PRAWNIE: Hey, anyone want any Muppet songs? I’d like to hold the title for next year! I kid, I kid… Up next, Ernie and Bert! Or is it Bert and Ernie…?
(Applause) (BERT and ERNIE come onstage)
BERT: (very obviously reading off a cue card) The “Ernie and Bert, or is it Bert and Ernie?” award is given to the member duo at Muppet Central that has the best chemistry together. This award has been—
ERNIE: (taps Bert’s shoulder) Bert… Why are you staring at that penguin, Bert?
BERT: (glares at Ernie) Because,
Ernie, that penguin is holding the cue card!
ERNIE: Yes, but you don’t have to
stare at him, Bert! It’s rude!
BERT: I have to! It’s the only way I can read the cue card!
ERNIE: C’mon, Bert… surely you can do it without
staring!
BERT: Oh yeah? Yeah? How would
you do that, Ernie?
ERNIE: Like this, Bert. (reaches forward and pulls Bert’s eyes off) (laughs)
BERT: ERNIE!
ERNIE: And the contenders for the Best Member Duo award are…
Beauregard and theprawncracker
BeakerSqueedom and WhiteRabbit
Kiki and The Shoe Fairy
Winslow Leach and WhiteRabbit
TogetherAgain and theprawncracker
Tell ‘em who the winners are, Bert!
BERT: I
can’t!
ERNIE: Oh. Right. (laughs) The winners are…
Winslow Leach and WhiteRabbit!
BERT: (groans) Great.
ANNOUNCER: To see Tony and Ailie in action, visit such threads as “Muppet College Dorms: The Next Sememster.”