When the Big Bird costume is not in use, it’s stored in a crate about 10 feet high. A muppet wrangler smooths Big Bird’s feathers when they get ruffled and hand-glues replacements if they get ...

Big Bird premiered in the very first episode in 1969, according to Muppet fandom ... Was there really someone in that gigantic costume? It's hard to believe, and people have been left horrified ...

Spinney, who also be­came the lov­able Muppet Oscar the Grouch ... Did you know that the Big Bird costume requires 4,000 bright yellow feathers or that Big Bird was scheduled to be aboard ...

bird costume, is strictly speaking not a member of the group of puppet characters known as the Muppets. Bellavia bought the Internet address www.millionmuppetmarch.com during the debate and ...

Taking to social platform X, previously known as Twitter, user @KeetPotato pulled the curtain back on what the inside of Big Bird's costume allegedly entails, writing: "I don't know what I thought ...

On Tuesday, Elmo – yes, the perennially joyful red Muppet who loves ... boost that keeps me and others healthy.” Yes, Big Bird got vaccinated. And Ted Cruz was on the case!

Eventually, Spinney explained it all. The giant bird costume was so cumbersome that he literally couldn’t see outside. So, using late 1960s technology — long before iPhones and tablets ...