Talk:Ernie and Bert Sketches: Expeditions

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fishing

Ernie and Bert are fishing on a boat. Ernie keeps catching fish while Bert doesn't. Ernie keeps trying to let Bert catch some fish with no luck. This was one of Steve Whitmire's first performances as Ernie.

Is this the same as what Tony described on Danny's talk page as such:

Ernie keeps catching fish, and Bert doesn't, so Ernie tries moving to a different place on the boat, then not using bait, then just quitting. When Bert finally catches something, it is only a note that reads: "What happened to your friend?"

They sound really similar, but I seem to recall yet another fishing sketch that didn't end with the note. —Scott (talk) 22:28, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe those are the same skit (I think I was the one who wrote the description here, and didn't mention how it ends). There was another fishing skit, from the 1980s, where Ernie caught fish by yelling "Here fishy, fishy, fishy!" I think that one is included in one of the Ernie and Bert sketch guides, but in that one he was performed by Jim Henson, not Steve Whitmire. --Minor muppetz 23:12, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, the "here fishy" is probably the more famous one. But I thought there was a third. I'll have to keep an eye out for it. Thanks for the clarification. —Scott (talk) 23:19, 2 May 2007 (UTC)