Poor Bert & Ernie

When are Bert and Ernie going to get new shirts? There’s the old advice about keeping trendy clothes after they go out of style because if you wait long enough they’ll come back in style and you’ll be a hip fashion icon. But, fellas. You’re supposed to keep the clothes in the closet until they become popular again.

To think I actually threw my leg-warmers and shiny lycra pants, circa 1982-ish, into a Goodwill bag round about 1986. Hip fashion icon I am not.

To check out the wardrobe in question (Bert and Ernie's, not my leg-warmers), take a gander at http://www.sesameworkshop.org/inyourneighborhood/

When I did a google search to find pictures of Bert and his unibrow and Ernie and the rubber duckie, I found a dark Bert and Ernie underworld. Who modifies images of poor Bert and Ernie to turn them into pot smokers, bloodshot eyes and all? Since I just learned how to post links in my blog entries and because I wouldn't want to deprive you of this inspirational image... http://www.funlol.com/pictures/high-bert-and-ernie.html

And did you know that there are websites called Bert is Evil that claim that Bert is an evil genius connected to high profile personalities? Who knew that Jim Henson was such a scheming monster? And all this time I thought Bert was just the grumpy curmudgeonly (I think I made that word up) side of Sesame Street’s of the Odd Couple, whose unibrow desperately needed some attention.

Silly me. I must learn to look at things with more of a skeptical, suspicious eye. Makes me wonder what subversive and potentially terroristic messages are hiding within my beloved Backyardigans.