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There’s been a lot of lip flapping going on during the past month or so about Big Bird’s owner, Sesame Workshop.

During one game in 1995, 36 octopi were thrown onto the ice, including one that weighed 38 pounds. That year, Al the Octopus was commissioned as a mascot for the Red Wings. It was named after the then ...