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| {{Infobox Sesame Street character | |||
| | name = Big Bird | |||
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| | first = ] ] | |||
| | gender = male<ref></ref> | |||
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| | voiced by = ]<br>]<br>] (Japanese dub) | |||
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| '''Big Bird''' is a full-body ], featured on the children's television show '']'', which airs on ]. He is sometimes referred to as "Bird" by his friends.<ref></ref> | |||
| Officially performed by ] since 1969, he is an eight-foot two-inch tall bright yellow canary.<ref>Shalom M. Fisch, Lewis Bernstein, . In Shalom M. Fisch, Rosemarie T. Truglio (eds.), ''"G" is for "Growing": Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street''. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. ISBN 0805833943. Pp 39–40.</ref> He can ], ], ], ], write ], draw and even ride a ]. But despite this wide array of talents, he is prone to frequent misunderstandings, on one occasion even singing the alphabet as one big long word, pondering what it could ever mean.<ref>See ].</ref> He lives in a large nest behind the 123 Sesame Street brownstone and he has a teddy bear named Radar, which is a nod to ] of ], who had a teddy bear and was also lovably naive and innocent. Radar was given to Big Bird by ] (who played Radar on ''M*A*S*H'') when he guest starred on the show.<ref>, ], ] ]. Accessed ] ].</ref><ref>, ]. Accessed ] ].</ref> Later on, however, it was said that Big Bird got the bear as a gift from Mr. Hooper.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} | |||
| ==Performing== | |||
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| As ]eer ] has aged, the show has gradually started to train new performers to play Big Bird. These apprentices include both ] in the opening theme song of the show's 33rd season on, and ] in the show's ] segment. | |||
| Caroll Spinney was sick during the taping of a few first season episodes, so ] performed Big Bird in those episodes.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} He also performed Big Bird when he appeared on '']'' in 1969. According to ''The Story of Jim Henson'' by Stephanie St. Pierre, the costume was built for ] to perform, but when Jim Henson tried it on, ], who had built the costume, did not think that Jim Henson was walking like a bird is supposed to walk, and Jim decided not to perform Big Bird. ] was offered the part, but since he hated performing full-body characters, he turned down the job.<ref>Stephanie St. Pierre. ''The Story of Jim Henson, Creator of the Muppets''. New York: Dell Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0440404533.</ref> | |||
| 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 hand, while the right hand 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. For some of the Journey to Ernie segments, a second puppeteer (usually Jim Martin) controls Big Bird's right hand. He is concealed by dressing in a body suit the same color as their ] background (something that obviously can not be done on the main ''Sesame Street'' set). | |||
| ==Costume== | |||
| The costume is partially assembled by company American Plume & Fancy Feather, using the tail feathers from ]s; as the feathers are rarely clean, company owner Anthony Trento calls the Big Bird costume his "toughest customer". ] is said to reject roughly 90 percent of all the feathers selected for use on the costume.<ref>Anthony Trento, , ], ], ]. Accessed ] ].</ref> | |||
| this cis all a big lie big bird was created by Fan Lee and friends | |||
| ==Appearances in popular culture== | |||
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| * In ] episode, "]", Homer makes a phony pledge to PBS, but when his secret is out, he is chased across town by various characters from PBS programming. Big Bird is one of them; he corners Homer in an alley. | |||
| * The ] program '']'' included Big Bird at number 16 in their list. | |||
| * Big Bird is the only Muppet to appear on the cover of '']''. In 1977, he posed with pitcher ]. | |||
| * Big Bird appeared on an episode of '']'' entitled "Tweet, Tweet". | |||
| * Big Bird appeared in the episode "]" of '']''. | |||
| * Big Bird visited '']'' in ]. | |||
| * Big Bird also made an appearance in '']'' as a wandering bird on the highway. He was offered a lift by Kermit and Fozzie, but declined, stating that he was trying to break into public television in ]. | |||
| *Big Bird has also appeared on a few game shows over the years. Some notable examples: | |||
| ** On an episode of '']'', Big Bird appeared as the "Mystery Guest".{{Fact|date=March 2008}} | |||
| **On several occasions in the 1970s, Big Bird appeared as a semi-regular panelist on '']''. He also made a week-long appearance on the ] version of the show in the late 80s. He even appeared on ]'s version in the late 90s and early 2000s. | |||
| **Big Bird also made an appearance on a special episode of '']'', on ] (]), ]. The contestant at the time said he had always been afraid of Big Bird.<ref>, TheFutonCritic.com, ], ]. Accessed ] ].</ref> | |||
| *Big Bird appeared at the end of a ] commercial saying to youngsters, "Remember-in the back seat!" The kids get in and say, "And buckle up!" | |||
| *On '']'', Michelle refers to Big Bird, particularly in the season 4 episode "Rock the Cradle" when she draws Big Bird in ]. She also suggests that Uncle Jesse calls the new baby Big Bird. | |||
| *On ], Big Bird appeared in the intro to congratulate ] and ] on Wheel's 25th season. | |||
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| ==Further reading== | |||
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