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# Big Bird

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# have a rotten time
Oscar the Grouch spends his Christmases in Ireland
In an exclusive interview with TheJournal.ie this week, puppeteer Caroll Spinney told us he visits Ireland every year.
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May 17th 2015, 6:30 PM
# Chopping onions
This real-life story about Big Bird will make you cry
*sniff*
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May 7th 2015, 9:04 PM
# watch and learn
How Sesame Street tones down for Afghanistan
In a country where only half of all children go to school, the programme treads a fine line to help bring the 3 Rs – and a little lesson in gender equity – to its audience.
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Apr 6th 2013, 8:45 AM
Voices
Column: 'The culture war is over, and conservatives have lost'
Conservatives will win again, writes John McGuirk – but first they must stop allowing themselves to be seen as anti-women, anti-science and anti-rights.
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Nov 7th 2012, 8:30 PM
# yellow peril
VIDEO: Sesame Street ask Barack Obama to take down Big Bird ad
The Barack Obama campaign has made an ad mocking Mitt Romney over his Big Bird comments – but Sesame Street isn’t happy.
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Oct 9th 2012, 9:30 PM
# Big Bird
Internet rallies to defence of Big Bird but Romney insists he loves him
The Sesame Street character’s future came under threat during the US presidential debate last night and the internet sure wasn’t happy about it…
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Oct 4th 2012, 2:01 PM