Skillful puppetry conjured a wide range of emotions from Muppets who have very few variables. For Bert, the only part of his face that moves is his eyebrow — it can be up or down, and down is ...

For me, I had Bert, and I was frustrated for a long time, because Ernie had hands and he was delightful ... So because of that, we as Muppet performers, it seems they equate us with them ...