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.

Elmo, another Muppet character who's three years old ... a surreal yet predictable culture war on social media, with Big Bird receiving the brunt of Republicans' ire. "Government propaganda ...

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 ...

Here’s a look back at notable Muppet activism. Romney: ‘I Love Big Bird’ Is Snuffleupagus safe? The Republican presidential nominee vowed to make good on his campaign promise to defund PBS ...

A documentary about a (Waltham) boy named Caroll, who grew up to be the heart, soul and 8-foot-tall body of “Sesame Street’s” iconic yellow Muppet, “I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story ...

It's always a sunny day on Sesame Street, but for much of the week, things were not A-OK in the land of the Muppets. On January 24, Big Bird, the show's eight-foot-tall, anthropomorphic canary ...

For Bay Staters, the celebration of Big Bird’s life may resonate deeper than fondly remembering the Muppet who was everybody’s friend; they may also recall the Massachusetts man who brought ...

Big Bird, Kermit the Frog, Count von Count, these characters are Muppet icons, and Matt Vogel plays them all. He started in 1996 as an understudy to Caroll Spinney who famously played Big Bird on ...

(Fact check: The Grinch is NOT a Muppet.) “Thanks ... extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.” Yes, Big Bird got vaccinated. And Ted Cruz was on the case!

Question: In the popular 1985 Muppets movie “Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird,” at a pivotal point, Big Bird stands next to a huge map of the United States to chart his travels and ...