#Bert and #Ernie are seasoned songsters and have years of practice singing with their friends from #SesameStreet. ... sing Sesame Street classics like #ThePeopleInYourNeighborhood, ...

After a petition called for Bert and Ernie to get married on "Sesame Street," the TV show has weighed in on Facebook: "Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that ...

Sesame Street Muppets Ernie and Bert pose for photographs during a press conference on the 40th anniversary of the Sesame Street in Hamburg, Germany, 07 January 2013. picture alliance—picture ...

Updated 1:38 p.m. PT: Frank Oz shot down former “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman’s remarks about Bert and Ernie’s sexual orientation in his own statement, tweeted Tuesday.

For nearly half a century, children have come to “Sesame Street” to laugh, play and learn. And everyone is familiar with Bert and Ernie — the odd-couple-esque roommates on the long-running ...

Getty Image. Bert and Ernie live together, play together, and sing together, but at no point during the 48-season run of Sesame Street has the obvious been confirmed. In a recent interview with ...

Ernie, left, and Bert of Sesame Street attend the 88th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 27, 2014, in New York City. Michael Stewart/Getty Images.

In response to the interview, Sesame Workshop, the organization behind Sesame Street, came out with its own statement on Tuesday, in which it characterized Bert and Ernie as “best friends ...

This article originally appeared on IndieWire. According to Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind “Sesame Street,” Bert and Ernie are still just friends. On Tuesday ...

"Ex-Sesame Street writer claims Bert and Ernie are gay. Right-wingers are freaking out about the bad example this supposedly sets for kids while continuing to enable the worst role model to ever ...

#Bert and #Ernie are seasoned songsters and have years of practice singing with their friends from #SesameStreet. But today, this iconic duo is switching their scenery for the studio as they play a ...