GREAT MOMENTS IN BANANA HISTORY

THE CLASSIC BANANA SKIT FROM SESAME STREET
STARRING BERT AND ERNIE
(Ernie is standing in the apartment humming to himself. He’s holding a banana in his ear. Bert approaches.)
Bert: Hey Ernie? Hey, uh, Ern?
Ernie: (Notices Bert) Oh! Hi Bert!
Bert: Uh, yeah. Hey Ernie, uh, you know that you have a banana in your ear?
Ernie: (Loudly) What was that, Bert?
Bert: I said, you have a banana i your ear, Ernie. Uh, bananas are food. They are to eat, not to put in your ear, Ernie.
Ernie: (Loudly) Whatdya say, Bert?
Bert: (Yelling) WILL YOU JUST TAKE THAT BANANA OUTTA YOUR EAR!
Bert: (Yelling back) I’M SORRY — YOU’LL HAVE TO SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER, BERT! I CAN’T HEAR YOU! I HAVE A BANANA IN MY EAR!
The Second Skit
Bert: Ernie, why do you have a banana in your ear?
Ernie: I have a banana in my ear to keep the alligators away.
Bert: Ernie, there are no alligators on Sesame Street.
Ernie: Exactly