Both Sesame Street and Fresh Prince were my favourite shows growing up so to see this video just puts a huge smile on my face.  Sesame Street rockstars Bert and Ernie have hilariously recreated the intro from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

 

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Sesame Street: How They Became Bert & Ernie (Fresh Prince of Bel Air Parody was originally uploaded to the show’s Instagram account and both Bert and Ernie tell the story of how they met.

 

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Check out these lyrics, “Now this is a story all about how,  my life got flipped turned up eyebrowed | Won’t take long, just a minute you see | We’ll tell you how we became, Bert and Ernie | On Sesame Street, born and raised | learning letters, numbers and singing Sunny Days | Growing up, moving, flying the coupe | Bye bye to my mommy, of to 1-2-3 stoop | There I met a grouch, who didn’t smell too good | Told me to scram, and leave the neighbourhood | It was then when I remembered what my mom used to say | “Keep your head up, be kind and you’ll find your way” | I said hello when I got near | He said, “Oh what’s that, I got a banana in my ear!” | Wanna be friends and laugh, learn and share Ernie pointed at the seat and said, “Sit right there!” | Showed him my paperclips, he thought they were great | Introduced him to Rubber Ducky as our new roommate | One half of a whole, one part of a pair, this is the story of how we became Ernie and Bert, put it there!”

 

The BEST part, the parody even has the SAME graffiti walls and spinning chairs.

 

 

Watch the original with Will Smith below.

 

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