Who were Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street named after?
A search on “bert ernie sesame street names” led us to Muppet Central. There we found a page of frequently asked questions about the lovable characters much of the world has grown up watching. The page tackled the hard-hitting inquiry, “Do the names of Ernie and Bert come from It’s a Wonderful Life?” Apparently, a theory popular among movie buffs and Muppet fans is that the duo was named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in the classic Christmas film. According to Jon Stone, a writer for Sesame Street, it is merely a coincidence. Unfortunately, the official
