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Re: Sesame Street King Ernie (was: Re: Castle returns for 2000!)
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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 21:42:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy Sproat writes:
Todd Lehman wrote:
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?

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.  :-,

Yup me too.... Ah, the good old days of Sesame Street, with skits they can't
show anymore... Does anyone else remember the pineapples?

He's with the pineapples, he's happy. :)

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/



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  Re: Sesame Street King Ernie (was: Re: Castle returns for 2000!)
 
(...) Arg. You can't be serious. Really?!? Arg. Those old skits were the best. Oh, well. I figured the show (and anything Muppet) would go all to hell after Jim Henson died. Frank Oz is a good director, and makes a nearly sexy piggie, but he really (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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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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