Open Sesame/I Wish I Had A Friend to Play with Me (from Sesame Street)

Cast

 * Big Bird's Yellow Book as Bert
 * Grover's Orange Book as Ernie

Lyrics
Big Bird's Yellow Book: Grover's Orange Book. Grover's Orange Book.

Grover's Orange Book: Big Bird's Yellow Book, Big Bird's Yellow Book, I don't want to play with your bottle cap collection. Right.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Okay, fine. Okay, how about playing with my paperclip collection with me, huh?

Grover's Orange Book: Uh, Big Bird's Yellow Book, the only thing worse than playing with your bottle cap collection is playing with your paperclip collection.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: But, Grover's Orange Book, I just want to play with you. I'll tell you what, you like imagination, don't you?

Grover's Orange Book: Sure.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Okay, how about playing an imagination game with me?

Grover's Orange Book: What? What do we imagine, Big Bird's Yellow Book?

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Well, how about we imagine that we're both steaming bowls of hot wonderful oatmeal. Huh? Huh?

Grover's Orange Book: Uh, Big Bird's Yellow Book, I refuse to be a steaming hot bowl of oatmeal.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Oh, Grover's Orange Book, it's--it's no fair, Grover's Orange Book. Grover's Orange Book, you know, everything that I like to do you don't. I can't find a single thing to do that I like and that you like.

Grover's Orange Book: Oh, I--I'm sorry, Big Bird's Yellow Book, but Rubber Duckie and I are going to play something else.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: (sighing) I got this pain that I just can't deal with How I wish I had somebody To go and eat oatmeal with Oh gee, I really need a friend to play with me

I'd give him friendship and affection I'd even let him come and see my paper clip collection Oh gee, I sure could use a friend to play with me

In line he'd gladly stand To watch a marching band Or buy some saddle shoes (laugh) He'd worship argyle socks Collect them by the box He'd help me chase these blues My style would please him More than a smidgeon He'd say, "It's really nifty, Big Bird's Yellow Book The way you dance the pigeon!"

Oh gee, I gotta find a friend to play with me Won't somebody hear my plea? Wanna end this misery I wish I had a friend to play with me Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhhh!!!!

Grover's Orange Book: Hi, Big Bird's Yellow Book!

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Grover's Orange Book?

Grover's Orange Book: Yeah.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: What are you doing here?

Grover's Orange Book: Well, Rubber Duckie and I were playing Hide and Seek with you, Big Bird's Yellow Book.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: But you said you didn't want to play with me.

Grover's Orange Book: Oh, we didn't want to play with your bottle cap collection or your paperclip collection. But we both like to play Hide and Seek, Big Bird's Yellow Book. And it's your turn to hide, okay?

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Really?

Grover's Orange Book: Here we go. I'll count.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Really?

Grover's Orange Book: 1...

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Oh, boy! (laughing)

Grover's Orange Book: ...2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Ready or not, here I come.