Of sesame street episodes across 50 years. hanging up his feathers in 2018. i started with puppets when i was eight. and i kind of for years felt i should be hidden. he needed to stay hidden to make big bird eight feet tall. i held my arm over my head. for quite a while. first ladies of the united states love the big bird. one presidential candidate was less enthused. i m stop k the subsidy to pbs. somebody is cracking down on big bird. how did you find out you were in the debate? i got a million tweets. it wasn t all song and games. sesame street confronted troubling social issues. such as bullying.