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Cracked: Hi guys. It's a pleasure to meet the both of you. I'm just a real huge fan of your stuff.

Ernie: Oh thanks!

Bert: Yeah. Good.

Cracked: As I was preparing my notes for this interview, I realized that you two are actually possibly the first reality TV stars, in a sense. You've got cameras installed in every room of your house that watch you as you go about your day. Watching pigeons, admiring numbers, preparing for bed, everything.

Bert: We never really get the credit for that. The media is a little biased against the innovations and craftsmanship that occur in daytime TV.

Cracked: Of course. Like how special effects wizards and daily cat blood infusions kept Bob Barker alive until the age of 118, but it's never been mentioned in any medical journals.

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Ernie: Or how it's sunny out during the day time.

-Long silence-

Cracked: What.

Bert: Don't mind him. He's trying. That's not quite what we're talking about, Ernie.

Ernie: Oh. Sorry Bert. I get confused. Maybe they should call it suntime instead of daytime? Maybe that would be less confusing.

Bert: Maybe. You want to keep going?

Cracked: I guess ... sure. Wow. OK, one question I guess I have to ask is: How much of the drama that we see on Sesame Street is scripted?

Bert: It's all basically real. These are the actual events that happen in our lives. But when you've got a camera crew there all the time, what's really real?

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Cracked: So you guys maybe play things up a bit for the cameras?

Bert: Sure. I mean I'm the boring kind of assholey guy. That's my appeal, my role to play. I know it.

Cracked: And Ernie you're not as dumb you sometimes act?

Ernie: Oh, I wouldn't say I'm that fat, no. Just shorter than Bert, that's all.

-Bert's eyebrow crinkles. We share a look-

Cracked: Right. OK. Also on the subject of reality shows, Bert, as someone of Italian descent who's from the New York area, how do you feel about the antics these Jersey Shore kids get up to? Do you feel they're demeaning your community?