Bird is the Word
December 10, 2014 Poor Big Bird. He's a beloved childhood icon, he just turned 45, and he gets no respect in the baking world.
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It's one thing to rip the poor guy's beak off, but then to sign your name (illegibly) in its place? For shame, Halko! Or maybe Nillo...Mouo? Dang, this Wreckerator must have written code for the NSA in a former life; I have no idea what that says.
Guys, it's a sad, sad day on Cake Wrecks when a dreaded CCC is the "best" of the bunch:
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Although I don't recall his beak being quite that...Popsicle-y. Hang on, lemme go grab a reference photo. [furious clickety-clicking]
Ah, here we go:
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Yeah, not so much a Popsicle as a banana bicycle seat. (Anyone remember those?)
Um...is this Big Bird, or a blonde Elmo? I'm confused.
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From the look of that beak/mouth combo, though, at least I know I'm not the only one.
And lastly, if you've ever wondered what would happen if Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird had a lovechild...
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Wonder no more.
Hey Monique R., Donald L., & Todd T., did you know that Big Bird is a lark? It's true. Honest.
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Reader Comments (36)
That last one D: I still cannot comprehend how these bakers have jobs....
That CCC is brilliant... brilliant yellow.
PLAY BIGBIRD!!!!!!!!
If I baked a nice cake now
Would you know it was from me
For my work is quite wrecky
'Cause the classes I took were all for free
Well I'm making Big Bird now
Gonna bake him in my range
He's one sick looking muppet
But this bird I cannot change
Big Bird's looking really strange
I think my cake's got the mange
From the looks of Cake #3, I'd guess that some reasonably talented but unfamiliar with the show tried to make a "Sesame Street" monster. Then a lesser talented mother came along and said, "There's no yellow monster on the show! Ah, well...we'll just make it into Big Bird. See? Add a beak, and it's all fixed."
(And yes, I did know that Big Bird was a lark. Never fully explained is why he's an 8-foot-tall lark. THAT I'd be interested to know.)
I make cakes as a hobby, and they're pretty darn good.......but many years ago I tried to get a job in a bakery and they told me I wasn't qualified. So who the heck are these "bakers" and how are they getting hired...and not only that...how are they keeping their jobs? I'm really upset about this. THIS is the downfall of our civilization.
Happy 2nd Birthday, John. This should send you screaming from the room every time you hear the theme song on TV.
And, yes, the CCC is the best of the lot.
Is the last one really that wrecky? what if it's not supposed to be Big Bird but just a large bird? it's kind of well done (& sort of cute) considering they seemed to have only used a star tip to decorate with & it seems pretty impressive that they've gotten him to sit up straight. Wonder if there's a cupcake or other cake structure underneath all those star-feathers...
I think the first cake is supposed to be saying "hello" as Big Bird often does, but the possible cheeriness of the message is ruined by it being 1) illegible and 2) in the place where his beak should be. Big Bird also looks awfully pissed about the missing beak.
My Big Bird cake was one of my most favorite cakes I've ever made....and also one of the most challenging. His face is so iconic, it can be difficult to get it just right. I feel bad for these bakers. But also wish they'd tried a little harder. ;)
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All edible. Quite a challenge.
Not that I'm one to drop names, but I'm hanging out with Big Bird all this week at the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert. I'll be sure to wish him a happy birthday.
Y'know, that last one is a failure as Big Bird, for sure. But I think it's pretty cute in its own right. Anyone recall the famous "Mad Bluebird" photo? Even the cutest feathery thing sometimes looks grumpy when viewed from the front. ;)
"LOVECHILD"?! HAH! That's a drunken-quickie-in-the-back-seat-dying-of-shame-in-the-morning child! But no need to guilt-trip the little b- er... basket of joy... =^-.-^=
I cannot even comprehend the beak-mouth combo! Ha! Maybe it's a crazy mustache. Can't be any worse of an idea. Oh and I believe the first one says "Hello" if you were honestly wondering. Though how he says hello with half a beak is astounding!
All caught up again! And I can take a breath because the boss is on vacation! WOOHOO!!!
That last umm...thing...scares me every time I see it. O.O
ptooie! you forgot to say ptooie!
I hear that, Suzanne Dargie. I applied for a job as a professional cake decorator, after I took a course in it and everything, and I always get shot down. I come here to feel better, but somehow it never helps much...
Sorry folks.
Am I the only one who saw that the writing on the first cake is actually on the top half of the beak? Granted, the top of the beak is awfully flat, and it's terribly askew... Maybe Big Bird got run over?
I'm thinking the wreckers have possibly never seen Sesame Street.
About the last cake, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch are both performed by Carol Spinney...
I think Big Bird is saying Hello from his non-beak. ;)
Aren't Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch voiced by the same guy?
The second BB wreck kinda looks like Mordecai from "Regular Show". Maybe it's his great uncle! ...or great aunt since it looks like this birdy is rocking some heavy eyeliner.
@Julie-Show him these cakes. I'd love to hear what he has to say!
The last cake looks like it was iced with deviled egg filling. O_o
Big Grouch or Oscar the Bird?
Hmm... I did not know that Big Bird was a lark.
Maybe whoever created him was paying a tribute to the Harlem Globetrotters??
That's why he's so tall and...(wait for it)...a meadowlark, lemon!
(sorry, it popped into my head and then I just couldn't help myself!)
I didn't know Big Bird was a lark, but maybe he's so tall and yellow because he's a Lemon Meadowlark! (Kids, ask your parents. Nah, just Google it.)
Poor young John will be having nightmares for weeks. On a positive note, at least his parents can tell him that the scary thing on top is 'armless.
About that last cake: I think someone's been eating corn on the cob. And possibly the cob.
That last one looks more like Big Turd than Big Bird.
No. 2 - eggs and olives for eyes and a carrot beak, all swimming in a sea of yellow mustard. Mmmmm.
Are you sure that third cake isn't a Sunday Sweet? I have never seen a better Big Bird cake.
I can't believe no one else has commented that the bird on the last cake is FASTENED TO THE FLOOR WITH HOOPS. I swear that's a straitjacket, too. What is going on here?
Happy Baker - great job.
i wrote a letter to big bird when i was a kid and asked if it was a boy bird or a girl bird. he wrote back and told me he was a big bird. *hand to god* at like 5 years old i was very disappointed.
Wow.. poor Big Bird. I wonder if any of these wreckerators even watch Sesame Street or are just guessing when they make these things lol.
Are these really bad Big Bird cakes? Or really good cakes of Chica from Five Nights at Freddy's?