Big Bird (L) and other Sesame Street puppet charactors pose next to temporarty street sign November 9, 2009 at West 64th Street and Broadway in New York on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the ...

“Big Bird brought me so many places, opened my mind and nurtured my soul,” Spinney said in a statement. “And I plan to be an ambassador for Sesame Workshop for many years to come. After all, we’re a ...

We all know Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie and Big Bird from “Sesame Street,” and KMBC 9’s Rachel Santschi is focusing on Mesner Puppet Theater’s connection with the famous children’s television ...

(KGTV) - Was Big Bird puppeteer Carol Spinney nearly selected to be on the ill-fated space shuttle Challenger in 1986? Yes! NASA confirms it discussed putting Spinney on the shuttle to get kids ...

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 ...