Ernie “Ernest”'s a fictional character, a Muppet on the Public Broadcasting Service's long-running children's television show, Sesame Street. He and his roommate Bert form a comic duo that's one of the program's centerpieces, with Ernie acting the role of the naïve troublemaker and Bert the world-weary foil. Ernie's birthday's January 28, 1949. Ernie's well known for his fondness for baths with his Rubber Duckie, and for trying to learn to play the saxophone although he wouldn'… (More on Ernie)