Big Bird

Big Bird is a Muppet character designed by Jim Henson and built by Kermit Love for the children's television show Sesame Street. An eight-foot-two-inch-tall (249 cm) 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 /æbkədɛfɡiːdʒɛkəlmɪnɒpkwərˈstuːvwɪksɪz/), 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.

This article is about the character from Sesame Street. For species of birds of notably large size, see List of largest birds. For other uses, see Big Bird (disambiguation).

Big Bird
Sesame Street character
Big Bird with Abby Cadabby (left) and Elmo (right) at the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors
First appearanceEpisode 0001 (November 10, 1969)
Created by
Performed byCaroll Spinney (1969–2015)
Daniel Seagren (stand-in, 1969; 1970)
Matt Vogel (1996–present)
BirthdayMarch 20
In-universe information
NicknamesGrandsonny, by Granny Bird
Bird, by his best friend, Snuffy
Turkey, feather face, and others, by Oscar the Grouch
SpeciesMuppet bird
GenderMale
FamilyGranny Bird (grandmother)
Eight foreign cousins

Caroll Spinney 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.

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