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‘Sesame Street’ wants to clarify: Bert and Ernie aren’t gay

The producers of "Sesame Street" want you to know that Bert and Ernie are not, in fact, gay.Sesame Workshop tweeted Tuesday the characters have many human traits but "remain puppets, and do not have a ...
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'Sesame Street' at 50: Why Bert and Ernie are central to the show's legacy

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cast members of Sesame Street posing on the set with some of the puppet characters, 1969. Left to right: Will Lee, Matt Robinson, ...
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Sesame Workshop Refutes Ex-Writer's Claim That Bert and Ernie Are Gay

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - After a former "Sesame Street" writer said the characters Bert and Ernie were a couple, Sesame Workshop issued a statement on Twitter denying the claim. "As we have always ...
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Sesame Street's Mark Saltzman Wrote Bert and Ernie "As A Loving Couple"

In 1969, the famed felt pair of Bert and Ernie made their debut in the pilot episode of Sesame Street – and would remain a famous (and permanent) fixture on the long-running children's series. For ...
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Jonathan Bailey meets gay muppet icons Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street

Actor Jonathan Bailey must have met a number of LGBTQ+ people in his career but Tuesday was still a first – when he shared the stage with gay muppets Bert and Ernie. The Wicked: For Good star took ...
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Sesame Street to Hamburg street: Ernie and Bert become traffic lights

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life-size figures of Ernie and Bert from Sesame Street pictured during the installation and inauguration of a pedestrian traffic ...