Though Eric got most of the laughs, many were generated by Ernie's pompous persona, his "short, fat hairy legs" and his famous thatch of hair, which Eric would tug insisting "you can't see the join".
Depending on where in the United States you choose to attend school, you can receive college scholarships for being short, tall, fat, left-handed or a distant relative of Lambert and Annetje Van Valkenburg.