316 likes. But when Ernie calls Bert back to … The Twiddlebugs seen most frequently on Sesame Street are a family of four. Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. Bert is excited but Ernie is afraid. The Voice Of Bert Says It's “Wonderful" That People See Bert And Ernie As Being In A "Loving Gay Relationship" ... Frank Oz has been talking about Bert and Ernie on Twitter. We are Burt & Ernie - two rescued European Starlings living the good life! While the species was established in Season 2, the main Twiddlebug family was introduced in Season 5. Burt and Ernie Starling. In Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Bert goes as far as trading his paper clips for a present to buy Ernie. Oz is voice of dozens of puppets and muppets as one of Jim Henson's earliest collaborators — and now the storied puppeteer is lending his voice to the debate over whether or not "Sesame Street" Value. According to Bert at the beginning of "Let's Sing a Song That Everybody Knows", paperclips are very valuable, and are not something to play with on a moving bus.In Bert and the Broken Teapot, Bert considers selling his paper clips in order to pay for David's broken teapot. In 1976, Knickerbocker made a line of Sesame Street talking rag dolls of Ernie, Bert, and Count von Count. Please visit our photo albums to see how we have grown since our birth on 5-10-12. "Sesame Street" on Tuesday tweeted, "As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are best friends. They see statues that look like them. Following an interview given by a former "Sesame Street" writer who said he wrote the beloved characters Bert and Ernie as if they were gay, the show has said otherwise. The dolls had pull-strings on the back that would play four sound clips each. Bert decides to explore a tunnel while Ernie looks at the statues, and then the Ernie statue starts tapping and talking to Ernie. Twiddlebugs are a species of colorful insects who live in Ernie's window box.