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Well, here I am in my tubby again

And my tubby's all filled with water and nice fluffy suds
And I've got my soap and washcloth to wash myself
And I've got my nifty scrub brush to help me scrub my back
And I've got a big fluffy towel to dry myself when I'm done
But there's one other thing that makes tubby time the very best time of the whole day
And do you know what that is?
It's a very special friend of mine my very favorite little pal
♫Rubber duckie you're the one
You make bath time lots of fun
Rubber duckie I'm awfully fond of you
Rubber duckie joy of joys
When I squeeze you, you make noise
Rubber duckie you're my very best friend it's true
Oh, every day when I make my way to the tubby
I find a little fellow who's cute and yellow and chubby
Rub-a-dub-dubby
Rubber duckie, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of you
Hey, rubber duckie would you like me to scrub your back with my little nifty scrub brush?
You would okay, how's this?
Hey, you want me to scrub behind your ears?
Oh, I see you don't have any ears, do you?
Well, how about your tummy?
Scrub his little duckie tummy
Oh, he's ticklish oh-hoo
Oh, every day when I make my way to the tubby
I find a little fellow who's cute and yellow and chubby
Rub-a-dub-dubby!
Rubber duckie, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber duckie, I'd like a whole pond of
Rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of you♫

~ Ernie's own song with his Rubber Duckie.

Ernie (born January 28, 1947) is a humanoid muppet with orange skin from Sesame Street. His best friend and roommate is Bert, but sometimes annoys him with his actions, surprises and disturbances. His favorite toy is a rubber duckie, which he has a song he sings in honor of at bathtime. He always takes a rubber duckie with him almost anywhere. He was performed by the late Jim Henson, Steve Whitmore, Billy Barkhurst, and Peter Linz.

Ernie is well known for his fondness for baths with his rubber duckie, and for trying to learn to play the saxophone although he wouldn't "put down the duckie." Ernie is also known for keeping Bert awake at night, for reasons such as wanting to play the drums, wanting to count something (like sheep), to observe something like a blackout, or even because he is waiting for his upstairs neighbor to drop his shoes.

He has a distinctive, chuckling laugh (a trait that he shares with his baby cousin Ernestine).

Many Ernie and Bert sketches involve Ernie wanting to play a game with Bert, who would much rather do something else (like read). Ernie keeps annoying Bert with the game until Bert joins in—and usually, by the time Bert starts enjoying the game, Ernie is tired of playing the game and wants to do something else. Other sketches have involved them sharing some food by dividing it equally, only for one of them to have a bit more than the other, leading Ernie to make it even by eating the extra piece.

In Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, Ernie was watching TV with Bert, he sees Big Bird in the news having left the Dodos to return back to Sesame Street. He and Bert are instructed by Bob to find Big Bird to bring him back to Sesame Street before Miss Finch (who insists to bring him back to the Dodos) does and use a plane in the journey. They soon find him in a wheat field at Ruthie's farm where he spent the night, However as they approach him, Big Bird flees in fright believing it's Miss Finch who is on the plane, unaware it's Ernie and Bert. Ernie turns the plane upside down to get his attention much to Bert's dismay and proceed to sing "Upside Down World" with Bert joining him. As they finally finish singing the song, they turn the plane back up, only to discover he's gone and Ernie blames it on Bert. Later they are shown on Oscar's Sloppy Jalopy in Toadstool where they find Big Bird, but due to the parade going on and Miss Finch's interference, they loss him again. Unknown to Ernie, Big Bird was soon captured by Sam and Sid Sleaze who runs a funfair in the outskirts of Toadstool and painted him blue which they called him "The Blue Bird of Happiness". Sometime later at a gas station where they and the others fueled their cars, Maria was contacted by Bob that Big Bird is in the Sleaze Brother's Fun Fair. The Next day Ernie seatchs the carnival for Big Bird until they find him in the cage, where Linda was about to free him. However The Sleaze Brothers quietly wake up thanks to Grover, they drive off with Big Bird in tow in an attempt to prevent them from bringing Big Bird back to Sesame Street. But Gordon and Olivia rescues him in the volkswagen. When Big Bird is finally back home at Sesame Street and the Sleaze Brothers arrested, Ernie was happy to see him back home and listens Big Bird of his trip back to Sesame Street until Miss Finch appears (who had somehow followed him from Toadstool), admitting that the Dodos are not perfect for him and manage to find him another bird family, which Ernie objects this and Miss Finch finally realizes how far Big Bird's friend to bring him back (due to getting kidnapped earlier by The Sleaze Brothers) and declares Sesame Street as Big Bird's home and proudly leaves.

Ernie has also frequently made appearances without Bert. He has regularly appeared in skits with Cookie Monster, Sherlock Hemlock and Lefty the Salesman.

From season 33 until season 36, he and Big Bird starred in a daily segment called "Journey to Ernie". Starting in season 39, Ernie and Bert have appeared in animated form in the Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures segments.

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