Casper

Casper is an imaginary brother Big Bird creates in Episode 1723 of Sesame Street.
After witnessing a reunion between Mr. Hooper and his younger brother Arnold, Big Bird muses about having a brother of his own. He envisions himself having an identical brother named Casper (a necktie differentiating the two). The two converse in the same manner Big Bird hears the Hoopers do (but replaces the Hoopers' Tante Sarah with a Tante Sparrow, and the photograph of Casper's child is an egg rather than a growing boy).
Although Big Bird doesn't have a brother, he finds Arnold a suitable stand-in when he is presented with a gift.
==Notes==
* The Big Bird puppet used for Casper (which has a mechanized head rather than being operated by hand) was also used for a time in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, referred to by Noel MacNeal in one interview as "the parade bird." MacNeal also performed the puppet for the wedding finale in The Muppets Take Manhattan.EP#23: Noel MacNeal/Injury Corner (Ryan Dillon)/Not Puppets, Below the Frame with Matt Vogel, November 3, 2021. (00:28:08-00:29:45) It has also been used as a photo puppet for various Sesame Street products throughout the 1980s, and as one of Big Bird's actual relatives: Uncle Slim.
==See also==
*Big Bird's family
*Casper the Friendly Ghost
==Sources==
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