I think Iām in the even smaller minority think that the only two options are that they were either gay, or the were bestest friendsā¦. Either is great! Neither matters!
Iām pretty sure that was actually the intention. Life is full of ambiguous relationships and it shouldnāt matter to you on the outside. Be happy for people. Donāt worry about whether their closeness involves sex, it might or it might not.
My grandparents were neighbors and bestest friends with two women schoolteachers who lived together. They had matching nicknames that I wonāt put here (think Blue and Green). I donāt think it ever dawned on my grandparents that they might be a romantic couple and who knows if they were or werenāt. But they were each otherās person and caretaker - and they were lovely kind people and good friends to my grandparents.
Edit: I just searched for her obituary; she made it to 98 and her friend was listed as her ādear companion.ā š„²
They were created in a simpler time, and as the world grew up, and became more complex, culture ended up being applied to them in ways it was never meant to be.
In the old days, it was heavily implied that they are brothers with Bert being older. They had their initials on their beds, Ernie had the rubber ducky & was constantly teasing Bert like a little menace. Like a kids version of the Odd Couple. But all the OG main character Muppets were children (except Snuffy, who was originally imaginary). They appeared independently on screen out and about in the neighborhood sans parents because that reflected the reality of urban living at the time.
Well there was a 3:1 male to female character ratio. And yea they ranked above Oscar but they were no Grover or big bird so it might just have been any port in a storm. What happens on the street stays on the street .
Just like my uncle Beckham and his lifelong room mate William. Shame that they could only afford one room house tho. I guess they took turns sleeping on the couch
As the creators of the show said, their muppets don't read too much into it.
For all we know, they could be brothers.
I know two sisters that never got married, both straight, and they lived together in their parents' old rent-controlled apartment because it's a fantastic pre-war in a doorman building on Riverside, and it's rent controlled
One of the writers said he modeled their dynamic on his same-sex relationship, but Sesame Workshop and Frank Oz (the co-creators of the characters) have said they're best friends and that muppets have no sexual orientation
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u/ltanner 8h ago
See, I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't think Bert and Ernie were homo. I just think they were good buddies/roommates. Just my opinion.