Ernie, I'm trying to sleep.
- Oh come on, Bert, just one.
Just name one thing that you like, okay?
Name just one.
- All right, Ernie, I'll try.
♪ I like paperclips ♪
- Paperclips?
- Paperclips.
♪ I like bottle caps ♪
- Bottle caps?
- Bottle caps.
♪ I love pigeons, yeah ♪
- Pigeons?
♪ Love pigeons, oh yes I do ♪
- Well, Bert, you know.
♪ I don't really like
any of those things ♪
♪ But I like you ♪
- Oh, Ernie.
♪ I like playing jokes ♪
- Playing jokes?
- Playing jokes.
♪ Love my rubber duck ♪
- Rubber duck.
- Rubber Duckie.
♪ I like bubblegum ♪
- Bubblegum?
- Bubblegum.
♪ Yes I do ♪
- Well now, Ernie.
♪ I'm not crazy about
any of those things ♪
♪ But I like you ♪
♪ I like to lie awake in bed
at night and talk to you ♪
- Yeah, I know.
♪ I like to say goodnight
and go to sleep ♪
♪ I like to go and see the
big hippopotamus in the zoo ♪
- (laughing) Hey, Ernie.
♪ You know what ♪
- What, Bert?
♪ I like that, too ♪
- Gee.
♪ I like jelly beans ♪
- Jelly beans?
- Jelly beans.
♪ I like lentil soup ♪
- Lentil soup.
- Yeah.
♪ I like a marching band ♪
♪ I like a music box ♪
♪ Yes I do ♪
♪ But though I don't
always like everything ♪
♪ That I like ♪
♪ Still, I like you ♪
♪ Though I'm not too crazy
about your Rubber Duckie ♪
♪ Though I don't love pigeons ♪
♪ Still, we're awfully lucky ♪
♪ 'Cause I like you ♪
(laughing)
When I'm out there on the open
bike path feeling the wind
in my eye brow, I feel so free.
♪ Sure, I've got two
little wheels on the side ♪
♪ But that's why my
bike is one sweet ride ♪
♪ They help keep me up ♪
♪ Help me stay in control ♪
♪ I won't give 'em up ♪
♪ That's just how I roll ♪
♪ That's how I roll ♪
♪ Oh yeah, that's how I roll ♪
♪ I've got to have each and every wheel ♪
♪ 'Cause that's how Bert
is keepin' it real ♪
♪ I've got training wheels ♪
♪ And I've got soul ♪
♪ I won't give 'em up ♪
♪ That's just how I roll ♪
♪ That's how I roll ♪
♪ Oh yeah, that's how I roll ♪
So, you see why I need
training wheels, Ernie.
(snoring)
(sighs)
Ernie, did you put the, Ernie,
did you put the lights on?
What are you doing?
- I'm just watching you sleep, Bert.
- You are watching me sleep?
- Mm hmm.
You know, sleep is really
amazing, isn't it, Bert?
- Well, Ernie, I wouldn't know.
- You know, it makes you feel so rested.
- Yeah well, Ernie, I am not going
to get any sleep if you keep watching me.
- Oh, I'm sorry, Bert.
Goodnight, Bert.
- Oh fine, goodnight, Ernie.
- [Ernie] Goodnight.
- [Bert] I hope you mean it.
- Wow.
Hmm, look at that.
Bert is sleeping.
And when he wakes up
tomorrow, he'll be ready
to play all because of sleep.
- Ah!
♪ Sleep, without it think
of how tired we'd be ♪
- Ernie.
♪ Sleep gives me plenty of energy ♪
- Oh.
♪ Nod and nap and snore and snoozin' ♪
♪ Every night it's what I'm choosin' ♪
♪ Sleep wakes me up
when it's time to play ♪
♪ Oh, sleep gets me ready to run all day ♪
♪ And sleep makes me feel so rested ♪
♪ Sleep makes me feel brand new ♪
♪ Sleep is what I'm gonna do ♪
♪ Sleep, it's what everyone
in the world must do ♪
- That's right, Bert.
♪ Sleep, every boy and girl ♪
♪ Every pigeon, too ♪
(laughing)
♪ Doves and dreamin', snooze and snorin' ♪
♪ There is simply no ignorin' ♪
♪ Sleep makes me feel so rested ♪
♪ Sleep makes me feel brand new ♪
♪ Sleep, gotta get some ♪
♪ Sleep, gotta go to ♪
♪ Sleep is what I'm gonna do ♪
(laughing)
You know, Ernie, you're right.
I never thought about
it before but sleep is
(snoring)
really amazing.
(sighs)
If I can get any.
I'm gonna get some hot chocolate.
Ernie, Ernie.
- Bert, I don't wanna play with
your bottle cap collection.
(squeaks)
Right.
- Okay, fine, okay, how about playing
with my paperclip collection
with me, huh, huh?
(squeaks)
- Bert, the only thing worse than playing
with your bottle cap collection is playing
with your paperclip collection.
- But, Ernie, I just wanna play with you.
I tell you what, you like
imagination, don't ya?
- Sure, mm hmm.
- Okay, how about playing
an imagination game with me?
(squeaks)
- What?
(squeaks)
What do we imagine, Bert?
- Well, how about we imagine
that we're both steaming bowls
of hot, wonderful oatmeal, huh, huh?
(squeaks)
- Huh?
Bert, I refuse to be a
steaming hot bowl of oatmeal.
- Oh, Ernie, it's no fair, Ernie.
Ernie.
- Yeah, Bert.
- Everything that I like to do, you don't.
I can't find a single thing to do
that I like and that you like.
- Well, I'm sorry, Bert, but Rubber Duckie
and I are gonna play something else.
(squeaks)
♪ I've got this pain that ♪
♪ I just can't deal with ♪
♪ How I wish I had somebody ♪
♪ To go and eat oatmeal with ♪
♪ Oh gee, I really need a
friend to play with me ♪
♪ I'd give him friendship and affection ♪
♪ I'd even let him come and
see my paperclip collection ♪
♪ Oh gee, I sure could use
a friend to play with me ♪
♪ In line he'd gladly stand ♪
♪ To hear a marching band ♪
♪ Or buy some saddle shoes ♪
(laughing)
♪ He'd worship argyle socks ♪
♪ Collect them by the box ♪
♪ He'd help me chase these blues ♪
♪ My style would please him ♪
♪ More than a smidgen ♪
♪ He'd say, it's really nifty, Bert ♪
♪ The way you dance the Pigeon ♪
♪ Oh gee, I gotta find a
friend to play with me ♪
♪ Won't somebody hear my plea ♪
♪ Wanna end this misery ♪
♪ I wish I had a friend to play with me ♪
(squeaks)
(screams)
(laughing)
- Hi, Bert.
- Ernie.
- Yeah.
- What are you doing here?
- Well, Rubber Duckie and I were playing
hide-and-seek with you, Bert.
- But you said you didn't
wanna play with me.
- Well, we didn't wanna play
with your bottle cap collection
or your paperclip
collection, but we both like
to play hide-and-seek, Bert.
- Well.
- And it's your turn to hide, okay?
- Really?
- Here we go, I'll count.
- Really?
- One, two--
- Oh boy. (laughing)
- Three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, 10.
Ready or not, here I come.
- Oh, these are beauties.
Oh, I love spending time alone
with my paperclip collection.
- Oh, there you are, Bert.
Hey, Bert, I need your help, Bert.
- What is it, Ernie?
- Well, I need for you to
sing the Rubber Duckie Song
to my Rubber Duckie.
(squeaks)
- Oh, Ernie, please, I'm busy.
- But, Bert, it's important, Bert.
- Ernie, what is so important?
What is so important about
singing to your duck?
- Well, I'll tell you, Bert--
- Is it more important than my paperclips?
- Well, Bert, I was just thinking--
- Do I ask you to sing to my paperclips?
- Bert, I was thinking.
I was thinking, what if I should
have to go away somewhere?
And what if I can't bring
Rubber Duckie with me,
and there's no one to
sing to Rubber Duckie?
- Where would you possibly go?
- Well gee, what if I suddenly
had to go around the world,
Bert, or something like that, Bert.
And Rubber Duckie would get so sad, Bert.
Rubber Duckie would get so sad, Bert.
- [Bert] All right.
- And then he'd need somebody
to sing to him, Bert.
Right, right, Bert?
See there, Bert, look, just
thinking about it, Bert,
just thinking about it
has made him so sad, Bert.
- Ernie.
- What if I had to go
around the world, Bert?
- Ernie.
- You could sing to him, Bert.
- Ernie.
- Huh?
- All right.
- You'll do it?
- You win.
- Great.
- Fine.
Okay?
- Okay.
Now, all you have to do is
just practice, Bert.
- What do I do?
- I think this would be
a great time to practice.
- All right, fine, let's
get it over with, okay?
I'll sing the Rubber Duckie Song,
but just one time, Ernie,
and then that is it.
I'm going back to my
paperclip collection, okay?
- Sure, Bert, now sing, Bert.
Bert, sing from the heart, Bert.
- All right, all right.
- Okay, sing it to Rubber Duckie.
(squeaks)
♪ Rubber Duckie you're the one ♪
♪ You make bathtime lots of fun ♪
♪ Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you ♪
- Vo vo vo de oh.
- Do I have to do that?
- Vo vo vo de oh.
♪ Vo vo vo de oh ♪
- Okay, Bert, Bert, that was
not bad for a first time, Bert.
But we need more feeling, Bert, Bert.
He's a very sensitive little duck.
♪ Rubber Duckie, joy of joys ♪
(squeaks)
♪ When I squeeze you, you make noise ♪
(squeaks)
♪ Rubber Duckie, you're my
very best friend, it's true ♪
- Okay, Bert, now really let 'er rip.
♪ Rubber Duckie, you're so fine ♪
- Oh yeah.
♪ And I'm glad that you are mine ♪
- Yes.
♪ Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you ♪
- Okay, Bert, now give us a big finish.
- Hey, stand back.
- Come on, Bert.
♪ Rubber Duckie, ♪
♪ You're so fine ♪
- Yeah.
♪ Yes sir, and I'm
lucky that you're mine ♪
- Oh yeah.
♪ Rubber Duckie, I'd
like a whole pond of ♪
♪ Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond ♪
- Bring it on, Bert.
♪ Of you ♪
(laughing)
- Oh, oh, Bert, Bert,
that was great, Bert.
Oh, oh, yes, Bert, Bert.
Bert, that was so great.
I think you touched his
little duckie heart, Bert.
- Oh yeah.
- Yeah.
- You know, Ernie,
I really enjoyed that, it was fun.
I feel like singing to
your Rubber Duckie again.
Okay, here we go.
♪ Rubber Duckie ♪
- Bert, Bert, wait a second, Bert.
We can't do that, Bert,
because Rubber Duckie
and I have to return
a book to the library.
- Well, leave Rubber Duckie
here, I'll sing to him.
- No, no, no, Bert--
♪ Rubber Duckie ♪
- Bert, Bert, I don't think so, Bert.
You see, I'm not really ready
to leave my Rubber
Duckie with anyone else.
See ya, Bert.
(squeaks)
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, come back.
I like singing to your duckie.
We established a relationship.
(sighs)
- Hi there.
Guess what?
I'm in my favorite place
in the whole world.
Do you know where that is?
My room, that's right.
I love my room.
And there's lots of neat stuff
I love to do in my room, too.
♪ In my room, I don't twiddle my thumbs ♪
♪ If I get bored, I just play my drums ♪
♪ Grab up the sticks and count to four ♪
♪ And I pound the drums
until I can't pound anymore ♪
♪ I go boom boom boom in my room ♪
♪ In my room, I go boom boom boom ♪
♪ Boom boom boom in my room ♪
♪ In my room, I go boom boom boom ♪
There's lots of other neat stuff
I like to do in my room, too.
♪ In my room with my rubber duck ♪
♪ We like to play with
the toy dump truck ♪
♪ Duckie sits behind the steering wheel ♪
♪ And we pretend that the
truck is really real ♪
♪ I go vroom vroom vroom in my room ♪
♪ In my room, we go vroom vroom vroom ♪
♪ Vroom vroom vroom in my room ♪
♪ In my room, we go vroom vroom vroom ♪
See ya later, Rubber Duckie.
♪ In my room with my hands in my pocket ♪
♪ I can pretend that I'm a rocket ♪
♪ Counting down four, three, two, one ♪
♪ Blasting off and having some fun ♪
♪ Going zoom zoom zoom in my room ♪
♪ In my room going zoom zoom zoom ♪
♪ Zoom zoom zoom in my room ♪
♪ In my room going zoom zoom zoom ♪
♪ Vroom vroom vroom in my room ♪
♪ In my room going vroom vroom vroom ♪
♪ Boom boom boom in my room ♪
♪ In my room going boom boom boom ♪
♪ Zoom vroom boom, zoom vroom boom ♪
♪ Zoom vroom boom in my room ♪
♪ Going zoom vroom boom, zoom vroom boom ♪
♪ Zoom vroom boom, yeah I love my room ♪
Isn't it great?
(laughing)
- Hey, it's my room, too, you know.
- Aw, of course it is, pal.
(laughing)
- Hey, you wanna see some
home movies I took, huh?
Okay, hey, Ernie, roll 'em.
- [Ernie] Okay, Bert.
- And now, good, okay.
Oh, these are gonna be
really exciting, okay.
I used Ernie's camera on these.
See, it's a pigeon.
Oh, I love pigeons more than anything else
in this world, besides oatmeal.
Oh now, watch how these pigeons move.
I took these pictures in Asbury Park.
Look at the neck, look at
him move, look at those feet.
Oh, and see, I feel these pigeons
are really unusually intelligent birds.
I threw those breadcrumbs down
and they knew just where to look for 'em.
Now watch this, this is exciting.
Oh, see that, huh?
Oh wow.
Now, there's some more.
They'll fly in a second, there they go.
Oh, look at the balance on these pigeons.
Look at the balance, well, kinda fell.
See the one with the feathers.
Right behind, oh you didn't see him.
That was Bernie, he's really
a character, I tell you.
But just looking at these
pigeons makes me feel terrific.
♪ Every time I feel alone ♪
♪ And slightly blue ♪
♪ That's when I begin to think ♪
♪ It's what I'd like to start to do ♪
♪ And though it may not
be the kind of thing ♪
♪ That's quite your cup of tea ♪
♪ I recommend you pay attention ♪
♪ To the little dance you're gonna see ♪
- I love pigeons and I love how they walk.
And I've created a
really cool dance called
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon ♪
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon ♪
♪ And dancing a little smidgen ♪
♪ Of the kind of ballet ♪
♪ Sweeps me away ♪
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon ♪
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon ♪
♪ People may smile ♪
♪ But I don't mind ♪
♪ They'll never understand ♪
♪ The kind of fun I find ♪
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon ♪
I love it.
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon ♪
It's me.
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon every day ♪
Oh boy, is that exciting?
Now, I'll show you how to
really do the dance good, okay.
Oh, this is gonna be way out.
Okay, feet, do your stuff.
Hip, huh?
Dig this.
Oh, I'm grooving now.
Too much.
♪ People may smile ♪
♪ But I don't mind ♪
♪ They'll never understand ♪
♪ The kind of fun I find ♪
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon ♪
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon ♪
♪ Doin' the (coos) pigeon every day ♪
(laughing)
- Hey, Bert.
- [Bert] What is it, Ernie?
- You know, Bert, I just remembered.
I didn't put away all my toys.
I left a big mess in the other room.
Do you think I should get up
and clean that stuff up now?
- [Bert] Ernie, it's
time to go to sleep now.
You can do that in the morning.
- It's pretty messy in there, Bert.
- [Bert] Well, Ernie,
you're just a little messy.
I've learned that.
I'm used to it.
Let's go to sleep.
- You know, Bert, you're a real friend.
I'm messy and you don't like it messy,
but because I'm your friend,
you don't mind too much if I'm messy.
- Well, not too much, Ernie.
Let's just go to sleep.
- But that's what a friend is, Bert.
I mean, not minding too much
because you like someone.
That's a friend, Bert, a pal.
Not minding, that's what friends are for.
♪ I am messy ♪
- Really messy.
♪ But you don't mind if I am messy ♪
♪ If I'm messy, you don't mind it ♪
♪ That's what friends are for ♪
♪ You like pigeons ♪
- [Bert] I love 'em.
♪ Well, I don't mind if you like pigeons ♪
♪ If you like 'em, I don't mind it ♪
♪ That's what friends are for ♪
♪ Friends help you put away your toys ♪
♪ Doo doot de doo ♪
- [Bert] Help?
I do it alone mostly, Ernie.
♪ Doo doot de doo ♪
♪ Friends don't mind if
you make a little noise ♪
- A little noise, like what?
- Like this, Bert.
(drumming)
You didn't mind that,
did you, Bert, old pal?
- Oh, not much.
Ernie, I'm tired, I'm really tired.
- You're tired, Bert.
Well, that's okay, old buddy.
You see, I don't mind if you're tired,
'cause you're my friend.
You can be tired if you want to.
♪ You are tired, really tired ♪
♪ Well, I don't mind if you are tired ♪
♪ If you're tired, I don't mind it ♪
♪ That's what friends are for ♪
- I'm gonna sleep anyway.
♪ Friends always lend a helping hand ♪
♪ Doo doot de doo, doo doot de doo ♪
♪ Friends are the kind of
friends that understand ♪
♪ And they don't mind it ♪
Right, Bert?
Bert?
He's sleeping.
Well, I don't mind if he's
sleeping because he's my friend,
'cause that's what friends are for.
Bert, it's okay if you're sleeping, Bert.
I don't mind, Bert, it's okay.
- What is okay?
♪ You are sleeping ♪
♪ Really sleeping ♪
♪ But I don't mind if you are sleeping ♪
- Sleeping?
♪ If you're sleeping, I don't mind it ♪
♪ That's what friends are for ♪
♪ That's what friends ♪
♪ scoo boop be doo ♪
♪ That's what friends ♪
♪ de de de de ♪
- I'm going to go sleep in the kitchen
♪ That's what friends ♪
♪ Skee de be dum ♪
♪ That's what friends ♪
♪ Scoo doo be doo ♪
♪ That's what friends are for ♪
Right, Bert?
Bert?
Hmm, I guess he's gone to
sleep in the kitchen again.
(yawns)
Well, if he wants to sleep in the kitchen,
that's okay with me
because he's my friend.
(snoring)
Hey there, everybody.
Can you do this?
Pat your head and rub your tummy?
Try it, pat on top and rub your
tummy in a circle like this.
(laughing)
- Ernie, what are you doing?
- Hmm? Oh, we're patting our heads
and rubbing our tummies, Bert.
- We?
We who?
- We, us. (laughing)
- Huh?
Oh, hi there. (laughing)
- Hey, Bert, try patting your head
and rubbing your tummy with us.
- Oh, I don't know,
Ernie, I'll look silly.
- Silly's fun, Bert.
- I'm not really good
at that kind of thing.
- Well, how do know if you don't even try?
- Gym wasn't my best subject.
How about a rousing game
of pinochle instead, huh?
- Oh, come on, Bert,
we'll help you, right?
Let's help my old buddy, Bert,
rub his tummy and pat his head, okay?
- There's music, too?
- Everything's better with music, Bert.
♪ Rub your tummy just like this ♪
♪ Rub it all day long ♪
♪ Rub your tummy, rub it hard ♪
♪ While we sing our song ♪
- Come on.
- I think I can do that.
♪ Rub, rub, rubba, rub ♪
♪ Rub, rub, rubba, rub ♪
♪ Rub, rub, rubba, rub, rub ♪
- A real job, huh?
♪ Rub, rubba, rub ♪
♪ Rub, rub, rubba, rub, rub ♪
♪ Play and sing along ♪
- Hey, Ernie, I think I've got it.
- He thinks he's got it. (laughing)
Now, try the pat part, Bert.
♪ Pat your head just like this ♪
♪ Pat it all day long ♪
♪ Pat your head but not too hard ♪
♪ And sing our silly song ♪
- I have a high forehead, you know.
♪ Pat, pat, patta, pat ♪
♪ Pat, pat, patta, pat ♪
♪ Pat, pat, patta, pat ♪
♪ Pat, pat, patta, pat ♪
- Yeah, this isn't so hard.
♪ Pat, pat, patta, pat, pat ♪
♪ Sing our silly song ♪
- Oh, this I could do all day.
- Okay then, let's put it all together.
♪ Rub your tummy ♪
- All together?
♪ Pat your head ♪
- At the same time?
♪ Play and sing along ♪
- [Bert] I don't know, Ernie.
♪ As we sing our very, very ♪
♪ Merry, silly song ♪
How you doin' there, Bert?
- Ernie, I'm trying to concentrate.
- Gee, Bert, I think
you're rubbing your head
and patting your tummy.
- Wait, wait, look at that, I'm doing it.
I got rhythm, I got control.
I got hand-eye coordination.
- Good for you, Bert.
And how are you doing?
Are you patting your head
and rubbing your tummy, too?
♪ Rub, rub, rubba, rub ♪
♪ Pat, pat, patta, pat ♪
♪ Rub, rub, rubba, rub ♪
- Yeah, we're groovin' now.
♪ Pat, pat, patta, pat ♪
♪ Rub, rub, patta, pat, pat ♪
♪ Come and play along. ♪
♪ Pat, pat, patta, pat, pat ♪
♪ Rub, rubba, rub, rub ♪
♪ Pat, patta, pat, pat ♪
♪ Rub, rubba, rub, rub ♪
- I have to go meet Rubber
Duckie at the bathtub now.
Bye, everybody.
♪ Come on and play along, yeah ♪
Hey, Ernie, try this one.
Ernie?
Huh.
Hey, catch this.
Pat your head, rub your tummy,
hop on one foot, and recite
Mary Had A Little Pigeon.
Mary had a little pigeon
who soared up in the sky.
And everywhere that Mary went,
the pigeon was sure to fly.
If my gym teacher could see me now.
(laughing)
♪ Sometimes I have trouble ♪
♪ Falling asleep ♪
♪ But it's not so bad ♪
- Not again.
♪ I don't worry and I don't weep ♪
♪ In fact, I'm glad ♪
♪ Because I get up off my pillow ♪
♪ And I flip on the light ♪
♪ I get down and get hip ♪
- Ernie,
turn the light back off.
♪ In the still of the night ♪
♪ I stretch and I yawn ♪
♪ And then I breathe real deep ♪
- Ernie.
♪ And dance myself to sleep ♪
- Oh, why me?
♪ I hoof around my beddie ♪
♪ Just a-tappin' my toes ♪
♪ Before I know what's happenin' ♪
♪ I'm ready to doze ♪
♪ Got some partners I can count on ♪
♪ Called the Boogie Woogie Sheep ♪
- What?
♪ I dance myself to sleep ♪
- I don't believe this.
♪ I gently rock-a-bye
myself across the floor ♪
- Ernie.
♪ I turn and then I toss
and then I start to snore ♪
♪ My trusty little bugle
helps me spread the news ♪
♪ That I'm tappin' to Taps ♪
♪ And I'm a-rarin' to snooze ♪
- Oh, not the bugle.
(bugle music)
Ernie, those sheep are tap dancing.
Oh, why me?
- Oh, that's nothing, Bert.
Wait till you see Rubber
Duckie play the bugle.
Watch this Rubber Duckie.
He's the boogie-woogie bugle
boy from Sesame Street.
(bugle music)
- Ernie, Ernie.
Your sheep, your sheep.
♪ Well, I'm gettin' kinda drowsy ♪
- Call them off please, hey.
♪ So the moment has come ♪
♪ To grab my Rubber duckie ♪
- Oh, not outside, please.
♪ While the sheep take my chum ♪
♪ Time to shuffle off ♪
- Not outside, sheep.
♪ To dreamland ♪
- Ernie!
♪ Got a date to keep ♪
- [Bert] Ernie!
♪ We'll dance ourselves
to sleep, oh yeah ♪
♪ We'll dance ourselves to sleep ♪
♪ Wearin' our jammies ♪
♪ We'll dance ourselves to sleep ♪
♪ And thank you, lambies ♪
♪ We'll dance ourselves to sleep ♪
(sighs)
- Hello, Bert.
- Oh hi, Ernie.
- Hey, Bert, what are you doing?
- Just thinking.
- Oh.
What are you thinking about, Bert?
- Oh, my favorite number.
- Oh really?
- Yeah.
- Gee, oh that sounds boring, Bert.
- Oh, not my number.
- Oh, oh, I guess not.
- No.
- No, certainly not,
not your number, Bert.
Bert.
- Huh?
- What's your favorite number?
- I thought you'd never ask.
♪ Six ♪
- Six?
♪ My favorite number is six ♪
- Bert, nobody's favorite number is six.
♪ Sometimes I spend the whole afternoon ♪
♪ Sitting around and
singing a tune about six ♪
- Six, hmm.
♪ Sometimes I think of six bricks. ♪
- Bert, that's very boring.
♪ Or else I think of six sticks ♪
- Well, that's even more boring.
♪ Not five bricks or sticks, but six ♪
♪ Now two is your eyes
and one's your nose ♪
♪ And five is your fingers or your toes ♪
♪ And four is the legs on an easy chair ♪
♪ Yet there's no number
can compare with six ♪
- How about nine or three?
♪ Nothing more lovely than six ♪
- I don't know, Bert.
♪ When someone says, hey,
Bert, pick a number ♪
♪ Well I always pick
the one nobody picks ♪
♪ My favorite number is six ♪
- You know, I hate to
break this to you, Bert,
but six isn't anybody's favorite number.
- It's my favorite number, Ernie.
- I mean, six just sort of sits there
between five and seven.
You know, you have five
fingers on your hand,
and there are seven days in a week,
but there's not really six of anything.
- I know, Ernie, I know.
♪ Now two is your eyes
and one's your nose ♪
♪ And five is your fingers or your toes ♪
♪ And four is the legs on an easy chair ♪
♪ Yet there's no number
can compare with six ♪
- All right, Bert.
♪ Nothing more lovely than six ♪
- Have it your way.
♪ When someone says, hey,
Bert, pick a number ♪
♪ Well I always pick
the one nobody picks ♪
♪ My favorite number is six ♪
Hey, Ernie, what are you doing?
Can I sit in my chair, huh?
- Not right now, Bert, I'm thinking, Bert.
- About what?
- I'm thinking about my
favorite number, Bert.
- Oh really, what is it, what is it?
- 8,243,721, Bert.
- I still like six.
They were the best of pigeons,
they were the worst of pigeons.
- Hi there, Bert.
Hi, Bert.
- No.
- Hmm?
- Whatever it is, no.
I am trying to read by myself,
all me, myself alone, okay, Ernie, please.
- Right, Bert.
You know, Bert, there's
something real interesting
that I've been thinking about, Bert.
- Please do not disturb me,
Ernie, I'm trying to read.
- I've been thinking about adding numbers,
you know, addition.
- Zydeco?
- Let me tell you about it.
♪ Oh, the number one is
not my favorite number ♪
- Why zydeco?
♪ 'Cause one means only
me and there's no you ♪
♪ Poke poke poke ♪
- Oh, oh, don't bug me.
♪ But just add one more, you'll see ♪
♪ That makes two, that's you and me. ♪
♪ Adding makes things fun ♪
♪ When one and one are two ♪
- You're out of your mind.
♪ Adding, adding, adding ♪
♪ Such a nifty thing to do ♪
♪ It's such fun to add ♪
♪ When one and one make two ♪
- Ernie, this is not normal,
you singing like this, you understand?
- Yeah, but you know something, Bert.
The number two is not my
favorite number, Bert.
- It's not.
- Nope.
- Oh, pissah.
♪ Oh the number two is
not my favorite number ♪
- Okay fine, you made your point.
Can I read now, please?
♪ Though two is fine, I'd
love to add some more ♪
- Sure.
♪ So let's add another two ♪
♪ That's the perfect thing to do ♪
♪ Adding makes things fun ♪
♪ When two and two are four ♪
- Grover and Cookie.
♪ Adding, adding, adding ♪
♪ It's a thing that I adore ♪
♪ It's such fun to add ♪
♪ When two and two make four ♪
- I don't believe this, Ernie.
Ernie, all I'm tryin' to do
is read quiet in my chair.
- Yeah, but you know something, Bert.
Four is not my favorite
number either, Bert.
♪ The number four is
not my favorite number ♪
♪ Come on, let's add some more ♪
♪ I just can't wait ♪
♪ 'Cause right now we have four ♪
♪ I say, why not add four more ♪
- What?
♪ Adding makes things fun ♪
♪ When four and four are eight ♪
- Four cows?
♪ Adding, adding, adding ♪
♪ Boy oh boy, is adding great ♪
- Watch my chair.
♪ It's so fun to add ♪
♪ When four and four make eight ♪
- Ernie, I don't believe this.
Ernie.
- Come on in.
- Ah!
♪ Now four and four are eight ♪
♪ And that's really kind of great ♪
♪ Eight and one is nine ♪
♪ And that's one more friend of mine ♪
♪ Now if we add one more ♪
♪ You know what happens then ♪
♪ Nine and one makes 10 of us ♪
♪ And so let's sing again ♪
Come on.
♪ Yep, yep, yep ♪
♪ Adding, adding, adding ♪
♪ Boy oh boy, is adding fun ♪
♪ But now our little adding song is done ♪
♪ Yep, yep, yep, yep ♪
♪ 'Cause now our little
adding song is done ♪
♪ Yep, yep, yep ♪
♪ We've added up to 10 ♪
♪ Our song is done ♪
Well, that was great, huh?
Yeah.
See how great adding is, Bert.
- Yeah.
Yeah, adding's really great, Ernie.
- Oh yeah, it's great.
- Yeah, yeah.
All I wanted to do was read by myself
in peace and quiet and now
there are 10 of us here.
You know that one day I think
that you should try subtraction.
Try subtraction.
- Try subtraction?
- Try subtraction, yes.
- Okay, Bert, okay, okay.
Bert, Bert, Bert, Bert, Bert.
I'll be happy to try subtraction.
I'm gonna go play in the
park, so I'll subtract me.
Let's see, 10 minus one,
that leaves nine. (laughing)
- What, what, what?
Wait, wait, Ernie, wait.
Ernie!
- You know, Bert, nine's
a great number. (laughing)
- Stop and get away.
Get away.
What? No.
Stop it, no, no.
- Hey, old buddy, Bert.
What do you say we go outside
and play some ball, old
buddy, old pal, huh?
- Not now, Ernie, I'm reading my book.
- But, Bert, I don't think you understand.
I am talking about going
outside to play ball, Bert.
- I don't think you understand, Ernie.
I am talking about not now.
Maybe later, huh?
- Gee, gee, Bert, you'd
rather read some book
than play ball.
- It's not just some book, Ernie.
It's a really good book.
And I wanna finish it.
- Well, Bert, what could
there possibly be in a book
that's as good as playin' ball?
- Well, Ernie, let me put it this way.
♪ There's a tiger in my book ♪
♪ And a lion in my book ♪
♪ There's a sneaky alligator ♪
♪ I can spy on in my book ♪
♪ Sometimes all I need ♪
♪ Is a book to read ♪
- Wow.
♪ And there are pirates in my book ♪
♪ On an ocean in my book ♪
♪ There's a sorcerer with secret
magic potions in my book ♪
♪ And to learn where the story will lead ♪
♪ I just read on a quiet day ♪
♪ I could go outside and play ♪
♪ But there's adventure in my book ♪
♪ So exciting in my book ♪
♪ Turn the pages, see the pictures ♪
♪ Read the writing in my book ♪
♪ Yes, sometimes all I
need is a book to read ♪
- Aw.
- And that's why I wanna read
my book right now, Ernie.
Ernie?
I'll play ball with you later, okay?
- Ball? Who said anything
about playin' ball?
Bert, scoot over pal.
- Ernie, what are you doing?
- Well, Bert, that book sounds so good,
I wanna read it with you.
- Aye, we wants to read it, too, matey.
- Who are you?
- Yeah, can we start from the beginning?
- Yeah, where's the part about the tiger?
- I'd like to see the illustrations.
- Turn the page.
- Well, it is your book, Bert.
(laughing)
(playful orchestral music)
