Ernie raided by pirates ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)

The pirates of the high seas during the Golden Age of Piracy weren't always as sinister as they appear in popular lore. Some of them were hard-working guys like me who were squeezed out of society by greedy elites. Pirates like that would never hurt a gnat - let alone raid anybody.

But there's nothing more sinister than a 'Sesame Street' pirate.

One day back in 1982, Gordon, Bob, Olivia, and Mr. Hooper took to the high seas (what Homer Simpson calls "the land the law forgot") and became pirates.

This piracy mission yielded a treasure chest full of rubber duckies:



(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgITBzujCS0)

That segment ends right before we see Ernie tied up on Gordon's pirate ship, with Mr. Hooper holding him hostage at knifepoint.