What is Ernie?
{{NPOV|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox character | name = Ernie | series = [[Sesame Street]] | colour = Orange | image = | caption = | first = ''Sesame Street Test Pilot 1'' (July 21, 1969) | lbl1 = Performed by | data1 = [[Jim Henson]] {{small|(1969–2009)}}<br />[[Steve Whitmire]] {{small|(2009–2019)}}<br />[[John Tartaglia]] {{small|(2013)}}<br />Billy Barkhurst {{small|(2014–2017)}}<br />[[Peter Linz]] {{small|(2009–present)}} | voice = Jim Henson {{small|(PC games)}}<br />Steve Whitmire {{small|(video games)}} | alias = Caveman Ernie, Sir Ernie, [[John Adams]], [[Old King Cole]], [[Robin Hood]], [[Tweedledum and Tweedledee|Tweedle Dum]], etc. | species = Muppet | occupation = | gender = Male | nationality = }} '''Ernie''' is an orange [[Muppet]] on the [[television program]] ''[[Sesame Street]]''. Ernie was created and voiced by [[Jim Henson]]. [[Steve Whitmire]] has voiced Ernie since 2009. Now, he is voiced by Peter Linz. He is [[Bert]]'s best friend. They live together. Ernie is the more active and [[comedy|funny kind]] of guy. He looks like an orange [[football]] with [[horizontal]] stripes on his [[shirt]]. He [[laugh]]s differently than anyone else and really likes to [[sing]]. Ernie was first seen with Bert in the test [[episode]]s of ''Sesame Street'' in [[1969]]. His voice at that time was more similar to [[Rowlf]] the [[dog]] than [[Kermit the Frog]]. He had [[purple]] and [[yellow]] stripes on his shirt and a purple nose instead of the [[red]] and [[blue]] stripes and red nose he has now. His shirt and nose were changed in the second year of the program. In the third year, his [[eye]] focus got better. Bert is Ernie's and roommate. He is more grumpy, but still likes Ernie. [[Category:Sesame Street characters]] [[Category:Muppets]] {{stub}}