1. PALMS 5'2m?f Palm Sunday: the triumphal entry
BERT -- (pop up, drops a palm leaf over the front of the
stage, sings quietly)
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest... (drops down)
ERNIE - (enters opposite, stands, watches, looks over edge)
BERT -- (pop up, drops a palm leaf over the front of the
stage sings quietly)
Hosanna, Hosanna...(drops down)
ERNIE - Excuse me. What are you doing?
BERT -- (pops up) Huh? You talking to me?
ERNIE - Yes, why are you throwing those palm leaves into
the street like
that?
BERT -- I'm getting ready for the Triumphal Entry. (drops
down)
ERNIE - (to audience) The Triumphal Entry? (notices that
bert is gone, goes
over looks down) I say, The triumphal Entry?
BERT -- (pops up, drops another palm leaf over front edge of
stage) Yes,
The Triumphal Entry. (drops down, singing)
ERNIE - (to audience) What is The Triumphal Entry?
(notices that bert is
gone, goes over looks down) I say, what is The Triumphal
Entry?

2. BERT -- You are obviously not a Jew. (drops down)
ERNIE - (to audience) Well, no, I'm not. (notices that bert is
gone, goes over
looks down) I say, no I'm not. Can you explain it to me?
BERT -- (pops up, drops another palm leaf over front edge of
stage) Well, it
all started about five hundred years ago.
ERNIE - What did?
BERT -- God promised us Jews about five hundred years ago
that the Son of
God would ride into Jerusalem today. (drops down)
ERNIE - The Son of God is going to ride into Jerusalem
TODAY?
BERT -- (pops up, drops another palm leaf over front edge of
stage) Yes,
today. (drops down)
ERNIE - So, what are the palm leaves for?
BERT -- (pops up, drops another palm leaf over front edge of
stage)
Whenever a king comes to town, we cover the street with
leaves to make him
feel welcome. (drops down) The Son of God is our king.
ERNIE - (looks over edge) That's a lot of palm leaves. What
if he doesn't
show up?

3. BERT -- (pops up, drops palm leaf on Ernie's head) Oh,
sorry.
ERNIE - It's okay. (shakes leaf off if it doesn't fall off) I say,
what if he
doesn't show up?
BERT -- Oh, he'll show up alright. We Jews know that God
always keeps his
promises.
ERNIE - Yes, but you said he promised it 500 years ago.
That's a long time
ago. I mean, what if he forgot or what if he got caught in
traffic or something?
BERT -- Well, first of all, we Jews know that for thousands
of years, God has
never failed to keep his promise.
ERNIE - Never?
BERT -- Never. And he's made lots and lots of promises.
ERNIE - Wow!
BERT -- And besides, he's already here.
ERNIE - (looks around) The Son of God is already here?
Where?
BERT -- Well, he's not right here, but he's been in Jerusalem
before, and they
just told us he's on his way back today.

4. ERNIE - Did you cover the street with palm leaves when he
was here before?
BERT -- No.
ERNIE - Why not?
BERT -- We didn't know he was the Son of God before.
ERNIE - So, you've seen him?
BERT -- Well, sure. Almost everybody in the whole country
of Israel has
seen him. And now we know he is the Son of God.
ERNIE - How do you know that?
BERT -- He did miracles.
ERNIE - Miracles? What are miracles?
BERT -- Miracles are things that people like us couldn't
possibly do, but God
can do them easily.
ERNIE - Like what?
BERT -- Like healing people.
ERNIE - Healing people?
BERT -- Yes. Like making a blind man see. Like making a
deaf man hear.
Like making a crippled man walk.

5. ERNIE - No kidding? He did that?
BERT -- Yes. He did other miracles too.
ERNIE - Like what?
BERT -- Like he feeding thousands of people with just a
handful of food.
ERNIE - Hey, wait a minute. Nobody can feed thousands of
people with just
a handful of food.
BERT -- You're right. Nobody can. But God can.
ERNIE - So he really IS the son of God?
BERT -- Yes, he is. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get
ready for his
Triumphal Entry. (ducks down, pops up, drops another palm
leaf over front
edge of stage, sings Hosanna)
ERNIE - What's that you're singing?
BERT -- Oh, that's a special song we'll sing to the Lord when
he makes his
Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. It tells him that we've been
expecting him.
(sings as he ducks down, pops up, drops another palm leaf
over front edge of
stage)
ERNIE - Hey, that's a catchy little tune. Can I sing along?

6. BERT -- Sure. You can help me with the palm leaves too.
ERNIE - But I'm not a Jew.
BERT -- It's okay, the Son of God is for everybody, not just
for the Jews.
(music cue: Hosanna in the Highest)
(all sing Hosanna as Bert and Ernie drop more palm leaves)
BERT -- Come on, boys and girls, sing along with us.
ERNIE - Yes, help us welcome the Son of God.
(Optional: pass out palm leaves to audience members and
have them spread
them on the "road" in front of stage during the song)
(music cue: soften music)
BERT -- Here he comes.
ERNIE - (turns his back) Where? I don't see him?
BERT -- (turns Ernie around) There. Here he comes.
ERNIE - Oh, wow! Here he comes!
BERT -- (to audience) Come on everybody. Sing along.
(sings one bar of the
song) Come on, boys and girls, sing louder. The Son of God
is coming.

7. (music cue: music up full volume)
(someone dressed as Jesus walks through and waves)
(music cue: soften music to slowly to off)
ERNIE - So, that was him, huh? That was the Son of God?
BERT -- Yes, that was him.
ERNIE - Right on time. The Son of God really keeps his
promises, huh?
BERT -- He sure does.
ERNIE - What's his name.
BERT -- (exiting) His name is Jesus.
ERNIE - Jesus. (follows) I'll have to remember that name.