Baby Ernestine

[Barry Lee]

Does anybody know what skits she was in any body have pictures of her and what years was she ont he show? I miss her she is realy cute.
from,
Barry Lee

 

[scarecroe]

I don't know what skits she was in, but she was in The Best of Ernie and Bert....

http://scarecroe.com/files/ernestine.jpg

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

That ain't the Ernestine I know...

 

[scarecroe]

What's the Ernestine that you know?

This one is Ernie's cousin.

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Yes, she's Ernie's cousin, but the Ernestine puppet they used to have was sooooooooooo much cuter...

Really!

She was!

She had this wi'w pink button nose, and these wi'w half-cwosed eyes, and this wi'w soft baby voice...

Cute, cute, cute!

 

[scarecroe]

This is the c. 1988 version.

 

[The Count]

First off, the one Ernestine I know of is Ernie's little niece. So Scarecroe, if you have some other information as to a second Ernestine, please share with the rest of the class.
Secondly, there are two sketches I know of where Ernestine appeared.
1 Ernie has Ernestine with him and tries to teach her to say his name. He keeps at it, even breaking down his name into two syllables and banging two small blocks to get his niece to say "Er-Nie." But no matter what, she just won't say his name. Then Bert enters the room and closes the door behind him. We hear Ernie's classic greeting of "Hey Bert!" and then we promptly hear Ernestine say excitedly "Bert!" Guess she inherited some of her uncle's ability to frustratingly annoy others.
2 The other sketch involving Ernestine was one where Ernie tries to find similarities between the two of them and describes what she looks like, sort of. He says that these are the following differences.
Ernie: I'm a boy and Ernestine's a girl. I have dark and funny hair, and she has light (blonde) and curly hair. She wears a bonnet and I don't wear a hat. I'm wearing a striped shirt and hers is plain (probably light blue or yellow). And of course I'm big and she's little. So no, I just can't find many things that make us the same, but I still love her. And then he laughs his Ernie-laugh, followed by Ernestine who lets out the same laugh.
3 There's probably a sketch with Baby Ernestine, Ernie's niece, and Lily Tomlin's character of Ernestine the Telephone Operator, but I'm not sure as to such a sketch existing nor what happened should it exist.
Third, there's a picture for people to color in of Ernestine in the coloring book, the New Who's Who on Sesame Street which I have as part of my collection.
Hope this helps and have a good day.

 

[scarecroe]

Originally posted by The Count
So Scarecroe, if you have some other information as to a second Ernestine, please share with the rest of the class.

Like I said, it's his little cousin. She laughs like Ernie. That's about it.

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Originally posted by scarecroe
This is the c. 1988 version.

This is really odd...I know what I'm rememberin' here...

wait, could that be Baby Natasha? Who was she linked to?

 

[scarecroe]

Who was she linked to?

Ernie. LOL!

I promise that this:

http://scarecroe.com/files/ernestine.jpg

is Baby Ernestine.

Really!

I do!

Hear for yourself if you don't believe me...

http://scarecroe.com/files/ernestine.mp3

This is what Baby Natasha looks like:

http://www.angelfire.com/super2/sesamelu/SesameN/BabyNatasha.html