This heart-warming documentary chronicles the life of 80-year-old Caroll Spinney, the man who has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969.

Caroll Spinney has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for over 40 years. He's dined with heads of state, won Emmys and been named a living legend by the Library of Congress. And while he's handpicked a successor he's been forced to wait, quite literally, in the wings as his understudy for almost 20 years. While Caroll's peers have long since slipped into cozy retirements or pursued other dreams, he has held on with no intention of retiring. Yielding the Bird would mean saying goodbye to a character that is a true expression of his soul.

Combining compelling interviews and fascinating material from Caroll’s personal archives, I Am Big Bird peels away the instances that inspired his creation and reveals, as the yellow feathers give way to grey hair, it is the man, not the muppet, who will teach us the greatest lesson of all - how to love uncondtionally.

"Big Bird is the most popular children's character in the world and i think that's largely due to Caroll." - Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets.

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