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19-09-2018, 10:07 AM | #1 | |||
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The organisation behind Sesame Street has denied co-habiting duo, Bert and Ernie, are gay, following comments by one of the show's writers. Mark Saltzman said his writing about the room-mating couple was based on his relationship with film editor Arnold Glassman. Sesame Workshop then issued a statement saying the pair "do not have a sexual orientation". Bert and Ernie may look human, but the pair "remain puppets", it said. They are ladsladslads hetros. "They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves." It broadly repeats past statements the non-profit organisation has made about the stripy-clothed duo when questions arose about their relationship. Image Copyright @SesameWorkshop @SesameWorkshop Report Mr Saltzman made his assertion about the two in an interview with LGBTQ news site Queerty. "I always felt that, without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were [a couple]," he said. Mr Saltzman joined the show in 1984, 15 years after the pair debuted on the show. "I don't think I'd know how else to write them, but as a loving couple." There has been decades of speculation about the puppet pair, who have been roommates - albeit in separate beds - at 123 Sesame Street since the programme's pilot episode in 1969. Bert and Ernie have become icons in the gay community over the years, and even inspired parts of the puppet Broadway musical Avenue Q. The New Yorker ran a cover image of the pair watching television in each other's arms in July 2013, entitled "Moment of Joy". This will be a big blow to The Gays who were hoping that Bert and Ernie became poster boys for the movement and a potential figure head for a winter recruitment drive. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45566451 Kings of foam based straightness Last edited by LeatherTrumpet; 19-09-2018 at 10:40 AM. |
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19-09-2018, 10:11 AM | #2 | ||
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They're not straight. They have no sexual orientation, they're puppets.
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19-09-2018, 10:12 AM | #3 | |||
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19-09-2018, 10:22 AM | #4 | |||
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Imagine being upset about the sexual orientation of puppets
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19-09-2018, 10:27 AM | #5 | |||
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19-09-2018, 10:40 AM | #6 | ||
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19-09-2018, 04:32 PM | #7 | |||
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I never understood why people feel the need to make assumptions & jokes about children's characters , they're puppets for goodness sake .
Same goes for Teletubbies just because one of them carries a handbag , why do people attach gender stereotypes & orientation to children's characters ?? . Rainbow was another show ,but that program gets laughed at now because of all the innuedos . There's a pink puppet that was camp and people wanted to give him a label as well . Last edited by GoldHeart; 19-09-2018 at 04:33 PM. |
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19-09-2018, 04:44 PM | #8 | |||
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It's not about being upset though , why do people care what characters are ? and why do they make assumptions . It is silly .
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19-09-2018, 04:45 PM | #9 | |||
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19-09-2018, 04:48 PM | #10 | |||
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Mr Benn lived alone and was always smartly dressed. He liked dressing up in secret in a small closet.
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19-09-2018, 04:52 PM | #11 | |||
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Heard about them being gay yesterday. Now they're not again?
Either way, Sesame Street has these fans on strings
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19-09-2018, 04:53 PM | #12 | |||
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Same thing happened with Teletubbies & Rainbow . Jokes were made about the orientation of Tinky winky & George the pink hippo . Who cares seriously . |
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19-09-2018, 04:59 PM | #13 | |||
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Yes it is ridiculous
Everyone knew Bungle was a gay and George was asexual |
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19-09-2018, 05:04 PM | #14 | |||
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They use to say Bungle's old costume looked scary with beady eyes ,but when he became more cuddly & friendly in appearance I don't think they ever joked about him . They seemed obsessed with George .
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19-09-2018, 05:41 PM | #15 | ||
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Exactly Muppet Puppets , stuffed and sewn crotches
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19-09-2018, 06:13 PM | #16 | |||
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The king of gay puppets was Iver from the Hoobs
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19-09-2018, 07:02 PM | #17 | |||
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Im not buying it. Who knows what goes on when the cameras arent rolling.
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19-09-2018, 08:20 PM | #18 | |||
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19-09-2018, 08:33 PM | #19 | ||
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19-09-2018, 08:41 PM | #20 | |||
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Lol, the writers of kids tv shows had a field day back in the 70/80s littering the scripts with innuendos.....Rainbow was one of the worst.
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19-09-2018, 08:47 PM | #21 | ||
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19-09-2018, 08:54 PM | #22 | |||
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Maybe if Zippy didnt tell us he was playing on Georges fiddle all night, millennials could all afford houses?
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19-09-2018, 08:55 PM | #23 | |||
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19-09-2018, 08:59 PM | #24 | |||
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It was actual filth though
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20-09-2018, 02:09 AM | #25 | |||
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