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Big Bird is a character on the children's television show Sesame Street. Officially performed by Caroll Spinney since 1969, he is an eight-foot two-inch (249 cm) tall bright primrose-yellow bird. He can roller skate, ice skate, dance, swim, sing, write poetry, draw, and even ride a unicycle. 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 (from the song called "ABC-DEF-GHI," pronounced /æbkədefgi:dʒekəlmɪnɒpkɔ:rstu:vwɪksɪz/), pondering what it could ever mean. He lives in a large nest behind the 123 Sesame Street brownstone and has a teddy bear named Radar.
In 2000, Big Bird was named a Living Legend by the United States Library of Congress.
As Muppeteer Caroll Spinney has aged, the show has gradually started to train new performers to play Big Bird. These apprentices include both Rick Lyon in the opening theme song of the show's 33rd season on, and Matt Vogel in the show's Journey to Ernie segment.
Sesame Street is a long-running American children's television series created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The program is known for its educational content, and images communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, animation, short films, humor, and cultural references. The series premiered on November 10, 1969, to positive reviews, some controversy, and high viewership; it has aired on the U.S.'s national public television provider (PBS) since its debut, with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16, 2016.
The show has undergone significant changes throughout its history. The format of Sesame Street consists of a combination of commercial television production elements and techniques which have evolved to reflect the changes in American culture and the audience's viewing habits. With the creation of Sesame Street, producers and writers of a children's television show used, for the first time, educational goals and a curriculum to shape its content. It was also the first time a show's educational effects were studied.
Big means large or of great size.
Big or BIG may also refer to:
Birds (class Aves) are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich. They rank as the class of tetrapods with the most living species, at approximately ten thousand, with more than half of these being passerines, sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds.
The fossil record indicates that birds are the last surviving dinosaurs, having evolved from feathered ancestors within the theropod group of saurischian dinosaurs. True birds first appeared during the Cretaceous period, around 100 million years ago, and the last common ancestor is estimated to have lived about 95 million years ago. DNA-based evidence finds that birds radiated extensively around the time of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that killed off the non-avian dinosaurs. Birds in South America survived this event and then migrated to other parts of the world via multiple land bridges while diversifying during periods of global cooling. Primitive bird-like "stem-birds" that lie outside class Aves proper, in the group Avialae, have been found dating back to the mid-Jurassic period. Many of these early stem-birds, such as Archaeopteryx, were not yet capable of fully powered flight, and many retained primitive characteristics like toothy jaws in place of beaks and long bony tails.
Actors: John Paliferro (actor), John Paliferro (actor), Keith Saltojanes (actor), Keith Saltojanes (actor), Keith Saltojanes (writer), Eric Gladstone (editor), David Michael Brown (director), Brian Fernandes (actor), Brian Fernandes (director), Jordan Rozansky (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Short,Actors: Bill Barretta (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Kevin Clash (actor), Alice Cooper (actor), Harry Belafonte (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Brian Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Short,Actors: Kevin Clash (actor), Caroll Spinney (actor), David Rudman (actor), Kevin Clash (actor), Martin P. Robinson (actor), Caroll Spinney (actor), Joey Mazzarino (actor), Joey Mazzarino (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Eric Jacobson (actor), Tim Curry (actor), Joey Mazzarino (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Matt Vogel (actor),
Genres: Family,Actors: William Conrad (actor), Andy Devine (actor), David Arquette (actor), Eddie Albert (actor), Donald Crisp (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), William Boyd (actor), Pat Buttram (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Chuck Connors (actor), Buddy Ebsen (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Stephen Stapinski (actor), Jim Chiros (actor), Joshua Hale Fialkov (director), Joshua Hale Fialkov (writer), Joshua Hale Fialkov (actor), Ian Tosh (editor), Ian Tosh (actor), Ian Tosh (producer), Audrey Wauchope (actress), Edwin P. Endlich (actor), Edwin P. Endlich (actor), Katherine Bruner (actress), Johnathon M.K. Amayo (editor), Nathaneal Chura (actor), Elsa Neuwald (actress),
Plot: Sebastian falls in love with Michelle, who just happens to be Paul, his best friend's fiancee. She doesn't go for it, so Sebastian loses his mind while he attempts to find away to steal her away. After a psychotic adventure involving the inventor of Velcro, a mob of ex-girlfriends, an imaginary best friend, and a foul mouthed mythical creature, Sebastian settles in to his insanity, and runs off with his fantasy version of Michelle.
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Harvey Keitel (actor), Lex Lang (actor), John Farley (actor), Blake Clark (actor), Rhys Ifans (actor), Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (actor), Clint Howard (actor), Allen Covert (actor), Rodney Dangerfield (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Lewis Arquette (actor), Jess Harnell (actor), Michael Deak (actor), Michael McKean (actor), Jon Lovitz (actor),
Plot: When somebody's mother is an angel and his father is the devil, life can be really confusing. For a sweet boy like Little Nicky, it just got a whole lot worse. His two evil brothers Adrian and Cassius have just escaped from Hell and are wreaking havoc on an unsuspecting earth. His dad is disintegrating and it's up to Nicky to save him and all of a humanity by midnight before one of his brothers becomes the new Satan.
Keywords: 2000s, absurd-humor, actor-playing-himself, angel, angry-mob, anti-hero, back-from-the-dead, backmasking-spoof, basketball, batActors: Joey Mazzarino (writer), Joey Mazzarino (actor), Sonia Manzano (actress), Kevin Clash (actor), Fran Brill (actress), Eric Jacobson (actor), Kevin Clash (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Martin P. Robinson (actor), David Rudman (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Caroll Spinney (actor), Steve Whitmire (actor), Marvin Hamlisch (composer),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Short,Actors: Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Kevin Clash (actor),
Plot: When Fozzie and the Muppet Show gang drop in unexpectedly on Fozzie's mother, she is forced to cancel her winter vacation plans and entertain them all. Soon the Sesame Street gang comes by as carolers, and then Kermit and his nephew Robin discover a Fraggle Rock hole in the basement. A snow storm blows in, stranding everyone at the house, except for Miss Piggy, who arrives just in time for all the Muppets to celebrate Christmas together.
Keywords: 20th-century, blizzard, christmas, christmas-tree, piano, santa-claus, sesame-street, sled, snowman, the-muppetsActors: Marlene Willoughby (actress), Samantha Fox (actress), Samantha Fox (actress), Vanessa del Rio (actress), Eric Edwards (actor), Ron Hudd (actor), Roger Caine (actor), Ron Jeremy (actor), Bobby Astyr (actor), Ashley Moore (actor), Dave Ruby (actor), Herschel Savage (actor), Jamie Gillis (actor), Randy West (actor), Bill Milling (producer),
Plot: Horrified at his causing the death of a young girl, Dracula commits suicide and curses himself to be one of the undead for all time. Unlike Christopher Lee, however, this Dracula prefers to bite his victims in far more erotic places than the neck.
Keywords: audition, bad-taste-humour, bat, candle, coffin, convent, corpse, cunnilingus, dominatrix, doveActors: Michael Earl (actor), Edgar Bergen (actor), Edgar Bergen (actor), Milton Berle (actor), Mel Brooks (actor), Tim Burton (actor), James Coburn (actor), Dom DeLuise (actor), Charles Durning (actor), Michael Earl (actor), Michael Earl (actor), Michael Earl (actor), Michael Earl (actor), Michael Earl (actor), Michael Earl (actor),
Plot: 'Kermit the Frog' (qv) wants fame. Persuaded by an agent to pursue acting, he hops west towards Hollywood! Tagging along: 'Fozzie Bear' (qv), 'Miss Piggy' (qv), 'The Great Gonzo', and a motley group of Muppets help dodge evil Doc Hopper and a Cameo-filled cast on the trek to Tinseltown!
Keywords: actor-playing-multiple-roles, alligator, ambition, balloon, bar, based-on-tv-series, beauty-pageant, bicycle, blockbuster, breaking-the-fourth-wallBlasterjaxx - Big Bird is OUT NOW on MAXXIMIZE! Like this track? Download on Beatport or add it to your favourite Spotify/Apple Music playlist by clicking HERE: https://blasterjaxx.lnk.to/BigBird!YT Join our Spinnin' Records Top 100 Playlist ► https://spinninrecords.lnk.to/top100!YT The Blasterjaxx are building up the suspension right away! Vehement chords are blasting through your speakers as it builds up to an exuberant drop filled with a filthy synth lead and earthshaking kicks. Get surprised by its booty shaking beats and uplifting breaks. Big Bird is going sky-high! Follow Blasterjaxx: http://www.facebook.com/BlasterjaxxOfficial https://www.twitter.com/blasterjaxx https://www.soundcloud.com/blasterjaxx https://www.blasterjaxx.com Follow Maxximize Records: http://www.maxximize...
Even the proudest of the peacocks knows when to give an inch. Listen to Big Bird's wisdom and start cooperating today. Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SesameStreet For more fun games and videos for your preschooler in a safe, child-friendly environment, visit us at http://www.sesamestreet.org Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization. The Workshop produces Sesame Street programs, seen in over 150 countries, and other acclaimed shows, including The Electric Company. Beyond television, the Workshop produces content for multiple media platforms on a wide range of issues including literacy and numeracy, emotional wellbeing, health and wellness, and respect and understanding. Le...
After a killer whale killed a SeaWorld trainer during a live broadcast, a look back at other recent incidents involving animals look unexpectedly attacked.
If you're watching videos with your preschooler and would like to do so in a safe, child-friendly environment, please join us at http://www.sesamestreet.org Big Bird and Elmo take a break from playing. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization which also produces Pinky Dinky Doo, The Electric Company, and other programs for children around the world.
Learn Colors Muppets Elmo Big Bird Cookie Monster M&M;'s Surprise Cups Finger Family Nursery Rhymes Fun and Creative Toddler Learning Video, Kids Video for Toddlers - toyjelly.com Sounds : freesound.org/jokersounds.com/soundbible.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Scenes from episode 3400 NOTE - I couldn't include "Honk Around the Clock" or the credit crawl at the end due to copyright, but I did include the "Coming Soon..." segment at the end
Blasterjaxx - Big Bird is OUT NOW on MAXXIMIZE! Like this track? Download on Beatport or add it to your favourite Spotify/Apple Music playlist by clicking HERE: https://blasterjaxx.lnk.to/BigBird!YT Join our Spinnin' Records Top 100 Playlist ► https://spinninrecords.lnk.to/top100!YT The Blasterjaxx are building up the suspension right away! Vehement chords are blasting through your speakers as it builds up to an exuberant drop filled with a filthy synth lead and earthshaking kicks. Get surprised by its booty shaking beats and uplifting breaks. Big Bird is going sky-high! Follow Blasterjaxx: http://www.facebook.com/BlasterjaxxOfficial https://www.twitter.com/blasterjaxx https://www.soundcloud.com/blasterjaxx https://www.blasterjaxx.com Follow Maxximize Records: http://www.maxximize...
Even the proudest of the peacocks knows when to give an inch. Listen to Big Bird's wisdom and start cooperating today. Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SesameStreet For more fun games and videos for your preschooler in a safe, child-friendly environment, visit us at http://www.sesamestreet.org Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization. The Workshop produces Sesame Street programs, seen in over 150 countries, and other acclaimed shows, including The Electric Company. Beyond television, the Workshop produces content for multiple media platforms on a wide range of issues including literacy and numeracy, emotional wellbeing, health and wellness, and respect and understanding. Le...
After a killer whale killed a SeaWorld trainer during a live broadcast, a look back at other recent incidents involving animals look unexpectedly attacked.
If you're watching videos with your preschooler and would like to do so in a safe, child-friendly environment, please join us at http://www.sesamestreet.org Big Bird and Elmo take a break from playing. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization which also produces Pinky Dinky Doo, The Electric Company, and other programs for children around the world.
Learn Colors Muppets Elmo Big Bird Cookie Monster M&M;'s Surprise Cups Finger Family Nursery Rhymes Fun and Creative Toddler Learning Video, Kids Video for Toddlers - toyjelly.com Sounds : freesound.org/jokersounds.com/soundbible.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Scenes from episode 3400 NOTE - I couldn't include "Honk Around the Clock" or the credit crawl at the end due to copyright, but I did include the "Coming Soon..." segment at the end
Open up the sky
'Cause I'm coming up to you
So send down your wings
It'll bring me to you
You know I'm standing at the station
Ready to go
Big ol' airplane, you know I trust in you so
Get on up big bird
To my baby, love
Get on up big bird
To my baby, love
Get on up big bird
I got to make it heard
Get on up big bird
I got to make it heard
Get on up!
Way down here
You up there
Well we know is
Is it ain't no fairYou know I'm standing at the station
Ready to go
Big ol' airplane, you know I trust in you so
Get on up big bird
To my baby, love
Get on up big bird
To my baby, love
Get on up big bird
I got to make it heard
Get on up big bird
I got to make it heard
Get on up!