Classic Sesame Street: Big Bird Meets the Pilot

[hou12396]

fun fact: the pilot provided voices for the segment teeny little super guy

[RickMakesGoodVideos]

Classic United Airlines 727

[BunkeyTheMunkey1]

what bigbird forgot to say instead of sword is "where's your parrot"?lol

[WHeisenbergWhite]

Imagine if Big Bird tried this today, Homeland Security would not be pleased.

[70Kenny]

Everybody loves Big Bird, but this segment shows how airline pilots have to be patient with certain passengers who think the pilot is his/her new best friend just because they're flying on the airplane. If I were a pilot, I'd be nice to everyone but hijackers.

[rstitt98]

Anyone notice the birds voice sounds like Ross the intern's on the tonight show with Jay Leno...

[jbw470]

Wow, big bird is kind of annoying.

[redfox409]

I don't remember this

[RickMakesGoodVideos]

This cracks me up

[OllieAverage]

Big Bird stutters a little about 35 seconds in.

[jeopardy60611]

I love how Big Bird compares the plane to a bird. "How can they be wings if they don't have feathers?" "Who ever heard of wings on the tail?" "It has a nose but it doesn't have a beak." CLASSIC!

[thezaylady]

Anyone notice how they left the ground on United and landed with Aloha?

[hoopersghost]

They probably had to make a plane change or two; was Aloha partnered with United in the late 70s?

[jackson10o1]

did everybody went in this plane or no?

[sideslide23]

@thezaylady without the scein showing that they landed at honolulu and changed plane and flew on aloha Airline to go to different island like Hilu

[mjh186]

that plane looks like a Boeing 727-100/200.

[airplanecrazy1989]

it is indeed a 727. maybe a -200?

[travelsonic]

Looks like a -100, the stubby appearance, plus the proximity of the door to the overwing exits on the starboard side of the aircraftr I see as potential indicators.

"But sir, isn't the nose that way?"

"I knew that, I knew that!"

[jadekoolkat]

Jim Thurman was great

[JC10255]

This is great.  I remember this when I was about 5. Thanks for the memory!