In the video, a little green puppet girl with big eyes and two tufts of hair holds a yellow felt bird in a blanket. “Hey, birdie. It’s okay, birdie,” she coos. “I’m gonna take care of ...

The giant, yellow eight-foot-two bird first debuted ... Most people assume that a tall person inside Big Bird controls the large puppet, and while that is true, it is not at all how you'd think.

Hand-and-rod puppets, like Elmo and Abby Cadabby ... Operating an 8-foot, walking, talking bird is no joke; while wearing the yellow suit, Matt Vogel stretches his right arm above his head ...