Ernie Impersonators

Characters and celebrities pretending to be Ernie.
Picture	Impersonator 	Notes
 	Harvey 	Sesame Street sketch
Gordon arranges the features on an Anything Muppet until he resembles (and speaks like) Ernie.
center 	Cookie Monster 	Sesame Street sketch
Bert says that he's seen Ernie eating cookies. The culprit turns out to be Cookie Monster, disguised with Ernie's hair and shirt.
 	Herry Monster 	Sesame Street sketch
Grover sees Ernie sitting in his chair. He knows that it's Ernie, because he can see Ernie's shirt and Ernie's hair. Grover sneaks up to surprise "Ernie," who is revealed as Herry.
 	Big Bird 	Episode 0521During his Alphabet Show, Big Bird performs a feat beginning with the letter I - an "impersonation of an impressionist." He ducks behind the curtain, then emerges sounding imitating Ernie asking for a cookie followed by his trademark laugh.
 	Bert 	Sesame Street sketch
Ernie imagines what life would be like if he and Bert had their characteristics switched around.
 	Bert 	What Makes You Giggle?
Ernie and Bert dress up as each other for Halloween.
 	Shola Lynch 	Sesame Street sketch
After he fools Shola into thinking she crushed his hand with a brick, Ernie re-enters the scene and tells her he was just kidding. He laughs his distinct laugh, and Shola copies him.
 	Katie 	Sesame Street sketch
Ernie and Katie talk about all the ways that they're the same. They conclude that they may as well be related to each other.
 	Jennifer 	Sesame Street sketch
Ernie and Jennifer talk about the ways in which they are same and different.
 	Whatnot 	The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence
Bert dances with a woman that bears a striking resemblance to Ernie.
 	Cookie Monster 	Sesame Street Magazine, October 1975
When Ernie goes missing in "A Trick for a Treat", Bert and Sherlock Hemlock set out a plate of oatmeal cookies to lure him back. Cookie Monster dresses up as Ernie and steals the cookies.
 	Count von Count 	Sesame Street Magazine, April 1976
The Count stands in for Ernie in an April Fool's Day spread illustrated by Joe Mathieu.
center 	Jamal 	Sesame Street Episode 3385
Jamal tries to trick Angela by doing poor imitations of Oscar and Ernie, then Big Bird by mouthing the words Big Bird recites from behind the wall.
 	Monkey 	Play with Me Sesame
After Ernie and the viewers imitate animals in the jungle, a nearby monkey does some of his own, including one of Ernie, which leaves Ernie stumped.
 	Steve Schirripa 	Elmo's Christmas Countdown
The Sopranos star Steve Schirripa plays Ernie in The Bert and Ernie Christmas Special, opposite Tony Sirico as Bert.
 	boy 	Folge 2672
In a Sesamstrasse film, kids talk about their favorite characters. One boy mentions Ernie and dons a red, Ernie-esque nose.
 	Elmo 	"Better with You"
Capping off a short montage in which Elmo and Tango appear as famous pop culture duos, Elmo and Tango finally take on the roles of Ernie and Bert. The genuine articles join them in their apartment which has been decorated with a portrait of Elmo and Tango also dressed as Ernie and Bert.
 	Gael García Bernal	"Bert & Ernie vs. Diego Luna & Gael García Bernal: Better Best Friends"
==Verbal impersonations==
* Bert's best attempt at fish-calling in an Ernie and Bert skit attracts a shark that laughs like Ernie.
* Elmo tries to emulate Ernie's laugh in Elmo's New Laugh.
* Cookie Monster and Elmo imitate Ernie's laugh during interviews with The Muppet Mindset in 2016 and 2017. 
* Cookie Monster, Elmo, Count von Count, and Abby Cadabby do impressions of Ernie, including his laugh, in a 2019 Vanity Fair video. 
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