# Bert and Ernie - always separate beds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-and-ernie-always-separate-beds/200862 "2003-09-10T23:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-and-ernie-always-separate-beds/200862/1 "2003-09-10T23:05:24Z")
In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=210362) thread, I asserted that Bert and Ernie (from Sesame Street) slept in the same bed; after a couple of people disagreed, I sheepishly retreated to the position that they _used to_ sleep in the same bed, there was yet more disagreement and (thread is locked now, so we’re here) I’m now starting to wonder if maybe I imagined it all, or have unconsciously applied _one single instance_ to the whole set. A Google search on **Bert Ernie “in the Same bed”** reveals that, at the very least, I’m not entirely alone in this belief; I’m not exactly in the most reputable of company either. No photographic evidence of bed-sharing is offered online. So, did I imagine it all? We’re talking 20+ years ago here, but in my mind’s eye, I can clearly see an argument about who was hogging the blanket (which was, in the best tradition of such comic moments, too small to cover them both properly). ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-and-ernie-always-separate-beds/200862/2 "2003-09-10T23:11:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*So, did I imagine it all? We’re talking 20+ years ago here, but in my mind’s eye, I can clearly see an argument about who was hogging the blanket (which was, in the best tradition of such comic moments, too small to cover them both properly). \*\* For what it’s worth, **Mangeout** , I have the same memory: Bert and Ernie arguing about who got the covers… and as I recall, the bed they were both in seemed entirely too small for both of them as well. It’s a very vague memory, but I do remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-and-ernie-always-separate-beds/200862/3 "2003-09-10T23:28:00Z")
It may be that they were both forced to sleep in one of the single beds for some reason on one occasion and that this is what I am remembering - I was able to find a script where Ernie climbs into bed with Bert to eat cookies (because he doesn’t want crumbs in his own bed). ---
**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-and-ernie-always-separate-beds/200862/4 "2003-09-11T01:31:21Z")
This may be what you remember: [http://www.anagrammy.com/literary/rg/poems-rg12.html](http://www.anagrammy.com/literary/rg/poems-rg12.html) This is a skit where Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in his bed. So Ernie climbs into Bert’s bed and eats the cookies. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-and-ernie-always-separate-beds/200862/5 "2003-09-11T04:25:14Z")
“I wish you wouldn’t yell like that, Bert.” “Well I wish you wouldn’t eat cookies in the _goddamn bed!!_” Is there any thread you can’t apply a Family Guy quote to? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bert-and-ernie-always-separate-beds/200862/6 "2003-09-11T10:31:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lesa \* > \*\*This may be what you remember: > > [Anagram by Richard Grantham](http://www.anagrammy.com/literary/rg/poems-rg12.html) > > This is a skit where Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in his bed. So Ernie climbs into Bert’s bed and eats the cookies. \*\* Even funnier is the skit to the right of that. 😉