Bert

Bert is a Muppet character on the Public Broadcasting Service's long-running children's television show, Sesame Street. He and his friend and roommate Ernie form a comic duo that is one of the program's centerpieces, with Bert acting the world-weary foil to Ernie's naïve trouble-maker. A characteristic physical feature of Bert is his monobrow.

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Muppet - Public Broadcasting Service - Sesame Street - Ernie - Characteristic physical feature - Monobrow

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Bert is intelligent but also grumpy, boring, and easily frustrated. He enjoys such dull activities as paper clip and bottle cap collecting, oatmeal cooking and watching pigeons. He created a song and dance called "Doin' the Pigeon".

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Intelligent - Paper clip - Bottle cap - Oatmeal - Pigeon

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Bert was originally performed by Frank Oz. Since 2001, Muppeteer Eric Jacobson has been phased in as Bert's primary performer.

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Frank Oz - 2001 - Eric Jacobson

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A typical "Bert and Ernie" skit has Ernie coming up with a hare-brained idea and Bert attempting to talk him out of it, ending with Bert completely losing his temper and Ernie remaining oblivious to his own bad idea. The most famous of such routines is the Banana in my ear sketch.

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Bert and Ernie - Banana in my ear

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Bert has a brother, Bart, a nephew, Brad, and an Aunt Matilda. Brad (presumed to be played by Richard Hunt) had a voice like Beaker, but slightly deeper, and while he still made baby-like noises, he was able to talk. Brad is presumed to be Bart's son. Ernie brought a toy shark with him in one skit; Brad was scared by it, not realising it was a toy.

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Richard Hunt - Beaker

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