Ex-Sesame Street Writer Says Bert And Ernie Are Gay
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MAURA HOHMAN
September 18, 2018 12:59 PM
Sunny day!
As fans have suspected for years, it turns out the world’s most beloved puppet roommates are more than just friends, according to a new interviewwith former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman by LGBTQ lifestyle website Queerty.
“I remember one time that a column from The San Francisco Chronicle, a preschooler in the city turned to mom and asked ‘Are Bert and Ernie lovers?’ That coming from a preschooler was fun, and that got passed around, and everyone had their chuckle and went back to it,” Saltzman told the outlet.
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He compared his own relationship with acclaimed editor Arnold Glassman to the characters. “I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were. I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them. The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie and I as ‘Bert and Ernie,’ ” Saltzman recalled.
Of course, Bert and Ernie are pop culture icons. They even covered The New Yorker in July 2013, which Saltzman referenced in his interview. More recently, the duo remade the theme song of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which skyrocketed Will Smith to fame. In the Muppet version, they rap about how they met.
They ain't never kissed or tried to push that shyt on or in anybody. Them nikkas was educational and imformational.
Get dat genda outta there
