Let Bert and Ernie get married on Sesame Street

[GAP]

Online petition urges: Let Bert and Ernie get married on Sesame Street
Adriana Barton Globe and Mail  Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Ever wonder what Bert and Ernie were up to behind the scenes? You wouldn’t be the first.

Now there’s an online campaign to drag the Sesame Street roommates out of the closet.

Chicago resident Lair Scott launched the petition at Change.org to pressure the Sesame Street Workshop to “Let Bert and Ernie get married on Sesame Street,” ABC News reports.
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[jeffb]

:facepalm:

 

[The Bread Guy]

Is this going to lead to VERY naughty editorial cartoons?

 

[OldSolduer]

Is this going to lead to VERY naughty editorial cartoons?

One can only hope.....

 

[Jimmy_D]

Could make some quite intersting discussions on here if it happens.

JD

 

[Pusser]

They would have to move to Avenue Q.

 

[Lowlander]

Didnt the guys who make sesame street come out years ago and say that bert and ernie were asexual

 

[The Bread Guy]

Didnt the guys who make sesame street come out years ago and say that bert and ernie were asexual

Good memory:

.... In early 1994, Rev. Joseph Chambers attempted to get the puppets banned under a little-used anti-gay law in the deep South. Referred to by the Daily Mirror as a "crackpot preacher from Charlotte, North Carolina," the preacher was said to have stormed on his radio show:

Bert and Ernie are two grown men sharing a house and a bedroom. They share clothes, eat and cook together and have blatantly effeminate characteristics.

The Children's Television Workshop has steadfastly denied rumors about Bert and Ernie's sexual orientation for about as long as they can remember. One of their oft-faxed prepared statements (this one from 1993) reads:

Bert and Ernie, who've been on Sesame Street for 25 years, do not portray a gay couple, and there are no plans for them to do so in the future. They are puppets, not humans. Like all the Muppets created for Sesame Street, they were designed to help educate preschoolers. Bert and Ernie are characters who help demonstrate to children that despite their differences, they can be good friends ....

Source:  snopes.com, 6 Aug 2007

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Today children, Bert and Ernie are going to demonstrate "rimming"  :-X

 

[OldSolduer]

Today children, Bert and Ernie are going to demonstrate "rimming"  :-X

Oh my....my first real good laugh of the day,.,,you, sir, are a genius!! Thank you!

Its a good thing that I was not having coffee.

:rofl:

 

[HavokFour]

I'm more concerned about the number of adults watching Sesame Street from the looks of this petition. This isn't exactly something toddlers care about, can we just stick to the basics of ABC123? Leave sexuality to elementary teachers to worry about.

 

[vonGarvin]

I'm more concerned about the number of adults watching Sesame Street from the looks of this petition. This isn't exactly something toddlers care about, can we just stick to the basics of ABC123? Leave sexuality to elementary teachers  parents to worry about.

There, fixed that for you.

 

[Journeyman]

Didnt the guys who make sesame street come out years ago and say that bert and ernie were asexual

So to speak. 

 

[JAWS228]

Ernie: "Bert I wish you wouldn't shout so much Bert....

Bert: "Well I wish you wouldnt keep getting COOKIE CRUMBS IN THE  GODDAMN BED!!!

Ernie (cowering): "You're yelling again Bert... :'(

 

[cupper]

Leave sexuality to elementary teachers to worry about.

And look where that got us!

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=39783

I seriously did not realize there were that many. :facepalm:

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Ever ask a toddler to give you a synopsis of what they watch on TV? Its like getting a shift handover from a new Private:

"Yeah, some stuff happened and then there was a unicorn and I forget the rest....oooh waffles  :blotto:"

If they made them into meth addicts I'm pretty sure your average preschooler wouldn't notice that much. Kids don't pick up on fine details very well. My two boys (who share a bedroom) refer to them as "brothers" because that's how they both associate to the characters.

This is just people with too much time on their hands being Special.

And that's brought to you by the letter R  ;D

 

[The Bread Guy]

It's official folks - move along, nothing to see here....

Bert and Ernie are not gay.

That is, according to "Sesame Street," which released an official statement on the matter on Thursday responding to an online campaign calling for the pair to be married.

"Bert and Ernie are best friends," the statement posted on Sesame Street's Facebook page reads. "They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves."

The statement continues: "Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets™ do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation." ....

Source:  The Cutline blog, 11 Aug 11

 

[Spooks]

My two boys (who share a bedroom) refer to them as "brothers" because that's how they both associate to the characters.

Um...I thought that for most of my own life and until I started watching it again with the kid, I considered them to be friends (but the 'brothers' option was still a possibility)

Great, now I have the Cognitive Complexity of rmc_wannabe's kids...or is that a good thing?

 

[BadgerTrapper]

It's official folks - move along, nothing to see here....Source:  The Cutline blog, 11 Aug 11

Thank you for saving my childhood...

 

[OldSolduer]

Thank you for saving my childhood...

Oh there's got to be more.......Cookie Monster could have been into some weird stuff......