(CBS Local)--A former "Sesame Street" writer has revealed that Bert and Ernie are gay ... characters' relationship is based off his real-life relationship with Arnold Glassman, an acclaimed ...

We missed this horrifying duo in our recap of all the excellent cosplay from Dragon*Con — but we will never forget these faces. These horrible faces of real life Bert and Ernie walking around ...

New life was breathed into a perennial debate this week, when a former Sesame Street writer revealed that not only did he consider beloved characters Bert and Ernie to be a gay couple, but he used ...

Though it's impossible to pin down where the "Bert and Ernie are gay" rumor began, one potential source is The Real Thing ... and live a splendidly settled life together in an impeccably decorated ...

“The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie [Glassman] & I as ‘Bert & Ernie,’” Saltzman added, referencing the late Glassman, an acclaimed editor and his life partner of ...

He and his partner's similarities to Bert and Ernie made it only natural for him to jump from one relationship to the other, even if one of those relationships was real-life and the other was ...

But during one rehearsal in 1969, it became quite clear what personalities Bert and Ernie would have. "Gradually a relationship emerged which reflected the real-life Jim-Frank relationship," Davis ...

The makers of "Sesame Street" say Bert and Ernie, the classic feuding Muppets who appeared on the popular children's television show, are not gay. The statement came Tuesday after former "Sesame ...

Whether they were tackling huge issues or some more nuanced aspect of everyday life, the puppets have ... says that although Bert and Ernie are not real, they can give a child a figure to follow ...

We've known the great "Sesame Street" duo Bert and Ernie all our lives — but did you ever wonder just how this pair of opposite besties got together in the first place? Wait no longer, because ...