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Republicans are now trying to defund Sesame Street over a Pride post
W ith a Republican administration that’s not shy about invoking laws from the 1800s, it’s no surprise Republicans aren’t ...
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Inside ‘Sesame Street’ as it fights to survive
Scenes from the set of “Sesame Street” in Queens ... t or won’t relate to Bert and Ernie. “I don’t know where the show is going exactly, but I’m going to be there waving the flag ...
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Nightmare on Sesame Street as Ernie teddy blocks sewer
A teddy version of Ernie from Sesame Street spooked Wessex Water operatives as they carried out a CCTV survey of a sewer in Bristol to find the cause of the blockage. As they removed the surprise ...
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Sesame Street NECA Bert And Ernie Figures Up For Preorder
Sesame Street was the talk of SDCC this year, as NECA revealed that they have the license to make action figures in their Ultimates line from the iconic show. The first two of those figures, Bert ...
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Finally, the truth about those Bert and Ernie gay rumours is revealed by a Sesame Street writer
“And I was the jokester. So, it was the Bert and Ernie relationship, and I was already with Arnie when I came to Sesame Street. “So I don’t think I’d know how else to write them, but as a ...
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Sesame Street Should Have Let Bert and Ernie Be Gay, and Here’s Why
Why, Sesame Street? Why? After longtime staffer Mark Saltzman told Queerty that he’d always written Bert and Ernie as gay, the venerable educational show for kids didn’t respond ...
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‘Sesame Street’ Exec Says Bert and Ernie Are Gay (If You Want Them to Be)
After much back and forth, Sesame Street fans finally have an answer: Bert and Ernie are gay… if you want them to be. In The Hollywood Reporter’s in-depth piece on Sesame Street‘s 50th ...
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Saying Bert and Ernie were gay, a writer for ‘Sesame Street’ reopens a furry-ous debate
(JTA) — A former writer for the PBS children’s show “Sesame Street” said he based scripts starring the beloved characters Bert and Ernie on his ... ‘oh, I’m writing this, this is ...
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‘Sesame Street’ writer now says he was misunderstood in Bert and Ernie ‘uproar’
There has been yet another twist in the saga over Bert and Ernie’s sexuality. Former “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman said his recent comments about the famed children’s show ...
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'Sesame Street' writer clarifies remarks on Bert and Ernie as 'loving couple'
Former "Sesame Street ... Ernie were definitively gay. "Maybe they were gay when I was writing them," Saltzman explained, "but I never felt I had the authority to declare them to be gay. I'm ...
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'Sesame Street' writer walks back his statement about Bert and Ernie being gay
"Sesame Street" writer Mark Saltzman revealed in an interview earlier this week that he wrote Bert & Ernie as gay. Twitter erupted at the news, and Sesame Workshop and creator Frank Oz quickly ...