Jim Henson credited as playing...
Ernie
- [Bert and Ernie are looking at the painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware]
- Ernie: You know what Bert, I bet George Washington caught a cold. He should have stayed home.
- Bert: Do you think George Washington would stay in bed and open his Christmas presents?
- Ernie: I don't know Bert.
- Bert: No, sir, not the father of our country. He crossed the Delaware to New
- [points west]
- Bert: Jersey.
- Ernie: Bert.
- Bert: To New
- [points west]
- Bert: Jersey.
- Ernie: If George Washington was going to New Jersey, why didn't he do what everybody does?
- Bert: And what's that, Ernie?
- Ernie: Take the George Washington Bridge, Bert.