[High Praise! to Stilton’s Place]

“a former Sesame Street writer [said] that puppet buddies Bert and Ernie were actually gay lovers – at least in the writer’s mind (which is never a healthy place to be – trust us on this one).

Sesame Street quickly denied the allegation, making the not inconsequential point that the characters are puppets and not sexualized in any way…

Truthfully, we think the LGBT community should be relieved to hear this. After all, do they really want gay couples to be represented as poorly dressed, constantly bickering, hopelessly dimwitted doofuses who exhibit really bad impulse control along with obsessive fascination in the ABCs, primary colors, and squeaky bath toys? We think not.”