No more will we see "Journey to Ernie" or one of Ernie's classic Rubber Ducky-influenced songs, at least not in new episodes. Get ready for the animated (with clay) "Adventures of Bert & Ernie." ...

Bert and Ernie may look human, but the pair "remain puppets", it said. "They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves." ...

Sesame Workshop issued a similar statement in 2011, when an online campaign called for the show to let Bert and Ernie get married. "Sesame Street" has been on the air since 1969.

(NewsNation) — “Sesame Street” characters Bert and Ernie were mentioned in the federal sex crimes trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Thursday.

THE news that an HIV-positive Muppet is headed for “Sesame Street” has been greatly exaggerated. While it is true that the new character is being developed for a version of the PBS kids… ...

"I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were [gay]," Mark Saltzman, who worked for the preschooler program for 15 years, told Queerty in an interview.

"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.

But more than 5,000 people aren't buying it. They have signed the online petition at change.org to ask the hands behind the puppets to have Bert and Ernie enter a gay marriage.

After all, if Ernie were to attempt such an act on Bert, he would end up fellating the crook of the puppet-master’s elbow. It has been a wonderful week for gay rights in America, with much more ...

Former 'Sesame Street' Writer Reveals Bert And Ernie Are Gay Couple September 18, 2018 / 2:12 PM CDT / CBS Texas (CBS Local)-- A former "Sesame Street" writer has revealed that Bert and Ernie are gay.

So it was the Bert and Ernie relationship, and I was already with Arnie when I came to ‘Sesame Street.’ “So I don’t think I’d know how else to write them, but as a loving couple.