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@alien_concept upvoted both of them, and might now make the dupeof invocation official since I'm not privileged.

Invocations (dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Ernie-jacks-off-Bert) cannot be called by messenger because messenger is not privileged - sorry.

notadupe of http://videosift.com/video/Metalmorphosis-Sculpture-by-David-erny

Different music, different visuals.

Anybody know if this is timeshifted?

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Ernie McCraken, Kingpin, Buill Murray' to 'Ernie McCraken, Kingpin, Bill Murray' - edited by shuac

Thanks for the advice and suggestions..I've thought about this..and it would be nice to start my own channel. I just haven't really felt too much compulsion to join the video rat race..but perhaps I will take your advice and get my bronze star. I don't think I'll be able to compete with anyone here though for the latest and greatest..i'll probably have to content myself with cat videos.

>> ^shuac:
Regarding the selection of which videos to attempt to sift: I too find that the videos I'm most passionate about (which are usually scenes from my favorite movies) do just as abysmally, upvote-wise, as the ones you seem to feel passionate about. We all have our own passions and one man's treasure and all that...
In order to get your star level up (and more importantly, earn the right to downvote) you may need to do what the rest of us did in our early Videosift days: do the monkey dance. By that, I mean you may need to sift videos you might not otherwise have thought to sift. Cat/dog/animal videos are generally pretty popular and they're virtually a guaranteed sift. Any kind of comedic presentation by Cracked or College Humor and the like are also popular. The Daily Show/Colbert Report are quite siftable too.
More subtly, unusual / comedic titles can be used to pique curiosity or emphasize the comedy. Here's a great example: http://videosift.com/video/Ernie-and-Bert-go-BALLISTIC
In short: play the percentages. Once you get your bronze star, it's all downhill from there.

Regarding the selection of which videos to attempt to sift: I too find that the videos I'm most passionate about (which are usually scenes from my favorite movies) do just as abysmally, upvote-wise, as the ones you seem to feel passionate about. We all have our own passions and one man's treasure and all that...

In order to get your star level up (and more importantly, earn the right to downvote) you may need to do what the rest of us did in our early Videosift days: do the monkey dance. By that, I mean you may need to sift videos you might not otherwise have thought to sift. Cat/dog/animal videos are generally pretty popular and they're virtually a guaranteed sift. Any kind of comedic presentation by Cracked or College Humor and the like are also popular. The Daily Show/Colbert Report are quite siftable too.

More subtly, unusual / comedic titles can be used to pique curiosity or emphasize the comedy. Here's a great example: http://videosift.com/video/Ernie-and-Bert-go-BALLISTIC

In short: play the percentages. Once you get your bronze star, it's all downhill from there.

Nice. I still have the first three Evil Ernie's. Somehow have kept that and the first Akira comics over these years.

Upvote for Ernie Chambers! He went on to be one of the best, and most controversial state senators (and graduate law school). He became one of the most powerful people in the legislature before term limits forced him out. The conservatives hated him, he knew every obscure rule and regulation and tried to make sure that the law worked for everybody. Even when you disagreed, you had to respect him.

That is an awesome cast of shit And it reminds me how terrible Melanie Griffith is to listen to. It amazes me she ever got as big as she did.

Has the same 'feel' of a movie I loved as a kid Spacehunter, it had Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside... was great b-grade schlock.

And this looks to be the same exact sort of entertaining guff... excellent

Why is Ernie the only one making a fuck face after they show his title card? Racist.

I'm guessing Bert and Ernie - yellow muppets / monsters are white.

If blue monsters are black does the mean Oscar the grouch is also black? and portayed living in a trashcan?
What's a red monster with bad english like Elmo. Hispanic?

Jim Henson was such a huge racist...