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These are a few articles quoted from the net...
This is a statement from the Children's Television Workshop about Bert and Ernie's sexuality...

"Bert and Ernie, who've been on Sesame Street for 25 years, do not portray a gay couple, and there are no plans for them to do so in the future. They are puppets, not humans. Like all the Muppets created for Sesame Street, they were designed to help educate preschoolers. Bert and Ernie are characters who help demonstrate to children that despite their differences, they can be good friends."

It's sad that they had to defend this.
Here's another article just made for laughs:
"Oh come on, Ernie and Bert are not gay, and Ernie is not dead. If you must know they're communist agents sent to infiltrate Sesame Street. Its true. In the height of the cold-war the Soviets became envious of our Puppet-making technology. They used their own crude technology to manufacture two puppets, Ernie and Bert, which they sent to America to spy on the rest of Jim Hensen's merry little band of Muppets. They were, however, under strict orders not to fraternize too closely with the other members of the cast, for fear that they would get corrupted by the cheap thrills and fast times of being a famous puppet. This explains, why they were almost never shown in skits which included any other characters.
The nasal twang with which Bert's speaks betrays him as a non-American to any trained Linguist worth his (or her) salt. It is actually the unmistakeable accent of one born and bred in East-Moscow. Ernie's squeaky laugh and goofy good humor betray him as a resident of the Ukraine.
The fact that Ernie and Bert are spies also explain why Bert is so fond of pigeons. They are not ordinary pigeons that he is fond of, no, they are special Russian puppet carrier pigeons which he uses to send messages back to the homeland. And Ernie's "rubber duckie"is actually a cleverly disguised snub-nosed Browning 38 with which he deals with people who get too close to his sinister secret.
Do you think it was any accident that Jim Henson's death occured so close to the collapse of the Soviet empire. Do you think that its any accident that Bert's dance "Doin' the Pigeon" is almost identical to the marching style of members of the Red Army -- which, itself, is almost identical to the Nazi goosestep!
These are all true facts, you understand. Since the Soviet collapse Ernie has gone underground, while Bert remains a contact man on the outside. Who knows what evil schemes these two are concocting as we sit here, having pointless debates about the sexual leanings of pieces of felt and foam rubber."
This is from http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/92q4/muppets.html

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