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Subject: 
Sesame Street King Ernie (was: Re: Castle returns for 2000!)
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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 21:24:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> writes:
Mr L F Braun wrote:

LFB, your local historian of Britain.

Ah ha!  A keeper of the Royal Anecdotes.....

For some reason this reminds me of an old Sesame Street skit where Ernie was
a caveman king (or maybe he was a medieval king, I forget).  Anyway, they
were doing something and they got stuck/confused and didn't know how to
continue.  Ernie proclaimed, "Call in the Royal Smart Person!", and in came
the Royal Smart Person.

Anyone else remember that one?

--Todd



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  Re: Sesame Street King Ernie (was: Re: Castle returns for 2000!)
 
(...) Yah -- they were cavemen, and they couldn't figure out how to leave the cave. The large wooden door leading out is large and quite conspicuous right behind them... As I recall, it wasn't very flattering towards royalty. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) Ah ha! A keeper of the Royal Anecdotes..... LFB, I too love British history. Maybe since I was born less than a mile from Schloss Rosenau near Coburg Germany - the birthplace of "dear Albert", Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, and the the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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