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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 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>
'''''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>


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.
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.


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>
==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.


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, other than 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>
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.


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 the skit 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. Fans who claimed to have saved the clip had lost it from harddrive crashes or unrealizingly trashing their old videotapes that had it on there.
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.


On August 26, 2017, PumpkinJFriend finally uploaded an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86gmMR_xg20 English version of the clip to YouTube]. The clip, judging by a sesamestreet.org watermark on the bottom right corner of the screen, is said to derive from a Sesame Street compilation that was once posted on Sesame Street's official YT channel. The video is also uploaded on a Google Drive.<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/y8wwpvfw The Google Drive link to the sketch.] Retrieved 26 Aug '17.</ref>
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.
 
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.
 
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.]


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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


==References==
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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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