* Big Bird—An 8-foot tall yellow bird who walks on 2 legs, a good natured but simple creature. The character of Big Bird was involved in a real-life media scandal about draft-dodging in the Vietnam War following his appearance in the NBC sitcom "Bill'n'the Bird" in 1968.<ref>http://www.culturenest.co.uk/tvradio.html</ref>
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* Big Bird—An 8-foot tall yellow bird who walks on 2 legs, a good-natured but simple creature. The character of Big Bird was involved in a real-life media scandal about draft-dodging in the Vietnam War following his appearance in the NBC sitcom "Bill'n'the Bird" in 1968.<ref>http://www.culturenest.co.uk/tvradio.html</ref>
* Cookie Monster—a gluttonous monster who loves devouring cookies
* Cookie Monster—a gluttonous monster who loves devouring cookies
* Snuffleupagus—a creature who looks a bit like a shaggy elephant; at first only Big Bird saw him, but that has long since changed
* Snuffleupagus—a creature who looks a bit like a shaggy elephant; at first only Big Bird saw him, but that has long since changed
* Oscar the Grouch—lives in a garbage can, has a generally cantankerous nature
* Oscar the Grouch—lives in a garbage can, has a generally cantankerous nature
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* Elmo
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* Elmo—a furry red creature with a falsetto voices
* The Count—a vampire who loves to count
* The Count—a vampire who loves to count
* Bert & Ernie—human Muppets; Ernie's childlike goofs are balanced by Bert's more serious nature
* Bert & Ernie—human Muppets; Ernie's childlike goofs are balanced by Bert's more serious nature