SALT LAKE CITY -- Big Bird, Cookie Monster and all the other beloved Sesame Street Muppets teach kids more than just how to count or recite their A-B-Cs. The Muppets are also teaching something ...

Clearly, Big Bird is a kind, gentle, world-changing mastermind, leaving no doubt that he is an Order Muppet. Just to be sure, though, I contacted Lithwick, currently out on assignment. “Totally ...

The 8-foot 2 inches bird is bright yellow and has taught generations of children how to gain knowledge, and ask questions. Big Bird premiered in the very first episode in 1969, according to Muppet ...

There are so many great Muppets, but some of the greats never get enough time in the spotlight. ... Sam thinks he's the serious Muppet but nobody that serious would hang out with all these weirdos.

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 ...

Big Bird, an 8-foot, 2-inch, flightless-bird that may or may not be a canary, made his way onto television screens in November 1969 with his debut on “Sesame Street,” the children’s ...

“The Muppet Show” and “Sesame Street” characters, from left, Swedish Chef, Big Bird, Miss Piggy and Kermit, Cookie Monster, and Statler and Waldorf.

‘Muppets’ Movie Soundtrack Features Feist, Flight of the Conchords, Andrew Bird. Muppets characters also cover Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" on the Walt ...

Follow That Bird began quite a path for its director, who was a 24-year-old USC grad school dropout with just afterschool specials to his name when he landed the gig.. Ken Kwapis, who went on to ...