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'''Journey to Ernie''' is a recurring ''[[Sesame Street]]'' segment which focuses on [[Big Bird]]'s hide-and-seek game with [[Ernie]]. It premiered in [[Season 33 (2002)|Season 33]] and features the Muppet characters interacting with computer-animated backdrops.
 
'''Journey to Ernie''' is a recurring ''[[Sesame Street]]'' segment which focuses on [[Big Bird]]'s hide-and-seek game with [[Ernie]]. It premiered in [[Season 33 (2002)|Season 33]] and features the Muppet characters interacting with computer-animated backdrops.
   
 
The format for the segment would change after its first season on the show. In the original format, Ernie hid inside a box with a striped pattern similar to that of his shirt. Big Bird had to locate Ernie's box, a task he usually accomplished after finding two other, similar boxes which did not contain Ernie. Big Bird's discovery of an incorrect box triggered a non-Ernie sketch or film while the revelation of the correct box launched a segment prominently featuring [[Ernie]].
 
The format for the segment would change after its first season on the show. In the original format, Ernie hid inside a box with a striped pattern similar to that of his shirt. Big Bird had to locate Ernie's box, a task he usually accomplished after finding two other, similar boxes which did not contain Ernie. Big Bird's discovery of an incorrect box triggered a non-Ernie sketch or film while the revelation of the correct box launched a segment prominently featuring [[Ernie]].
   
In [[Season 34 (2003)|season 34]], the format was changed. Now the segments begin with Ernie interrupting Big Bird's normal routine with a challenge to play the game. The animated environments in the new format are more fully realized than in the previous incarnation of the segment and Ernie no longer hides in a box. Big Bird now searches based on clues from Ernie, and the [[Two-Headed Monster]] appears regularly to offer some none-too-helpful advice. The new format also saw the introduction of a closing song sung by Big Bird and Ernie.
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In [[Season 34 (2003)|season 34]], the format was changed. The segments began with Ernie interrupting Big Bird's normal routine with a challenge to play the game. The animated environments in the new format are more fully realized than in the previous incarnation of the segment and Ernie no longer hides in a box. Big Bird now searches based on clues from Ernie, and the [[Two-Headed Monster]] appears regularly to offer some not-so-helpful advice. The new format also featured a closing song sung by Big Bird and Ernie at the end of every segment.
   
"Journey to Ernie" started to appear less frequently in [[Season 36 (2005)|season 36]] and was dropped the following season. According to the book ''[[Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street]]'', {{quote|"It was very popular, especially among the younger children, [Dr.] Rosemarie [Truglio] says. "They loved th game of hide and seek." But however popular the segment was, writers and the producers felt it wasn't 'Sesame' enough, and wasn't a comfortable fit. The look and feel of the animation twas too similar to other shows on the television schedule and, while funny, it didn't mesh with the whole show.|}}<ref>''[[Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street]]'', page 167</ref>
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"Journey to Ernie" started to appear less frequently in [[Season 36 (2005)|season 36]] and was dropped the following season. According to the book ''[[Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street]]'', {{quote|"It was very popular, especially among the younger children, [Dr.] Rosemarie [Truglio] says. "They loved the game of hide and seek." But however popular the segment was, writers and the producers felt it wasn't 'Sesame' enough, and wasn't a comfortable fit. The look and feel of the animation was too similar to other shows on the television schedule and, while funny, it didn't mesh with the whole show.<ref>''[[Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street]]'', page 167</ref>|}}
   
 
[[Matt Vogel]] performs Big Bird in all of these Journey to Ernie segments.
 
[[Matt Vogel]] performs Big Bird in all of these Journey to Ernie segments.
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! Picture !! Location / First Appearance !! Description
 
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| [[Image:Jte.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jte.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3981]]
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| align=center | '''Park'''
 
<br>[[Episode 3981]]
| Introduction of Journey to Ernie.
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| Introduction of Journey to Ernie.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jtemartian.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jtemartian.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3981]]
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| align=center | '''Outer Space'''
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<br>[[Episode 3981]]
| Big Bird is on Mars, asking a [[Martians|Martian]] for help.
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| Big Bird is in Outer Space, asking a [[Martians|Martian]] for help.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jtepenguin.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jtepenguin.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3981]]
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| align=center | '''[[Antarctica]]'''
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<br>[[Episode 3981]]
 
| Big Bird follows a penguin pattern at a snowy location.
 
| Big Bird follows a penguin pattern at a snowy location.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jtedisco.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jtedisco.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3982]]
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| align=center | '''The Disco'''
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<br>[[Episode 3982]]
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie at a [[:Category:Disco|disco]].
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie at a [[:Category:Disco|disco]].
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jtemarket.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jtemarket.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3982]]
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| align=center | '''Supermarket'''
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<br>[[Episode 3982]]
 
| Big Bird searches at the supermarket.
 
| Big Bird searches at the supermarket.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jtecircus.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jtecircus.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3983]]
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| align=center | '''Circus'''
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<br>[[Episode 3983]]
 
| Big Bird walks the tight rope at a [[Circus|circus]].
 
| Big Bird walks the tight rope at a [[Circus|circus]].
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jtedino.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jtedino.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3984]]
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| align=center | '''Dinosaur Land'''
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<br>[[Episode 3984]]
 
| Big Bird asks a dinosaur for help.
 
| Big Bird asks a dinosaur for help.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jteeggs.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jteeggs.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3984]]
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| align=center | '''Chicken House'''
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<br>[[Episode 3984]]
 
| Big Bird talks to chickens.
 
| Big Bird talks to chickens.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jteclap.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jteclap.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3984]]
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| align=center | '''Vortex'''
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<br>[[Episode 3984]]
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie's box by repeating a clapping pattern.
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie's box by repeating a clapping pattern.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jtepigs.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jtepigs.jpg|250px|center]]
| align=center | [[Episode 3993]]
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| align=center | '''The Farm'''
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<br>[[Episode 3993]]
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie's box by singing [[Old MacDonald Had a Farm]] with [[The Three Little Pigs|the Three Little Pigs]].
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie's box by singing [[Old MacDonald Had a Farm]] with [[The Three Little Pigs|the Three Little Pigs]].
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| [[Image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Episode 3981]]
 
| Big Bird and Ernie close the segment.
 
 
|}
 
|}
   
==Segments ([[2003]]-[[2006]])==
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==Segments ([[2003]]-[[2005]])==
 
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!class="unsortable"| Picture !! Location !! Earliest Known Appearance !!class="unsortable"| Description
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! Picture !! Location / [[Muppet Wiki:Earliest Known Appearance|EKA]] !! Description
 
|-
 
 
| [[Image:Journeytoernie-music.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''Musical Instrument Land'''
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<br>[[Episode 4031]]
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie in a land that is filled with musical instruments, many of which play "[[Rubber Duckie (song)|Rubber Duckie]]."
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:JTE.RubberDuckie.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:JTE.Barnyard.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | '''Barnyard'''
| Rubber Duckie Land
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4066]]
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<br>[[Episode 4032]]
| Big Bird goes to a land filled with [[Rubber Duckie|Rubber Duckies]].
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| Big Bird looks for Ernie at a barnyard by asking questions to the animals there.
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{{sketchrelease|online={{SSvideo|01d83a6a-1d50-11dd-9f67-ef9c392005af}}}}
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:4072s.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:4072s.jpg|250px|center]]
| Jungle
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| align=center | '''Jungle'''
| align=center | [[Episode 4034]]
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<br>[[Episode 4033]]
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie in the jungle.
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie in the jungle.
 
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| [[Image:JteDinosaur.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:JTE-beach2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''Beach'''
| Dinosaur Age
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4095]]
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<br>[[Episode 4034]]
 
| Big Bird looks for Ernie at the beach.
| Big Bird goes to the land of dinosaurs.<br>{{sketchrelease|Video: ''[[Dinosaurs!]]''}}
 
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{{sketchrelease|online={{SSvideo|80309bab-bb29-4972-9a84-6937465dc063}}}}
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Beanstalk.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jte-shapes.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''Shape Land'''
| Beanstalk
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4059]]
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<br>[[Episode 4037]]
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| Big Bird hunts for Ernie in a land full of floating geometric shapes.
| Big Bird climbs a beanstalk.<br>{{sketchrelease|Video: ''[[A Magical Halloween Adventure]]''}}
 
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{{sketchrelease|online={{SSvideo|c05695f3-155b-11dd-a62f-919b98326687}}}}
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Erniesheep.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Erniesheep.jpg|250px|center]]
| Nursery Rhyme Land
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| align=center | '''Nursery Rhyme Land'''
| align=center | [[Episode 4057]]
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<br>[[The Street We Live On|Episode 4057]]
| Big Bird meets characters from [[:Category:Nursery Rhymes|nursery rhymes]].<br>{{sketchrelease|Video: ''[[The Street We Live On]]''}}
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| Big Bird meets characters from [[:Category:Nursery Rhymes|nursery rhymes]]. {{sketchrelease|video=''[[The Street We Live On]]''}}
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Journeytoernie-music.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:JTBB2.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | '''Journey to Big Bird'''
| Musical Intrument Land
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4031]]
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<br>[[Episode 4058]]
 
| Ernie and Big Bird switch places and Ernie looks for Big Bird at a circus. {{sketchrelease|video=''[[The Letter of the Month Club]]''}}
| Big Bird looks for Ernie in a land that is filled with musical instruments, many of which play "[[Rubber Duckie (song)|Rubber Duckie]]."
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:JTE-beach2.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Beanstalk.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''Beanstalk'''
| Beach
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4060]]
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<br>[[Episode 4059]]
 
| Big Bird climbs a beanstalk. {{sketchrelease|video=''[[A Magical Halloween Adventure]]''}}
| Big Bird looks for Ernie at the beach.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:JTBB2.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:OneTheseErnie.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | '''[[One of These Things]]'''
| Journey to Big Bird
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4058]]
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<br>[[Episode 4062]]
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| Big Bird looks for Ernie in a land full of animated boards for the classic song/game. Here, he learns that sometimes more than one answer is right. {{sketchrelease|video=''[[Furry Red Monster Parade]]''}}
| Ernie and Big Bird switch places and Ernie looks for Big Bird at a circus.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:JTE.Barnyard.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:JTE.playground.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''Park'''
| Barnyard
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4068]]
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<br>[[Episode 4064]]
| Big Bird looks for Ernie at a barnyard by asking questions to the animals there.
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| If Big Bird finds something with the words that he saw written in chalk on the pavement, he will find Ernie.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Journeytobert.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:JTE.RubberDuckie.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | '''Rubber Duckie Land'''
| Journey to Bert
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4108]]
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<br>[[Episode 4066]]
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| Big Bird goes to a land filled with [[Rubber Duckie|Rubber Duckies]].
| [[Bert]] replaces Ernie in the game, and Big Bird looks for Bert in a place where there is a lot of food.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Jte-shapes.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Folge2416-11.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | '''Chilly, Icy Snowyville'''
| Shape Land
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4048]]
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<br>[[Episode 4071]]
| Big Bird hunts for Ernie in a land full of floating geometric shapes.
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| Big Bird looks for Ernie in the snowy land.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:OneTheseErnie.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:JTE-dance2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''Dancing Land'''
| [[One of These Things]]
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4062]]
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<br>[[Episode 4079]]
| Big Bird looks for Ernie in a land full of animated boards for the classic song/game ('''He learns that sometimes more than one answer is right''').
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| Ernie hides in a land full of dancing creatures, plants, and other natural objects; even the sun dances in the sky there.
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{{sketchrelease|online={{SSvideo|d49a4481-155b-11dd-a62f-919b98326687}}}}
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Journeytoernie.bmuseum.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:JTE_Transportation.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | '''Transportation Land'''
| The Letter B Museum
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4096]]
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<br>[[Episode 4093]]
 
| Ernie hides in a land full of transportation vehicles and other things to ride on.
| Ernie hides in a museum where all the exhibits have names beginning with [[B]]. '''([[Bob McGrath|Bob]] makes a cameo appearance in this one--not as an exhibit, but as a visitor on his way home.)'''
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:JTE-dance2.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:JteDinosaur.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | '''Dinosaur Age'''
| Dancing Land
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4079]]
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<br>[[Episode 4095]]
 
| Big Bird goes to the land of dinosaurs. {{sketchrelease|video=''[[Dinosaurs!]]''}}
| Ernie hides in a land full of dancing creatures, plants, and other natural objects; even the sun dances in the sky there.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:JTE.playground.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Journeytoernie.bmuseum.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | '''The Letter B Museum'''
| Park
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4064]]
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<br>[[Episode 4096]]
 
| Ernie hides in a museum where all the exhibits have names beginning with [[B]]. [[Bob McGrath|Bob]] makes a cameo appearance in this one--not as an exhibit, but as a visitor on his way home.
| If Big Bird finds something with the words that he saw written in chalk on the pavement, he will find Ernie.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Image:Folge2416-11.jpg|200px|center]]
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| [[Image:Journeytobert.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | '''Journey to Bert'''
| Chilly, Icy Snowyville
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4071]]
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<br>[[Episode 4108]]
| Big Bird looks for Ernie in the snowy land.
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| [[Bert]] replaces Ernie in the game, and Big Bird looks for Bert in a place where there is a lot of food.
|-
 
| [[Image:JTE_Transportation.jpg|200px|center]]
 
| Transportation Land
 
| align=center | [[Episode 4093]]
 
| Ernie hides in a land full of transportation vehicles and other things to ride on.
 
 
|}
 
|}
   
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[[Category:Sesame Street Recurring Sketches]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Recurring Sketches]]
 
[[Category:Ernie and Bert Sketches]]
 
[[Category:Ernie and Bert Sketches]]
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[[Category:Big Bird Sketches]]

Revision as of 00:19, 18 February 2016

JTE-title
Journey-beach-2hm

Journey to Ernie is a recurring Sesame Street segment which focuses on Big Bird's hide-and-seek game with Ernie. It premiered in Season 33 and features the Muppet characters interacting with computer-animated backdrops.

The format for the segment would change after its first season on the show. In the original format, Ernie hid inside a box with a striped pattern similar to that of his shirt. Big Bird had to locate Ernie's box, a task he usually accomplished after finding two other, similar boxes which did not contain Ernie. Big Bird's discovery of an incorrect box triggered a non-Ernie sketch or film while the revelation of the correct box launched a segment prominently featuring Ernie.

In season 34, the format was changed. The segments began with Ernie interrupting Big Bird's normal routine with a challenge to play the game. The animated environments in the new format are more fully realized than in the previous incarnation of the segment and Ernie no longer hides in a box. Big Bird now searches based on clues from Ernie, and the Two-Headed Monster appears regularly to offer some not-so-helpful advice. The new format also featured a closing song sung by Big Bird and Ernie at the end of every segment.

"Journey to Ernie" started to appear less frequently in season 36 and was dropped the following season. According to the book Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street,

"It was very popular, especially among the younger children, [Dr.] Rosemarie [Truglio] says. "They loved the game of hide and seek." But however popular the segment was, writers and the producers felt it wasn't 'Sesame' enough, and wasn't a comfortable fit. The look and feel of the animation was too similar to other shows on the television schedule and, while funny, it didn't mesh with the whole show.[1]

Matt Vogel performs Big Bird in all of these Journey to Ernie segments.

Sequences from the Original Format (2002)

All of these sequences were repeated in other Journey to Ernie sketches during season 33, in different sequence orders. With the exceptions of the introduction and closing, each sequence ended with Big Bird finding Ernie. These parts were edited from sketches that showed these sequences as the first and second sequences.

Picture Location / First Appearance Description
Jte
Park


Episode 3981

Introduction of Journey to Ernie.
Jtemartian
Outer Space


Episode 3981

Big Bird is in Outer Space, asking a Martian for help.
Jtepenguin
Antarctica


Episode 3981

Big Bird follows a penguin pattern at a snowy location.
Jtedisco
The Disco


Episode 3982

Big Bird looks for Ernie at a disco.
Jtemarket
Supermarket


Episode 3982

Big Bird searches at the supermarket.
Jtecircus
Circus


Episode 3983

Big Bird walks the tight rope at a circus.
Jtedino
Dinosaur Land


Episode 3984

Big Bird asks a dinosaur for help.
Jteeggs
Chicken House


Episode 3984

Big Bird talks to chickens.
Jteclap
Vortex


Episode 3984

Big Bird looks for Ernie's box by repeating a clapping pattern.
Jtepigs
The Farm


Episode 3993

Big Bird looks for Ernie's box by singing Old MacDonald Had a Farm with the Three Little Pigs.

Segments (2003-2005)

Picture Location / EKA Description
Journeytoernie-music
Musical Instrument Land


Episode 4031

Big Bird looks for Ernie in a land that is filled with musical instruments, many of which play "Rubber Duckie."
JTE.Barnyard
Barnyard


Episode 4032

Big Bird looks for Ernie at a barnyard by asking questions to the animals there.
4072s
Jungle


Episode 4033

Big Bird looks for Ernie in the jungle.
JTE-beach2
Beach


Episode 4034

Big Bird looks for Ernie at the beach.
Jte-shapes
Shape Land


Episode 4037

Big Bird hunts for Ernie in a land full of floating geometric shapes.
Erniesheep
Nursery Rhyme Land


Episode 4057

Big Bird meets characters from nursery rhymes.
JTBB2
Journey to Big Bird


Episode 4058

Ernie and Big Bird switch places and Ernie looks for Big Bird at a circus.
Beanstalk
Beanstalk


Episode 4059

Big Bird climbs a beanstalk.
OneTheseErnie
One of These Things


Episode 4062

Big Bird looks for Ernie in a land full of animated boards for the classic song/game. Here, he learns that sometimes more than one answer is right.
JTE.playground
Park


Episode 4064

If Big Bird finds something with the words that he saw written in chalk on the pavement, he will find Ernie.
JTE.RubberDuckie
Rubber Duckie Land


Episode 4066

Big Bird goes to a land filled with Rubber Duckies.
Folge2416-11
Chilly, Icy Snowyville


Episode 4071

Big Bird looks for Ernie in the snowy land.
JTE-dance2
Dancing Land


Episode 4079

Ernie hides in a land full of dancing creatures, plants, and other natural objects; even the sun dances in the sky there.
JTE Transportation
Transportation Land


Episode 4093

Ernie hides in a land full of transportation vehicles and other things to ride on.
JteDinosaur
Dinosaur Age


Episode 4095

Big Bird goes to the land of dinosaurs.
Journeytoernie.bmuseum
The Letter B Museum


Episode 4096

Ernie hides in a museum where all the exhibits have names beginning with B. Bob makes a cameo appearance in this one--not as an exhibit, but as a visitor on his way home.
Journeytobert
Journey to Bert


Episode 4108

Bert replaces Ernie in the game, and Big Bird looks for Bert in a place where there is a lot of food.

Sources

See also