Big Bird

But on Monday, they were discussing what it was like to spend a little bit of time with a more traditional character by the name of Big Bird.

All Things Puppet on Stage at New Victory Marshall Heyman 2011

If promptly notified by mission control, KH-9, codenamed HEXAGON, and popularly known as Big Bird, a series of photographic reconnaissance satellites launched by the United States between 1971 and 1986, could have switched on their rocket engines to escape destruction.

Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense 2008

Mattel was forced to recall nearly a million toys this month made by the Chinese company, including favorites such as Big Bird and Elmo.

CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2007 2007

And the plastic toys included characters such as Big Bird and Elmo.

CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007 2007

Characters like Elmo and Big Bird, they're rooted in childhood.

Joshua Kors: Little-Known Muppet Takes Center Stage: Q&A with Murray Monster, Rising Star of Sesame Street Joshua Kors 2011

Characters like Elmo and Big Bird, they're rooted in childhood.

Joshua Kors: Little-Known Muppet Takes Center Stage: Q&A with Murray Monster, Rising Star of Sesame Street Joshua Kors 2011

But revoicing a muppet poses different challenges, says Ali Abdullah Vakili, the 23-year-old voice of Big Bird.

Sesame Street goes to Afghanistan 2011

Characters like Elmo and Big Bird, they're rooted in childhood.

Joshua Kors: Little-Known Muppet Takes Center Stage: Q&A with Murray Monster, Rising Star of Sesame Street Joshua Kors 2011

With earnings like that, Big Bird doesn't need the taxpayers to help him compete against the Nickleodeon cable channel's Dora the Explorer.

Public Broadcasting Should Go Private Jim DeMint 2011

Thanks for protecting our children... and Big Bird, too.

Rick Jacobs: Hands Off Big Bird Rick Jacobs 2011