“Follow That Bird” quotes

“We all know he can't be happy. He needs to be with his own kind, with a bird family.”

Sally Kellerman - Miss Finch

“- Sam Sleaze: Big yellow bird at 1 o'clock.
- Sid Sleaze: Is it that late already?
- Sam Sleaze: It's Air Force talk, you nerf!”
Dave Thomas - Sam Sleaze
Joe Flaherty - Sid Sleaze

“- Mr. Snuffleupagus: Bird, this is goodbye. You're leaving Sesame Street.
- Big Bird: Well, I'm not really leaving. I'm just going away.
- Mr. Snuffleupagus: Oh.
- Big Bird: Besides, as soon as I get to Ocean View, you can come and visit.
- Mr. Snuffleupagus: I can?
- Big Bird: First thing, ol' pal. I wouldn't go if you couldn't come and visit.”
Martin P. Robinson - Mr. Snuffleupagus
Caroll Spinney - Big Bird

“- Big Bird: Say, you must be the driver.
- Truck Driver: Well, what can I do for you, big fella?
- Big Bird: Well, do you have room for just one more?
- Truck Driver: I don't take no riders. This here's a turkey truck.
- Big Bird: Oh well... But my friend Oscar always says that I'm a big turkey!
- Truck Driver: Well, I don't guess I can argue...” (continue)(continue reading)
Caroll Spinney - Big Bird
Waylon Jennings - Truck Driver

“- Sam Sleaze: What seems to be the problem, officer? What's the charge?
- State Trooper: What about counterfeiting, extortion, fraud, impersonating a dentist, stealing an apple from a kid?
- Sam Sleaze: Oh, about that apple, officer, I can explain that. We was just holding it for a friend.
- State Trooper: You can tell that to the judge.”
Dave Thomas - Sam Sleaze
John Candy - State Trooper

Kermit the Frog here in Ocean View, Illinois, with the thank you note Big Bird left saying he was running back to Sesame Street. The note reads: "Dear Dodos, you are a very nice family. Thanks for everything, but I'm walking back to Sesame Street. I should be there in three hours, since it took two hours to fly here. So if anyone calls, you know... (continue)(continue reading)

Jim Henson - Kermit the Frog

“- Big Bird: There's a lady named Miss Finch who's chasing me and, uh, do you mind if I hide in your fun fair?
- Sam Sleaze: Why, no, not at all. We have the perfect place for you to hide. Right here in our hiding cage.”

Caroll Spinney - Big Bird
Dave Thomas - Sam Sleaze

“- Daddy Dodo: But your best friend should be a bird.
- Big Bird: Why?
- Mommy Dodo: Because you're a bird. Isn't that right, Daddy?
- Daddy Dodo: That's right, Mommy. And you should be with your own kind: birds.
- Mommy Dodo: You'll find lots of birds your own age.
- Daddy Dodo: And make some new best friends. Now come on out and hunt for worms.”
Brian Hohlfeld - Daddy Dodo
Caroll Spinney - Big Bird
Laraine Newman - Mommy Dodo

“- Sam Sleaze: That eight-foot bird is still on the lam. You know, Sid, people would pay money to see that bird.
- Sid Sleaze: Nah, I wouldn't pay to see no bird.
- Sam Sleaze: No, no, no. People would pay us to see that bird! Us, us, us!”

Dave Thomas - Sam Sleaze
Joe Flaherty - Sid Sleaze

“- Miss Finch: You know, Big, you shouldn't be living here all alone.
- Big Bird: Well, I'm not all alone. Why, there's Gordon and Susan and...
- Miss Finch: But they're not birds like we are.
- Big Bird: I know, but they're nice people.
- Miss Finch: But you should have a home and a family.
- Big Bird: Well, I am home. I like it here on Sesame...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sally Kellerman - Miss Finch
Caroll Spinney - Big Bird

“- Oscar the Grouch: This is where I wanna be grouch paradise! Just look it at. It's like a work of art.
- Telly Monster: It is different, Maria.
- Maria: Oscar, I want you to turn this car around right now and head for Toadstool!
- Oscar the Grouch: Ah, an angry face in a beautiful place, heaven.”

Caroll Spinney - Oscar the Grouch
Martin P. Robinson - Telly Monster
Sonia Manzano - Maria

“- Floyd: You're the biggest chicken I've ever seen.
- Big Bird: Oh, I'm not a chicken actually. I'm a bird on the run.
- Ruthie: Oh yeah. Floyd, he's the bird on TV who ran away.
- Big Bird: Oh, I didn't run away. I'm going back to my real home on Sesame Street where I belong.”
Benjamin Barrett - Floyd
Caroll Spinney - Big Bird
Alyson Court - Ruthie