How did I never know about this?
In the grand tradition of musicians making cameos on Sesame Street (Norah Jones singing "I Don't Know Why 'Y' Didn't Come" as a serenade to the letter of the day, Y, comes to mind) I just discovered a series of German "Sesamstrasse" clips in which favorite German singers of various genres make cameos with Bert and Ernie.
First I stumbled across pop singer Lena, Germany's beloved Eurovision Song Contest winner from a couple years ago, singing a version of her song "Satellite," but reworked to be about how Ernie was supposed to meet Bert but can't find him:
But it turns out there are others too...
German soul singer (I know, it's a strange concept!) Xavier Naidoo joins Bert and Ernie in baking a pie, and very sweetly sings them his song about how we can achieve more if we work together.
Influential German hip hopper (I know, it's also a strange concept!) Jan Delay appears in a burst of smoke and raps with Bert and Ernie, while helping them build a garden shed.
And just to mix it up even more genre-wise, 1920s-style crooner Max Raabe comes by to sing Ernie a lullaby when he can't fall asleep.
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