Globally-loved Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie are pictured cuddling on the couch in front of the TV on the New Yorker’s DOMA cover. Marking the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn ...

Online petition urged muppets to wed, creators respond on Facebook August 11, 2011— -- Are they gay? It's the age-old (well, several-years-old) question intriguing fans of muppets Bert and Ernie.

“I remember one time that a column from the San Francisco Chronicle, a preschooler in the city turned to mom and asked ‘are Bert & Ernie Iovers?’” Saltzman recalled. “And that, coming from a ...

Ever wonder how the best friends in the history of “Sesame Street” became the unstoppable duo they are today? Well, you’re about to find out, thanks to Bert and Ernie’s very own version of the iconic ...

“It seems Mr. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay,” Oz, a longtime Muppets veteran and Bert’s creator, wrote. “It’s fine that he feels they are. They’re not, of course. But why that ...

Kmart is messing with tradition. To generate attention for its exclusive Sesame Street children’s collection, the bankrupt mass merchant is turning the sartorial spotlight on Ernie and Bert. The ...