TODAY   |  October 08, 2012

Big Bird on SNL: ‘I got a million tweets’ after debate

Daniel Craig may have been SNL’s official guest star this weekend, but Sesame Street’s Big Bird stole the show, chatting with Seth Myers during Weekend Update about his newfound fame after being mentioned in the presidential debate.

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>>> so daniel craig hosted "snl" over the weekend, big star , james bond , but he was overshadowed by a rare late night appearance by big bird .

>> big bird , how did you find out that your name had been mentioned in the debate?

>> oh, i got a million tweets.

>> oh, okay. so you're on twitter?

>> no, i'm a bird. tweeting is how we talk.

>> big bird , has being mentioned in the debate mentioned you at all?

>> oh, it has. i feel like i'm famous now. i was walking down the street the other day and i felt that everybody recognized me.

>> okay.

>> yeah. it's so weird to think that just a few days ago i could just blend in like every other perfectly normal 8 foot tall talking bird .

>> cute.

>> we have to say savannah guthrie was hanging around studio 8h around "saturday night live" and met big bird .

>> my mom is in town. brought her to the dress rehearsal for "snl" and donna who works here took us backstage and i met big bird . i have to tell you something came over me when i saw big bird on stage. i became 5 again. i went like this to my mom, and i went, mom, big bird . i don't know what happened, and i met him and told him that. i said i grew up with you and it's really neat. the same person has been doing it since 1969 .

>> '69, yeah.

>> so he's all of our big birds.

>> is it true that you were actually taller than 8 foot tall big bird ?

>> oh, no, you didn't, miss morales.

>> yes, i have the picture to prove it, but we can't show it to you, but it's true.