Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird Quotes

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird is a TV show that was first aired in 1970 . Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird ended its run in 1970.

It features Tony Garnett as producer, Lennie Niehaus (score) in charge of musical score, and Curtis Clark as head of cinematography.

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird is 89 minutes long. Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: Kathryn Mullen as Feathered Friend's Magistrate, Kathryn Mullen as Feathered Friends Rooster, Kathryn Mullen as Feathered Friends Owl, Cheryl Wagner as Miss Finch, Caroll Spinney as Big Bird, Martin P. Robinson as Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sonia Manzano as Maria, Jerry Nelson as Count, Bob McGrath as Bob, Paul Bartel as Grover, Gord Robertson as Daddy Dodo, Trish Leeper as Mommy Dodo, Jeff Weiser as Donnie Dodo, Shari Weiser as Marie Dodo, Roscoe Orman as Gordon, Frank Oz as Bert, Dave Thomas as Sam Sleaze, Joe Flaherty as Sid Sleaze, Benjamin Barrett as Floyd, and Alyson Court as Ruthie.

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird Quotes

Sonia Manzano as Maria

• (Unnamed) "This is where I wanna be; grouch paradise. Just look it at. It's like a work of art."
• (Unnamed) "It is different, Maria."
• (Sonia Manzano) "Oscar, I want you to turn this car around right now and head for Toadstool."
• (Unnamed) "Ah, an angry face in a beautiful place; heaven."

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird

• (Caroll Spinney) "Hey, I've got a great idea. Let's play make-believe. I'll be Snow White --"
• (Jeff Weiser) "But you're not Snow White."
• (Shari Weiser) "You're bright yellow."
• (Jeff Weiser) "Yeah."
• (Caroll Spinney) "And you could be the Seven Dwarves."
• (Jeff Weiser) "But we're not dwarves."
• (Shari Weiser) "We're birds."
• (Caroll Spinney) "I said we just could make believe. You know, pretend? Uh, use your imagination."
• (Jeff Weiser) "Oh, okay. I'll pretend I'm Donnie."
• (Shari Weiser) "And I'll pretend I'm Marie."

• (Caroll Spinney) "Hey, fellas, can you give me a lift? Talk to who?"
• (Caroll Spinney) "Oh, say, you must be the driver."
• (Unnamed) "Well, what can I do for you, big fella?"
• (Caroll Spinney) "Well, do you have room for just one more?"
• (Unnamed) "I don't take no riders. This here's a turkey truck."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Oh well."
• (Caroll Spinney) "But my friend Oscar always says that I'm a big turkey."
• (Unnamed) "Well, I don't guess I can argue with that. Hop in."

• (Caroll Spinney) ""Sesame Street" is brought to you today by the letters W and B."

• (Caroll Spinney) "Isn't flying wonderful? It makes me feel like a bird."

• (Caroll Spinney) "Gee. There's still no sign of Sesame Street. Nothing but amber waves of grain. I think I'm lost. What'll I do? I wish Snuffy were here. Then I'd be lost with my best friend."
• (Martin P. Robinson) "Hello, Bird."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Snuffy? I thought I'd never see you again. I can hardly see you now."
• (Martin P. Robinson) "That is because you are imagining me, Bird."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Oh. Well, it's so good to almost see you. I suppose a hug is out of the question, you being imaginary right now."
• (Martin P. Robinson) "You could imagine that we're hugging, Bird."
• (Caroll Spinney) "That's right. How brilliant. Here it comes."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Oh, I'm afraid this isn't working, Snuffy. For hugging, you need the real thing."
• (Martin P. Robinson) "Don't worry, Bird. We can hug for real when you get back to Sesame Street."
• (Caroll Spinney) "If I ever get back to Sesame Street. But I will."

• (Unnamed) "So you are the bird on the run."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Oh, yeah, and I can't wait to get back to my real home on Sesame Street. I figure I can walk back there in, oh, about three hours."
• (Unnamed) "Three hours?"
• (Unnamed) "More like three weeks, buddy."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Three weeks? Oh, no. I'll never get home."
• (Unnamed) "Sure, you will. You've just got to keep going. Pick up your feet and follow your beak."

Cheryl Wagner as Miss Finch

• (Cheryl Wagner) "Are you alright, Big? You are Big Bird?"
• (Caroll Spinney) "Yeah, I guess I am."
• (Cheryl Wagner) "This is worse than I thought."

• (Unnamed) "You think maybe he didn't like it here or something?"
• (Cheryl Wagner) "Impossible."
• (Unnamed) "Well, what are you going to do about it, Miss Finch?"
• (Cheryl Wagner) "I'm going to find Big Bird, wherever he is, and bring him back to the Dodos."

• (Cheryl Wagner) "You know, Big, you shouldn't be living here all alone."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Well, I'm not all alone. Why, there's Gordon and Susan and --"
• (Cheryl Wagner) "But they're not birds like we are."
• (Caroll Spinney) "I know, but they're nice people."
• (Cheryl Wagner) "But you should have a home and a family."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Well, I am home. I like it here on Sesame Street."
• (Cheryl Wagner) "Wouldn't you like to be with your own kind? Wouldn't you like to live in a big, beautiful bird house with a nice bird family of your own? And a brother bird, and a sister bird, and a father bird, and a mother bird? And sing and play bird games all day long? Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you?"
• (Caroll Spinney) "Gee, I think I'd like that."
• (Cheryl Wagner) "Good. Because in a lovely city called Oceanview, Ilinois, there's a fine feathered family waiting just for you."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Really? Oh, when can I leave?"

Frank Oz as Bert

• (Frank Oz) "Ernie, I see him."
• (Unnamed) "See who, Bert?"
• (Frank Oz) "See that yellow spot down there? It's Big Bird."
• (Unnamed) "Oh, yeah. That sure looks like a yellow spot, alright."

• (Frank Oz) "Whattaya see, Ernie?"
• (Unnamed) "Your nose, Bert"
• (Frank Oz) "Ernie. Get serious, will ya? We're supposed to be looking for Big Bird."
• (Unnamed) "Right."

Paul Bartel as Grover

• (Paul Bartel) "This is not Big Bird. You are imposters."

• (Unnamed) "Now for the weather. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? This news just in concerning a six-year-old runaway. The runaway is an 8-foot yellow bird who answers to the name, "Big Bird.""
• (Paul Bartel) "Did you say Big Bird?"
• (Unnamed) "That's right. Big Bird. He left his nest in Oceanview, Illinois last night and is heading east to a place called -- Susame Street."
• (Paul Bartel) "Susame Street?"
• (Unnamed) "Sesame Street. Sorry."

Kathryn Mullen as Feathered Friend's Magistrate

• (Kathryn Mullen) "Now, here today, we have a sad, sad case that needs our urgent attention. He's only six-years-old, and he lives all alone, with no other birds around."
• (Kathryn Mullen) "He looks so sad."
• (Kathryn Mullen) "That's funny. He looks happy to me."
• (Kathryn Mullen) "Of course he's not happy. How can you say that?"
• (Cheryl Wagner) "Madame Chairbird."
• (Kathryn Mullen) "Miss Finch?"
• (Cheryl Wagner) "We all know he can't be happy. He needs to be with his own kind, with a bird family."
• (Kathryn Mullen) "True, very true."
• (Cheryl Wagner) "And I know just the family. Where does he live?"
• (Kathryn Mullen) "Sesame Street."
• (Cheryl Wagner) "Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?"

Gord Robertson as Daddy Dodo

• (Gord Robertson) "Who's Mr. Sniffuplaga"
• (Gord Robertson) "Sniffleblguh"
• (Caroll Spinney) "Uh, Snuffleupagus."
• (Gord Robertson) "Yeah."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Well, he's my best friend."
• (Trish Leeper) "What kind of a bird is he?"
• (Caroll Spinney) "He's not a bird. He's a Snuffleupagus."
• (Gord Robertson) "But your best friend should be bird."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Why?"
• (Trish Leeper) "Because you're a bird. Isn't that right, Daddy?"
• (Gord Robertson) "That's right, Mommy. And you should be with your own kind: birds."
• (Trish Leeper) "You'll find lots of birds your own age."
• (Gord Robertson) "And make some new best friends. Now come on out and hunt for worms."
• (Caroll Spinney) "But I don't want to hunt worms. I want Snuffy to come and visit. And if he can't come and visit, I don't want to be here anymore. I want to go home."
• (Trish Leeper) "But you are home."

Benjamin Barrett as Floyd

• (Benjamin Barrett) "You're the biggest chicken I've ever seen."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Oh, I'm not a chicken actually. I'm a bird on the run."
• (Alyson Court) "Oh yeah. Floyd, he's the bird on TV who ran away."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Oh, I didn't run away. I'm going back to my real home on Sesame Street where I belong."
• (Alyson Court) "Are you tired?"
• (Caroll Spinney) "Well, maybe a little. I sure wish I had a place to sleep."
• (Alyson Court) "Have you ever slept in a barn?"
• (Caroll Spinney) "Hmm."

Dave Thomas as Sam Sleaze

• (Dave Thomas) "That eight-foot bird is still on the lam. You know, Sid, people would pay money to see that bird."
• (Joe Flaherty) "Nah, I wouldn't pay to see no bird."
• (Dave Thomas) "No, no, no. People would pay us to see that bird. Us, us, us."

• (Dave Thomas) "What seems to be the problem, officer? What's the charge?"
• (Unnamed) "What about counterfeiting, extortion, fraud, impersonating a dentist, stealing an apple from a kid?"
• (Dave Thomas) "Oh, about that apple, officer, I can explain that. We was just holding it for a friend."
• (Joe Flaherty) "Yeah, for a friend."
• (Unnamed) "You can tell that to the judge."
• (Joe Flaherty) "The judge."
• (Unnamed) "Be a man."
• (Joe Flaherty) "But I don't wanna be a man."
• (Dave Thomas) "Shut up, Sid. Shut up."

• (Dave Thomas) "How could you miss him? He's eight-feet tall."
• (Joe Flaherty) "You were going too fast."
• (Dave Thomas) "Sid, don't shout at me."
• (Joe Flaherty) "You were going too fast."
• (Dave Thomas) "Let's not get mad. We'll just start all over."
• (Dave Thomas) "Now let's get going."

Martin P. Robinson as Mr. Snuffleupagus

• (Martin P. Robinson) "Oh, Bird, this is goodbye. You're leaving Sesame Street."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Well, I'm not really leaving. I'm just going away."
• (Martin P. Robinson) "Oh."
• (Caroll Spinney) "Besides, as soon as I get to Oceanview, you can come and visit."
• (Martin P. Robinson) "I can?"
• (Caroll Spinney) "First thing, ol' pal. I wouldn't go if you couldn't come and visit."

Roscoe Orman as Gordon

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Jerry Nelson as Count

• (Jerry Nelson) "One. One Joan Ganz Cooney."

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