In this May 9, 2006, file photo, Ernie and Bert of "Sesame Street" pose in front of the Queen Mary II in the harbor of Hamburg, Germany. The producers of "Sesame Street" tweeted Tuesday, Sept. 18, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Ernie is a live-hand puppet ...

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 gay ...

NEW YORK — The producers of “Sesame Street” want you to know that Bert and Ernie are not, in fact, gay. Sesame Workshop tweeted Tuesday that the characters are best friends and have many human traits ...

The sexual orientation of two puppets has long been the subject of curiosity. And now a former "Sesame Street" writer has added more reason for speculation. Mark Saltzman, who wrote for several ...

A longtime writer from the beloved children's show on Tuesday appeared to confirm they were in fact a "loving couple," only for its creators to deny the pair are together or have a sexual orientation.

Are Bert and Ernie gay? For years, the team behind “Sesame Street” has explained that, no, Bert and Ernie are . . . puppets. But try telling that to the Twitter mob. Mark Saltzman, a scriptwriter for ...

Why does it matter whether Bert and Ernie are gay? They embody lifelong friendship in all its complicated beauty. They teach the noble principles of resourcefulness and generosity. They instruct ...

When John Mulaney accepted the Innovation Award at IndieWire Honors for his six-part Netflix talk show “Everybody’s in L.A.,” he opted to pay tribute to one of the great television innovators of the ...

This molded plastic Ernie finger puppet is one of a set of licensed Sesame Street toys made in the 1980s to capitalize on the popularity of the children’s television series, especially its Muppet ...