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Big Bird is a Muppet character designed by Jim Henson and created by Kermit Love for the long-running children's television show Sesame Street. An eight-foot two-inch (249 cm) tall bright yellow anthropomorphic bird, he can roller skate, ice skate, dance, swim, sing, write poetry, draw, and ride a unicycle. Despite this wide array of talents, he is prone to frequent misunderstandings, on one occasion even singing the alphabet as one long word (from the song called "ABC-DEF-GHI," pronounced /æbkədɛfgi:dʒɛkəlmɪnɒpkwɜrstu:vwɪksɪz/), pondering what it could mean. He would refer to grocer Mr. Hooper as "Mr. Looper", among other mispronunciations. He lives in a large nest behind the 123 Sesame Street brownstone and right next to Oscar the Grouch's trash can. He also has a teddy bear named Radar. In Season 46, Big Bird's large nest is now sitting within a small, furnished maple tree, and is no longer hidden by used construction doors.

Caroll Spinney originally performed Big Bird from 1969 to 2018. Matt Vogel began as an understudy in 1996 before becoming the character's full-time performer in 2018.

In 2000, Big Bird was named a Living Legend by the United States Library of Congress.

Performing Big Bird

Big Bird was originally performed by Caroll Spinney starting in 1969. In the later years of Spinney's career, the show gradually started training new performers to play Big Bird. The apprentices included both Rick Lyon in the opening theme song of the show's 33rd season, and later Matt Vogel in the show's "Journey to Ernie" segment. Vogel became Big Bird's primary performer after Spinney's retirement.

Spinney was sick during the taping of a few first-season episodes, so Daniel Seagren performed Big Bird in those episodes. He also performed Big Bird when he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969 and on Hollywood Squares in the 1970s. According to The Story of Jim Henson by Stephanie St. Pierre, the costume was built for Jim Henson to perform, but when Henson tried it on, Kermit Love, who had built the costume, did not think that Henson was walking like a bird is supposed to walk, and so Henson decided not to perform Big Bird. Frank Oz was offered the part, but since he disliked performing full-body characters, he turned down the job.

Director Jon Stone, in the 1994 documentary The World of Jim Henson, revealed that the Big Bird costume actually did not have any openings that would allow the actor to see; a small television was strapped to the actor's chest to allow him to navigate. The camera was set up for Spinney by technician Walt Rauffer, on the suggestion of director Bob Myhrum. Rauffer rigged the camera to a harness strapped to Spinney's chest; Spinney reported that they called the camera "the electronic bra". When Big Bird's performer is performing on location and cannot get a video feed, a small hole is made in the costume to allow him to see. In such cases, Big Bird wears a necktie to cover the hole. This can also be seen in the Sesame Street Live shows.

In scenes where Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch (both characters performed by Spinney) interact in a scene together, the situation has varied depending on the number of lines one or the other is given. When Spinney performed Big Bird, a second puppeteer operated Oscar to Spinney's vocals. Beginning in 1997, Vogel would operate Big Bird and Oscar was performed by Spinney as usual until 2015.

In 2015, due to being diagnosed with dystonia, Spinney no longer puppeteered the Big Bird suit full-time. Matt Vogel took over puppetry duties, manipulating the puppet to Spinney's vocals (either pre-recorded, dubbed in post-production, or provided live on set). Spinney continued to provide Big Bird's voice on the series for seasons 46 and 47, as well as select commercials, online videos, and the special Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas. Afterwards, Spinney entered semi-retirement, and Matt Vogel fully assumed the role. Despite this, Spinney continued to receive onscreen credit for playing the characters through Season 50.

On October 17, 2018, Spinney announced his official retirement from both his characters. The following day, he recorded his final performances as Big Bird and Oscar as part of Episode 5022 for the series' landmark 50th anniversary, though, when the episode aired, none of his vocals were kept in. Spinney's final vocal performance as Big Bird to air was in the cold open for Episode 4920.

Costume and portrayal

Big Bird was originally designed by a drawing from Jim Henson and built by Kermit Love in 1969. The design was based on a previous Henson creation, a seven-foot-tall dragon that the puppeteer created for a La Choy advertising campaign. The Big Bird performer is completely enclosed within the costume, and extends his right hand over his head to operate the head and neck of the puppet. The Muppeteer's left hand serves as the Bird's left wing, while the right wing is stuffed and hangs loosely from a fishing line that runs through a loop under the neck and attaches to the wrist of the left hand. The right hand thus does the opposite of the left hand: as the left hand goes down, the right hand is pulled up by the fishing line.

Big Bird's body suit weighs ten pounds, and his head weighs four pounds. According to writer Louise Gikow, the heat inside the suit is "unbearable, and it's extraordinarily difficult to hold Big Bird's head."

Different versions of Big Bird are portrayed in some international versions of Sesame Street. For example, the Dutch version has a blue bird named Pino. In the Latin American version (Plaza Sésamo), Big Bird's parrot cousin, Abelardo Montoya, is featured. He appears similar to Big Bird, but he is green.

Big Bird's appearance has changed over the years, as has his personality. He originally had very few feathers on top of his head; his body feathers were also more shaggy and unkempt, and his body was not as rounded and full as it is now. His personality was more dopey and "bird-brained" than it later became. He gradually got more feathers on top, giving his head a more rounded appearance, and developed a blaze-like crest of lighter yellow feathers above his eyes. His body got fluffier, rounder and more well groomed as well. His personality developed over time from being a dim, slow-witted character into the childlike innocence he is known for today. Although all the Sesame Street Muppet characters are technically ageless, Big Bird is psychologically written to represent a six-year-old.

The costume is partially assembled by company American & Fancy Feather, using the tail feathers from turkeys; as the feathers are rarely clean, company owner Anthony Trento calls the Big Bird costume his "toughest customer". Sesame Workshop is said to reject roughly 90 percent of all the feathers selected for use on the costume.

International versions (adaptations)

Country / Region	Big Bird's cousin	Description	Performer
Brazil	Garibaldo	Original version was bright blue, with a long pointed beak and blue-striped legs; 2007 introduced a yellow version identical to the American Big Bird	Laerte Morrone (1972–1977) Fernando Gomes (2007–2014) Hugo Picchi (2009) Falcon Mantovani (2019)
China	大鸟 (Da Niao) (Big Bird)	Identical to American version	Zhu Ming
France	Toccata	Grey-white with brown brows, resembling a seagull or albatross	Lucien Morisse Claude Sonneville (singing voice)
Mexico	Abelardo Montoya	Bright green with a pink throat, red face and parrot-like beak	Alberto Estrella (1981–1992) Héctor Marquez (1992–1995) Eugenio Bartilotti (1995–2004) Héctor Loeza (2004–present)
Netherlands	Pino	Pale blue with yellow rings around eyes and multicolored feathered "sprigs" from top of head.	Dirk Grijspeirt (1976) Theo Joling (1977) Bert Plagman (1979) Erik J. Meijer (1980–1984) Leo Dijkgraaf (1984–1991) Renée Menschaar (1991–present)
Portugal	Poupas	Orange with white and brown on face	Luís Velez
Spain	Caponata	Primarily orange and yellow feathers on body; red-and-white striped legs, red shoes with bows. Wears a curly pink wig.	Emma Cohen
Turkey	Minik Kuş	Orange with pink feathers on face	Hakan Odabaşı

Species

The book “G” is for Growing: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street cites a producer of Sesame Street who refers to Big Bird as a canary. In episode, “Mister Rogers Talks about Competition” of the show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Big Bird was asked by King Friday XIII if he was related to the cassowary; he replied, "I'm actually a Golden Condor." On the January 23, 1976 episode of Hollywood Squares, Big Bird was asked what kind of bird he is and said he was a lark, causing host Peter Marshall to crack up. In the film Don't Eat the Pictures, Osiris calls Big Bird an ibis. Big Bird appeared in a series 11 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, in which he declares he is a "golden condor". Zoologist Mike Dickison suggested in his popular Pechakucha talk that Big Bird represents a unique species that evolved from the whooping crane. Big Bird is always described as being flightless. For years, Oscar the Grouch has been calling Big Bird a turkey, more as an insult rather than a reference to his species.

Use of Big Bird in the 2012 US presidential election

During the first presidential debate on October 3, 2012, Mitt Romney used Big Bird as an example of spending cuts he would make to reduce the federal budget deficit. Romney told the moderator, Jim Lehrer, "I like PBS, I love Big Bird. Actually like you, too. But I'm not going to – I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for. That's number one."

Barack Obama’s campaign later released a satirical advertisement in which Romney described Big Bird as an "evil genius" and "a menace to our economy", and depicted Romney as more concerned with cracking down on Big Bird than on white collar criminals such as Bernie Madoff and Ken Lay.

Sesame Workshop subsequently asked that both campaigns remove Sesame Street characters from campaign materials, stating on their website: "Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns."

Big Bird did, however, appear on the October 7, 2012 episode of Saturday Night Live during the show's Weekend Update sketch. During his appearance, he made light of the situation with the segment's host, Seth Meyers, including bird-related jokes such as, when asked how he found out that his name had been mentioned in the debate, Big Bird replied, "I got a million Tweets". When asked if he had any political statement he would like to make, Big Bird replied, "No. I don't want to 'ruffle any feathers'".

Big Bird @BigBird

I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it'll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.

Ms. @EricaRHill even said I’ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!

6 Nov 2021

COVID-19 vaccine and parody Twitter account

On November 6, 2021, the character's official Twitter account posted that Big Bird had received a COVID-19 vaccine, in an effort to promote vaccination of children. After President Joe Biden responded in support, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz criticized Sesame Street for the statement. In response, a parody Twitter account, Big Bird for Senate, (not affiliated with or endorsed by Sesame Workshop) was created portraying Big Bird as a candidate for Cruz's senate seat. The account gained over 100,000 followers in its first week, and numerous other accounts were made casting Sesame Street characters as campaign officials.

Other appearances

Follow That Bird (1985)

In 1985, Big Bird was the star of his own film, Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird, alongside the cast of Sesame Street. The plot focused on him being moved away to live with a family of dodos by a meddling social-worker named Miss Finch (voiced by Sally Kellerman). He is not happy with his new home and he runs away and embarks on a cross-country adventure. Along the way, he finds help from a friendly truck driver (Waylon Jennings) and two farmer kids (Alyson Court and Benjamin Barrett). But on the bad side, there are two unscrupulous carnival-owning brothers (Dave Thomas and Joe Flaherty) who want to kidnap and make him perform in their carnival for their own profit. In the meantime, his friends Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover, Count von Count, Telly and Oscar the Grouch are in pursuit of him to find him and bring him back home safely. Also joining them are their human friends, Gordon, Maria, Olivia and Linda with Bob aiding them from Sesame Street.

1970s and 1980s

In the mid-late 1970s, Big Bird made several appearances on The Hollywood Squares. As with Mr. Hooper, Big Bird frequently mispronounced host Peter Marshall's name, calling him "Mr. Marshmallow" or "Mr. Masher". In another episode, when asked by Marshall what kind of bird he was, Big Bird replied "I'm a lark", which broke Marshall up.

He appeared in a series 11 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe segment, in which he enters the "Draw the Neighborhood" contest.

He made an appearance as a guest star on the third season of The Muppet Show. A portrait of Big Bird also appeared in the pilot The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence.

Big Bird also made brief appearances in The Muppet Movie and The Muppets Take Manhattan.

He appeared in A Muppet Family Christmas holiday special, in which he dissuades the Swedish Chef from cooking him for Christmas dinner by offering him a gift of homemade chocolate covered birdseed. They then sing a duet of "The Christmas Song".

Henson memorial service (1990)

On May 21, 1990, Big Bird appeared at Jim Henson's memorial service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, singing Kermit the Frog's signature song, "Bein' Green". Performer Caroll Spinney nearly broke down several times during the deeply touching performance, which was later described by Life as "an epic and almost unbearably moving event".

21st century

Big Bird made a non-speaking appearance in The West Wing Season 5 episode "Eppur Si Muove". During a visit by The Muppets to the White House, Big Bird sat down on a bench next to C. J. Cregg, who had complained during the episode of past comparisons to Big Bird due to her height.

He appeared briefly at Qualcomm's CES Keynote on January 7, 2013 to show off Sesame Workshop's newest app, 'Big Bird's Words', due in Summer 2013.

He appeared in the final episode of The Colbert Report along with Cookie Monster and dozens of other celebrities singing "We'll Meet Again".

On February 16, 2015, Big Bird appeared alongside Michelle Obama on Billy on the Street, a comedy game show hosted by Billy Eichner. Before the quiz, Michelle Obama talked about "eat brighter", a campaign to promote healthy food in kids which she and a number of Sesame Street characters, including Big Bird, participated in. The short was nominated for an Emmy Award later that year.

Big Bird appeared with Caroll Spinney in a spoof of the Academy Award-winning film Birdman. Published on YouTube on February 19, 2015, the video shows Spinney sitting in a dressing room with a poster of Big Bird behind him. Spinney hears the voice of his alter ego, just as Michael Keaton's character Riggan hears his alter ego Birdman in the movie. He uses telekinesis to throw a box of tissues at the Big Bird poster. The spoof uses similar music to the Birdman film. The Big Birdman spoof appears as if it were shot in one long take, mimicking the long scenes of the movie. It follows Spinney out of the dressing room, down hallways, through doors, and out onto the sidewalk, where he is joined by Big Bird.

In an advertisement for AT&T/DirecTV, Big Bird and other film/television personalities such as David Hasselhoff (as his Knight Rider persona Michael Knight) and the Oklahoma Sooners football team appear interspersed with the daily workings of a major city as someone walks around using the service's TV Everywhere initiative.

At the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors, which was filmed on the day Spinney died, Vogel made an appearance as Big Bird for the event to celebrate Sesame Street being honored by the Kennedy Center.

References

1. Footage of this episode, including Big Bird's debut, was seen two days earlier on This Way to Sesame Street
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Further reading

• Big Bird is from Sesame Street who likes crying in a cute way or having a normal cry in several years on Sesame street. For example in the normal cries and the cute way cries and the sputtering-the-sniffles cries of Big Bird through the years:

In episode 77 from season 1 on the classic sesame street, Big Bird would have a goofy crying sound in 1970 when he was looking at the picture of him as a baby bird. In episode 254, Big Bird has a normal cry from season 2 on sesame street since 1971, when he was too tall to do anything. But this was the first time I would say this before. In episode 255, Big Bird still has a normal cry, and his none cry resembles a puppy's whimper when he thinks Bob was moving away. But that was the second time I would say this before. From the electric company since 1971 Big Bird from Sesame Street would cry out for losing his way. In episode 330 on Sesame Street from season 3 since 1972, Big Bird still has a normal cry when he was disguising himself as his grandmother. But this is the third time I've said this before. In episode 731 on Sesame Street from season 6 since 1975, Big Bird doesn't really have a normal cry, but he's performing a little bit of a high-pitched-puppy-whimper-in-a-cute-way crying sound, when he thinks Mister Snuffleupagus was imaginary. In episode 782 Big Bird is now crying in a cute way when the whole reason he wanted to be a monkey was so he could slide down the pole. Zoe from Sesame Street previously takes Big Bird's part. In episode 813 on Sesame Street from season 7 titled: "Trip to New Mexico", Big Bird was crying by sputtering his sniffles with his beak shaking for sadness, when he said that he missed Mister Snuffleupagus so much. That was the 1st time I would say this before In episode 837 on the snowy Sesame street episode from season 7 since 1976, This is the 4th time I've said this before: Big Bird still has a normal cry, but was crying a little bit when he was building a snowman with his friend Mister Snuffleupagus. In episode 930 on Sesame street from season 8 since 1977, This is the 5th time I've said this before: Big Bird still has a normal cry, but was almost performing a high-pitched puppy whimpering sound. In episode 1095 from the 9th season of Sesame Street for the last day of Hawaii since 1978, This is the 2nd time I've said this before: Big Bird would not only have a normal cry, but he would cry a little, and would still sputter his sniffles when he can't take a nap in the airplane. In episode 1168 on Sesame street from season 9 since 1978, I told you guys; This is the 6th time I've said this before: Big Bird still has a normal cry when Linda asks Big Bird what's caused him to cry in his nest. Big Bird still has a normal cry, but was performing a high-pitched-puppy-whimpering-in-a-cute-way crying sound in 1978 on Sesame street from season 9. In episode 1172 which became an unavailable episode, Big Bird seems to be crying in a cute way, but he still has a normal cry when he loses the contest. In episode 1323 which also became an unavailable episode of Sesame street Season 11 since 1979, Big Bird is still crying in a cute way, but he still has a normal cry when David was mad at him except when he's not. In episode 1440, And for the next time I've said this before, Big Bird is still crying in a cute way instead of having a normal cry at the day-care center since the original 1980. Zoe from Sesame street still previously takes Big Bird's parts in several episodes. In episode 1576 on sesame street since 1981 in the season premiere called "Birdwatchers", Big Bird still has a normal cry this time when her good friend Madeline Kahn can bring everything on Sesame Street. Not only would Big Bird have a normal cry, but he would also have a high-pitched-puppy-whimper-in-a-cute-way crying sound in the early 1980s on Sesame street. In episodes 1706 and 1707 on Sesame street from season 14 since 1982 when it's titled: "Big Bird at camp", This is the 7th time I've said this: Big Bird still has a normal cry when he misses her friend Maria Rodriguez and everything from Sesame Street, and Snuffy and Big Bird would cry together, even Rusty AND Big Bird. But Big Bird would still perform a high-pitched-puppy-whimper-in-a-cute-way crying sound, instead of having a normal cry in the 1980s on Sesame Street. In episode 1996 on Sesame Street from season 16 since 1984 titled: "Luis breaks his arm", This is the 8th time I've said this: Big Bird still has a normal cry, but is still crying in a cute way when he begins to fear that this was all his fault. In the Sesame Street home video: "Visits the hospital" title since 1990, This is the 9th time I've said this: Big Bird still has a normal cry, but is still sputtering his sniffles with his beak shaking for sadness all the time. In episode 3400 of Sesame street season 27 since 1995, Big Bird was crying about his bad dream when It's all about the blanket monster. In episode 3434, This is the 10th time I've said this: Big Bird still has a normal cry when he's been sick with these birdy poxes for a long time.... He's afraid He'll never ever get better. In episode 3515, This is the 3rd time I've said this: Big Bird is still sputtering his sniffles, but is still having a normal cry a little bit when he tearfully explains what happened. In a Christmas video of Sesame street called: "Elmo saves Christmas" since this December, This is the 11th time I've said this: Big Bird still has a normal cry when he says that He's never going to see his best friend "Snuffy" at Christmas. In episode 3530 of Sesame street season 28 since 1996, This is the 4th time I've said this: Big Bird is still sputtering his sniffles when Snuffy is moving away, So he said that he'd have to come home and pack, because he and Alice Snuffleupagus were leaving, And he said that he'd be back to say "goodbye". In episode 3564, And for the last time I've said this, Big Bird still has a normal cry when Maria suggests he confronts the Cuckoos and tell them how he feels. In episode 3884 of Sesame street season 31 since the original 2000, This is the 5th time I've said this before: Big Bird is still sputtering his sniffles when he lost his teddy bear named Radar. In other episodes from season 32 on Sesame Street since 2001 untitled: "Hurricane", This is the 6th time I've said this before, Big Bird is still sputtering his sniffles, But for the last time I've said this before, Big Bird still is crying in a cute way, but a little bit.... When he misses his nest. And finally, In episode 4174 from season 39 on Sesame Street since the year 2008, And for the last time I've said this before, Big Bird is still sputtering his sniffles when it was all Snuffy's fault for selling Radar to The Count. And That's all I have to say! Poor Big Bird really cries in a cute way just like Zoe from Sesame street, But when he does, he would bawl in a high-pitched "Waaaaaah-Uh-Uh-Uh-Uh-Uhhhh" sound while whimpering like a puppy. He even does this while pumping his arms and covering his eyes with 2 wings or with 1 wing. Warning: If you touch Big Bird when he was crying, You might cry just like him! So you are going to have to stay away from Big Bird until he stops crying in a cute way, Otherwise, You would be such a crybaby just like him!! So please, kids; DO NOT TOUCH BIG BIRD!!!! * Simon, Ellen. "He's Big Bird: Caroll Spinney loves every feather", Associated Press via Google News, June 16, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2008.

• Demara, Bruce. "Sesame Street's Big Bird: Brought to you by the letter C". Toronto Star, April 23, 2014, E1.

External links

• Big Bird on Muppet Wiki
• Media related to Big Bird (Sesame Street) at Wikimedia Commons

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