Is Bert coming out?
June 15, 2010 1:38 AM Subscribe
Bert is a muppet like any other. He enjoys dancing, exploring and collecting bottlecaps.
For over forty years, Bert has lived with his constant companion Ernie. Their close relationship has caused much speculation. After years of denials and threats of lawsuits, Bert appears to have tweeted his first step out of the closet.
Yes, this is the real Sesame Street twitter account
This post was deleted for the following reason: I love Bert and Ernie, but this feels like random Buzzfeed blogger fishing for clicks on the strength of a ridiculous overparsing. -- cortex
I might be reading into the tweet too much.
You don't say?
posted by GeckoDundee at 1:48 AM on June 15, 2010
You don't say?
posted by GeckoDundee at 1:48 AM on June 15, 2010
Big Bird: It’s hard being 8-feet-2-inches, when lots of my friends are 2-feet-8-inches!
um..
posted by doctor_negative at 1:49 AM on June 15, 2010
um..
posted by doctor_negative at 1:49 AM on June 15, 2010
what
posted by Happy Dave at 1:49 AM on June 15, 2010
posted by Happy Dave at 1:49 AM on June 15, 2010
Uh. Sometimes a mohawk is just a mohawk?
(Not that what their little felt hearts do relation-wise is any of my business anyways.)
posted by Iosephus at 1:50 AM on June 15, 2010
(Not that what their little felt hearts do relation-wise is any of my business anyways.)
posted by Iosephus at 1:50 AM on June 15, 2010
'Mo' as in "HoMOsexual" is I guess what people are thinking.
In other news, "It" is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.
posted by gryftir at 1:53 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
In other news, "It" is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.
posted by gryftir at 1:53 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
The tweet in question:
Bert: Ever notice how similar my hair is to Mr. T’s? The only difference is mine is a little more ‘mo,’ a little less ‘hawk.’
For all you people new to twitter, comparing your hair to an 80's TV action star is how you announce your sexuality. Mr. T = gay.
You don't want to know what Jan Michael Vincent is.
posted by anti social order at 1:56 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Bert: Ever notice how similar my hair is to Mr. T’s? The only difference is mine is a little more ‘mo,’ a little less ‘hawk.’
For all you people new to twitter, comparing your hair to an 80's TV action star is how you announce your sexuality. Mr. T = gay.
You don't want to know what Jan Michael Vincent is.
posted by anti social order at 1:56 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Mr. T = gay.
When T finds that, I'm in for a pitying.
posted by anti social order at 1:58 AM on June 15, 2010 [5 favorites]
When T finds that, I'm in for a pitying.
posted by anti social order at 1:58 AM on June 15, 2010 [5 favorites]
The gayest thing Mr. T has ever done.
Seriously though, it's not about Mr T. It's about the emphasis on "mo." What else could it stand for? Elmo, Emo, Monster? None of those are obvious enough to overpower the implication presented.
posted by yellowbinder at 2:03 AM on June 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
Seriously though, it's not about Mr T. It's about the emphasis on "mo." What else could it stand for? Elmo, Emo, Monster? None of those are obvious enough to overpower the implication presented.
posted by yellowbinder at 2:03 AM on June 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
Confirmed: Bert From Sesame Street Is Gay is starting to go viral on Facebook. Share It
posted by three blind mice at 2:05 AM on June 15, 2010
posted by three blind mice at 2:05 AM on June 15, 2010
Well, get load of this earlier tweet with a video link...
Good morning everyone! Wake up, Ernie style! http://bit.ly/aPQAAa
Ernie is going over to Bert's bed and singing a showtune while pointing out his various body parts. NOTHING GAY ABOUT THAT.
posted by oneswellfoop at 2:06 AM on June 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
Good morning everyone! Wake up, Ernie style! http://bit.ly/aPQAAa
Ernie is going over to Bert's bed and singing a showtune while pointing out his various body parts. NOTHING GAY ABOUT THAT.
posted by oneswellfoop at 2:06 AM on June 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
Next week on Plate-of-Beaning Sesame Street's Tweets!
Elmo: Elmo’s favorite toy that start with the letter V: Elmo’s violet violin! They should make all violins that color, don’t you think?
Knows more than three color names, appreciates classical music. Do I have to paint you a picture?
Grover: My fur is so itchy today!!! Ugh!
Still coming to terms with something that makes him uncomfortable in his own skin. Read between the lines.
Abby Cadabby: Flying is fun! But when you non-Fairies fly, at least you get Frequent Flier points!
...
posted by No-sword at 2:07 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Elmo: Elmo’s favorite toy that start with the letter V: Elmo’s violet violin! They should make all violins that color, don’t you think?
Knows more than three color names, appreciates classical music. Do I have to paint you a picture?
Grover: My fur is so itchy today!!! Ugh!
Still coming to terms with something that makes him uncomfortable in his own skin. Read between the lines.
Abby Cadabby: Flying is fun! But when you non-Fairies fly, at least you get Frequent Flier points!
...
posted by No-sword at 2:07 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Bert's tweet could refer to "Mo" as in Mo Howard of the Three Stooges (who had a kind of an S&M thing going with one or another of his brothers and a guy named Larry)... but that little tuft of hair he has is hardly a 1/4 Mo, if you No what I mean...
posted by oneswellfoop at 2:10 AM on June 15, 2010
posted by oneswellfoop at 2:10 AM on June 15, 2010
...and Elmo luvs his Violet Violin... he plays it ALL day!
posted by Catblack at 2:14 AM on June 15, 2010
posted by Catblack at 2:14 AM on June 15, 2010
In July 1916 Rene ('Mo') teamed up with comedian Nat Phillips ('Stiffy'), and the duo became the famous—or infamous—'Stiffy' and 'Mo', renowned for their bawdy, 'blue' comedy.posted by Fiasco da Gama at 2:30 AM on June 15, 2010
Confirmed: Bert from Sesame Street feels more of an affinity with former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Minister for the Cabinet Office the late Mo Mowlam than he does with those advocating aggressive stances in foreign policy. [Like] [Tweet] [Beanplate]
posted by him at 2:50 AM on June 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by him at 2:50 AM on June 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
this whole FPP is a stretch if you ask me
Especially when you consider some of Berts known associates.
posted by anti social order at 2:56 AM on June 15, 2010
Especially when you consider some of Berts known associates.
posted by anti social order at 2:56 AM on June 15, 2010
Honestly, can't two males share a bed or dance around a kitchen without people wondering about their sexuality?
posted by Electric Dragon at 2:58 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Electric Dragon at 2:58 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Yeeeeaaaahno. If the Sesame Street Powers That Be were going to finally do this, they'd do it with quite a bit more grace and sensitivity than making a pun on the word "homo".
I continue to hope that they will eventually out Bert and Ernie, but as for now I am angry that I gave that Buzzfeed blogger my click.
posted by chaff at 3:04 AM on June 15, 2010 [7 favorites]
I continue to hope that they will eventually out Bert and Ernie, but as for now I am angry that I gave that Buzzfeed blogger my click.
posted by chaff at 3:04 AM on June 15, 2010 [7 favorites]
Oy.
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:09 AM on June 15, 2010
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:09 AM on June 15, 2010
Man, 'Bert and Ernie are gay' is a tired old joke. Can't it please just die? It's getting really boring.
posted by Kit W at 3:16 AM on June 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Kit W at 3:16 AM on June 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
Honestly, can't two males share a bed
Well, exactly
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:18 AM on June 15, 2010
Well, exactly
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:18 AM on June 15, 2010
good lord, people! Get a life!
posted by HuronBob at 3:40 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by HuronBob at 3:40 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
obviously he's referring to Mo from Dykes to Watch Out For - and she's pretty darn gay
and "hawk" obviously refers to Hawkman - no one wants to be likened to him, especially Bert
posted by jammy at 4:25 AM on June 15, 2010
and "hawk" obviously refers to Hawkman - no one wants to be likened to him, especially Bert
posted by jammy at 4:25 AM on June 15, 2010
It's not easy being yellow.
posted by crunchland at 4:35 AM on June 15, 2010
posted by crunchland at 4:35 AM on June 15, 2010
I...no.
posted by custardfairy at 4:43 AM on June 15, 2010
posted by custardfairy at 4:43 AM on June 15, 2010
Has he confessed his political leanings, too?
No doubt about those. Sadly, he's a confirmed W lover.
posted by gubo at 5:04 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
No doubt about those. Sadly, he's a confirmed W lover.
posted by gubo at 5:04 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
I thought he meant Mo Rocca, another muppet with ridiculous hair.
posted by jenkinsEar at 5:14 AM on June 15, 2010
posted by jenkinsEar at 5:14 AM on June 15, 2010
None of those are obvious enough to overpower the implication presented.
What implication? I have never ever ever ever ever ever EVER heard "mo" refer to "homosexual". Ever.
posted by DU at 5:18 AM on June 15, 2010
What implication? I have never ever ever ever ever ever EVER heard "mo" refer to "homosexual". Ever.
posted by DU at 5:18 AM on June 15, 2010
so tinky winky was just a smoke screen?
and maybe he means moe tucker?
posted by msconduct at 5:19 AM on June 15, 2010
and maybe he means moe tucker?
posted by msconduct at 5:19 AM on June 15, 2010
Which doesn't mean I think Ernie and Bert aren't gay. They totally are. (Have you seen the latest incarnation? It takes place in their bedrooms, in their actual beds. Ernie goes over to Bert's bed every time they have a fantasy adventure. I am absolutely, positively, 100% not kidding.) Nonetheless, I don't think this tweet is supposed to be outing Bert. As someone else said above, when Sesame Street decides to talk about homosexuality, they'll talk about "different ways to love" or whatever, not make an ambiguous-at-best pun.
posted by DU at 5:22 AM on June 15, 2010
posted by DU at 5:22 AM on June 15, 2010
ANY TWO MALES WHO ARE ROOMMATES AND/OR FRIENDS ARE PROBABLY ALSO HOMOSEXUAL
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THAT ONE GUY IN 8TH GRADE GYM
posted by shakespeherian at 5:24 AM on June 15, 2010 [7 favorites]
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THAT ONE GUY IN 8TH GRADE GYM
posted by shakespeherian at 5:24 AM on June 15, 2010 [7 favorites]
None of those are obvious enough to overpower the implication presented.
'Mo' = Homo? I'm sorry, that's fucking lame. And a reach. And even lamer because it's such a reach.
'Mo' = 'Mo Money'… referring to Burt's fast-and-loose lifestyle of bling & bitches
'Mo' = 'Moe'… of the Three Stooges
'Mo' = 'Moo'… the sound a cow makes
'Mo' = MO = 'Montana'… the wide, flat expanses of open sky, symbolizing how alone he feels because he has to constantly pretend… HOLY SHIT HE IS GAY!
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:41 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
'Mo' = Homo? I'm sorry, that's fucking lame. And a reach. And even lamer because it's such a reach.
'Mo' = 'Mo Money'… referring to Burt's fast-and-loose lifestyle of bling & bitches
'Mo' = 'Moe'… of the Three Stooges
'Mo' = 'Moo'… the sound a cow makes
'Mo' = MO = 'Montana'… the wide, flat expanses of open sky, symbolizing how alone he feels because he has to constantly pretend… HOLY SHIT HE IS GAY!
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:41 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Cross-promotion for the A-Team movie.
posted by box at 5:45 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 5:45 AM on June 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
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