Big Bird reads to Connor Scott and Tiffany Jiao during a taping of Sesame Street in New York, April 10, 2008. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has played Big Bird on "Sesame Street" is retiring ...

Big Bird is familiar to countless people of multiple generations all around the world who grew up watching “Sesame Street.” But who”s the man behind (or inside, actually) the 8-foot-tall ...

But some did wonder why it took so long for Big Bird — a performer who regularly works alongside cast and crew, in an industry that is by and large requiring vaccinations — to get vaxxed ...

Big Bird star Caroll Spinney tells all! — -- After more than 46 years as Big Bird, Caroll Spinney is telling his long and illustrious story in "I Am Big Bird," a documentary hitting theaters ...

Big Bird from "Sesame Street" with Catherine Rice, 7, of Smithtown, and Matthew Galante, 4, of West Babylon, at the Helen Mills Theater on Oct. 25, 2007. Credit: Getty Images ...