Changes: Playtime with Ernie

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Playtime with Ernie is a Play with Me Sesame DVD, featuring a collection of skits focusing on Ernie. The DVD was released only in region 4 and other territories.

Sketches

Image	Segment	Description
	Ernie Says	Ernie and Rubber Duckie play "Duckie Says."
	Muppets	Baby Bear plans on eating his bowl of porridge and sees Goldilocks is not around. Ernie wanders by and assures Baby Bear we won't eat his porridge. Baby Bear calms down until he sees who Ernie has brought with him - Goldie-Duckie. (First: Episode 3867)
	Muppets	When Bert's Not Here (First: Episode 2208)
	Computer	Ernie plays Ducks in the Row: Feathered Ducks. John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch
	Muppets	Telly joins Ernie's pretend tea party, for which he invited the Friendly Giant, Cinderella and Super Adventure Boy. (First: Episode 3886)
	Play with Me	The cast say "play with me" while the viewers say "sesame" with their bodies. John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie plays doctor and makes Bert be the patient for his check-up. He checks Bert's heart, mouth and more. At the end, Bert wonders how he is feeling, but Ernie can't tell him that until he's a real doctor, twenty-three years from now. Bert faints after Ernie's answer and Ernie wonders if there's a doctor in the house. (First: Episode 0937)
	Ernie Says	Plant a silly surprise garden. John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch
	Muppets	Do De Rubber Duck (First: Episode 2304)
	Play With Me	After saying "Play With Me" and having the viewer reply "Sesame", Ernie notes they took turns.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie conducts an experiment. He wants to see if Bert can sleep while Ernie sits at his drums and doesn't play them. Fortunately for him, Bert can't get to sleep that night, so Ernie drums away. (First: Episode 3487)
	Move and Groove	Today, Grover is going to dance to "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree", making the same noises as the ones in the song.
	Muppets	Against Bert's will, Ernie plays a game with him in which he says a word which is the opposite of every word Bert emphasizes. When Bert finally agrees to PLAY, Ernie becomes stumped, since he can't figure out of the opposite of the word PLAY. (First: Episode 2675)
	Muppets	Ernie has Grover assist him in demonstrating opposites in song, but Grover suffers more than Ernie does. (First: Episode 3780)
	Ernie Says	Ernie holds a book.
	Muppets	Rubber Duckie (remake) (First: Episode 3842)
	Play with Me	The cast ask the viewers to say "Sesame" when they say "Play with Me" slowly, then Bert suggest they do it faster.
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: At night, Ernie gets too hot and opens the window. He and Bert start hearing noises from outside, which Ernie identifies. But, since neither of them can sleep with the noise, Ernie shuts the window...until he gets hot again. (First: Episode 3475)
	Computer	Ernie plays Ducks in a Row: Muddy Ducks. John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch
	Muppets	Elmo and Ernie sing Share (First: Episode 3825)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: In order not to disturb Bert while reading, Ernie wears headphones to listen to the radio. Now Bert can't hear anything... except Ernie singing along very loudly. (First: Episode 3193)
	Move and Groove	Grover moves and grooves as Ernie and Elmo sing Sing After Me. John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch

Cast

Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn
Eric Jacobson as Bert and Grover
David Rudman as Baby Bear and Kermit the Frog (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
John Tartaglia as Ernie (some framing scenes)
Steve Whitmire as Ernie
Pam Arciero as assistant Count puppeteer in "Do De Rubber Duck"
Lisa Buckley
Jim Martin
Carmen Osbahr
Matt Vogel

Uncredited (Archive footage)

Jim Henson as Ernie, Kermit the Frog and Guy Smiley
Frank Oz as Grover and Bert
Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster and Dinger
Caroll Spinney as Oscar the Grouch
Jerry Nelson as Count von Count and Biff
Richard Hunt as Gladys the Cow
Kevin Clash as Hoots the Owl, Elmo and Bert (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
Jim Kroupa as assistant Ernie puppeteer in "Do De Rubber Duck"
Noel MacNeal as Oscar (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
Camille Bonora as Biff (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
Michael Elizabeth Huston as Guy Smiley (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
Ed Christie as assistant Ernie puppeteer in "Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree"
Cheryl Blaylock as Sky Blue Honker
Brian Muehl as Purple Honker
Kathryn Mullen as Green Honker

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-| [[Image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[Image:PWMS Ernie Says Rubber Duckie.jpg |250px|center]]
-| align=center | Ernie says
+| align=center | Ernie Says
 | [[Ernie]] and [[Rubber Duckie (duck)|Rubber Duckie]] play "Duckie Says."
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 |-
-| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[Image:Ducksinarow Feathers.jpg |250px|center]]
-| align=center | computer
+| align=center | Computer
-| Ernie plays Ducks in the Row: Feathered Ducks.
+| Ernie plays Ducks in the Row: Feathered Ducks.<br/>''John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch''
 |-
 | [[Image:Teaparty2.jpg|250px|center]]
 | align=center | Muppets
-| [[Telly]] joins Ernie's pretend tea party, for which he invited the Friendly Giant, [[Cinderella]] and Super Adventure Boy. {{first|3886}}
+| [[Telly Monster|Telly]] joins Ernie's pretend tea party, for which he invited the Friendly Giant, [[Cinderella]] and Super Adventure Boy. {{first|3886}}
 |-
-| [[image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[image:PWMS Whenwesay PWM Bodies.PNG|250px|center]]
-| align=center | play with me
+| align=center | Play with Me
-| The cast say "play with me" while the viewers say "sesame" with their bodies.
+| The cast say "play with me" while the viewers say "sesame" with their bodies.<br/>''John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch''
 |-
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 |-
-| [[image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[image:Ernie Says Garden.jpg |250px|center]]
-| align=center | Ernie says
+| align=center | Ernie Says
-| Plant a silly surprise garden.
+| Plant a silly surprise garden.<br/>''John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch''
 |-
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-| [[Image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[Image:PWMS WhenwesayPWM Takingturns.jpg |250px|center]]
 | align=center | Play With Me
 | After saying "Play With Me" and having the viewer reply "Sesame", Ernie notes they took turns.
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-| [[Image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[Image:PWMS M&G Honkerduckiedinger.jpg|250px|center]]
 | align=center | Move and Groove
 | Today, Grover is going to dance to "[[The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree]]", making the same noises as the ones in the song.
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-| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[Image:Ernie Says Book.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | Ernie says
+| align=center | Ernie Says
 | Ernie holds a book.
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-| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[Image:Whenwesay PWM Fasternogrid.jpg|250px|center]]
-| align=center | play with me
+| align=center | Play with Me
-| The cast ask the viewers to say "Sesame" when they say "Play with Me" slowly, then faster.
+| The cast ask the viewers to say "Sesame" when they say "Play with Me" slowly, then Bert suggest they do it faster.
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-| [[Image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[Image:Ducksinarow Muddy.jpg |250px|center]]
 | algin=center | Computer
-| Ernie plays Ducks in a row: Muddy Ducks.
+| Ernie plays Ducks in a Row: Muddy Ducks.<br/>''John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch''
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-| [[Image:noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| [[Image:3983o.jpg|250px|center]]
+[[Image:M G Singafterme.jpg|250px|center]]
 | align=center | Move and Groove
-| Grover moves and grooves as Ernie and Elmo sing [[Sing After Me]].
+| Grover moves and grooves as Ernie and Elmo sing [[Sing After Me]].<br/>''John Tartaglia performs Ernie for this sketch''
 |}
 ===Cast===
-* [[Steve Whitmire]] as [[Ernie]]
-* [[Eric Jacobson]] as [[Bert]] and [[Grover]]
 * [[Fran Brill]] as [[Prairie Dawn]]
-* [[John Tartaglia]] as [[Ernie]]
+* [[Eric Jacobson]] as [[Bert]] and [[Grover]]
-* [[Jim Henson]] as [[Ernie]], [[Kermit the Frog]] and [[Guy Smiley]]
+* [[David Rudman]] as [[Baby Bear]] and Kermit the Frog (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
-* [[David Rudman]] as [[Baby Bear]]
+* [[John Tartaglia]] as [[Ernie]] (some framing scenes)
-* [[Martin P. Robinson]] as [[Telly Monster]]
+* [[Steve Whitmire]] as [[Ernie]]
+* [[Pam Arciero]] as assistant Count puppeteer in "Do De Rubber Duck"
+* [[Lisa Buckley]]
+* [[Jim Martin]]
+* [[Carmen Osbahr]]
+* [[Matt Vogel]]
+''Uncredited (Archive footage)''
+* [[Jim Henson]] as [[Ernie]], [[Kermit the Frog]] and [[Guy Smiley]]
 * [[Frank Oz]] as [[Grover]] and [[Bert]]
+* [[Martin P. Robinson]] as [[Telly Monster]] and [[Dinger]]
 * [[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Oscar the Grouch]]
 * [[Jerry Nelson]] as [[Count von Count]] and [[Biff]]
 * [[Richard Hunt]] as [[Gladys the Cow]]
+* [[Kevin Clash]] as [[Hoots the Owl]], [[Elmo]] and Bert (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
-* [[Cheryl Blaylock]]
+* [[Jim Kroupa]] as assistant Ernie puppeteer in "Do De Rubber Duck"
-* [[Ed Christie]]
+* [[Noel MacNeal]] as Oscar (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
-* [[Brian Muehl]]
+* [[Camille Bonora]] as Biff (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
-* [[Kathryn Mullen]]
+* [[Michael Elizabeth Huston]] as Guy Smiley (puppetry in "Do De Rubber Duck")
-and
+* [[Ed Christie]] as assistant Ernie puppeteer in "Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree"
-* [[Kevin Clash]] as [[Hoots the Owl]] and [[Elmo]]
+* [[Cheryl Blaylock]] as Sky Blue [[Honkers|Honker]]
+* [[Brian Muehl]] as Purple Honker
+* [[Kathryn Mullen]] as Green Honker
+== Video Releases ==
+<gallery>
+PWMS Ernie Australia VHS.jpg|{{GNH|Australia (VHS)}}2005<br/>ABC Video for Kids
+PwmsR4-ernie.jpg|{{GNH|Australia (DVD)}}2005<br/>ABC Video for Kids
+PWMS Ernie Hong Kong VCD.jpg|{{GNH|Hong Kong (VCD)}}2008<br/>Intercontinental Video
+Playwithmesesameplaytimewitherniehongkongdvd.jpg|{{GNH|Hong Kong (DVD)}}2008<br/>Intercontinental Video
+Playwithmesesamelearnandplaycollection3dvdset.jpg|{{GNH|DVD}}Hong Kong, 2010<br>Intercontinental Video<br>IVL 628160<br>Part of the ''Play with Me Sesame: Learn and Play Collection'' DVD boxset, along with ''[[Let's Play Games]]'' and ''[[Imagine with Me (video)|Imagine with Me]]''
+PWMS Ernie Turkey VCD.jpg|{{GNH|Turkey (VCD)}}2008<br/>Saga
+PWMS Ernie Turkey DVD.jpg|{{GNH|Turkey (DVD)}}2008<br/>Saga
+PWMS Ernie HVN VCD.jpg|{{GNH|Singapore and Malaysia (VCD)}}2008<br/>Berjaya HVN
+PWMS Ernie HVN DVD.jpg|{{GNH|Singapore and Malaysia (DVD)}}2009<br/>Berjaya HVN
+Playwithernieinarabicfrontdvdcover.jpg|{{GNH|Ozonz (DVD)}}2012<br/> Arabic language track
+</gallery>
 __NOWYSIWYG__
 [[Category:Play With Me Sesame Video]]
+[[Category:Sesame Street Video]]