Bert (Sesame Street)

Bert
Sesame Street character
First appearanceSesame Street Test Pilot 1 (July 21, 1969)
Performed byFrank Oz (1969–2006)
Eric Jacobson (1997–present)
BirthdayJuly 26[1]
In-universe information
SpeciesHuman Muppet[2]
GenderMale
Ernie (left), with his rubber duckie, and Bert (right) on Sesame Street in 1977.

Bert is a golden yellow Muppet character on the PBS/HBO children's television show Sesame Street. Bert was originally performed by Frank Oz.

Since 1999, Muppeteer Eric Jacobson has been phased in as Bert's primary performer. Bert has also made cameo appearances within The Muppets franchise, including The Muppet Show, its second pilot episode The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence, The Muppet Movie, and The Muppets Take Manhattan, in addition to an appearance with Ernie on The Flip Wilson Show on September 14, 1972, on which he sang "Clink, Clank", a song about noises.[3] Jacobson joined Sesame Street in 1994.

  1. ^ "Pigeons? Bottle caps? Paper Clips? Oatmeal? What would you give @bertsesame for his birthday?! #HappyBirthdayBert". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  2. ^ Sesame Workshop. "Muppet Bios: Bert". Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "Sesame Street on The Flip Wilson Show – Ernie and Bert: Clink, Clank". 17 August 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2022 – via YouTube.