[tlb]

Generally speaking, any fool can open a Facebook page suggesting some outrageous thing. But not many can expect to get so many laughs at watching people go absolutely hysterical because of it. He was a pretty good puppeteer too, wasn’t he.

>>> Earlier threads about the “let them marry” petition:

Then this really adds nothing to the discussion does it? The Sesame Street position is unchanged since at least the early 90s. They always have been unequivocal that Bert and Ernie are puppets, period. The gay joke isn’t their doing or their position.

>>> Can we please keep sodomy out of children’s programing at least?

You ask that about puppets operated by a man sticking his arm up the puppet’s backside?

[trumandogz]

“Generally speaking, any fool can open a Facebook page suggesting some outrageous thing. But not many can expect to get so many laughs at watching people go absolutely hysterical because of it.”

Spot on.

[dayglored]

> Then this really adds nothing to the discussion does it?

I thought about that aspect before I posted this thread.

The two earlier threads which mentioned the Sesame Street position were still focused on the controversy surrounding the petition -- the articles were playing with the "gay puppet sex/marriage" aspect of the story.

This article was the first I saw that clearly said, "Sesame Street said 'NO'. What part of 'NO' do you not understand?"

So I thought that was probably worthy of a thread, because it declared a definitive end to this nonsense.