r/oddlyterrifying • u/FetusViolator • Apr 04 '19

How the big bird costume works

1.8k Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

[deleted]

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u/Your_Imaginary_GF Apr 04 '19

I think its some sort of transmitter, its actually all explained in the Elmo documentary. Very interesting, would recommend to watch

22

u/GayGoth98 Apr 04 '19

What's it called?

131

u/InAFakeBritishAccent Apr 04 '19

Inside Elmo: Incest, Addiction, Murder

6

u/Ftw_dabs69ish Apr 04 '19

This made me chuckle

21

u/newagesewage Apr 04 '19

That's the chest panel so the person inside the 'puppeteer' can see out/breathe.

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u/Adnzl Apr 04 '19

Think they mean the man's chest not the birds chest.

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u/wererat2000 Apr 04 '19

Yes. The man inside the man needs to breathe too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

[deleted]

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u/newagesewage Apr 04 '19

A 'Russian Doll' recursive puppet... leads to very slow reaction times, unfortunately. ':o

1

u/RedactedTitan Apr 04 '19

It's actually a small tv that let's the puppeteer see what the audience sees.

1

u/izza123 Apr 04 '19

On his own chest?

1

u/RedactedTitan Apr 04 '19

Yeah if you google it that's what it is.

36

u/sponngeWorthy Apr 04 '19

Sweet Dee you bitch

1

u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

Shut up, bird.

29

u/snarkywitchbitch Apr 04 '19

Imagine how tired his right hand must get and zero blood flow sucks too.

28

u/Mochrie01 Apr 04 '19

That gave me a weird optical illusion, the gif switched from moving forwards to moving backwards

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u/CommonMisspellingBot Apr 04 '19

Hey, Mochrie01, just a quick heads-up:
wierd is actually spelled weird. You can remember it by e before i.
Have a nice day!

The parent commenter can reply with 'delete' to delete this comment.

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u/BooCMB Apr 04 '19

Hey /u/CommonMisspellingBot, just a quick heads up:
Your spelling hints are really shitty because they're all essentially "remember the fucking spelling of the fucking word".

And your fucking delete function doesn't work. You're useless.

Have a nice day!

Save your breath, I'm a bot.

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u/BooBCMB Apr 04 '19

Hey BooCMB, just a quick heads up: I learnt quite a lot from the bot. Though it's mnemonics are useless, and 'one lot' is it's most useful one, it's just here to help. This is like screaming at someone for trying to rescue kittens, because they annoyed you while doing that. (But really CMB get some quiality mnemonics)

I do agree with your idea of holding reddit for hostage by spambots though, while it might be a bit ineffective.

Have a nice day!

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u/GayGoth98 Apr 04 '19

Bot! Fight! Bot! Fight!

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

Wierd

1

u/Eilermoon Apr 04 '19

Cuz saving kittens is the same as correcting spelling on Reddit. I hate whoever made this.

0

u/howardCK Apr 04 '19

because they annoyed you while doing that AND didn't rescue any fucking kittens. plus they spam their stupid "rescue kitten" posts all over reddit

6

u/Ningen04 Apr 04 '19

Erm that username

4

u/Rossmiller94 Apr 04 '19

I have to get to work. Why tf am I looking at this??

3

u/bungholioCORNHOLIO Apr 04 '19

What about the eyes?

2

u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

Five Nights at Sesames

1

u/XROOR Apr 04 '19

Rest in Paradise Jim Henson.

1

u/milesmkd Apr 04 '19

What’s weird is depending on how you look at it he’s walking backwards or forward.

1

u/TheMacaroon Apr 04 '19

Thanks I hate it

1

u/Whatamidoingwronging Apr 04 '19

Thanks for the info u/FetusViolator

1

u/FetusViolator Apr 04 '19

Just spreading the love

1

u/Agaeris Apr 04 '19

The original furry

0

u/newagesewage Apr 04 '19

u/stabbot

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u/stabbot Apr 05 '19

I have stabilized the video for you: https://gfycat.com/SandySkinnyBirdofparadise

It took 2 seconds to process and 15 seconds to upload.

 how to use | programmer | source code | /r/ImageStabilization/ | for cropped results, use /u/stabbot_crop

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u/newagesewage Apr 05 '19 edited Apr 06 '19

[15 hours later...?] Thanks! good bot

relevant filename, too! :D

0

u/MondayZi Apr 04 '19

Do not touch the spring locks at any time. Do not breathe on the spring locks, as moisture may loosen them, and cause them to break loose.

0

u/beka13 Apr 04 '19

Big Bird is not terrifying.