Sesame Street writer clarifies whether Bert and Ernie are a gay couple

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An Emmy-winning scriptwriter who worked on Sesame Street during the show’s heyday has revealed he does consider two of the show’s central characters, Bert and Ernie, to be a couple.

Speaking to Queerty, songwriter Mark Saltzman was asked if he thought of the pair as gay. He admitted he had no other way to ‘contextualize’ them.

‘And 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.’

Saltzman furthermore admitted that the pair’s shenanigans were often inspired by his real-life relationship with late documentary filmmaker Arnold Glassman.

However, Saltzman added the caveat that he never ‘said to the head writer, “oh, I’m writing this, this is my partner and me.”’

https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/sesame-street-writer-clarifies-whether-bert-and-ernie-are-a-gay-couple/#gs.2FLCZyQ

[Miel 15,009]

Nice! Very nice to have clarification on this.

But we been knew hehe

[Bonkers 26,489]

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1 minute ago, Rainbow1 said:

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[Yuuri 21,636]

2 minutes ago, Rainbow1 said:

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https://youtu.be/8RQDPwODja4

 

 

[CautiousLurker 16,578]

Oh boy, I love me some revelations that amount to nothing 

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29 minutes ago, Sharyu said:

https://youtu.be/8RQDPwODja4

 

 

I’m not clicking on that link if my life depended on it 

[joemayzzin 3,857]

you must be living under a rock if you didn't put this together that they were a "couple" i mean two men living together  

 

we stan OG gay characters from the late 60's early 70's!!!

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36 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

Is anyone else really turned in right now?  

girl that better not be a typo for turned on

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4 minutes ago, ryanripley said:

girl that better not be a typo for turned on

Nnnn

[RAMROD 96,173]

It is quite obvious since the first get go, (gay couples used to call each other as roommates to the people who asks back in the day), but glad it is confirmed bluntly now so nobody will be guessing anymore. 

[River 90,511]

Do they wash the dolls sometimes? they look a bit dirty and imagine the bacteria inside

 

And yaas Bernie and Ernie!! now marry and have a little kid!!

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27 minutes ago, River said:

Do they wash the dolls sometimes? they look a bit dirty and imagine the bacteria inside

Dry clean and steamroll, beibe! Fancier!

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keep it appropriate y'all