NEW YORK >> He has lent body and soul to a certain 8-foot-tall 6-year-old for nearly half a century, all the while hidden from sight. Now Caroll Spinney drops his fine-feathered obscurity (and emerges ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

“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 ...

The real history behind iconic Big Bird, Oscar, and Kermit puppet personalities ...