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Egypt Urnash

What happened to his arms?
- pauldrye
  
  @Egypt Urnash: There’s a reason Ernie has been committed to an asylum for the last ten years.
EH

One of us! One of us!
Anonymous

Why must the eyes *always* be bloodshot in these un-toonings??
HeatherB

Is it Happy Bert Day on Boing Boing?

H-is for Horror!
the lurch

Ha! But that looks like a pair of eyebrows there…Bert has a full-on unibrow. Otherwise it’s a great rendering.
- Anonymous
  
  “Unibrow” is a derogatory and insulting term. We prefer the designation of “single browed” to describe the immaculate and transcendent phenomenon of two brows coming together to meet in the center of one’s brow. For centuries, “unibrows” have been used to depict characters of a nefarious temperament, or beset by madness, or as irritable roommates. Well, no more! My brothers and sisters of the single brow! Now is the time to reclaim our birthright as the sole heir to this miraculous, glorious and unimpeded strip of hair. Be warned, there are those that would shave, tweeze, and dare i say it, even wax away our mark. These are our comrades, but their spirit has been broken by a society which mocks and defames our legacy. The revolution starts here. We will hide no more! Let your “third eye cozy” grow long and strong and keep it real in the middle…
PeaceNerd

Wow. That’s really weird to see Bert with no arms.
Victor Drath

This is wrong. Some things should just not be.
Shibi

Yech! Skin-Bert is scary. I think I prefer Felt-Bert. I know that my younger, more impressionable self would definitely have preferred Felt-Bert. (Skin-Bert looks like a creepy neighbor from down the street, you know… that weird one that always wears the same outfit and lives with that other guy, Ernie.)
bradmofo

Spot the difference: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01244/alex_salmond_1244016c.jpg (Scotland’s First Minister)
blueelm

This is my favorite so far of all the “un-tooned” renderings. You know what would be better though is if this were a hyper-realistic sculpture.
- Anonymous
  
  If you click the picture you can see that this actually IS a sculpture. Even creepier! Your wish is granted!
- Anonymous
  
  This is a hyper-realistic sculpture.
Beezy

Unicorn chaser, please.
sweetcraspy

Bert’s skin is yellow. Needs more jaundice. Otherwise, spot on!
Donald Petersen

Tonight’s Nightmare: this Bert “Doin’ The Pigeon.”
Teller

Tod Browning approves.
License Farm

In high school I drew a pic of what I thought Bert & Ernie would look like as people. My rendering was not quite so terrifying. Muppet eyes are not meant to be approximated with actual anatomy!
Muse

It doesn’t have arms because it is just a sculpted bust made by a talented sculptor named Nacho Diaz. Scroll to the bottom of this linked page to see the original clay sculpture. There are more views of the finished silicone version too.

He also has a Miss Piggy costume on his Myspace page.
psychicwhoosh

One red bow away from being Zippy the Pinhead.