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- Taichi's second original song using Sekka Yufu.
- Little Bird is a VOCALOID demonstration song, it is available as a free download on Zero-G.
- Little Bird first appeared on Sesame Street in Season 1, and was often used as a foil to Big Bird, due to their contrasting sizes. Little Bird was a refurbished version of the Muppetised Kenner Gooney Bird, created by Jim Henson for Easy Bake Oven commercials in 1968. __TOC__ Although Little Bird is primarily performed by a female puppeteer, the character is most often male. The song "Mr. Big Bird, Mr. Little Bird" appears on the Grin & Giggle with Big Bird LP, where the character is referred to using masculine pronouns. The 1973 Character Style Guide from CTW also describes him as a "he." In contrast, Episode 2748 (1990) features a street story in which Little Bird is referred to using feminine pronouns. In episode 59 of The MuppetCast, Fran Brill confirmed in an e-mail that she always th
- It is midday in the small valley Kingdom. Every cat is doing there daily duties as the sun climbs higher into the sky. At the edge of camp lays a huge boulder. At the top of the boulder is a den that carved by the ancient cats of the sky. And inside that den is a tabby, he is sitting looking out into the pale daylight. Behind him is a slender black she-cat, her looks are stunning. She glances at the lighter colored tabby than approaches him from behind. "Jaw!" the hushed voice of the she-cat coos into the large tabbies ear. "what do you want Mary?" "You better make this quick." "I-I'm pregnant."
- Even though Little Bird is primarily performed by a female puppeteer, the character is male. The song "Mr. Big Bird, Mr. Little Bird" appears on the Grin & Giggle with Big Bird LP. The 1973 Character Style Guide from CTW also describes him as a "he". In episode 59 of The MuppetCast, Fran Brill confirmed in an e-mail that she always thought of Little Bird as a male. "Although he did not appear often, children were really attentive to Little Bird. They participated fully during his "Imagination Game". Perhaps he could play a greater role on the street." ―
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- Little Bird first appeared on Sesame Street in Season 1, and was often used as a foil to Big Bird, due to their contrasting sizes. Little Bird was a refurbished version of the Muppetised Kenner Gooney Bird, created by Jim Henson for Easy Bake Oven commercials in 1968. __TOC__ Although Little Bird is primarily performed by a female puppeteer, the character is most often male. The song "Mr. Big Bird, Mr. Little Bird" appears on the Grin & Giggle with Big Bird LP, where the character is referred to using masculine pronouns. The 1973 Character Style Guide from CTW also describes him as a "he." In contrast, Episode 2748 (1990) features a street story in which Little Bird is referred to using feminine pronouns. In episode 59 of The MuppetCast, Fran Brill confirmed in an e-mail that she always thought of Little Bird as a male. Henson, who originated the Bird in the Kenner commercials, performed Little Bird in at least two sketches from the first season: a sketch from Episode 0028 in which he meets Big Bird, and the game show "Pick Your Pet." Although Little Bird was used sporadically on the show, he proved effective with test audiences: “Although he did not appear often, children were really attentive to Little Bird. They participated fully during his "Imagination Game". Perhaps he could play a greater role on the street.” In addition to the sketches listed below, Little Bird was featured in "Wonderful/Yucchy", singing about his lunch, the contents of which are wonderful to him but yucky to a passer-by. He also appeared in a sketch where a cow named Lola tries to find a home and encounters an unsuccessful attempt to live in Little Bird's nest. In that sketch, Little Bird is performed by Jerry Nelson. Little Bird was used rarely on the show itself as the 1970s ended (although he continued as a frequent character in books, most often flying or perched in the background, as recently as 2010). However, he made a few cameo appearances on the show during the 1980s and 1990s. On-screen appearances include a brief fly-by in the song "Do-Op Hop," at Birdland in "The Birdland Jump," and a line in "We Are All Earthlings." Little Bird's most recent US puppet appearance was in a 1999 Sesame Street group shot photo (pictured). Little Bird also appears as one of the animatronic figures in the ride Spaghetti Space Chase at Universal Studios Singapore. One episode in 1990 (in which she appears as a girl) featured a street story focused on Little Bird moving to Sesame Street. She tries to be nest mates with Big Bird, but finds that she can't sleep with the noise of his snoring. She asks Oscar if she can move into his trash can, but he says he doesn't share his can with anybody nice, unless they're messy. He starts to warm up to the idea when he realizes they're arguing about it, but by then Little Bird isn't interested anymore. After she decides she wouldn't want to live on Snuffy's back either, everyone gets the idea to build her a house out of an old milk carton. A regular sized one is too small, so they build one out of a Snuffleupagus sized carton, except another bird moves in before she can. Finally, when everyone is drinking glasses of milk to empty another carton, Little Bird decides to just move back to the park instead. Marionette versions of Little Bird have been used often for flying scenes such as in the "Song of One," "I Whistle a Happy Tune," and "Do-Op Hop". Little Bird's birthday is marked in as December 17th.
- Taichi's second original song using Sekka Yufu.
- Even though Little Bird is primarily performed by a female puppeteer, the character is male. The song "Mr. Big Bird, Mr. Little Bird" appears on the Grin & Giggle with Big Bird LP. The 1973 Character Style Guide from CTW also describes him as a "he". In episode 59 of The MuppetCast, Fran Brill confirmed in an e-mail that she always thought of Little Bird as a male. Although Little Bird appeared on Sesame Street most often during the 1970s, the character continued to appear frequently in books throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He made a cameo in "Wonderful Yucky", singing about his lunch, the contents of which are wonderful to him but yucky to a passer-by. Little Bird also made a few cameo appearances during the 1980s and 1990s. On-screen appearances include a brief fly-by in the song "Do Op Hop", at Birdland in "The Birdland Jump," and contributed a line to "We Are All Earthlings". Little Bird's most recent US puppet appearance was in a 1999 Sesame Street group shot photo (pictured). Henson, who originated the Bird in the Kenner commercials, performed Little Bird in at least two sketches from the first season: a sketch from Episode 0028 in which he meets Big Bird, and the game show "Pick Your Pet". Although Little Bird was used sporadically on the show, he proved effective with test audiences: "Although he did not appear often, children were really attentive to Little Bird. They participated fully during his "Imagination Game". Perhaps he could play a greater role on the street." ― Little Bird has also appeared in a sketch where a cow named Lola tries to find a home and encounters an unsuccessful attempt to live in Little Bird's nest. In that sketch, Little Bird is performed by Jerry Nelson. Marionette versions of Little Bird have been used often for flying scenes such as in the "Song of One", "I Whistle a Happy Tune", and "Do Op Hop". Little Bird's birthday is marked in Sesame Street Calendars as December 17th. In 2003, he was immortalized in toy form in the first series of Sesame Street Kubricks.
- It is midday in the small valley Kingdom. Every cat is doing there daily duties as the sun climbs higher into the sky. At the edge of camp lays a huge boulder. At the top of the boulder is a den that carved by the ancient cats of the sky. And inside that den is a tabby, he is sitting looking out into the pale daylight. Behind him is a slender black she-cat, her looks are stunning. She glances at the lighter colored tabby than approaches him from behind. "Jaw!" the hushed voice of the she-cat coos into the large tabbies ear. The tabby stiffens and turns around, only to be met with the amber eyes of his so called mate. He narrowed his eyes at her and hissed. "what do you want Mary?" "I have something to tell you." Her voice drifts off, she clearly didn't get the message the tabby was in an off mood. "Can't it wait, I have something important I need to see too!" Jaw snapped at her, the black she-cat flinched back oblivious to the mood of the tabby. "It's important." She mumbles looking at her paws sheepishly. "You better make this quick." The black she-cat scraps at the ground for a quick second, hesitating on wether or not she should tell the tabby. She closes her eyes and lets out a deep breathe, deciding to go on with what she was saying. "I-I'm pregnant." The tabbies eyes widen immediately, his shock could be easily pointed out. He only seems shocked for about a heartbeat, then his mood turns again. This time he's furious. "Are you stupid Mary?!" He snaps at the black she-cat whose eyes widen "I never wanted to go this far! I never even liked you that much in the first place!" The words were harsh, partially because of the sour mood the tabby was in. His eyes were bewildered, searching the she-cat's face for a reaction. Her horror is clearly written all over her face, her eyes wide her jaw hanging open. She is un respondent for a split second before her horror fades to sadness, confusion, and most of all anger. She stares at the cat she called her mate for so many moons, than finally chooses to speak. "I guess I am stupid, just a stupid stupid she-cat..." The black she-cat's voice comes out in not what she expected; a hushed whisper. She closes her eyes painfully for a second before bolting past the tabby and out of the den they were currently in. She doesn't stop until she reaches the gates of camp, she was stopped by a young white she-cat. The white she-cat's forehead was marked oddly and her eyes were a very light shade of blue. The odd eyes of the white she-cat reflect confusion as she looks at the black she-cat. "Where are you going Mary?" She asks carefully eyeing the other she-cat up and down. "Anywhere away from here" Is the response. The white she-cat opens her mouth to respond but the black she-cat has already dashed past her and out into the forest. The white she-cat watches as the shape of the black cat disappears behind the trees. While with the black she-cat all she can think is how mouse-brained she was to have fallen for the tabby tom. She must have not been thinking straight at all. As she dodges the roots of trees she finds herself at a small river. She finds the stepping stones across and skillfully leaps on to one then to the next. In no time the black she-cat is across the river and she keeps sprinting more into the forest. She didn't stop until she found the end of the forest, out of the Kingdom's territory. Never once during her run did she look back.
- Little Bird is a VOCALOID demonstration song, it is available as a free download on Zero-G.
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