Yeah, the Challenger thing was a bit of a surprise. They put that segment together well, too. I started out thinking, "Dude, Big Bird in space? Did that happen? I'm pretty sure I'd have heard if that had happened ..." And then as they went along talking about how they were going to watch the launch on TV after he was taken off the flight I started thinking "Oh, shiiiiit ..." I was too young to recall the Challenger disaster, but oh my GOD, that would be ... yeah, in some horrible parallel universe people had some serious trauma to deal with.
I know a lot of the Sesame Street Muppets actually are set at specific developmental ages. Big Bird is 6, and Elmo is 3 1/2, so they really do appeal to different age groups. But while I like Big Bird enough that he can carry a movie for me, I like Elmo better in much smaller doses.
My brother commented that it was interesting to watch Follow That Bird in part because you see other full-suit bird puppets, and none of them manage to look, well, bird-like the way Big Bird does. He's really got a natural way of moving. (I've seen a few shots of Big Bird preening his feathers that just amuse the hell out of me for this reason.) Pretty impressive.
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Date: 2015-05-13 03:30 am (UTC)I know a lot of the Sesame Street Muppets actually are set at specific developmental ages. Big Bird is 6, and Elmo is 3 1/2, so they really do appeal to different age groups. But while I like Big Bird enough that he can carry a movie for me, I like Elmo better in much smaller doses.
My brother commented that it was interesting to watch Follow That Bird in part because you see other full-suit bird puppets, and none of them manage to look, well, bird-like the way Big Bird does. He's really got a natural way of moving. (I've seen a few shots of Big Bird preening his feathers that just amuse the hell out of me for this reason.) Pretty impressive.