Big Bird premiered in the very first episode in 1969, according to Muppet fandom, and he's an adorable character known to make friends easily. However, as generations have grown up, questions ...

Bert and Kermit and Scooter are clearly Order Muppets. Which is Big Bird? Lithwick’s taxonomy, surprisingly, leaves this question unanswered. And he does seem to be causing a lot of chaos lately.