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Songs performed by Ernie and/or Bert.
| Picture | Summary | Earliest Known Appearance | Description |
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"Everybody Wash" | Ernie leads the cast in Everybody Wash. | |
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"If I Knew You Were Coming" | Ernie whips up a cake for a very hungry Cookie Monster. | |
| "Rubber Duckie" | The original version of the song, as seen in one of the test pilots, had Ernie in a bathroom resembling his living room as he sang about his most prized possession, his Rubber Duckie. | ||
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"La, La, La" | Bert and Ernie sing about words that begin with L. Ernie focuses on pretty words like laughter and lollipops; Bert wants to sing about light bulbs and linoleum. | |
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"Dee, Dee, Dee" | In this song, Ernie sings about "D words" as Cookie Monster holds up items representing the words. | |
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"Doin' The Pigeon" | Bert, who demonstrates a dance inspired by his favorite animal. | |
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"The National Association of W Lovers" | Bert sings the anthem for The National Association of W Lovers. | |
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Imagination (Original Version) | Ernie has trouble sleeping because he is afraid that monsters might get him (not monsters like the ones he knows, but scary monsters who go "Wubba, wubba"). Bert gets Ernie to imagine things that he is not afraid of (Ernie is fond of balloons), and then they sing "Imagination." | |
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"Dance Myself to Sleep" | Ernie sings about how he sometimes has trouble falling asleep, but when he does, he does a special dance to get to sleep. The musical number progresses and soon he is accompanied by some dancing sheep. All the while Bert is complaining and telling Ernie to go back to bed. By the end of the song, the sheep have taken Bert and his bed outside, and Ernie is snuggled down in bed. | |
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"D-U-C-K-I-E" | Ernie spells out the word "duckie", associating each letter with a reason he loves Rubber Duckie. | |
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"That's What Friends Are For" | Ernie sings to Bert about friends not minding their friends doing things, while Bert just wants to sleep. | |
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"I Wish I Had a Friend to Play With Me" | Ernie and Rubber Duckie don't want to do the activity that Bert wants to do, so Bert sings a song about wanting to have a friend to play with him. After the song ends, Ernie tells Bert of a game that they can play together. | |
| "When Bert's Not Here" | Ernie is tossing and turning in bed. Ernie sings to the viewers how he feels when Bert isn't here. | ||
| "Put Down the Duckie" | Hoots the Owl teaches Ernie that in order to play the saxophone well, he has to put his Rubber Duckie down. | ||
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"Do De Rubber Duck" | Ernie is joined by several Muppets in the bathtub for a special reggae dance. | |
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"Bert's Blanket" | Ernie spends the night at The Count's castle (Didn't he learn anything from when the Count spent the night?) so Bert thinks that he finally gets to have a good night sleep, but a group of sheep come in and sing to Bert about where his blanket came from. | |
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"Have You Ever Looked at a Paper Clip?" | A song about the beauty of paper clips, sung by Bert. | |
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"I Love to Sing" | Ernie sings about the enjoyment of singing in his bathtub along with Olivia, Big Bird, and Oscar. | |
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"Imagine That" | Ernie sings about what he likes to imagine. | |
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"Rubber Duckie" | A remade version of "Rubber Duckie," in which Ernie is in a bathroom that consists of a blue background. The audio for this sketch is identical to the track on the first Sesame Street record. | |
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"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" | Ernie and Aaron Neville sit on a park bench and sing the song. (Note: Jim Henson's original recording is mixed with Aaron Neville's singing.) | |
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"Things That I Remember" | Ernie and Bert recall the things that they remember, over a montage of classic Ernie and Bert clips. | |
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"Loud and Soft" | A remake of the Farley and Bert duet from Bert's Blockbusters, as performed by Bert and Ernie. | |
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"Rubber Duckie" | A newly-filmed version of Ernie's famous song, with the original audio recording used. | |
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"The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree" | Ernie leads a jamboree joined by Honkers, his Rubber Duckie, and a Dinger. | |
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"Adding" | Bert is trying to read his book when Ernie starts singing a song about addition. As Ernie sings, he's joined by Cookie Monster and Grover, some cows, an elephant, and a Martian. At the end of the song, Ernie leaves Bert with a room full of singing monsters and animals. | |
| "But I Like You" | Ernie asks Bert to name some things that he likes, leading to a song where they talk about what they like, and they say that they like each other even though they don't like all of the same things. | ||
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"Imagination" | A remake of the earlier "Imagination" song with Ernie and Bert, with hardly any differences in the segments (the most significant differences being that Steve Whitmire performed Ernie, and Bert's pajamas are different). | |
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"Share" | A remake of the original with Elmo instead of Cookie Monster. | |
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"Sing After Me" | Elmo is Ernie's echo. | |
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"I Like Laughing When I'm Happy Best of All" | Baby Natasha gets scared when Ernie laughs, so Ernie teaches Natasha the various types of feelings, and says that, out of all of the different feelings, he likes laughing when he's happy most of all. | |
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"Pat Your Head and Rub Your Tummy" | In song, Ernie tries to get Bert to learn how to pat his head and rub his tummy. | |
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"Somebody Come and Play" | Alone in the park with no one to play with, Ernie sings "Somebody Come and Play." | |
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"Sleep" | Ernie and Bert sing about how important it is to sleep. | |
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"My Room" | Ernie sings about all the things he can do in his room - which is also Bert's room. | |
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"Rub Your Tummy" | Ernie invites Bert and the viewer to rub their tummy and pat their head, and sings "Rub Your Tummy." | |
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"The Ding-Along Song" | Ernie sings a "Ding-Along Song" with the Dingers, much to Bert's annoyance. (Frank Oz as Bert) | |
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"It's a Circle" | Ernie finds a circle, and Bert sings "It's a Circle." Ernie joins him naming different objects that remind him of the shape in question, and they sing the song together. | |
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"What's the Name of That Song?" | A remake of the song with Ernie and Bert. (Steve Whitmire and Frank Oz) | |
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"All I Need Is a Book to Read" | Ernie invites Bert to play ball, but Bert prefers to read instead. He sings "All I Need Is a Book to Read," and soon finds himself clustered around by Ernie and all the characters referenced in his song. | |
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"Plants Can Grow High" | Farmer Ernie sings about plants that can grow high while some grow low. | |
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"Sing Song Play Along Game" | Ernie, a Honker, Grover, Elmo and Bert dance to a "Sing Song Play Along Game" about doing things with your body. | |
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"Ernie's Toes" | Ernie sings about how amazing his toes are. Bert is inspired by his own toes, but Ernie has gone to sleep. So he shares his new found fascination with Bernice on the windowsill. (Steve Whitmire and Frank Oz) | |
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"Breakfast is the Best Meal of the Day" | Ernie sings a song with a singing banana, toast with eggs and a bowl of oatmeal about how good breakfast can be. By the end, Bert is hungry and ready for breakfast, but Ernie informs him that it's still the middle of the night and not time to eat breakfast. (Steve Whitmire and Frank Oz) | |
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"Six" | Bert says that 6 is his favorite number. Even though Ernie says that nothing interesting comes in sixes, Bert likes to think about six sticks and six bricks. The song ends with Ernie declaring that his favorite number is 8,243,721. | |
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"Feeling Good/Feeling Bad" | Ernie and Bert sing a "do-do-do" song about how they feel. In the first rendition, Ernie feels good and Bert feels bad, but in the second rendition it's the other way around. Then in the third rendition, they ask the kids at home how they feel. | |
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"One and One Make Two" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie and Bert sing about the number two. |
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"Breakfast Time" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie and Cookie Monster sing about their favorite things to have for breakfast. Ernie likes to have orange juice and cereal, while Cookie Monster likes a soft boiled cookie, with a glass of cookie juice on the side. |
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"Do You Like Me?" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie asks Bert, in song, if he likes him. |
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"Do What I Do" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie sings with Sammy the Snake about using actions to show when you're feeling happy, glad, and sad. |
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"Quiet Time Song" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie sings about his quiet place where he likes to be alone. He is joined by a squirrel, bird, cat, and Gladys the Cow. |
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"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie sings about places that he'd like to visit, such as the moon and the sea. |
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"Up and Down Opera" | Ernie and Placido Flamingo demonstrate up and down in an opera. | |
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"One Fine Face" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie and Elmo sing about various parts of a face. |
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"Best Friend Blues" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie and Mr. Snuffleupagus, backed by Hoots the Owl on saxophone, sing about not being able to be with their respective best friends. By the end of the song, they agree on the solution of hanging out with each other. |
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"Don't Throw That Trash on the Ground" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie and some Anything Muppets sing a song in the park about hanging onto your trash if you can't find a trash receptacle. |
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"I Gotta Be Clean" | Template:Sketchcite | Bert gets his chance to sing a song in the bathtub. |
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"Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons" | Template:Sketchcite | Bert and friends promote cleaning the parks for the pigeons. |
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"Stick Out Your Hand and Say Hello" | Template:Sketchcite | Bert and Rick Moranis teach people on an airplane to introduce themselves. |
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"Opposites" | Template:Sketchcite | Ernie and Grover sing a duet about opposites; Grover is always the victim. |
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"Naptime" | Template:Sketchcite | Bert and Ernie sing a song about naptime. (While the audio is originally from the What Time Is It on Sesame Street? album, the song was made into an insert for the show in 1997 [cite], and appeared in the home video Quiet Time.) |
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"One of These Things" | Template:Sketchcite | Cookie Monster, dressed as a chef, shows Ernie four types of food and asks him which one doesn't belong. When Ernie guesses the cookie, he is in for a surprise: everything else turns out to have a cookie hidden inside. |
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"Little Plant" | Ernie sings about taking care of his plant, and how it says "thank you," to him. |
Sources
- ↑ The Street We Live On Timeline sequence
