Replies to the Bert & Ernie thing show a depressing truth: many people, even some who claim to be LGBT “allies,” see gay couples as inherently sexualized and therefore inappropriate for kids. Some people continued to explain to Oz why the question, or reality, about Bert and Ernie’s relationship is important while others highlighted the hypocrisy in saying puppets don’t have a sexual orientation when we’ve all had to watch some pretty awkward interactions between Kermit and Miss Piggy. But when others took that leap from his interview I felt I had to question the need for the question. My comment was directed towards the question. I hope Mr Saltzman doesn’t feel my comment was directed towards him. The Tweet discussion was worth it for me to just learn that. īut I did learn something from Although it doesn’t matter to me if someone is gay or viewed as gay, I learned it does matter to a great many people who feel they are not represented enough. When I wrote “They’re not, of course”, did you think I was saying something like, “They’re straight like everyone else.” ? What I was actually saying was “They’re not, of course. He also acknowledged that a lot of the pushback made him realize why people need to see themselves represented in entertainment. While the workshop account hasn’t posted any other comments, Oz continues to engage in discussions with people challenging his declaration that Bert and Ernie aren’t gay.Īfter his initial tweet, Oz clarified that by saying Bert and Ernie are not gay, he is not implying that they are straight. Sesame Workshop’s first statement is a verbatim response from 2011 following an online petition urging the show to allow Bert and Ernie to get married. Please see our most recent statement regarding Bert and Ernie below. The workshop account originally tweeted the following statement but deleted the post Wednesday afternoon.
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And that’s the Bert & Ernie dynamic.”įrank Oz, a longtime puppeteer and voice actor on Sesame Street, and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the series, stepped into the Twitter debate that quickly ensued. I wrote sketches…Arnie’s OCD would create friction with how chaotic I was. So I don’t think I’d know how else to write them, but as a loving couple. “I was already with Arnie when I came to Sesame Street. I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them,” he said. “I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert & Ernie, they were. He was in a relationship with Arnold Glassman, and many people referred to him and “Arnie” as “Bert and Ernie.”ĭuring an interview with Queerty, Saltzman was asked if he thought of Bert and Ernie as a gay couple while working on the show. Saltzman joined the writers’ room of Sesame Street in the 80s and became open about his sexual orientation during his time on the show.
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The former Sesame Street writer reignited the “ are they or aren’t they” debate this week causing fellow street residents to speak out on the issue.
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September 19th, 2018 – Mark Saltzman can tell you how to get to Sesame Street, and he can also let you know that Bert and Ernie are a gay couple.