Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Pictoral Evidence

I was explaining to Kara today (At work..via totally work-irrelevant emails--VAAA) how although Ernie (yes, SESAME STREET Ernie) most likely has higher approval ratings than Bert, it is unfair and Bert's bad rep as an uptight prig is totally unwarranted. It's not directly addressed on the show at all, but Ernie.. ...kind of a bastard.


Behold: exhibits A-E

Wonder how long he's going to make Bert sit there, holding perfectly still, for no good reason. What--a--BASTARD!


Niiiice, real nice. Not only are you totally ignoring your fallen--possibly injured-- "friend", but you then proceed to nearly rollerskate over a squirrel !! Bastard.



Hogging all the bromo-fizz or whatever the hell's in the tall glass. He probably made Bert pay for it too. .... bastard.

What the hell is this all about? Bert, here, is secretly upset and putting on a faux happy face. He doesn't want to upset others, or admit to being upset or whatever...pretty normal. Ernie is gleeful and making himself look sad? 'Sup with that ploy? Manipulative bastard.






Oh, but here we see he is not ALL smiles & good natured self-centeredness. He's also a bastard with a temper. A jealous bastard with a temper.

3 comments:

Jill said...

You know, I've never really realize what a Bastard Ernie is. It totally makes sense now...Bert is justified in his ravings. He's had to deal with Ernie all these years. And, did you notice that Bert's straw is all f***ed up in the pic with the tall beverage. Ernie probably gave him that one on purpose. Bastard. Oh, and don't get me started on that sneaky laugh of his!

Sandra said...

Indeed—the knot in the straw. I don’t think that Ernie found a screwy straw and made sure that Bert got it. I suspect that there were 2 perfectly functional straws to be had and Ernie *sabotaged* B’s. (that bastard!)

I was going to embed video evidence too but I didn’t wanna go overboard with it. But remember all those Sesame eps where Bert was trying to read and Ernie wouldn’t leave him the hell alone, or Bert was trying to sleep and Ernie wouldn’t shut the F up, etc etc… Bottom line is—in the course of being so “fun” and “free-spirited” Ernie was really a PAIN IN THE ASS roomie.

Jill said...

He so was!! It's a wonder that Bert didn't kick Ernie to the curb. I'm sure Oscar wouldn't let Ernie move in...can you even imagine how that would go?? So, I suppose Bert scores more points for 'allowing' Ernie to stay, shenanigans and all...Bert needs to have a street named after him or something!