Sesame Street Specials Episode 28 Bert and Ernie's Word Play ( Air Date ) Genre Kids, Comedy category. Overview "The Muppets are putting on a play on words (get it?), a convenient framing device for a Sesame Street-style reading lesson. Get ready for some sticky, slippery fun when Prairie Dawn directs the G-rated vaudevillian act, complete with Bert and Ernie in straw hats telling corny jokes and a pie-throwing machine in fine working order. There are behind-the-scenes prop emergencies and a finale no-show, prompting rhyming lessons ("Oh, no, Hoho is a no-show!") and plenty of TV clips, including "I Am Chicken," the fowl take on the feminist anthem "I Am Woman." Elmo joins singing partners Mo and Flo in the stirring (substitute) finale, "We Got the Need to Read." Kindergarteners who think they're too old for Sesame Street might still get drawn in by challenges aimed at beginning readers. Ages 2 to 6.".
Stars:
Frank Oz, Sonia Manzano, Roscoe Orman, Martin P. Robinson, Suki Lopez, Violet Tinnirello, Jennifer Barnhart, Ryan Dillon, Alan Muraoka
Director:
Sal Perez, Kay Wilson Stallings, Halcyon Person, Katie Akana, Dan Kelley, Bill Sherman, Joan Ganz Cooney, Lloyd Morrisett