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The suit may be the first time the Supreme Court’s ruling is tested. For now, Big Bird’s bosses remain in place—though if ...
As part of the Teacher in Space Project, NASA once considered sending the beloved Sesame Street character on a shuttle ...
2011's Being Elmo was a lovely portrait of Kevin Clash, Elmo's puppeteer, but I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story is richer, grander and more emotionally resonant, because Spinney and Big Bird ...
A Reddit thread hosted by the man behind “Sesame Street”’s Big Bird took a surprisingly heartbreaking turn when he revealed details of an interaction he once had with a dying boy. Early ...
Big Bird was my pen pal: Here's what I learned from Caroll Spinney I was a bookish middle schooler visiting the set of "Sesame Street." I didn't expect to befriend one of its stars ...
Retropolis Big Bird and the man inside: Inseparable on Sesame Street for almost 50 years Caroll Spinney, who had played Big Bird since 1969, retired from the show this week ...
After Big Bird announced he was getting vaccinated, some people, including Republican elected officials, made like the inoculation and got up in arms. “Big Bird is a communist,” Arizona state ...
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, according to the ...
One late November afternoon in 1969, a little girl named Sally was touring her new neighborhood along Sesame Street. She met Mr. Hooper, the manager of the corner store. She met a nice lady named S… ...
After 50 years of starring as the iconic and lovable Big Bird, Caroll Spinney is hanging up his yellow suit and retiring from "Sesame Street." Spinney, 84, will finish his work on the show this ...
Caroll Spinney, who's played 'Sesame Street's' Big Bird since 1969, dishes on his alter ego, Bob Hope and Oscar the Grouch.
Daneshevskaya, the Brooklyn-based project of Anna Beckerman, is announcing her debut album for Winspear titled Long Is The Tunnel. Out in November, Long Is The Tunnel is co-produced by Ruben ...