Millions of people around the globe spent some of their childhood watching Big Bird on Sesame Street. The giant, yellow eight-foot-two bird first debuted in 1969 and for decades, fans assumed they ...

Deborah Hautzig, Author, Sesame Street, Author, Joe Mathieu, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $3.25 (32p) ISBN 978-0-394-87744-0 Big Bird discovers that the book he wants to buy in ...

Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the ...

As a kid, you likely spent a lot of time learning your ABCs from characters like Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo, and Oscar the Grouch. "Sesame Street" has been on the air since 1969, and has ...

The segment Greene cited wasn’t aired; a local station mistakenly uploaded it to PBS’ site, where it stayed for two months ...

Sesame Street is headed for a detour, but the path forward isn’t exactly clear. The long-running children’s show, which first introduced young audiences to Big Bird, Bert and Ernie in 1969 ...

There's a new documentary about Carroll Spinney, the puppeteer who played Big Bird ever since the character debuted on "Sesame Street" in 1969. The film, entitled "I Am Big Bird: The Carroll ...