The story reads: “Though onscreen the Fab Four appear to be a baby-friendly size, in ‘person’ they are gargantuan, bigger than Barney, bigger even than Big Bird. “Po, the smallest ...

Caroll Spinney, the actor and puppeteer who portrayed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street over five decades, died Sunday at age 85. The Sesame Workshop said Spinney had died at home in ...

Fictional Sesame Street character Big Bird's announcement Saturday that he has received the COVID-19 vaccine drew swift backlash from hard-right Republicans led by Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

The mission may have been Challenger's doomed flight. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind famous "Sesame Street" characters such as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday (Dec. 8) at age 85 ...

Big Bird almost went on the Challenger space shuttle to teach kids about space. The shuttle's explosion on January 28, 1986 killed seven crew members. The beloved Sesame Street character wasn't on ...

For mental_floss, Jake Rossen and Jennifer M. Wood highlight this role with a retelling of the carefully considered move to introduce Big Bird’s friend Aloysius Snuffleupagus as a permanent ...

Once again, Big Bird is on the chopping block, threatened by the loss of federal funds that sustain public broadcasting stations. But the big yellow fella has been there before, and survived each ...