Cast members of Sesame Street posing on the set with some of the puppet characters, 1969. Left to right: Will Lee, Matt Robinson, Bob McGrath and Loretta Long with (left to right) Big Bird, Cookie ...

(WCMH) – After years of speculation, a writer who spent 15 years working on Sesame Street has confirmed that Bert and Ernie are indeed a couple. Writer Mark Saltzman told Queerty the two Muppets are a ...

Bert and Ernie of “Sesame Street” have always had a little something-something going on. Like Spongebob and Patrick, Ren and Stimpy, Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone, possibly Timone and Pumbaa, this ...

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 characters were ...

We all know Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie and Big Bird from “Sesame Street,” and KMBC 9’s Rachel Santschi is focusing on Mesner Puppet Theater’s connection with the famous children’s television ...

Are beloved children’s television characters Bert and Ernie gay? Whether they are or not, does it even matter? These are the sort of questions the public has been debating for the last few days, ever ...

People have asked whether Bert and Ernie are a gay couple for as long as they've lived at 123 Sesame Street. It's probably a fair question, since the puppets are presented as two adult male roommates.