Things We Saw Today: Alternate Big Birds From Sesame Street, Ranked by Their Chaotic Energy

By Kaila Hale-SternFeb 5th, 2021, 6:00 pm One of the best things we saw today—and in a long time—was the tweet below that compiled a popular Tumblr post. On Tumblr, users were surprised to discover that there were different incarnations of Big Bird in Sesame Street productions around the world. More and more people added “their” Big Birds, leading to the declaration that this felt like an alternate universe and also that we were entering the Bigbirdverse. Well colour me shooketh at this revelation. pic.twitter.com/L7dvVWmO71 — Neil Scully (@neilscully) February 3, 2021 Of course, to anyone who grew up with these Big Birds, that there were different versions and adaptations of the character wasn’t news. But you may be surprised to learn just how many alternate Big Birds there are, and how they vary in appearance (it’s now established that they’re all canonically cousins). Let’s run down our Big Birds by the sheer chaotic energy that they embody. 8. Big Bird (U.S.) The Big Bird on Sesame Street in the U.S. actually had many versions over the years. But generally Big Bird is a giant plain yellow bird and pretty mild-mannered. I was always more of a Snuffleupagus girl myself.…
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