Fans of the long-running children’s educational TV show Sesame Street have often wondered whether the show’s roommate couple, Bert and Ernie, are gay. But perhaps they’ve overlooked the queerest thing ...

It’s Opposite Day on Sesame Street! Everyone’s celebrating by doing things that are as different as they can be. Bert and Ernie notice they like opposite things like the stripes on their shirts, ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.

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