Post: What other showbiz pair would you liken yourselves to? Ernie: Thelma and Louise. Bert: A lot of people compare themselves to us. I’m not really sure why. Post: Who does your wardrobe for ...

Mark Saltzman, who wrote for several episodes of the children’s program over 13 years, said in a recent interview that when he wrote for Bert and Ernie, he thought of them as gay. “I always ...

A former writer for Sesame Street said in a recent interview that he considered Bert and Ernie to be gay — but the show rebutted this claim, saying the puppets “do not have a sexual ...

The cover of next week’s New Yorker, drawn by Jack Hunter and titled “Moment of Joy,” celebrates the fall of DOMA by showing Sesame Street favorites Bert and Ernie snuggled on the sofa of ...

"I created Bert. I know what and who he is," Oz wrote, squashing the idea that Bert and Ernie were a couple. The decades-old discussion over Bert and Ernie's relationship status raged on Twitter ...

Count von Count and the NPR kids count us down: 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1! And there they are at the Tiny Desk: Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Rosita, Abby Cadabby and ...

Last week, everyone wondered at length if Bert and Ernie should get married. "Are they gay?" I idly asked my local baristo. "No," he said. "I mean they take baths together and stuff, but ...

Did the New Yorker just out Bert and Ernie? Over the years, Sesame Workshop has repeatedly denied that puppet roommates Bert and Ernie are a gay couple — but in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ...