Well my first Bert and Ernie fact was that all these years, ever since I was a little girl in fact; I've always spelled it Burt. That is wrong. Awhile ago Google changed it's logos to Sesame Street characters for a week I think it was. I'd never enjoyed a search engine more. So I thought it would be fun to just take a week and get to know the characters from the show, the origins and the characters a little better.
Bert and Ernie have to be one of the more controversial Sesame Street character. I remember back in 2000 a college professor said that they had axed one of the characters because people started thinking they were "more than just friends". (They are roommates’ people! Roommates! Also I'm pretty sure that this rumor was unfounded about one or either of the characters dying.) According to wikipedia Ernie was based on an orange and Bert was based on a banana. I just always thought that Bert had found the best diet pill. Now that I look at them I can see the resemblance although that fact isn't cited on wikipedia.
Bert and Ernie carried the pilot of the show. They worked so well that Muppets took over the entire format because they were the only ones that got a positive response in testing.
Bert likes to make oatmeal and collect bottle caps. He also has a twin brother named Bart.
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