“I created Bert,” says Frank Oz. “I know what and who he is.” And no, he isn’t gay. Those old rumors about the Muppets pals were reignited earlier this week when former Sesame Street writer Mark ...

For a brief time, Sesame Street’s iconic duo, Bert and Ernie, were out of the closet and at the top of Twitter’s trending list, following the remarks of a former writer for the PBS children’s show in ...

(NEW YORK) — Following an interview given by a former Sesame Street writer who said he wrote the beloved characters Bert and Ernie as if they were gay, the show has said otherwise. Sesame Workshop on ...

Bert and Ernie are still just roommates. In a statement, Sesame Workshop was prompted to address the famous puppets' relationship after a former writer for "Sesame Street" said his own relationship ...

For generations of children, Muppet masters Jim Henson and Frank Oz were a comedy duo on the level of Abbott & Costello and Laurel & Hardy. Even after Henson's death in 1990, Oz continued to portray ...

Fifty years ago, a generation of children learned how to get to Sesame Street when the classic TV series premiered on PBS on November 10, 1969. Five decades later, that street is still a beloved ...