threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to bertstrips@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agoWait how long has Bort been outside?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down12
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageWait how long has Bort been outside?sh.itjust.worksthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to bertstrips@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareBosht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoSerious question: Who is Bort? Is it just a fun misspelling? I’ve heard it over at least a decade and at first thought it was a Simpsons ref but now I’m seeing it in ref to Sesame Street? Idk.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoNot sure if this is entirely accurate, but TV Tropes has a line on it: Brad, Bert’s nephew who only appeared a few times in the 70s, is now depicted as Bort, Bert & Ernie’s mentally unstable love child.
Serious question: Who is Bort? Is it just a fun misspelling? I’ve heard it over at least a decade and at first thought it was a Simpsons ref but now I’m seeing it in ref to Sesame Street? Idk.
Not sure if this is entirely accurate, but TV Tropes has a line on it: