Ernie and Bert: Ernie in the Bathtub

In this two-part sketch, which was sometimes repeated without its companion, Ernie takes a bath in his apartment.
In part 1, Ernie asks Bert if he can bring him a bar of soap and toss it right into Rosie. When Bert asks why he calls his bathtub Rosie, Ernie explains, "Because every time I take a bath, I leave a ring around Rosie." Unamused, Bert orders him out of the tub because there are a lot of people waiting to take a bath; Solomon Grundy, for example.
In part 2, Ernie dries off and tells Bert he ought to take a bath, too; then he wouldn't be such a grouch. Bert sternly responds, "I don't need cheering up!" Turning to the camera, Ernie urges everyone in the world to take a bath to be happy and leads the viewers out in "TV land" in a rendition of "Everybody Wash." The song becomes a montage of clips featuring the residents of Sesame Street demonstrating (clothed) how to wash various parts of the body: Mr. Hooper and some kids, Gordon and Sally, Big Bird, and some animals at the zoo. In subsequent airings, the shots of the cast are uniquely reshot for each episode.
==Production==
* Written by David Connell
* Taped on September 29, 1969Street Gang page 188Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones (page 149)
==Gallery==
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==Releases==
;Audio
* Bert's Blockbusters
* At Home with Ernie and Bert
;Video
* Old School: Volume 1
;Books
* The Sesame Street Book of People and Things
==Sources==
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Category:Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment
Ernie and Bert: Ernie in the Bathtub Part 1 — Ernie asks Bert to toss a bar of soap into his bathtub, Rosie.
Ernie and Bert: Ernie in the Bathtub Part 2 — Drying off from his bath, Ernie leads the viewer in a rendition of "Everybody Wash" with brief camera cuts to the cast.