Sesame Street

With all the mayhem going on the world - riots in England, famine in Africa, murderous crackdowns in Syria, panicking stock exchanges - BBC's big arts news story today is whether Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street should plight their troth (title link). The friends have been sharing the same bedroom for 40 years, but with separate beds. About 10,000 campaigners want them to have a same-sex marriage to promote tolerance of gay people. The makers of Sesame Street point out that "They remain puppets and do not have a sexual orientation". Ah. So no ménage à trois with Little Miss Bossy either! She's 40 too (CLICK).