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Who are the characters Bert and Ernie on “Sesame Street” named after?

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Who are the characters Bert and Ernie on “Sesame Street” named after?

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The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s ‘It’s A Wonderful Life.’ http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lones/facts.html http://xray.bmc.uu.se/dombo/archive/Vol9/dombo_v9_n2.pdf Note: Both links are from similar sites that mass produce “factoids” which can end up being non-verified or inaccurate “facts.” [Note & Link added Feb.