Sally Kellerman credited as playing...
Miss Finch
- Miss Finch: Come on, Big Bird, you don't want to miss your plane.
- Maria: Just a minute. Give us a big hug, Big Bird.
- [they embrace]
- Maria: Don't forget to write.
- Big Bird: I won't, Maria.
- Count: Don't forget to count!
- Big Bird: Okay, Count.
- Bob: And don't forget to dress warmly, okay, Big Bird?
- Big Bird: I've got my muffler, Bob.
- Grover: Don't forget to breathe! In and out!
- Big Bird: I always do, Grover.
- Linda: [signs "Don't forget to read books"]
- Big Bird: I'll read every day.
- Cookie Monster: Oh, Bird, don't forget to eat!
- Big Bird: I won't, Cookie Monster.
- [Oscar comes slowly out of his trash can]
- Big Bird: Well, goodbye, Oscar.
- Oscar the Grouch: [surprised] What? Why, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
- Feathered Friend's Magistrate: Now, here today, we have a sad, sad case that needs our urgent attention. He's only six years old, and he lives all alone, with no other birds around.
- Feathered Friends Turkey: He looks so sad.
- Feathered Friends Owl: That's funny. He looks happy to me.
- Feathered Friend's Magistrate: [surprised] Of course he's not happy! How can you say that?
- [the board members begin arguing around the table]
- Miss Finch: Madame Chairbird!
- Feathered Friend's Magistrate: Miss Finch?
- Miss Finch: [clearing throat] We all know he can't be happy. He needs to be with his own kind, with a bird family.
- Feathered Friend's Magistrate: True, very true.
- Miss Finch: And I know just the family. Where does he live?
- Feathered Friend's Magistrate: Sesame Street.
- Miss Finch: Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
- Miss Finch: You know, Big, you shouldn't be living here all alone.
- Big Bird: Well, I'm not all alone. Why, there's Gordon and Susan and...
- Miss Finch: But they're not birds like we are.
- Big Bird: I know, but they're nice people.
- Miss Finch: But you should have a home and a family.
- Big Bird: Well, I am home. I like it here on Sesame Street.
- Miss Finch: Wouldn't you like to be with your own kind? Wouldn't you like to live in a big, beautiful bird house with a nice bird family of your own? And a brother bird, and a sister bird, and a father bird, and a mother bird? And sing and play bird games all day long? Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you?
- [Big Bird imagines life with a bird family]
- Big Bird: Gee, I think I'd like that!
- Miss Finch: Good! Because in a lovely city called Ocean View, Illinois, there's a fine feathered family waiting just for you!
- Big Bird: Really? Oh, when can I leave?
- Kermit the Frog: You think maybe he didn't like it here or something?
- Miss Finch: Impossible!
- Kermit the Frog: Well, what are you going to do about it, Miss Finch?
- Miss Finch: I'm going to find Big Bird, wherever he is, and bring him back to the Dodos.
- Miss Finch: Are you all right, Big? You are Big Bird?
- Big Bird: [looking himself over] Yeah, I guess I am.
- Miss Finch: [facing the camera] This is worse than I thought!