The Best of Ernie and Bert

The Best of Ernie and Bert is a direct-to-video Sesame Street compilation in the My Sesame Street Home Video series, collecting sketches starring Ernie and Bert. Released on VHS in 1988, this was the first "Best of" video from Sesame Street to focus on specific characters.
The framing sequence involves Gina and Big Bird babysitting Ernie's cousin Ernestine, while they go through Ernie and Bert's photo album.
==Segments==
Image 	First Appearance	Segment
 	Framing material	Gina babysits Ernestine with help from Big Bird.
center	Episode 0538 	
center	Episode 1808 	(Beginning edited)
 	Episode 0137 	Ernie's doctor comes over. Ernie keeps trying to tell the doctor why he called him, but the doctor is too occupied with checking on Ernie, hardly allowing him to get a word in edgewise.
 	Episode 1910 	"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon"
center	Episode 1621 	
 	Episode 0366 	"The National Association of W Lovers"
 	Episode 1227 	Bert teaches his pigeon, Bernice, how to play checkers. Ernie thinks it's amazing that a pigeon can play checkers, but Bert thinks it is no big deal, because Bernice has only beaten Bert in two out of ten games.
 	Episode 1814 	"That's What Friends are For"
==Notes==
* Non-English-language international releases typically omit "The National Association of W Lovers."
==Releases==
Image:Origerniebertvhs.jpg|1988Random House Home Video89886First edition cover
Image:Video.besterniebert.jpg|1992Random House Home Video89886Second edition cover
Image:BestErnieBertSonyVHS.jpg|1996Sony WonderLV 51230
==International releases==
TheBestofErnieandBertAustralianVHS.jpg|1988VDI
Thebestofernieandbertandsingalongaustralianvhs.jpg|1998ABC Video for Kids101395Double feature with Sing Along
TheBestofErnieandBertAustralianVHS2.jpg|2005ABC Video for Kids
Thebestofernieandbertaustraliandvd.jpg|2005ABC Video for Kids
Ulitsa Sezam DVD 2.jpg|1996cat. no 400643Double feature with The Best of Elmo
Image:61pE2raR1LL. SS500 .jpg|1997Walt Disney Home VideoD610463
Thebestofernieandbertasianvcd.jpg|2000Berjaya HVN cat. no 145005
EandB HVN DVD.jpg |2009 Berjaya HVN
Thebestofernieandbertvilasesamodvd.jpg|2003ST2 Kidscat. no 209386
Vilasesamomdvdboxset.jpg|2009ST2 KidsPart of a quadruple DVD boxset, along with Kids' Favorite Songs, The Best of Elmo and Elmo's World: Springtime Fun
Thebestofernieandbertbrazildvd.jpg|DVD and book set
Barrio-sesamo-lo-mejor-de-epi-y-blas.jpg|2003Planeta JuniorDouble feature with Get Up and Dance
Barrio-lo+epi-blas.jpg|2008Planeta JuniorDouble feature with Get Up and Dance
Bestevanbertenernie.jpg|2004Weton-Wesgram
BestErnieBertVCD.jpg|2007Intercontinental Videocat. no 1005077595
BestErnieBertDVD.jpg|2007Intercontinental Videocat. no 1005077589
Sesamestreetplayanddiscovercollection.jpg|2009Intercontinental Video3 disc set with Elmo Visits the Firehouse and Telling the Truth
Erniebertvidjp.jpg|Sony
Thebestofernieandberthebrewdvd.jpg|
ErnieBert Taiwan VHS.jpg|Ladder Publishing
TheBestofErnieandBertMexicanDVD.jpg|Tycoon Home Video
Susam-sokagi-edi-ile-budunun-en-guzel-maceralari.jpg|Tiglon
==Booklet==
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==Cast==
*Starring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets:
**with Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
**Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Cheryl Blaylock, Ed Christie, Jane Henson, Jim Kroupa, and Jim Henson
*Alison Bartlett as Gina
==Credits==
*Executive Producer: Jon Stone
*Producer: Sonia Rosario
*Directed by Jon Stone
**Jim Henson, David Heeley, Lisa Simon (archive material)
*Written by Jon Stone
**Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Jerry Juhl, Emily Kingsley, Jeff Moss (archive material)
*Songs by Dave Conner, Tony Geiss, Jeff Moss, Sam Pottle, Joe Raposo
==See also==
* Bert and Ernie's Greatest Hits
* Page through our real "Ernie and Bert book."
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Category:Sesame Street Video