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In his three-hour interview, Caroll Spinney (1933-2019) discusses his early interest in drawing and puppetry. He describes his first work in television puppetry, with his "Rascal Rabbit" puppet, outlines his time on Boston's Bozo's Circus, and recalls the first time he met Jim Henson.
Filmography. Television. Video games. Awards and honors. References. External links. Caroll Spinney. Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018. Early life.
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- Ed Spinney
- Caroll Edwin Spinney, December 26, 1933, Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Dec 8, 2019 · His name was Caroll Spinney — not that many people would know it — and he was the comfortably anonymous whole-body puppeteer who, since the 1969 inception of the public television show that...
Dec 8, 2019 · Television. After 50 Years On 'Sesame Street,' The Voice Of Big Bird And Oscar Is Retiring. But Spinney also played the character with the opposite of Big Bird's sunny persona: Oscar the...
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- Laurel Wamsley
Dec 8, 2019 · Caroll Spinney, better known to multiple generations of curious kindergarteners and their parents as Sesame Street ’s Big Bird, died today. He was 85. Spinney had the longest run of the show’s...
Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who gave life to Big Bird, the towering yellow avian of TV’s “Sesame Street” who accompanied generations of youngsters in the arduous, yet wondrous, work of...
Dec 8, 2019 · LOS ANGELES — Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut ...
