This molded plastic Big Bird finger puppet is one of a set of licensed Sesame Street toys made in the 1980s to capitalize on the popularity of the children’s television series, especially its Muppet ...

“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane called into question the intelligence of Ted Cruz after the Texas senator implied “Sesame Street” character Big Bird was a symbol of tyranny. That criticism ...

Woodstock may be the name of the bird in the “Peanuts” comic strip, but the big bird in Woodstock, Connecticut is Caroll Spinney. Spinney was the gentle, expressive puppeteer who embodied Big Bird on ...

Even though he’ll be 6 forever, Sesame Street’s favorite yellow bird is technically turning 55 on March 20. Big Bird, an 8-foot, 2-inch, flightless-bird that may or may not be a canary, made his way ...