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    Is Bert of 'Bert and Ernie' dead?

    Question #60397. Asked by eytank. (Nov 06 05 6:22 PM)


    gmackematix

    I hate to break this to you but...he's a puppet.

    Nov 06 05, 7:50 PM
    JoshCaleb12

    Didn't I hear a while back that he was "retired" as an active muppet on Seseme Street when his creator or voice died?

    Nov 06 05, 11:38 PM
    McGruff

    Ward Bond, who played Officer Bert in Frank Capra's 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life" died on November 5, 1960 at the age of 57. Taxi driver Ernie Bishop was played by Frank Faylen who passed away August 2, 1985. He was 79.

    Nov 07 05, 2:28 AM
    peasypod

    "Ernie was originally performed by Jim Henson until his death in 1990. Muppeteer Steve Whitmire inherited the character. Bert was originally performed by now-director Frank Oz.

    When Henson died, Frank Oz commented that he "couldn't imagine doing Bert and Ernie without Jim." Eventually, however, Oz would perform Bert opposite Steve Whitmire's Ernie. Beginning around 2001, Eric Jacobson began to be phased in as Bert's primary performer, and Jacobson now exclusively performs the character."

    Taken from:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_and_Bert

    I especially like the bit about the JFK assasination...



    Nov 07 05, 7:30 AM


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