Costume World's CEO and founder Marilynn Wick said the avian puppet was also a hit in their stores. 'We have four store locations and all of them are selling out of the Big Bird costumes,' she added.

ABC News notes that Romney's reference to the 7-foot puppet has resulted in a veritable Big Bird craze. And no one is benefiting more than costume retailers. Costumecraze.com, online shillers of the ...

For instance, Big Bird's head weighs four-and-a-half pounds. And the puppet head is in my hand, and that rises a full foot above the top of my head, which is bent over. SIEGEL: He was 91 when he died.

In addition to designing the Big Bird costume, he added, "Kermit really helped me with dramatic coaching, and he was wonderful at that." Born in 1916, Love began making puppets for a federal Works ...

Spinney tops off his ensemble with the familiar 25-pound top half of Big Bird, a combination of costume and puppet. He works Big Bird’s mouth with his hand and the eyes with a coat hanger ...