Big Bird and his Sesame Street companion, Barkley, travel across China in search of the legendary Feng Huang, the Phoenix Bird. Along the way they visit with some Chinese schoolchildren, watch a Tai ...

The man who has played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since "Sesame Street" debuted in 1969 is retiring this week, Sesame Workshop said Wednesday in a news release. Caroll Spinney, 84, will perform his ...