>> DAVID: WELCOME TO THE WRAP ONLINE BONUS SHOW.

I'M YOUR HOST, DAVID GILLETTE.

TONIGHT WE HAVE WHAT IS A VERY COOL PBS REUNION GOING ON.

AND WE WANT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.

FIRST WE HAVE TO SHARE A LITTLE STORY FOR THE CONTEXT.

THIS IS TPT MAGAZINE, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER YOU MAY RECEIVE THIS IN THE MAIL.

OVER 30 YEARS AGO TPT MAGAZINE WAS ACTUALLY SCENE MAGAZINE AND IN DECEMBER OF 1979 THE STATION HELD A DRAWING CONTEST TO SEE WHICH KID FROM AROUND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA COULD DO THE BEST RENDITION OF BIG BIRD.

IF YOU GO INTO THIS MAGAZINE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WINNERS.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, AND WE HAVE A STILL FRAME HERE, PETE, WHO WAS 10 AT THE TIME, FROM HASTINGS, 30 YEARS LATER THE PRODUCERS TRACKED DOWN PETE.

LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, EVERYONE.

[APPLAUSE] >> DAVID: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

ARE YOU STILL A MINNESOTA GUY?

>> YEAH, I'M IN EDINA.

>> DAVID: YOU WERE 10 AT THE TIME, I'M SURE YOU HAVE A MEMORY OF THE EVENT.

>> IT WAS A HUGE DEAL, FIRST TIME I'D EVER BEEN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.

VERY EXCITED.

BIG BUILDINGS.

BEING FROM HASTINGS I NEVER BEEN HERE.

>> DAVID: WHAT WAS BIG BIRD LIKE?

>> HE WAS HUGE.

>> DAVID: YOU'RE A BIG GUY TOO.

>> BIG BIRD WAS 8 FEET T TALL, I REMEMBER, AND TALKED THROUGH HIS NECK.

I RUN A PRINTING COMPANY NOW.

SO IT'S KIND OF DRAWING RELATED.

>> DAVID: THIS ONE I PULLED OUT OF THE ARCHIVES.

BUT YOU BROUGHT THIS ONE.

IS THIS YOURS?

>> THIS IS THE ONE, I SAVED THIS EVER SINCE I WON THE CONTEST.

AND I FORGOT THE SIGNED ONE, BUT I HAVE SOME FEATHERS THAT I TOOK FROM BIG BIRD.

>> DAVID: WHO DID YOU BRING WITH YOU TONIGHT?

>> THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, LIZZY.

>> DAVID: IS SHE AN ARTIST?

>> OH, YES.

>> DAVID: YOU GOT THE RUNNER-UP PRIZE.

WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO TRACK DOWN JENNY, SHE SENT US SOME PICTURES.

HERE'S A VIDEO MONTAGE OF HER EXPERIENCE.

>> HI, THIS IS JENNIFER.

IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO WIN THE CONTEST.

I WAS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD.

WHEN I FINISHED IT ALL I WAS DIS APPOINTED WITH IT BECAUSE ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT LOOKED LIKE BIG BIRD WAS LOOKING DOWN AT HIS EMPTY HAND AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF HOW IT TURNED OUT.

I REMEMBER COMPLAINING TO MY MOM AND SHE SAID JUST PUT SOMETHING IN HIS HAND.

I BELIEVE I PUT A LADY BUG THERE OR SOMETHING.

AND I REMEMBER THE NIGHT VERY CLEARLY, THE EXCITING PART WAS THAT THE TICKETS WERE FRONT ROW SEATS.

HOWEVER, I WAS SO SMALL AND SHORT THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE A SINGLE THING.

BUT WE DID GET TO GO BACK AND MEET BIG BIRD AND WE GOT TO PLUCK A FEATHER FROM HIM.

SO I HAD IT IN A ZIPLOC THIS ENTIRE TIME AND I JUST SHOWED IT TO MY ALMOST THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY THIS MORNING.

I REMEMBERED WE GOT TO GET SESAME STREET FEVER, THE L.PS AND I REMEMBER PLAYING THAT WITH MY SISTER IN MY BEDROOM OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CLEAR CLEAR ♪ ♪ >> DAVID: THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, BIG BIRD.

THAT'S ALL THAT'S COMING UP ON