DanielWithrow and I have a little wager going, and we’ve decided to let our fellow Dopers decide the matter. On Sesame Street, is Big Bird male or female? I think male, but I can’t think of any instances where this is overtly stated. DanielWithrow thinks female, but again can’t recall any specific references. Help us settle this pressing matter, please!
Go here and click on Big Bird. You get:
I’ve always thought of him as a guy.
Go here and click on Big Bird. You get:
I’ve always thought of him as a guy.
There. Double the evidence.
Since Big Bird (like Oscar the Grouch) was created and played by a man, Carroll Spinney, I always assumed he was a male bird.
Big Bird’s a boy! I know he is–don’t the cast members refer to him as “him”? Maybe I’m having auditory hallucinations, but I’m positive he’s a he.
But surely you didn’t consider Peter Pan to be a female when Mary Martin was playing the part… Likewise, I’m sure you don’t consider Miss Piggy to be a male simply because Frank Oz provides her voice…
Zev Steinhardt
And where does “Roger” fit into all this?
And Linda Hunt’s character in “The Year of Living Dangerously”.
I think that the source of the problem is that the man who is inside the suit (most of the time–sometimes it’s another guy) has a name that is easily confused for a woman’s name.
Even though his lifestyle is too controversial for the letter D, it appears that Roger is a man.