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posted by chromas on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the maybe-he-caught-the-bird-flu dept.

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/puppeteer-caroll-spinney-announces-retirement-from-sesame-street/

Puppeteer Caroll Spinney today announced that he is stepping down from the roles of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, which he has performed on Sesame Street since its 1969 premiere.

"Big Bird brought me so many places, opened my mind and nurtured my soul," said Spinney. "And I plan to be an ambassador for Sesame Workshop for many years to come. After all, we're a family! But now it's time for two performers that I have worked with and respected – and actually hand-picked for the guardianship of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch – to take my alter-egos into their hands and continue to give them life."


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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by VLM on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:49PM (2 children)

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:49PM (#750525)

    I remember thinking as a kid that SS was kinda pozzed back in the early 80s, I can only imagine what its like now.

    I predict big bird sexually identifies as an apache attack helicopter since they're both into flying, and oscar the grouch probably shits on the sidewalk just like a homeless junkie living in San Fran. Its only funny because thats a 2025 plot not a current year plot; don't worry its on the way.

    Of course on the other hand "Social scientist and Head Start founder Urie Bronfenbrenner criticized the show for being too wholesome." combined with "Urie Bronfenbrenner was a developmental psychologist who was born in Moscow, Russia in 1917 to Jewish parents." so maybe SS is not so bad...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @09:44PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @09:44PM (#750674)

    Stop perpetrating the myth of homeless junkies shitting on the street in SFO. There is no proof. OTOH, there is a demonstrable correlation between levels of SFO street shit and H1B visa numbers.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @03:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @03:45AM (#750787)

      Goddamn you trolls are lame, I haven't heard a single person try and claim homeless shit in SF doesn't exist. Get bent troll.