00:00Ernie, do you hear me?
00:02We need to pretend.
00:03We're going to ask each other questions about something
00:06that happened on Sesame Street, OK?
00:09Yes, yes, yes.
00:10Now, you can either give a pretend answer or a true answer, OK?
00:16Ernie!
00:17Huh?
00:18Oh, oh, sorry, Bert.
00:20No, I was just pretending I couldn't hear you
00:23because you were invisible.
00:27Can I pretend this game is over?
00:29Who said that?
00:34Just to clarify, Elmo can't read.
00:37So is this, the green one is true, and the red one is pretend,
00:41right, Grover?
00:41Yes.
00:42OK, good, thank you.
00:42Very good, Elmo.
00:43That is the truth.
00:44You are on your way to literacy.
00:45Yeah.
00:46Where's literacy?
00:47What?
00:47Is that in New Jersey?
00:49No, no, no, no, no, no, never mind.
00:51Well, let's play the game.
00:55Elmo.
00:56Grover, you have had lots of play dates with lots of friends.
00:59On Sesame Street, who has been your favorite?
01:02Oh, that's very difficult, Grover.
01:04Um, hmm.
01:06Well, you know, Miley Cyrus came to Sesame Street,
01:08and we sang some wonderful songs with her.
01:10So Elmo's going to say Miley Cyrus.
01:12She was really cool.
01:13She was true.
01:16Well, actually, it's pretend.
01:19What?
01:19Because, you know, Elmo's favorite friends to have play time with on Sesame Street are you two.
01:26Oh, um, no shade to Miley.
01:30Elmo loves Miley very, very much.
01:33Yes, yes, we all do.
01:34True that.
01:34That's true.
01:35Okay, old buddy Bert.
01:37Yes, Ernie.
01:37What is something that you have done with Oscar on a rainy day?
01:42Oh.
01:43Oscar on a rainy day, huh?
01:45A rainy day.
01:45Um, well, there was one time it was really raining, and Oscar invited me to play badminton
01:50with him.
01:51Hmm.
01:51Yeah, he ended up beating me 11 to 1.
01:54He's got a really mean backhand.
01:56Well, I'm going to say that is, uh, pretend.
02:00I wish.
02:01It was true, Ernie.
02:03I still have water in my ears.
02:06Ugh.
02:07Ugh.
02:08Can't get it out.
02:09Ernie.
02:10Yes?
02:11What is the best meal you've had with Cookie Monster?
02:14Yeah.
02:15Oh.
02:15Oh.
02:16This is so easy.
02:18Um, just the other day we had tea, and we have, um, celery, and grass.
02:26Grape's and quiche.
02:29Oh.
02:30Well, but, but let's, let's, let's pretend.
02:32Pretend!
02:32Wait, what?
02:33How did you know?
02:34Well, you can't have a, a meal with Cookie Monster without cookies.
02:37Yes, you've got to have cookies.
02:40You're right.
02:41I was pretending.
02:43But wouldn't that be hilarious?
02:45Yes.
02:46Elmo.
02:47Yes?
02:47What is the time that Zoe made you laugh really hard?
02:52Well, you know, one time Zoe had Rocco tell Elmo a joke.
02:57It was really funny.
03:00True.
03:01But, what?
03:02True?
03:03Yeah.
03:03Yeah, yeah.
03:04You and Rocco are such good friends.
03:07What?
03:07Oh, it has to be true.
03:08Yeah.
03:08No, no, no, no, Rocco's just a rock.
03:10It's pretend.
03:12Elmo is just pretending.
03:13I don't know.
03:14Are you sure?
03:14You have to admit, you do talk a lot about Rocco.
03:19All the time.
03:20I know, quite a bit.
03:22Next question.
03:23Okay, Ernie.
03:24Mm-hmm.
03:24Tell me about a time that Count Von Count helped you count something.
03:29Oh.
03:30Okay, okay.
03:31Well, one time the Count came over to our apartment and I was, I was pet-sitting twelve ducks.
03:37And, and the ducks were running around all over the place there.
03:40And the Count and I would count the ducks.
03:42And then, and then the ducks would run all around all over the place and we'd count them
03:46again.
03:47Oh, it was so much fun.
03:49All those ducks running all around.
03:51Yep.
03:52That's a true story, all right.
03:54I know.
03:54Because they are still in our apartment.
03:57Mm-hmm.
03:59Have you ever tried brushing your teeth in a bathroom filled with twelve ducks in the
04:02top?
04:02It's impossible.
04:04Huh.
04:05I wonder if there's still twelve of them.
04:07Eh, call the Count and we're gonna count them again.
04:09Woo!
04:09This is great!
04:10Mm-hmm.
04:12Okay, Abby.
04:13Oh!
04:13Tell a story about a moment of teamwork that you are proud of.
04:20Oh.
04:21Okay.
04:22Oh.
04:22Oh.
04:22Okay.
04:23There was this one time I was helping my fairy grandmother in the garden and there was
04:28this really, really big beanstalk.
04:31I mean, it was huge.
04:33We couldn't get rid of it no matter what.
04:35We tried so many spells.
04:38None of them worked.
04:39Oh.
04:39Finally, we had to ask a giant to help us chop it down.
04:44I mean, it took all day but we did end up doing it all together.
04:49Uh.
04:50Hmm.
04:51Huh.
04:52Well, we have no idea if that's pretend or true.
04:55It's very hard playing an imagination game with a fairy.
05:01Well, it's true.
05:03Hey!
05:03Thanks again, Stew the Giant!
05:06Whoa!
05:07Whoa!
05:07Hello!
05:08When did you get here?
05:09Yeah, he's watching.
05:11Grover, what is your favorite song to sing with big bird?
05:15That is easy.
05:16We love singing who let the birds out?
05:19Tweet!
05:20Tweet!
05:21Tweet!
05:21Ahahaha!
05:23Yes.
05:24Pretend.
05:25Yeah, Elmo doesn't think that's a real song.
05:27What?
05:27We sing it all the time.
05:29It's on the Birdify top 10.
05:31Birdify?
05:32Okay, Annie.
05:35Annie!
05:37It's Bert!
05:39How did you come up with the Rubber Ducky song?
05:42Oh, well, I didn't come up with the Rubber Ducky song, Bert.
05:45Rubber Ducky did.
05:47Well, he's a very musical ducky.
05:50Pretend.
05:51Well, no, no, it's true, Bert.
05:53Every note and every lyric.
05:55Ernie, it's a rubber duck.
05:56A musical rubber duck.
05:59How can I even win this game when I'm playing with him?
06:03Oh, oh, true.
06:08Okay, Grover, what is your favorite job to do?
06:13Oh, well, I love to be a waiter, but I think I love being a busboy even more.
06:20Wait, why's that?
06:22Oh, because I get to refill the ketchup bottles.
06:25Um, pretend.
06:28Oh, you got me.
06:31I actually love to refill the mustard bottles.
06:34The question was about a job, Grover.
06:37Never mind.
06:38Ernie, what are you doing?
06:39I'm just twiddling my fingers, Bert.
06:41Yes, I can see that.
06:42Twiddle, twiddle, twiddle.
06:42Will you play the game, though?
06:44Oh, yeah, of course, Bert.
06:44Sure, I'm ready.
06:45Okay, what is your favorite memory of us being roommates, Ernie?
06:51Oh.
06:52Oh, gee, you know, there's so many, Bert.
06:54It's tough to choose just one, but I would say most of them center around you sitting in
06:59your chair, you know, quietly reading a book, and I'm sitting in my chair with Rubber Ducky
07:04quietly looking out the window.
07:06Pretend!
07:07Pretend that has never happened.
07:09You have never been quiet, Ernie.
07:11Oh, very good, Bert.
07:13That's right.
07:14It was pretend.
07:17You're good at this game.
07:19Ernie.
07:20Yeah?
07:20What's one of the biggest life lessons you've learned, and how did you come to learn it?
07:25Oh.
07:26Um, you know, I learned to just be yourself, because when you're yourself, you're magical.
07:34Yeah.
07:34And you should do what you love and spread that magic to everyone with all your heart.
07:41Oh, that is beautiful, Abby.
07:43I learned it from a chicken.
07:45What?
07:46Oh.
07:46Well, Emma says that true.
07:49Yeah.
07:50Yeah, we're a lot of wise chickens on Sesame Street.
07:52It's true.
07:53Well, I guess it's over.
07:55We can go now.
07:55Wait, wait, wait, wait, Bert.
07:57We have to figure out who won.
07:59Now, I've got the score in my head, but I have to do a little bit of math.
08:02You don't have to figure out who won, Ernie.
08:03Didn't you hear?
08:04They said everybody won.
08:05You subtract by five first and add in the extra time.
08:08You don't have to count up the points, Ernie.
08:10Well, you do have to subtract the snuffleupagus penalty, Bert.
08:14Snuffleupagus points?
08:15Well, there was the water in the ear thing.
08:16I don't know if that's a plus or a minus seven.
08:17I'll just meet you at home.
08:18Maybe I have to divide by pie.
08:20Oh, pie would be good.
08:21All right.
08:22The game is over, everyone.
08:24So, who do you think won?
08:26You know what?
08:27I don't know.
08:27Emma Day said all of us won because that was really fun.
08:30Yeah.
08:31True.
08:31That is true.
08:32It was so much fun.
08:35Thanks for visiting with us.
08:37Bye-bye.
08:38We love you.
08:38Bye.
08:39Bye-bye.
08:40Let's see.
08:40You know, then the count came over and there was the ducks.
08:42There were the 12 ducks.
08:45Bert.
08:45Bert.
08:46There were the 12 ducks, Bert.
08:47I won.
08:48Ernie is the winner.
08:49Yes.
08:50Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
08:51Woo-hoo-hoo.
08:51Woo-hoo-hoo.
08:51Woo-hoo-hoo.
08:51Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
08:51Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
08:512.
08:511.
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