Big Bird - Other Appearances

Other Appearances

In 1985, Big Bird was the star of his own movie Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird alongside the cast of Sesame Street. The plot focused on him being moved away to live with his own species by a meddling social-worker (voiced by Sally Kellerman). He is not happy with his new home and he runs away and embarks on a cross-country adventure. Along the way he finds help from a friendly truck driver (Waylon Jennings) and two farmer kids. But on the bad side, there are two carnival owning brothers (Dave Thomas and Joe Flaherty) who want to kidnap him and make him perform in their carnival for their own profit. In the meantime, his friends Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover, Count von Count and Oscar the Grouch are in pursuit of him to find him and bring him back home safely. Also joining them are their human friends, Gordon, Maria, Olivia and Linda with Bob aiding them from Sesame Street.

Big Bird appeared in a series 11 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe segment where he enters for the "Draw the Neighborhood" contest.

Big Bird made a non-speaking appearance in The West Wing Season 5 episode "Eppur Si Muove". During a visit by The Muppets to the White House, Big Bird sits down on a bench next to CJ Cregg, who has complained during the episode of past comparisons to Big Bird due to her height.

Big Bird made an appearance as a guest star on the third season of The Muppet Show. A portrait of Big Bird also appeared in the pilot The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence.

Big Bird also made brief appearances in The Muppet Movie and The Muppets Take Manhattan.

Big Bird appeared in Season 38 (Episode 1623), of Saturday Night Live as a special guest interviewee on the show's "Weekend Update" segment in relation to the first 2012 Presidential Debate comments made by Mitt Romney over defunding PBS.