Photo credit: AP | FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2001 file photo, Muppets Bert, left, and Ernie, from the children's program "Sesame Street," are shown in New York. An online petition calling for the nuptials of Muppet flat-mates Bert and Ernie has sparked controversy. (AP) Poor Bert and Ernie. Perhaps someone should petition Sesame Street to stop promoting government entitlements and force the Muppets to get jobs.
Sesame Street producers to let odd couple Bert and Ernie marry as a way to teach tolerance to young children, Sesame Workshop has issued
a statement on the nature of Bert and Ernie’s relationship: “Bert and Ernie are best friends.