A pair of
muppets on
Sesame Street who are always being accused of being
gay lovers but are just really
good friends. People seem to
remember them
taking baths/
sleeping together, but I don't
recall this (and I watched that show
religiously as a kid). Their
names were believed to have been taken from a
pair of
cops in the
movie "
It's a Wonderful Life," though apparently it's a
rumor. Other rumors of
Ernie dying of
leukemia so as to stave off the
homosexuality rumors are
urban legends which get
sheeple riled up. It seems that there's lots of rumors about them. Maybe because they're such
lovable, well-known figures - people feel the need to tear them down, regardless of how they once felt for them.
Accipiter says Hi. Bert and Ernie *did* sleep together (Ernie ate cookies in bed, and the crumbs pissed Bert off.), and occasionally bathed together. Most of the time, it was Ernie with his Rubber Ducky, though.
you said "I never saw them do that, and it disagrees with my thesis, so I'm ignoring you. :)" to Accipiter
I remember Bert getting pissed at Ernie for eating cookies in bed, but it was totally different than that - they were NOT in bed together. They shared the same bedroom, but not the same bed. Ernie would eat cookies in his bed. Bert would tell Ernie, "You shouldn't do that. You'll get crumbs in your bed." So Ernie would respond, "Gee, you're right, Bert," and then go into Bert's bed to eat cookies.
That is a totally different thing. And I remember it like it was yesterday.
And I still haven't had any sort of evidence that they ever bathed together.