Most people assume that a tall person inside Big Bird controls the large puppet, and while that is ... totally empty except for a puppeteer's hand that operates his mouth. A string is connected ...

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 ...

As a kid, you likely spent a lot of time learning your ABCs from characters like Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo ... I mean, he took the puppet theater and decided, I'm gonna get rid of that ...