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On Monday’s episode of CBS’ Late Show, Stephen Colbert talked about Ted Cruz and Big Bird.  You may be wondering why famed Sesame Street character Big Bird, and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are being mentioned in the same sentence, but here's what happened. Last week, the CDC approved the Covid vaccine for kids 5 to 11. The Ses…

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a new target: Big Bird. On Saturday, following a tweet from Big Bird’s Twitter account that encouraged Covid-19 vaccinations, Cruz responded, “Government propaganda … for your five year old!” Government propaganda…for your 5 year old! https://t.co/lKUlomnpq1 — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 6, 2…

Caroll Spinney, a puppeteer who brought the beloved Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch to life, died today at his Connecticut home. He was 85 and died from Dystonia, a movement disorder. His death was announced by the Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit focused on helping preschool-age children reach…

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who played Sesame Street‘s Big Bird as well as Oscar the Grouch character since the iconic children’s show’s premiere episode in 1969, is retiring. Producer Sesame Workshop announced the news Wednesday. The world famous Big Bird has had a great flight in the hands of Spinney, having…

News reports say about 1,000 marchers took part in the ‘Million Puppet March’ held Saturday in Washington DC to counter Mitt Romney’s debate pledge that he would end federal funding for Big Bird and public broadcasting. Previous: 'Million Muppet March' Planned In DC For PBS <a href="http://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/puppet2__121104140705.jpg"…

Mitt Romney’s now infamous pledge to eliminate federal funding for PBS despite his affection for Big Bird and Jim Lehrer is getting still more pushback. Today a Los Angeles animation exec and an Idaho student are planning a ‘Million Muppet March’ for November 3rd at the National Mall in Washington DC three days before…

First the production company behind Sesame Street wanted President Obama's campaign to take down the ad they put out Tuesday using Big Bird to slam Mitt Romney’s plan to cut PBS federal funding. Now The Daily Show With Jon Stewart has gone after the incumbent for "using a cartoonish child-like figure to invigorate…

UPDATE, 10:22 AM: The production company behind Sesame Street is not happy with the new Obama campaign ad slamming Mitt Romney and featuring footage of Big Bird (see it below). "Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns. We have…

Not only was last night a big night for President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, it was a huge night for Twitter – and Big Bird. According to Twitter’s blog, a record 10 million tweets were posted, making the first of the 2012 presidential debates the most-tweeted about event ever in U.S…