Ernie and Bert Sketches: Sesamstrasse

In 2003 Sesamstrasse, the German co-production of Sesame Street, was given the permission to use Ernie and Bert in locally produced segments. Kevin Clash trained Martin Paas (Ernie) and Carsten Haffke (Bert) for the parts. Most of the sketches that have been made are small outdoor sketches lasting 10-20 seconds. During 2006 these sketches were used after the credits of each episode. In 2007 they were moved to the front of the episodes as a cold opening.