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RickJWagner on Dec 2, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Introduction to Bert

A timely post, as December is prime 'Bert' month.

If Bert & Ernie are only Sesame Street characters to you, please watch "It's a Wonderful Life" (carefully) this holiday season. I think that's where Sesame Street got the names.

emmelaich on Dec 3, 2019 [–]

Interesting, but a little Googling tells me that the writers deny that. It's just a coincidence.

Perhaps Jim Henson subconsciously remembered them though.

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