Talk:Ernie (Sesame Street)

Why the move? Is there another Ernie we need to disambiguate from? --mav

Also did this with Bert. I don't know, it's just that if there ever was... user:zanimum

When and if that happens we will take care of it then. --mav

Sigh. Whatever.

Moved back. --mav

no homage

I removed the It's a Wonderful Life reference, as Henson said specifically that the names are NOT from the two supporting characters in that movie. It says this in Bert and Ernie - DavidWBrooks 11:56, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Than again, perhaps Henson's lawyers advised this course of action and it's just a coincidence that Bert is the officious muppet where Bert is the police officer, Ernie is the goofie muppet where Ernie the taxi driver is the goofier one of the pair (who kisses Bert after they croon to the newlyweds), etc. Denied or not, the coincidences are too striking and my statement was couched in "may" language; you probably should have left it in both articles, adding the official denial if you wished.

Atlant 13:07, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

rumors

I (hopefully) improved the language in the section titled "Rumors of Homosexuality" (previously titled "Bert and Ernie are Gay").

Homosexual rumor

A few weeks ago, a contributor removed the "Rumors of Homosexuality" entry to this article. His rationale, according to the history, was that "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a rumor mill." In response, I say this is a urban legend, not a rumor; and the fact is, this urban legend exists; it is not rumormongering merely by restating it. The link I had provided was to snopes.com, a reputable Web site that reports the factual veracity of urban legends such as the one concerning the relationship between Bert and Ernie. The author of the article used nine sources - including the New York Times and USA Weekend to create the article (scroll to the very bottom of the article); to be sure, she sure didn't make it up out of thin air or base it on her personal opinion. I say the "Rumors of Homosexuality," along with the link to the snopes.com article, ought to go back in. [[Briguy52748 16:25, 15 July 2006 (UTC)]]

I agree that snopes.com is a reliable enough source for urban legends and such; furthermore, the fact that Sesame Workshop had to issue a press release denying the urban legend shows that it's noteworthy. Not to mention the Avenue Q connection! I'll restore the section. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 05:14, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Your thoughts were exactly what I was planning to add, Josiah, had no one restored it yet. Anyhow, I have renamed the subsection "Sexual orientation" to dispel any unintended notions. [[Briguy52748 19:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)]]

I always thought they were brothers... let's make it official! :)

In a german song(„Hallo, Wie Wär's Mit Einem O?“) from sesame street theres a phrase where somebody talking ti ernie„Oder schenk' es deiner Frau.“("Or give it to your wife.") he answer„Wem? Bert?“("Who?Bert?")

Regarding the comment regarding Cookie Monster's cookie addiction, they did end up putting him on a diet, didn't they? Just some food for thought. Personally I always thought Bert and Ernie were based on The Odd Couple. horsedreamer 01:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I always thought they were brothers too! but I also agree that they are based off the odd couple Julie 08:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

This is the worst page I've ever found in Wikipedia.

There is nothing in here but speculation on unfounded and irrelevant rumors. I actually looked up Ernie to try and remember an album I had as a kid. Like the creators of the show said, they are asexual. The idea that people can't get past that is yet another example of how American society is operating at about a 7th grade intelect.