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Cooperation shouldn't be an alien concept ;-) From 1973, Jerry Nelson narrates the story of The Geefle (Jim Henson) and the Gonk (Jerry Nelson), a couple of hungry aliens on the planet Snew. Wanting to eat the fruit from a nectarine tree, the only food on Snew, the Gonk is too short to reach them and the Geefle can't bend his arms to feed himself (which begs the question, how the fork have they survived this long?!), so they help each other. The Gonk thinks they should call this "Cooperation", but the Geefle wants to call it "Shirley." First shown on Episode 0452 (Season 4).
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Cooperation shouldn't be an alien concept ;-) From 1973, Jerry Nelson narrates the story of The Geefle (Jim Henson) and the Gonk (Jerry Nelson), a couple of hungry aliens on the planet Snew. Wanting to eat the fruit from a nectarine tree, the only food on Snew, the Gonk is too short to reach them and the Geefle can't bend his arms to feed himself (which begs the question, how the fork have they survived this long?!), so they help each other. The Gonk thinks they should call this "Cooperation", but the Geefle wants to call it "Shirley." First shown on Episode 0452 (Season 4).
PLAYLIST: bit.ly/Sesame_Street_2
Shameless Amazon Plugs! ('Cause Mama's gotta eat! Does NOT include this sketch)
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2 DVDs) amzn.to/35A4eoP
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration! (DVD) amzn.to/34yzQcU
muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Aliens
muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_0452 (First)
muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Geefle_and_the_Gonk
Twitter: twitter.com/TinyDancer500
Instagram: instagram.com/tinyd500
Web: bit.ly/Sesame_Street_Lyrics_Archive
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