Big Bird's Birthday Celebration, or Let Me Eat Cake, was a 1991 television special based on the legendary children's television show Sesame Street, in which Big Bird turned 6. See also: 1990 in television, other events of 1991, 1992 in television and the list of years in television. Events August 31 - NICAM stereo sound introduced on BBC Television. ... A Television Special is a television program that is essentially a television movie or a short film usually intended to be broadcast sporadically, typically once a year at most. ... Childrens television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... From A Celebration of Me, Grover, showing much of the main cast of Sesame Street. ...

Up until this special, the character of Big Bird was only four years old. In this special, a five year old Big Bird celebrated his sixth birthday. For other uses, see Big Bird (disambiguation). ... A birthday is the date on which a person was born. ...

The program was aired by PBS as part of a pledge drive. PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ...

This special actually goes against the established plot line, as in the feature film Sesame Street presents Follow that Bird, Big Bird is described as being six years old, already.