On Bert & Ernie

I was born in the late 60's. Although at first, we don't have television, I remembered watching some shows in our neighbor's house. Our favorite series were, Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-O, Six Million Dollar Man, Wonder Woman and Charlie's Angels. These were prime time series, the only time our neighbor allowed us to view with them.

Early 70's my parents got us a black and white one. There I watched Sesame Street which of course aired in the morning. Some of our sandos or tops were printed with the shows characters. Those were the cheap ones bought from the market. Some notebook covers also have these characters. These items introduced me to Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, Count, Cookie Monster and Elmo with colors.

When I read the petition from gay community to marry Bert & Ernie, I felt somewhat uneasy. You see I watched them as real friends, best friends, and to put malice on that closeness is somehow disturbing.

If I'm to decide, I'll let these popular characters live together as best friends even with their differences and bickering. Let's leave it that way please!