PERFORMER | Jim Henson |
DEBUT | 1966 |
DESIGN | Jim Henson designer |
Don Sahlin builder |
Nutty Bird appeared along with his cohort Sour Bird in commercials for Royal Crown Cola in 1966. A live-hand character, the excitable Nutty Bird would continually tout the benefits of RC Cola. The two also briefly appear in a 1966 Wilson’s Meats meeting film.
Elements of the character's design and color scheme were later incorporated into Big Bird.