Sesame Street Bert & Ernie not homosexual

StereoSound

I always believed these two were together but now it's been cleared up.

https://news.sky.com/story/bert-and-ernie-are-not-gay-says-sesame-street-organisation-as-writers-claim-denied-11501773

JupiterKid

Phew!!

Thank goodness for that. I was very very worried that Ernie and Bert were going to make impressionable little innocent children think that being gay was, like....normal??!!

And everyone knows that Bert is evil.

freshpopcorn

I was expecting this thread.

As a kid I always thought they were friends.

Is Bigbird going to be transgender next?

JupiterKid

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I was expecting this thread.

As a kid I always thought they were friends.

Is Bigbird going to be transgender next?

Yes, and elmo is "non-binary."

Corrupting our sweet precious youth...

Grab All Association

It’ll be sad to see Sesame Workshop now bombarded with abuse, threats and by boycotts by homosexual right groups, far left groups and PC snowflakes. Best to just keep shut and let people make up their own minds.

Of course if they said they were gay the far right would do the exact same thing

pleas advice

someone should bake a cake

Fr_Dougal

They’re not real people.

Jimmy.

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I was expecting this thread.

As a kid I always thought they were friends.

Is Bigbird going to be transgender next?

Fluid

Star Bingo

Bernie was partial to a danger ****

Duckworth_Luas

Sky News wrote:

Rumours have swirled for years that Bert and Ernie might be more than just friends, with the puppets known to sleep in the same double bed at night.

They definitely didn't when I was a youngster. They slept in the same bedroom, but in different beds.

Bert's bed had a capital "B" on the headboard, while Ernie's had a capital "E".

I remember this vividly because when I was four years old, and a Bert and Ernie fan, I went to each of my siblings beds and scrawled their initial on their headboard.

I found out that when an eight year old girl's name starts with "D" having a giant lower case "b" on their headboard is not a welcome addition to their sleeping quarters.

Arghus

But they're puppets?

Talking about their sexual orientation is like dancing about architecture.

Jimmy.

Arghus wrote: »

But they're puppets?

Talking about their sexual orientation is like dancing about architecture.

And who had body parts up their anus?

Mookie Blaylock

Arghus wrote: »

But they're puppets?

Talking about their sexual orientation is like dancing about architecture.

Getting fisted!

Pauliedragon

When I was a kid I always assumed they were brothers. My Saturday morning memories have been ruined forever. Where do I sue? I demand at least 50k for trauma.

Jerichoholic

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

They’re not real people.

This.

Mutant z

They are just a bunch of muppets on a children's TV show why sexualize them at all.

The Crowman

I used to think they were father and son with Bert (the serious one) being the Dad.

StereoSound

The Crowman wrote: »

I used to think they were father and son with Bert (the serious one) being the Dad.

I use to think that to..

Boom_Bap

They are a rap duo from New York called M.O.P.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc

Roadtoad

Glad there was no messing like that over in Wanderly Wagon!

Outlaw Pete

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

They’re not real people.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Bert was known to make nocturnal visits to Oscar's trash can.

Oscar was certifiably insane. Bert took advantage of a vulnerable creature.

biko

When I grew up we didn't even consider the possibility they were anything other than friends.

Of course in today's sex-fixated society **** like this has to be dragged up and destroyed.

DEFTLEFTHAND

What about Noddy and Big Ears?

These men actually shared a bed, not just a room.

D3V!L

Bosco was non-binary before it was even fashionable !!

Outlaw Pete

Morecambe and Wise slept together too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Daz9fFrL-Y

riffmongous

You would wonder.. even if these shows are written for children, they are still written by adults who the subtext must occur to

Anyone who wants to assign a sexuality to children's television puppets is a complete ****ing psychopath with an agenda to spin. **** off you cretins and stop trying to sexualise our children from an early age. "normalisation"? **** off.

Niles Crane

I'm sure this comment will be labelled as being homophobic but I don't care.
Seeing as it's a ****ing kids program, there is really abosulutely nothing wrong with the producers having to clarify that they aren't gay lovers when it was suggested by a writer they are.

I always assumed they were friends as that is the way they were portrayed in the programme, only someone wanting them to be gay to suit there own agenda would actually assume they were gay.

Jerichoholic

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

What about Noddy and Big Ears?

These men actually shared a bed, not just a room.

Not men though were they? They were toys from a children's book.

Jerichoholic

Niles Crane wrote: »

I'm sure this comment will be labelled as being homophobic but I don't care.
Seeing as it's a ****ing kids program, there is really abosulutely nothing wrong with the producers having to clarify that they aren't gay lovers when it was suggested by a writer they are.

I always assumed they were friends as that is the way they were portrayed in the programme, only someone wanting them to be gay to suit there own agenda would actually assume they were gay.

They are felt puppets designed to teach children ABC etc. in a friendly safe way. Anyone upset that they turned out not to be gay is a complete idiot.

JupiterKid

JupiterKid wrote: »

And everyone knows that Bert is evil.

Oh thank Christ someone else said that before I did! I was beginning to think it was just me. I mean clearly the unibrow gives it away, you can see it from outer space FFS!

BTW, this is genuinely a scene me and my boyfriend have reenacted in real life just to torment each other for kicks and giggles

oneilla

I know y’all want gay Bert and Ernie to be banging but CONSIDER THE ASEXUAL ERASURE when you say them just being non-romantic homo-affection companions is bull**** OKAY?????

https://twitter.com/JorCru/status/1042125365148123136

This takes gold in the oppression Olympics.

brainfreeze

Arghus wrote: »

But they're puppets?

Talking about their sexual orientation is like dancing about architecture.

That's exactly what the statement says.

"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."

PlaneSpeeking

oneilla wrote: »

This takes gold in the oppression Olympics.

I don't want to but I have to ask - asexual erasure ????

per aspera ad astra

I would love to have been born 2700 years ago.

Star Bingo

Star Bingo wrote: »

Bernie was partial to a danger ****

Awful lot of fisting going on between them and in the puppetry community

Weren’t the morbegs gender fluid

Jerichoholic

Jayla Pitiful Sandalwood wrote: »

Weren’t the morbegs gender fluid

I think you meant to say ****e.

jammiedodgers

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

They’re not real people.

They identify as people.

SpannerMonkey

Gimme A Pound

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone who wants to assign a sexuality to children's television puppets is a complete ****ing psychopath with an agenda to spin. **** off you cretins and stop trying to sexualise our children from an early age. "normalisation"? **** off.

What are you freaking out for?

Any time I heard anyone refer to them as lovers, it was as a joke. They're obviously room mates, in the "odd couple" mould. They don't share a bed. Their behaviour is purely platonic.

Even if they were a gay couple though, it would be no more sexual than a straight couple, but adult couples of any persuasion don't tend to feature in children's tv, other than as minor characters or parental figures.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Jayla Pitiful Sandalwood wrote: »

Weren’t the morbegs gender fluid

Nah male and female.

Rossa Morbeg was the boy, a big green yoke with socks coming out of his head.

Molly Morbeg was his sister, a big yellow yoke.

Fionn was their handler. He was a male human being.

uck51js9zml2yt

Anyone with sense knew they were just friends.
It was only those pushing an agenda who said they were homosexual.

Gimme A Pound

Adrianna Lazy Lodging wrote: »

Anyone with sense knew they were just friends.
It was only those pushing an agenda who said they were homosexual.

Or people just joking.

Tanner Faint Carrousel

Tanner Faint Carrousel wrote: »

Or people just joking.

there are morons on twitter who are crying that they are not....because there needs to be lgbt/gender fluid or a puppet representation of the 70 genders

Tanner Faint Carrousel

Tanner Faint Carrousel wrote:

What are you freaking out for?

BBC were reporting on this as news. That's why I'm freaking out. The world has gone to ****e with people trying desperately to be oppressed.

DEFTLEFTHAND

What about The Count?

He never seemed to have a girlfriend.

Maybe he was a closet homosexual??

DEFTLEFTHAND

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

What about The Count?

He never seemed to have a girlfriend.

Maybe he was a closet homosexual??

Asexual maybe - but he does a lot of sucking since he's a vampire

uck51js9zml2yt

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

What about The Count?

He never seemed to have a girlfriend.

Maybe he was a closet homosexual??

He was always "dead on".. he could count as well!

Irish Guitarist

Any adult who hopes that two childrens characters are having sex with each other needs professional help.