How typical of Ernie to assume he needs to "save" Bert from boredom. And how typical of Bert to watch goldfish. I wonder if we ever see the goldfish in the apartment again...
I love the line "Talbot's on a diet". :) And the way Bert says "that's how they breathe" like it's some kind of big secret. You're right, the improvisation is great here.
I've noticed a recurring theme in a lot of these sketches; Bert is really interested in something, Ernie doesn't understand why it's interesting, and by the end Ernie is more interested and Bert is bored. It works the other way around, too, like in the jumping sketch.
I wonder if we ever see the goldfish in the apartment again...
As far as I know, this is the only sketch in which the goldfish appear, but there are a couple of other sketches in which either Bert or Ernie mention having guppies.
And the way Bert says "that's how they breathe" like it's some kind of big secret.
That is really funny. :) And I think Ernie's response, "They must really like to breathe, Bert," is really cute and full of childlike wonder.
I've noticed a recurring theme in a lot of these sketches; Bert is really interested in something, Ernie doesn't understand why it's interesting, and by the end Ernie is more interested and Bert is bored. It works the other way around, too, like in the jumping sketch.You're right, that is a recurring motif. I don't know if it goes one way more often than the other; maybe I'll do a tally at the end of the year. I think that that's really true to life, though, or at least it's something that seems to happen often between my younger brother and myself. I remember that I (kind of)
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Now that I think about it, my sister introduced me to Star Trek, and I became way more obsessed with it than she did. The same thing happened with Anne McCaffrey books. Must be common with older sisters introducing things to their younger siblings. :)
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I love the line "Talbot's on a diet". :) And the way Bert says "that's how they breathe" like it's some kind of big secret. You're right, the improvisation is great here.
I've noticed a recurring theme in a lot of these sketches; Bert is really interested in something, Ernie doesn't understand why it's interesting, and by the end Ernie is more interested and Bert is bored. It works the other way around, too, like in the jumping sketch.
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As far as I know, this is the only sketch in which the goldfish appear, but there are a couple of other sketches in which either Bert or Ernie mention having guppies.
And the way Bert says "that's how they breathe" like it's some kind of big secret.
That is really funny. :) And I think Ernie's response, "They must really like to breathe, Bert," is really cute and full of childlike wonder.
I've noticed a recurring theme in a lot of these sketches; Bert is really interested in something, Ernie doesn't understand why it's interesting, and by the end Ernie is more interested and Bert is bored. It works the other way around, too, like in the jumping sketch.You're right, that is a recurring motif. I don't know if it goes one way more often than the other; maybe I'll do a tally at the end of the year. I think that that's really true to life, though, or at least it's something that seems to happen often between my younger brother and myself. I remember that I (kind of) ( ... )
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