Next to Grover, who is my favourite Sesame Street monster bar none, I have a huge amount of affection for Ernie (especially) and Bert, the two diametrically-opposite housemates who have long amused and delighted with their Abbott and Costello-ish antics.
Now Ernie is starring in a delightful musical number, which riffs beautifully on a running gag where Ernie wakes an exasperated Bert up in the middle of the night, where he recounts an animal-filled dream he had.
Monkeys playing in his bed, an elephant in his sock drawer, and a crocodile under his where the monkeys were having fun? What’s not to like?
Bert naturally wouldn’t be happy about turning their bedroom into a zoo or farm but hey it was all a dream so what are the odds of that right?
Now let me just go and grab some socks …