AndyWan Kenobi
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Hey folks,
Apologies if there's already a thread on this--I couldn't find one. Anyway, did anyone see the brief appearance of Ernie and Bert on Conan O'Brien last night? He was doing a segment on how the media tends to exhibit political bias, and he showed a clip from PBS on a "controversial" topic. Naturally it was a clip of Bert and Ernie with the humor revolving around the easy "gay" joke. I don't typically find that too funny, but what was really clever about this skit was that it was actually a clip of the two from the "I Dance Myself to Sleep" number, and they had rewritten the song to be about how George Bush is against gay marriage. The lyrics were funny, and they dubbed over the characters with pretty good impersonators. So it looked and sounded like it really came from Sesame Street. Anyway, just wanted to pass it on, in case any of you would be interested. Look for it in repeats on the episode with Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, and "Drive By Truckers."
Apologies if there's already a thread on this--I couldn't find one. Anyway, did anyone see the brief appearance of Ernie and Bert on Conan O'Brien last night? He was doing a segment on how the media tends to exhibit political bias, and he showed a clip from PBS on a "controversial" topic. Naturally it was a clip of Bert and Ernie with the humor revolving around the easy "gay" joke. I don't typically find that too funny, but what was really clever about this skit was that it was actually a clip of the two from the "I Dance Myself to Sleep" number, and they had rewritten the song to be about how George Bush is against gay marriage. The lyrics were funny, and they dubbed over the characters with pretty good impersonators. So it looked and sounded like it really came from Sesame Street. Anyway, just wanted to pass it on, in case any of you would be interested. Look for it in repeats on the episode with Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, and "Drive By Truckers."