A Sesame Street Writer Has Finally Come Clean About What Viewers Have Suspected For Years

Sesame Street has for a long time been a beloved staple of childhood. Jim Henson Muppet characters such as Big Bird, Elmo, and the duo Bert and Ernie have gone down in television and pop culture history. But there has always been a bit of controversy surrounding those last two characters. Now former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman has spoken out about an aspect of their characterization, and as soon as he did, the internet went wild about it.

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