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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Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Announces Retirement from Sesame Street
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Gaaark on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:53PM (3 children)
Did Sesame Street unionize?
Two people doing what one guy did.... yup...union.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:59PM (1 child)
You are such a Grouch.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday October 19 2018, @08:47AM
Dark and nappy hair, lives out of a trashcan, does nothing but sit around bitching and moaning all day while collecting a union wage...yyyyyyyep. Pretty frequent sight on all streets, not just Sesame street.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Pino P on Thursday October 18 2018, @03:54PM
I don't see how. With Spinney's retirement, both his roles are going to puppeteers who also play other roles.
The question then becomes one of which characters can appear in the same scene without trick photography.
(Score: 1, Troll) by VLM on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:49PM (2 children)
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...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @09:44PM (1 child)
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
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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @07:30PM (1 child)
I've modeled my life after Oscar.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @09:40PM
Even as a kid, Oscar was my favorite. He told kids the hard, straight truth about life. Not like those other sickly sweet muppets.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @09:41PM (1 child)
That was the year they revealed that Ernie and Bert were into snuff videos.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @09:54PM
No, no, no... that's videos of Mr. Snuffleupagus.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @03:53AM (2 children)
Promoting human decency since 1969. Seriously, who shits on Sesame Street? That is like one level under insulting Mr. Rogers?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @01:23PM
I can't believe you would even think about insulting Mr. Rogers!
Damn you! Now you have made me think of it, and I really don't like it!
(Score: 1) by Acabatag on Saturday October 20 2018, @06:46PM
I was already far too old for Sesame Street in 1969. I'm shocked to learn that the program still exists.