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Totally. I study Law of Attraction myself and I feel more happier then I have been for years. Long story stort, I was told that I didn't think logicly, you can get a job as a puppeteer, blah blah blah and no matter how rocky life got for me, I stuck to what I loved regardless. I think when someone loves something or doing something or want to be something, just do whatever it takes to get to your dream. What really amazes me is the lyrics of Rainbow Connection and the plot of The Muppet Movie. As an adult, I can see what the film really meant. It had nothing to do with rainbows specifically, it was about follow your dreams. "I found a whole bunch of friends who shared the same dream. And it kind of makes us like a family." And I felt in a way, it's kind of like how Jim started. He went from doing cartoons, posters and painting theater sets at school to becoming one of the greatest artists in the world. Jim is my hero and it's just amazing all the work he's done and even his philosophy is very inspiring which can be found in "It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider". 
But back to the Muppet ages. I don't watch much of the current Sesame Street because I feel it's very different from the Sesame Street I remember, the classic Sesame Street. Even though I grew up in the 90s, I've seen lots of 80s Sesame around that time and that's the Sesame I remember which also had a lot of the 70s material too. But regarding the characters I knew that Bert was absent a lot or seen separately from Ernie while Ernie was doing Journey to Ernie with Big Bird. Even on current merchandise, Ernie is seen from time to time but without Bert. There was this (and probably still continues today) the claymated Ernie and Bert. I've seen a few and didn't care for it because it just didn't seem like Ernie and Bert to me. I like the classic sketches when they are in the apartment. I know how people who don't get why Ernie and Bert live together would assume such gossip rumors and junk. But how I see it as a huge fan of Ernie and Bert is that Ernie is a free spirit and slightly disorganized and I can picture Ernie rarely ever paying rent while Bert probably has some factory job in a Fizzy Fiz bottling factory or paperclip factory (that's probably where that interest in bottle caps and paperclips came from). Technically Bert goes grocery shopping and Ernie is having fun somewhere where poor Bert needs to do all the responsibilities. lol But stuff where Ernie and Bert are in a situation where they are presented as children is so weird. Grover lives with his Mom but goes to work which is a little confusing, as well as being Super Grover in his free time. But Ernie & Bert have the responsibility of living on their own as room mates. Other then Count Von Count owning a castle and Kermit having a little home on Sesame Street (which is never shown on any of The Muppet Show related material surprisingly), It's kind of a mystery where the others live. Big Bird has his own nest next to Gordon and Susan at 123 Sesame (Ernie and Bert are below so isn't Gordon and Susan the landlords). lol, It makes me even more curious where the others live because 123 Sesame seems to be the only apartment building that is usually shown on the outside. But regarding the Sesame Street Muppet characters, Elmo's father and mother are sort of new. From time to time we see Telly or Harry Monster in their home but it's hard to tell if they still live with their parents. Ernie & Bert, Count, and Kermit live on their own. Oscar...uh...It's hard to tell. He says the Trash can is his home and It's deeper and more underword like in Elmo in Grouch Land. All I can think of is a Simpsons gag in "Brother From The Same Planet, Season 4) where Homer Simpson is walking down the street and looks in a dumpster and sees a homeless person sleeping. He laughs "Heh heh heh, Just like Oscar the Grouch". lol
But back to the Muppet ages. I don't watch much of the current Sesame Street because I feel it's very different from the Sesame Street I remember, the classic Sesame Street. Even though I grew up in the 90s, I've seen lots of 80s Sesame around that time and that's the Sesame I remember which also had a lot of the 70s material too.
But regarding the characters I knew that Bert was absent a lot or seen separately from Ernie while Ernie was doing Journey to Ernie with Big Bird. Even on current merchandise, Ernie is seen from time to time but without Bert. There was this (and probably still continues today) the claymated Ernie and Bert. I've seen a few and didn't care for it because it just didn't seem like Ernie and Bert to me. I like the classic sketches when they are in the apartment. I know how people who don't get why Ernie and Bert live together would assume such gossip rumors and junk. But how I see it as a huge fan of Ernie and Bert is that Ernie is a free spirit and slightly disorganized and I can picture Ernie rarely ever paying rent while Bert probably has some factory job in a Fizzy Fiz bottling factory or paperclip factory (that's probably where that interest in bottle caps and paperclips came from). Technically Bert goes grocery shopping and Ernie is having fun somewhere where poor Bert needs to do all the responsibilities. lol But stuff where Ernie and Bert are in a situation where they are presented as children is so weird. Grover lives with his Mom but goes to work which is a little confusing, as well as being Super Grover in his free time. But Ernie & Bert have the responsibility of living on their own as room mates. Other then Count Von Count owning a castle and Kermit having a little home on Sesame Street (which is never shown on any of The Muppet Show related material surprisingly), It's kind of a mystery where the others live. Big Bird has his own nest next to Gordon and Susan at 123 Sesame (Ernie and Bert are below so isn't Gordon and Susan the landlords). lol, It makes me even more curious where the others live because 123 Sesame seems to be the only apartment building that is usually shown on the outside. But regarding the Sesame Street Muppet characters, Elmo's father and mother are sort of new. From time to time we see Telly or Harry Monster in their home but it's hard to tell if they still live with their parents. Ernie & Bert, Count, and Kermit live on their own. Oscar...uh...It's hard to tell. He says the Trash can is his home and It's deeper and more underword like in Elmo in Grouch Land. All I can think of is a Simpsons gag in "Brother From The Same Planet, Season 4) where Homer Simpson is walking down the street and looks in a dumpster and sees a homeless person sleeping. He laughs "Heh heh heh, Just like Oscar the Grouch". lol
) about how the two of them met. Because it would probably sort of go against people's intuition, I would show Ernie as having been the one who put out the call for a roommate to help out with the bills. I think people probably would have figured Ernie was the one who answered Bert's call, so I like to imagine it was the other way around. Partly because it would sort of put their relationship in a different light than how we usually see it. It would mean that Ernie, for all his childish antics, was ultimately the one who set the original terms and who got to decide whether Bert could stay or leave. Just to sort of play around with expectations, y'know?