A scene from Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird 1985
Sam Sleaze

[Big Bird is rescued by Gordon and Olivia, a police sidecar driven by a State trooper with a kid is shown parked beside the road, The Sleaze Brothers passed them and drives after them turning the police siren on]

Hey, what's that noise? [looks behind the truck seeing the state trooper swinging his arm at him signaling him to pull over] It's the cops!

Sid Sleaze

[Sid Sleaze looks at the cage seeing Big Bird is already gone and rescued as Sam pulls over]

Sam! The bird's gone! [points at the cage and Sam looks at it] The bird's gone! [sobs] The bird's gone.

Sam Sleaze

Get a grip on yourself. will you? Just try to relax. [stops the truck] I will take care of everything. Whatever you do, don't cry.

State Trooper

[The state trooper stops his police sidecar, turning the siren off and gets off, helping the the boy with him climb out, as Sam and Sid begin whistling and the state trooper and the boy approach them by the window] [to the boy]

Are these the two men?

Sam Sleaze

[The kid nods his head]

What's seems to be the problem, officer? What's the charge?

State Trooper

[looks through his notebook]

What about counterfeiting, extortion, fraud, impersonating a dentist, stealing an apple from a kid?

Sam Sleaze

Oh, that apple, officer, I can explain that. We was just holding it for a friend.

Sid Sleaze

Yeah, for a friend.

State Trooper

You could tell that to the judge.

Sid Sleaze

[sobbing]

The judge!

State Trooper

[annoyed]

Be a man.

Sid Sleaze

I don't want to be a man. Sam!

Sam Sleaze

Shut up, Sid! Shut up!

Sid Sleaze

[Sobbing]

Judge, Sam! Jail!

In this scene

Sam Sleaze Dave Thomas
Sid Sleaze Joe Flaherty
State Trooper John Candy

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