Summary
Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures (originally promoted as The Adventures of Bert and Ernie) is a claymation animated children's television series and segment developed by Sesame Workshop in which clay animated versions of Bert and Ernie use their imaginations to travel to strange places and into entertaining situations. The shorts are shown in the United States as inserts on Sesame Street (first appearing in season 39). Internationally, the shorts are shown as a stand-alone series in various overseas markets (the first season debuting in September 2008). The animation for the series was produced by Italy's Misseri Studio. Two seasons of 26 five-minute episodes each had been produced. The "Secret Agents" episode has received the Gold Award for the Children's Animation category at the 2009 World Media Festival, as well as being a selection at the 2009 Annecy Animation Festival. Production of these segments began on December 11, 2006 before their official airing in 2008.
| Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television series Animation Clay animation Cartoon series |
| Created by | Sesame Workshop |
| Based on | Bert and Ernie by Sesame Street |
| Starring | Eric Jacobson Steve Whitmire Stephanie D'Abruzzo Joey Mazzarino Tyler Bunch Kevin Clash |
| Country of origin | United States Italy |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 4-5 minutes |
| Production companies | Sesame Workshop Misseri Studio |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS (PBS Kids) (U.S.) KI.KA/Das Erste (Germany) Five (Milkshake!) (UK) |
| Release | August 11, 2008 – December 30, 2010 |
| Related | |
| Sesame Street Elmo's World Play with Me Sesame Sesame Beginnings Elmo the Musical The Furchester Hotel Abby's Flying Fairy School The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo Mecha Builders Super Grover 2.0 | |
Format edit
Each episode begins with Bert and Ernie climbing into their beds for a good night's sleep. Suddenly, Bert's bed starts shaking and tapping, and Ernie hops aboard as the bed flies out of their apartment and into their next great adventure. Each adventure has Bert and Ernie in a new location and a new situation. Sometimes they're accompanied by Bert's trusted pigeon-friend Bernice, or Ernie's toy Rubber Duckie. Often they encounter new and old friends, and also adversaries, along the way.
Voices edit
- Eric Jacobson as Bert
- Steve Whitmire as Ernie
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo as various characters
- Joey Mazzarino as various characters
- Tyler Bunch as various characters
- Kevin Clash as Elmo
Episodes edit
Season 1 edit
- "Tiny Town" (August 11, 2008)
- "Pirates" (August 13, 2008)
- "Planet Bert" (August 18, 2008)
- "Bakers" (September 24, 2008)
- "Cavemen" (October 2, 2008)
- "Rainforest" (October 10, 2008)
- "Penguin" (October 20, 2008)
- "Wild West" (October 30, 2008)
- "Three Wishes" (November 3, 2008)
- "Inventors" (November 5, 2008)
- "Museum Guards" (February 16, 2015)
- "Mountain Climbers"
- "Deep Sea"
- "Pigeonia"
- "Ernlock Holmes"
- "Superheroes"
- "Kung Fu"
- "Wizards With Elmo"
- "Beach"
- "Invisible"
- "Piano Movers"
- "Cliptecs"
- "Knights"
- "Secret Agents"
- "Rodeo"
- "Chariot"
Season 2 edit
- "Maltese Ducky" (November 10, 2009)
- "Flower Shop" (November 12, 2009)
- "Gopher Broke" (November 18, 2009)
- "Dr. Bird Whistle" (November 20, 2009)
- "Raiders Lost Duckies" (November 27, 2009)
- "Raincloud" (December 11, 2009)
- "Car Mechanics" (December 28, 2009)
- "Under the Sea" (January 1, 2010)
- "Lost Elephant" (February 18, 2010)
- "The Three Ducketeers" (September 28, 2010)
- "Loch Ness" (September 29, 2010)
- "Super-Frog" (September 30, 2010)
- "The Dogsitters" (October 4, 2010)
- "The Bird Olympics" (October 12, 2010)
- "Dustbusters" (November 1, 2010)
- "Magicians" (November 5, 2010)
- "The Platypus" (October 29, 2010)
- "Rocks" (December 27, 2010)
- "Deserted Island" (December 30, 2010)
- "Donnie Quixote" (July 15, 2017)
- "Butterfinger (2011)
- "The Computer Bug (2011)
- "The Extraterrestrials (2011)
- "The Quiz Show Planet (2011)
- "The Yeti (2011)
- "Bert the Pigeon (2011)
Video releases edit
In the United States, six episodes were released on Sesame Street: Count on Sports (Tiny Town, Inventors, Mountain Climbers and Cavemen), Pirates: Elmo and the Bookaneers (Pirates) and Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (Penguin). On April 6, 2010, Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures was released for the first time on DVD in the United States by Warner Home Video. The episodes on the 2010 DVD release of Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures includes "Pirates", "Deep Sea", "Tiny Town", "Planet Bert", "Cavemen", "Mountain Climbers", "Penguins", "Ernlock Holmes", "Rainforest", "Bakers", "Wizards", "Three Wishes" and "Kung Fu". If "Play All" is selected, the opening only appears at the beginning of the program, but the opening appears before each sketch if selected individually. Each segment also begins with the segment's title appearing.
In the United Kingdom and Australia, thirteen episodes were released on Bert & Ernie's Great Adventures: Pirates (Pirates, Mountain Climbers, Wizards with Elmo, Penguins, 3 Wishes, Wild West, Rainforest, Deep Sea, Ernlock Holmes, Cavemen, Bakers, Pigeonia and Cliptecs). The DVD was distributed in the United Kingdom by Abbey Home Media and in Australia by Madman Entertainment.
External links edit
- Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures at IMDb
- Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures on Muppet Wiki
