SOMETIMES THE REAL WORLD is so scary and stressful that good news—and we mean really sweet, practically unreal good news—is hard to believe. Like the 50-plus-year forever friendship of Bert and Ernie, the seven-year-olds who share their very own apartment on Sesame Street. Sure, you’re probably saying there is no way a guy as serious and analytical as Bert, who loves oatmeal and playing checkers, would EVER hang out with a goofball like Ernie. I mean Ernie’s favorite thing, besides playing jokes on Bert and playing washtub musical instruments with that guy Jimmy Fallon, is singing in the bathtub with his Rubber Duckie! But it’s true. Just ask Bert’s pet pigeon, Bernice!