Nov 4th, 2009 - NJ
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Big Bird of "Sesame Street '' is about to turn 40
Big News! Big Day! Big Bird turns 40 on November 10th."Sesame Street,'' the time-honored monolith of kids' shows, produced by the Children's Television Workshop, is honoring the anniversary of the series debut in 1969. It's recognizing the milestone with celebrations.
The Muppets are on a junket to promote the big day on a variety of TV shows – like ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Wednesday night. And NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" next Monday. They will even be featured on FOX's "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" TV game show.
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'The Fourth Kind' movie review: So-called true story seems fake - The Star-Ledger
Nov 5th, 2009 - NJ
Milla Jovovich stars as Dr. Abigail Tyler in "The Fourth Kind."
The truth is rarely good enough for movies "based on a true story."
For example: For years, people have been disappearing near Nome...Sesame Street still Big Bird's nest after 40 years
Nov 5th, 2009 - MSNBC
NEW YORK - Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street!
That's what he decides on the "Sesame Street" season opener. A rapping real-estate agent pitches him on migrating to a new habitat ("habitat," the episode's "Word on the Street")...Big bird's birthday: Part of Google's charm campaign?
Nov 4th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Google celebrated Big Bird's 40th birthday today by replacing the L in its search homepage with the Sesame Street character's tell-tale orange legs. So why did the president...
Big Bird's Birthday: 'Sesame Street's' 40th birthday gets a shout-out from Google
Nov 4th, 2009 - NY Daily News
It's Sesame Street's 40th Birthday, and Google decided to give the beloved children's TV show a big gift. Today's "Google Doodle," as the image that appears on the search engine's homepage is sometimes called...
Sesame Street's 40th year brings Big Bird to the Google homepage today.
Nov 4th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Google is taking us down the happiest street in the world. Today, visitors to the site, lately one of the most sparse spots on the Web, are seeing possibly the world's most famous pair of legs (and no...
Related videos from YouTube:
2:08Sesame Street - Big Bird sings a verbal noun song
Even though this is from 1994, the music will take you back to the 70's. Especially the harmonica.
3:57Sesame Street - ABC-DEF-GHI (1969)
Big Bird is practicing his reading, but he doesn't recognize one very long word.
2:33Classic Sesame Street - Big Bird and Snuffy go Vaudeville!
Another classic clip from the mid-80s.
5:56Classic Sesame Street: I'm Sure Gonna Miss You, Mr. Hooper!
From Episode 1839: When Big Bird hands out portraits of all his friends on the street, he wonders why Mr. Hooper's not around to get *his* picture...until the rest of the adults remind him. (NOTE: I've disabled comment voting on this clip beause several users are marking intelligent ...
