3-2-1 Contact

3-2-1 Contact is a science series produced by Children's Television Workshop which ran on PBS from 1980 until 1988. The series was geared towards an older audience than Sesame Street and focused on such topics as biological and zoological life, the environment, and physical forces.

In an episode focusing on flight, and flying animals, which aired on October 17, 1983, a song sketch was included, "Big Birds Don't Fly" (using the same tune as "Big Girls Don't Cry"). In addition to footage of ostriches and emus, Big Bird was showcased.