Ernie and Bert: Bert Explains the Number 4

Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment
First Appearance	Episode 0006
Broadcast	November 17, 1969
Additional Appearances

Bert has a number 4 in his hand, and asks Ernie what it is. Ernie doesn't know and guesses that it's a chocolate cream pie. Bert decides to cut to a film about the number 4 so that Ernie can get a clue.

When the clip is over, Ernie makes another guess: a banana cream pie. "If this 4 is a banana cream pie, then what is this?" asks Bert, while he pulls out a banana cream pie. "That's a 4!" Ernie grins, and Bert pushes the pie in Ernie's face. "I knew what it was all along," Ernie remarks to the camera, "but who wants to get hit in the face with a 4?"

Notes

• This two-part segment was originally written and performed for Sesame Street Test Show 2 before being redone for the series proper. In the original, a letter W was used in place of the number 4.

Releases

Books

• The Sesame Street Storybook

Video

• Cuenta con Nosotros (part 2 only, dubbed in Spanish)