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| PERFORMER | Adam Baker |
| DEBUT | 1976 |
Small Bird is a character created for the Ice Follies touring show featuring walk-around (skate-around), full-bodied versions of the Sesame Street Muppets.
Premiering in the 41st edition of the Ice Follies in September 1976, Small Bird appeared in a number with Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert, and Ernie.[1]
Performed by six-year-old Adam Baker of the Ice Follies performing Baker family of seven, Small Bird was reported by some members of the press to be either the "son" of Big Bird[2] or his little little brother,[3] but more accurately a "protege" to Big Bird's "mentor" by others[4][5][6] tagging along with the elder bird who was "teaching him what life was all about".[7]
Small Bird stood forty inches tall and was reportedly created by Jim Henson especially for Ice Follies.[8][9]
The character appeared in Ice Follies shows until at least 1978,[10] but never featured in any other media.
See also
Sources
- ↑ Greeley Daily Tribune (Greeley, Colorado) "41st Edition of Ice Follies Opens Sept. 21" September 3, 1976
- ↑ Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) "Bakers Keep Act All in the Family" by Mary Rita Kurycki, October 17, 1976
- ↑ Nashua Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire) "Small Bird in Debut" February 4, 1977
- ↑ Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) "Now Here's Small Bird" December 24, 1976
- ↑ The Bridgeport Post (Bridgeport, Connecticut) "The Muppets to Frolic in Ice Follies Show" February 2, 1977
- ↑ Springville Journal (Springville, New York) March 3, 1977
- ↑ The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) "Holiday Skaters Cut a Lot of Ice at Arena" by Rita Rose, November 5, 1977
- ↑ The Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan) "Muppets Join Ice Follies Cast" December 5, 1976
- ↑ The Indian Journal (Eufaula, Oklahoma) "Ice Follies in Okla. City" March 31, 1977
- ↑ The Atlanta Journal and Constitution "The Sparkle and the Splendor" by Joseph Litsch, March 11, 1978