Changes: The Listening Game

Written by	Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl
Date	1972

Revision as of 15:18, 8 January 2019

"The Listening Game" is a Sesame Street skit in which Ernie blindfolds Bert, and has him guess what certain sounds are. First Bert guesses a ticking alarm clock, and the sound it makes when Ernie winds it. Then Bert guesses a vacuum cleaner, and a ping-pong ball. When Bert guesses that Ernie is opening the cookie jar and eating a cookie, Cookie Monster comes into the apartment (from somewhere outside), eats everything that Bert had just named, runs out the door, rides away on his motorcycle, and crashes into a truckload of chickens. Ernie can't believe that Bert was able to guess all of that, until Bert admits that Cookie Monster ate his blindfold too.

Audio releases

Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert (1972)
Listening Game/Pat Pat Patty Pat (single, 1972)
Ernie's Hits (1974)
Listening Game/Pat Pat Patty Pat (single, 1976)

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-{{song|writer=[[Jim Henson]] and [[Jerry Juhl]]|composer=|lyricist=|date=[[1972]]|source=|publisher=}}
+{{song|image=The Listening Game.png|writer=[[Jim Henson]] and [[Jerry Juhl]]|composer=|lyricist=|date=[[1972]]|source=|publisher=}}
-[[Ernie]], [[Bert]], and [[Cookie Monster]] play "'''The Listening Game'''" on several ''[[Sesame Street]]'' records from the early 1970s.
+"'''The Listening Game'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' skit in which [[Ernie]] blindfolds [[Bert]], and has him guess what certain sounds are.  First Bert guesses a ticking alarm clock, and the sound it makes when Ernie winds it.  Then Bert guesses a vacuum cleaner, and a ping-pong ball.  When Bert guesses that Ernie is opening the cookie jar and eating a cookie, [[Cookie Monster]] comes into the apartment (from somewhere outside), eats everything that Bert had just named, runs out the door, rides away on his motorcycle, and crashes into a truckload of chickens.  Ernie can't believe that Bert was able to guess all of that, until Bert admits that Cookie Monster ate his blindfold too.
-==Audio Releases==
-*''[[Sesame_Street_Singles#listenpat|1972 single]]
-*''[[Havin' Fun with Ernie and Bert]]'' (1972)
-*''[[Ernie's Hits]]'' (1974)
+==Audio releases==
+* ''[[Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert]]'' (1972)
+* [[Sesame Street singles#listenpat|Listening Game/Pat Pat Patty Pat]] (single, 1972)
+* ''[[Ernie's Hits]]'' (1974)
+* [[Sesame Street singles#listeninggamepatpat|Listening Game/Pat Pat Patty Pat]] (single, 1976)
+__NOWYSIWYG__
-[[Category:Sesame Street Songs|Listening Song]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Listening Game, The}}
+[[Category:Audio Sketches]]