Ernie & Bert

[Don'tLiveonMoon]

Milhouse: "We gotta spread this stuff around. Let's put it on the Internet!"
Bart: "No! We have to reach people whose opinions actually matter!"

LOL!
Erin

 

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Ernie's always been my favorite, but I think I might be more like Bert. I don't know, though, I'm not that uptight... I guess I'm kinda a little bit of both.
Erin

Funny you should say that; for me it was the exact opposite. Bert has always been my favorite, but my personality is more like Ernie.

 

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OK, time to cite precedent:

Compare them to other comedy duos, the "straight man" is almost always named first

Also think of the rhythm of the duo names. They start with a short, smooth sound and then towards the end have rising and lowering tones with different emphasis on different syllables. Kinda like a "--~~" sound

For example:

Burns and Allen
Abbott and Costello
Laurel and Hardy
Fred and Ethel

Not exactly. Oliver Hardy was considered the straight man of Laurel and Hardy, not Stan Laurel.

 

[CherryPizza]

Not exactly. Oliver Hardy was considered the straight man of Laurel and Hardy, not Stan Laurel.

Hmmm... been a while since I've seen L&H, but I'm just thinking of the way that Oliver tried his best to tolerate Stan, and did his best to be the dominant one of the duo... kinda rings classic "straight man" traits.

Anyway, it still holds up to the "rhythm" part of my argument, don't it?

 

[Erine81981]

If u look at any poster or any type of books most of all you'll see Ernie on the left and Bert on the right. That might be why most of us calls them ERNIE AND BERT then the other way around. So how do we know that Ernie is the funny guy. He could be the strat and Bert could be the funny guy. But who knows.

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Ernie and Bert may be the best of friends to this day,but did anybody ever feel sorry for Bert at times?Like the time the two of them went to bed for the night,and the bathroom faucet was dripping.Bert couldn,t sleep with the sound of the water dripping from the faucet,so Ernie kindly did something to fix that.He turned the radio on.Not excactly what Bert meant.Then Ernie turns on the vacuum cleaner.After Bert manages to kill all the noise in the apartment,so to speak,Ernie,s loud snoring keeps him awake.Ernie means well,but he goes about it all wrong.Even so,they are best friends,and two of my favourite characters.

I hadn't thought much about that. But I know how feels since I've had roommates that kept me up late at night. I have a single room now and even that doesn't seem to help. Lol.

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Except for the intro to the Connie Stevens TMS.

Kermit: Its the Muppet Show with our very special guest star Connie Stevens and from Sesame Street, Ernie & Bert!

He mentioned Ernie and Bert in that episode's intro? I never knew that.

 

[Censored]

Hmmm... been a while since I've seen L&H, but I'm just thinking of the way that Oliver tried his best to tolerate Stan, and did his best to be the dominant one of the duo... kinda rings classic "straight man" traits.

No, that's what I said; Oliver was the straight man. You said that the straight man was usually named first and mentioned "Laurel and Hardy". So, I thought you were saying that Laurel was the straight man. I may have misunderstood.

Having said that, I really don't see any difference in saying "Ernie and Bert" or "Bert and Ernie".

Don't you see that you really agree?

There's no reason for your spat.

You like to say things one way and they like to say things that.

 

[jediX]

He mentioned Ernie and Bert in that episode's intro? I never knew that.

He did in the original season 1 opener -- that's what my copy is.

 

[CherryPizza]

No, that's what I said; Oliver was the straight man. You said that the straight man was usually named first and mentioned "Laurel and Hardy". So, I thought you were saying that Laurel was the straight man. I may have misunderstood.

Oh yeah... sorry, I wrote that message after sitting at a computer for 12 hours straight... man I hate the end of semester, LOL

Anyway, like I said, even if this particular duo gets the straight man/comic order the other way around, it gets the rhythm of duo names consistent with others. "Bert and Ernie" has the same rhythm as "Laurel and Hardy"

Cherry "sorry I started this whole argument now" Pizza