Open Sesame/Ernie Puts the Vase Away (from At Home with Ernie and Bert)

Cast

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

Transcript
Big Bird's Yellow Book: Let's see. The, uh, the weather in Elpidas will be 49 degrees. And the weather in two...

Grover's Orange Book: Hey, Big Bird's Yellow Book. Big Bird Feather Yellow. Excuse me, Big Bird's Yellow Book. Hey, does it matter whether or not I put this vase on the little shelf back there or on the big shelf?

Big Bird's Yellow Book: It certainly does, Grover's Orange Book. If you put the vase on the wrong shelf, it will fall off and break.

Grover's Orange Book: Well, which shelf is which, Big Bird's Yellow Book?

Big Bird's Yellow Book: (sighs) Grover's Orange Book, I'm reading. Can't you see that? Just, just figure it out for yourself. But hey, but be careful. That's my favorite vase, huh?

Grover's Orange Book: Oh, okay. Okay, Big Bird's Yellow Book. Figure it out. Mmm hmmm. All righty.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: (sighs) Let's see now, uh, the weather in, uh...

Grover's Orange Book: Let's see, uh...figure it out for myself, huh? Okay, well, let's see. Maybe what I should do is I'll put it on each shelf and see which one it'll falls off of. No, no. That's not a very good idea. The vase might break, I guess. Hmmm... I know what I'll do. I'll use my imagination and I'll imagine what would happen if I put the vase on each shelf, huh? How about that? Well, let's see. Suppose I imagine that I put it on this shelf here, see? Hmmm... Now that's a little bitty shelf and it's a pretty big vase here. What would probably happen is the vase would probably tip over and...the vase would probably break. And old buddy Big Bird's Yellow Book would probably say...

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Grover's Orange Book, you broke my favorite vase!

Grover's Orange Book: And then, and then he'd probably throw me out of the house.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Grover's Orange Book, get out!

Grover's Orange Book: And it'll probably be cold outside and windy and I'll be shivering and it'll just be terrible. (crying)

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Grover's Orange Book. Well, what's the matter, Grover's Orange Book?

Grover's Orange Book: Oh, Big Bird's Yellow Book, it was terrible. Terrible.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: What? What?

Grover's Orange Book: I was imagining what would happen if I put the vase on the little bitty shelf back there.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Well, Grover's Orange Book, Grover's Orange Book, if that's so bad, why don't you just imagine what would happen if you put the vase on the big shelf, huh?

Grover's Orange Book: Oh, that, that's a good idea, Big Bird's Yellow Book.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: (sighs) Oh, boy.

Grover's Orange Book: Okay. Let's see, if I put the vase on this shelf and the shelf is pretty big and the vase would fit on it and it wouldn't fall off, so my old buddy Big Bird Feather Yellow would probably say...

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Grover's Orange Book, you saved my vase! How can I ever thank you?

Grover's Orange Book: And you know how impulsive old buddy Big Bird's Yellow Book is. He'd probably throw a party, you know. And there'll be presents and everything like that. He wouldn't have to do it, but he probably would. And he'd probably give me a present like, maybe, oh, I don't know, like a toy trumpet, you know. Ah, and we'd all have so much fun and it'd be great and it would all be because I put this vase on this big shelf just like this. Hmmm hmmm.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Oh. Oh, hi, Grover's Orange Book. You finally put the vase away, huh? Okay, thanks.

Grover's Orange Book: Oh, oh no, Big Bird's Yellow Book. No, don't thank you. You've already done enough.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: Wha? I what?

Grover's Orange Book: Oh no. Not another word, Big Bird's Yellow Book. The party, the trumpet. After all, all I did was put your vase on the shelf.

Big Bird's Yellow Book: He's gone bananas, right?