ernie and burt confusion
Original ID : 907 Created On : 2002-12-16 Last Modified : 2005-05-01
The process of having to say “gee burt” or “neeyow, ernie” to work out which Sesame Street character was which. Thought process; “I’m saying Gee Burt, so I must be Ernie… it’s the cuter orange one who says Gee Burt, so Ernie’s the banana one. No – hang on – Burt’s the banana.”
Settled once and for all with the memory jogging alliteration of Bert the Banana, Ernie the Orange.