Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird

Starring the cast of TV’s Sesame Street. Oscar, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster plus other members of the…

• Director: * Ken Kwapis
• Genre:Adventure / Comedy / Family / Musical
• Runtime:89 minutes

Cast

Paul Bartel : Grouch Cook
Sandra Bernhard : Grouch Waitress
John Candy : State Trooper
Chevy Chase : Newscaster
Joe Flaherty : Sid Sleaze

Big Bird is sent to Oceanview, Illinois, to live with a family of dodo birds by Miss Finch, a social worker who thinks he needs to be with his own kind (other birds, instead of the diverse Sesame Street). His new family thinks exactly the same, even saying Big Bird should have a bird as a best friend instead of Mr. Snuffleupagus. This causes Big Bird much distress.

He soon runs away from home. His Street friends band together to find him. In a Volkswagen Beetle is the group of Gordon, Olivia, Linda and Cookie Monster. Count von Count departs in his own car, known as the Countmobile. Bert and Ernie go out to search in a plane, Grover flies as Supergrover and later falls into the Volkswagen. Maria leaves with Oscar, Telly and a Honker in Oscar’s Sloppy Jalopy. They all head out across America in search for their beloved Big Bird.

Big Bird has various adventures in his attempt to get home. First he hitches a ride with Waylon Jennings who plays a turkey truck driver. He then meets a pair of kids at a farm who let him stay with them for a while. All the time, Big Bird is being pursued by Miss Finch who wants to take him back to the Dodos. He has to leave the farm because of her arrival.

He is also sought by two scam artists, the Sleaze brothers, who operate a lousy carnival, the Sleaze Brothers Funfair. They want to capture Big Bird to put him on display.

Eventually, Big Bird arrives in Toadstool, dubbed “The Mushroom City.” Shortly after arriving, Miss Finch finds him there, and gives chase through the city. On the outskirts of Toadstool, The Sleaze Brothers have set up their funfair, when Big Bird shows up asking if they have a place to hide him from Miss Finch. The two brothers then put Big Bird in their ‘hiding cage.’ Shortly afterwards, the two brothers decide to paint Big Bird blue, and tout him as “The Bluebird of Happiness.” However, Big Bird’s performance is not one of happiness, but of sadness, as he sings a song wishing to be back home with his friends. Read more

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