Steve Whitmire credited as playing...
Ernie • Stuckweed • Football Stenchman • Ice Cream Vendor • Parrot
- Bert: You mean good things can still happen?
- Ernie: Of course they can, Bert. If fact, I'm sure good things will happen because who'd wanna see a movie with a sad ending, Bert?
- Bert: Titanic.
- Ernie: What?
- Bert: Titanic had a sad ending.
- Ernie: No, Bert. Roll the film! Come on, Bert. Come on.
- Bert: Gone with the Wind.
- Ernie: No, Bert. No.
- Bert: Doctor Zhivago.
- Ernie: Shh! Quiet, Bert.
- Sharon Groan: You like me! You really like me! Get my good side... Oh, that's right. I don't have a good side.
- [last lines]
- Elmo: Elmo wants to say, thanks for helping. Elmo loves you. Bye-bye.
- [goes back to dance with his friends. Ernie and Bert come in to the scene]
- Ernie: See, Bert? Just like I told you, Elmo got his Blanket back.
- Bert: Yeah, and it's a happy ending.
- Ernie: Yeah, and thank you all for helping.
- Bert: Oh yeah, you deserve a big round of applause.
- Ernie: Yeah, yeah, everybody clap for yourselves, come on!
- [Ernie and Bert applaud]
- Kids in audience: YAAAAY!
- Bert: Yeah, yeah, yeah, you were great!
- Ernie: Okay, Bert, time to go home.
- Bert: Yeah, and I knew everything would be okay. I knew Elmo would get his Blanket back. And I knew there'd be a happy ending.
- Ernie: Yeah, yeah, right.
- Bert: Yep.
- [to the audience]
- Bert: See ya!
- [turns to leave, but then notices that the end credits are starting]
- Bert: Oh, look, look, look! Ernie, credits! OH! I wanna see who did the catering. Yeah, that was really good toast, y'know, they cut off the crusts and everything.
- Ernie: Uhh, Bert, time to feed your pigeons.
- Bert: Oh, yeah, thank you. Bernice!
- [leaves]
- Ernie: [to the audience] Bye-bye.
- [snickers, then leaves, ending the film]
- [first lines]
- Ernie: [walks by humming, then turns and notices the audience] Hi there, everybody! Welcome to the movie. Hey, we're so glad you came. Now...
- Bert: [Bert appears, wearing a bath towel and showering cap] Ernie, Ernie.
- Ernie: Hm?
- Bert: Listen, I'm going to take a shower. Have you seen my antibacterial soap?
- Ernie: No, Bert, I haven't.
- Bert: Oh, now where did I...?
- Ernie: Now, this movie you're about to see is all about Elmo.
- Bert: Who are you talking to?
- Ernie: The audience, Bert. They're right there.
- Bert: Huh?
- [Bert walks up to the screen]
- Ernie: See?
- Bert: Wow, look at all those people!
- Ernie: Mm-hmm.
- Bert: Hey, nice cardigan!
- [Bert laughs, sounding like a sheep baaing]
- Ernie: Now, in this movie, Elmo is going to ask for your help. He wants you to talk and play along.
- Bert: Uh, how do we start?
- Ernie: It's easy: just count backwards from 10.
- Bert: Okay.
- Ernie: [Ernie whispers to Bert] You see, Bert, that's how you start a movie, Bert.
- Bert: Ahh.
- Ernie: Can you all help us count backwards from 10?
- Kids in audience: Yeah!
- Ernie: Ready? Yell real loud!
- Ernie, Bert, Kids in audience: [the countdown sequence begins] 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
- Bert: Ah!
- Ernie: Heya, Bert, don't ya think y'oughta put so clothes on now?
- Bert: Wait, what?
- [notices he is naked]
- Bert: AAAH!
- [runs away screaming]
- Bert: Ernie!
- Ernie: [laughs] Enjoy the movie, everybody.
- [leaves. The movie's title sequence plays. The screen pans through Elmo's open bedroom window and shows Elmo sound asleep in his bed, with his Blanket. A cute little yellow bird pops out of a cuckoo clock on the nightstand]
- Cuckoo clock bird: WAKE UP!
- Elmo: Aaah!
- [falls out of bed]
- Elmo: Elmo's up! Elmo's up! Elmo's...
- [notices the audience]
- Elmo: Wow! Hello, everybody.
