Bernie Broccoli is a talking stalk of broccoli featured on Sesame Street. Bernie appeared primarily in Season 37 as part of the Healthy Habits for Life initiative, participating in about healthy eating. Bernie appeared to float in the air through the use of chroma-key, allowing the puppeteer to become invisible to the camera. Joey Mazzarino's frustration with Bernie led to a new character: The puppet has also appeared as an unnamed vegetable amid various choruses of singing vegetables.