Big Bird wants President Obama's campaign to keep its beak out of his affairs.

Sesame Workshop, the producer of Sesame Street, has asked the president's team to pull an ad that started airing Tuesday which makes fun of GOP nominee Mitt Romney's comment during last week’s debate that he would cut funding to PBS to help reduce the deficit even though he likes Big Bird.

In a terse statement, Big Bird's employer stressed, "Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns. We have approved no campaign ads and, as is our general practice, have requested that the ad be taken down."

The Obama campaign is considering the request after having a field day with Big Bird puns since the debate, which was about the only highlight for the incumbent that night.

The tongue-in-cheek commercial suggests that Big Bird is a bigger menace than such convicted financial figures as Bernie Madoff, Ken Lay and Dennis Kozlowski. According to the voiceover, “Mitt Romney knows it’s not Wall Street you have to worry about; it’s Sesame Street,” a line the president has used on the campaign trail.

Meanwhile, the Romney campaign started running another Sesame Street-flavored ad using The Count to mock Obama.