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Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Announces Retirement from Sesame Street

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

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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: 2, Informative) by Gaaark on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:53PM (3 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:53PM (#750471) Journal

    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)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:59PM (#750475)

    You are such a Grouch.

    • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday October 19 2018, @08:47AM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday October 19 2018, @08:47AM (#750829) Homepage

      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

    by Pino P (4721) on Thursday October 18 2018, @03:54PM (#750502) Journal

    Two people doing what one guy did.... yup...union.

    I don't see how. With Spinney's retirement, both his roles are going to puppeteers who also play other roles.

    • Big Bird will be performed by Matt Vogel, who plays Count Von Count
    • Oscar the Grouch will be performed by Eric Jacobson, who plays Grover, Bert, and Guy Smiley

    The question then becomes one of which characters can appear in the same scene without trick photography.