She looked at me blankly, so I said I would call the people who produce “Sesame Street” and prove that Bert was still communing with pigeons. “Bert is alive and well, as are all the Muppets ...

Bert, and Ernie, need only one name. Now they have a new friend: Julia. This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Lesley Stahl visits the set of "Sesame Street" to report on the new Muppet.

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 ...

This week, an online petition concerning Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie started making the rounds. The Facebook petition asked that Sesame Street allow the two male Muppets, who share a house and ...

A former writer for Sesame Street said in a recent interview that he considered Bert and Ernie to be gay ... discussing his career writing scripts for The Muppets in an interview with Queerty.

It's the age-old (well, several-years-old) question intriguing fans of muppets Bert and Ernie. Today, Sesame Street weighed in on Facebook: "Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to ...

“As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are best friends ... many human traits and characteristics (as most ‘Sesame Street’ Muppets do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual ...

By Lexy Perez Sesame Street fans have always wondered whether Muppet roommates Bert and Ernie were more than just best friends. Hoping to put the speculation to rest, former Sesame Street writer ...

Scandal rocked the internet this week after former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman confirmed longtime speculation: Yes, Muppet roommates Bert and Ernie are indeed in a committed, loving ...

Dory Jackson is a New York-based entertainment journalist from Maryland. She graduated from Randolph-Macon College—in May 2016—with a focus in Communication Studies and Journalism. While the ...

But something that’s gone largely unnoticed is a secondary trend — a shadow to the first — and that is: a surprising number of these tools are named after Muppets. As you might have guessed ...