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'''''Ernie and the Pumpkin Seed Candy Salesman''''' (usually shortened to '''''Ernie and the Candy Salesman''''') is a sketch that originally aired during ''Sesame Street'' "Episode 264" (during Season 2) on May 13th, 1971 (exactly a day after the ''Tales from Muppetland'' special "The Frog Prince" premiered).<ref>[http://www.muppetcentral.com/forum/threads/lost-ernie-and-bert-sketches.30732/ A Muppet Central forum post of supposed lost Ernie and Bert sketches.] Retrieved 16 Feb '19</ref>


'''"Ernie and the Pumpkin Seed Candy Salesman" '''(usually shortened to '''"Ernie and the Candy Salesman"''') is a sketch that originally aired during ''Sesame Street'' episode 0264 (during Season 2) on May 13, 1971 (exactly a day after the ''Tales from Muppetland'' special "The Frog Prince" premiered).<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_0264 muppet.wikia.com page on ''Sesame Street'' episode 0264.] Retrieved 4 Mar '17.</ref>
In this sketch, a candy salesman approaches Ernie and tries to sell him some pumpkin seed candy. Ernie tells the salesman that he doesn't really like pumpkin seed candy, perhaps because it is icky. He goes on to pitch to Ernie the smaller sizes of pumpkin seed candy he has until he finally sells him the tiniest piece of pumpkin seed candy that he even can't see it as if it was invisible. It almost looks like Ernie is looking at the camera in a closeup shot of the tiniest piece of pumpkin seed candy.


In this sketch, a candy salesman comes up to Ernie and sells him some pumpkin seed candy. Ernie tells the salesman that he doesn't really like pumpkin seed candy, perhaps because it is icky. He keeps selling him the sizes of pumpkin seed candy until he sells him the tiniest piece of pumpkin seed candy that he even can't see it as if it was invisible. It almost looks like Ernie is looking at the camera in a closeup shot of the tiniest piece of pumpkin seed candy.
==Availability==
The sketch was known to have aired in two episodes on ''Sesame Street'' (#264 and #301) during 1971. Other airings of the segment remain unidentified, other than in foreign co-productions including Folge 2033 of ''Sesamstraße'', Episode 70 of ''Iftah Ya Simsim'', and Episode 35 of ''Rechov Sumsum'' so far.


A user has listed the segment as one of the rare/lost Ernie and Bert sketches on a Muppet Central forum thread.<ref>[http://www.muppetcentral.com/forum/threads/lost-ernie-and-bert-sketches.30732/ muppetcentral.com forum on a list of rare Ernie and Bert sketches.]</ref> Another user has emailed Sesame Workshop requesting a copy of this segment, and unfortunately they didn't want this segment in the public. This is, more than likely, because they have a policy to <u>not</u> send out tapes.  
The clip was once uploaded in German, likely circa 2006, and lasted on YouTube for a while before being removed in 2014. An English version of the skit was commercially released for the first time in a ''Sesame Street'' compilation on ''Sesame Street'''s official YT channel in 2015 but said compilation has been taken down since May 2017. There was also an alternate take of this in DVD quality with a KiKA watermark in 2006, but like the other Sesamstraße clips that were pulled in February 2007 as a result of Viacom at the time, that one was pulled also.


Thanks to documents found at the CTW (Children's Television Workshop) Archives, the clip was known to have aired in two episodes on ''Sesame Street'' (#264 and #301) during 1971. Other airings of the segment, especially in foreign co-productions, remain unidentified, but the only known international episode to feature the segment in its foreign dub was Folge 2033 of ''Sesamstraße''.<ref>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Folge_2033 muppet.wikia.com page on ''Sesamstraße'' folge 2033.] Retrieved 3 Jul '17.</ref> It is also rumored that there were other foreign airings of the clip which also had an alternate ending where the candy salesman facepalms and sighs, but so far, no physical evidence of this has been put forward.
Following its deletion from YouTube, the clip remained missing again throughout the summer until YouTube user JFriendsFan96 had finally reuploaded the video for the sketch, in English, on August 26th, 2017.


Despite most Sesame Street classic footage and episodes being converted to digital format, it is a theory that, other than the [[Sesame Street episode 847 (lost "Wicked Witch of the West" episode; 1976)|847th episode with the Wicked Witch]], this could be another one of the long-unseen footage being kept stored away and never converted to digital format with all the other old shows. For an unknown reason, Sesame Workshop has intended to not release or re-broadcast ''every'' classic insert or episode of the show in the public, because these inserts and episodes either lacked an educational concept on the show, are not available at this time in favor of a smaller, more licensee-friendly package, or are being privately kept hidden in storage due to legal issues (especially involving song covers or existing children's books, which got edited out of many home media releases).
As of January 5th, 2018, abuwahab 3 uploaded an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WhBI8hj_Dw Arabic ''Iftah Ya Simsim'' episode] containing the sketch in its Arabic dub at 4:49. The video got deleted due to abuwahab 3 closing his account later that year. However, on January 29th, 2019, [https://youtu.be/89r97uNiroc?t=306 another copy of the episode] was uploaded on YouTube by دبي زمان HD, where it can be seen at 5:06.


There have been multiple search effort issues with this clip. The clip was once posted in German around 2008, but nobody knew the clip was rare and never saved the video, as the video title was in German and would've been hard to find since it was before mostly anyone used Google Translate; The German video lasted on YouTube up until mid-2014, and it was also found in a Sesame Street compilation from 2015-late 2017, but both video links were hard to search for and now got deleted off of YouTube, and the clip itself has not resurfaced since. Rohail Hashmi, who uploaded many Sesame Street full episodes and inserts on YouTube (and sometimes reposted other users' videos), claimed to have saved the deleted German dub of the clip on a harddrive and promised to re-upload it sometime in mid-2017, but this is not reliable because the clip has ''<u>NEVER</u>'' turned back up online after it was deleted since nobody knew/heard about this skit ever since. Other fans and/or collectors have messaged multiple online users of whom may have copies of any long-unseen clips (including this). However, it is more than likely that this segment is now forever unwatchable due to people who claimed to have the clip trashing their old videotapes that had it on there.
On March 1st, 2019, YouTube user archionir2 uploaded [https://youtu.be/AOCOblJBwZk?list=PL4aJIw-QctLtCSUxP7WfEjb55EKSEnRMY&t=218 the 35th episode of ''Rechov Sumsum''] containing the sketch in its Hebrew dub at 3:38.


As of August 2017, no one has come forward with any backups of the clip, not especially from that now deleted Sesame Street compilation, and it is unknown if anyone will ever come forward with a bootleg master tape of the clip from Sesame Workshop's storage.
On December 8th, 2019 (that same day Caroll Spinney passed away), JFriendsFan96 has closed his YouTube account, making the English clip unwatchable. Luckily, the English clip has been [https://archive.org/details/youtube-86gmMR_xg20 mirrored onto archive.org.]


==Gallery==
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==See Also==
*[https://lostmediawiki.com/Sesame_Street_(partially_lost_children%27s_educational_TV_series;_1969-present) Sesame Street (partially lost children's educational TV series; 1969-present)]
 
==External Links==
*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_0264 A Muppet Wikia page on ''Sesame Street'' "Episode 264".] Retrieved 04 Mar '17
*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Folge_2033 A Muppet Wikia page on ''Sesamstraße'' folge 2033.] Retrieved 03 Jul '17


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Revision as of 15:20, 18 May 2020

Ernie&Salesman.jpg

Screenshot from Sesamstraße.

Status: Found

Date found: 26 Aug 2017

Found by: JFriendsFan96

Ernie and the Pumpkin Seed Candy Salesman (usually shortened to Ernie and the Candy Salesman) is a sketch that originally aired during Sesame Street "Episode 264" (during Season 2) on May 13th, 1971 (exactly a day after the Tales from Muppetland special "The Frog Prince" premiered).[1]

In this sketch, a candy salesman approaches Ernie and tries to sell him some pumpkin seed candy. Ernie tells the salesman that he doesn't really like pumpkin seed candy, perhaps because it is icky. He goes on to pitch to Ernie the smaller sizes of pumpkin seed candy he has until he finally sells him the tiniest piece of pumpkin seed candy that he even can't see it as if it was invisible. It almost looks like Ernie is looking at the camera in a closeup shot of the tiniest piece of pumpkin seed candy.

Availability

The sketch was known to have aired in two episodes on Sesame Street (#264 and #301) during 1971. Other airings of the segment remain unidentified, other than in foreign co-productions including Folge 2033 of Sesamstraße, Episode 70 of Iftah Ya Simsim, and Episode 35 of Rechov Sumsum so far.

The clip was once uploaded in German, likely circa 2006, and lasted on YouTube for a while before being removed in 2014. An English version of the skit was commercially released for the first time in a Sesame Street compilation on Sesame Street's official YT channel in 2015 but said compilation has been taken down since May 2017. There was also an alternate take of this in DVD quality with a KiKA watermark in 2006, but like the other Sesamstraße clips that were pulled in February 2007 as a result of Viacom at the time, that one was pulled also.

Following its deletion from YouTube, the clip remained missing again throughout the summer until YouTube user JFriendsFan96 had finally reuploaded the video for the sketch, in English, on August 26th, 2017.

As of January 5th, 2018, abuwahab 3 uploaded an Arabic Iftah Ya Simsim episode containing the sketch in its Arabic dub at 4:49. The video got deleted due to abuwahab 3 closing his account later that year. However, on January 29th, 2019, another copy of the episode was uploaded on YouTube by دبي زمان HD, where it can be seen at 5:06.

On March 1st, 2019, YouTube user archionir2 uploaded the 35th episode of Rechov Sumsum containing the sketch in its Hebrew dub at 3:38.

On December 8th, 2019 (that same day Caroll Spinney passed away), JFriendsFan96 has closed his YouTube account, making the English clip unwatchable. Luckily, the English clip has been mirrored onto archive.org.

Gallery

Ernie and the Pumpkin Seed Candy Salesman

The German dub, re-uploaded by Rohail Hashmi.

Iftah Ya Simsim Episode 70 uploaded by دبي زمان HD (starts at 5:06).

Rechov Sumsum Episode 35 uploaded by archionir2 (starts at 3:38).

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