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    Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing...
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    species. The character was originally performed by Caroll Spinney from the show's first episode until Spinney's retirement in 2018. Eric Jacobson began understudying...
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    hidden by used construction doors. He has a teddy bear named Radar. Caroll Spinney performed Big Bird from 1969 to 2018. Matt Vogel began as an understudy...
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  • I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story is a 2014 American documentary film about Caroll Spinney, the original performer of Sesame Street characters Big...
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  • Caroll is a name, a variant of Carol, Carrol, or Carroll. Notable people with the name include: Caroll Spinney (1933–2019), American puppeteer and cartoonist...
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    Retrieved August 20, 2019. Park, Andrea (October 17, 2018). "Big Bird actor Caroll Spinney leaves "Sesame Street" after nearly 5 decades". CBS News. Retrieved...
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  • spinney in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spinney may refer to: A copse or thicket Art Spinney (1927–1994), American football guard Caroll Spinney (1933–2019)...
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  • problem-solving skills necessary for learning. Don Pearson as Guy Smiley Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch Frank Oz as Grover and Cookie Monster...
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  • Patinkin and Vanessa Williams alongside Muppet performers Kevin Clash, Caroll Spinney, Steve Whitmire, and Frank Oz. Produced by Jim Henson Pictures and Children's...
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    that he inherited from the characters' original performers, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, and Jim Henson. Since 1994, Jacobson has been a regular performer for...
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  • theatrical feature-length Sesame Street film. It stars Muppet performers Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson and Frank Oz alongside Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, Chevy...
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  • Chinatown, Manhattan, and Xiao Foo giggles one last time. In his memoir, Caroll Spinney (the puppeteer who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch) notes that he...
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  • the final Sesame Street special to feature long-time Muppet performer Caroll Spinney, who performed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for 50 years as well as...
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  • were about to have their second child together; Big Bird puppeteer Caroll Spinney mentioned this to his wife, Debra. They went to producer Dulcy Singer...
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    Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, and Big Bird (the latter two performed by Caroll Spinney, a performer discovered by Henson at a Puppeteers of America festival)...
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  • Whitmire. After studying the role of Big Bird under the performance of Caroll Spinney since 1996, he inherited the role in 2015, explaining "It takes a lot...
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  • sung by Ernie (Jim Henson), with Telly (Martin P. Robinson), Oscar (Caroll Spinney), Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson), The Count (Jerry Nelson), Biff (Jerry...
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  • Frank Bart the Bear as Bear[citation needed] David MacIntyre as Foote Caroll Spinney as Dog in Pound Rattler as Chance Michael J. Fox as the voice of Chance...
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  • 2018 – via CNW. Itzkoff, Dave (October 17, 2018). "Original Big Bird, Caroll Spinney, Leaves 'Sesame Street' After Nearly 50 Years". The New York Times....
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  • Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years was released on October 29, 1993. Caroll Spinney plays Big Bird (around whom the story revolves), reading the title card...
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  • owned by Sesame Workshop, as the CTW was renamed in 2000. Performed by Caroll Spinney (1969–2018), Matt Vogel (1997–present) One of the series' three main...
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  • Special Treat ("Rodeo Red and the Runaways") (NBC) Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt - Sesame Street (PBS) 1980 Maia Danziger...
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  • to discuss it. The illustrations used for the episode were drawn by Caroll Spinney, who performed Big Bird. Mr. Hooper's picture remained on the set from...
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    1979 Mel Blanc (as Yosemite Sam) in Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol, 1979 Caroll Spinney as Oscar the Grouch in A Special Sesame Street Christmas, 1979 and again...
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    Peele performed celebrity impersonations, which included favorites Caroll Spinney (as the voice of Big Bird from Sesame Street), Ja Rule, James Brown...
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    and Bozo's Big Top (on episodes with a 1966 date). Caroll Spinney (billed in the credits as Ed Spinney) appeared as various characters which included Mr...
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    lineman with Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers, and New England Patriots Caroll Spinney, puppeteer; performed the roles of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on...
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  • Griffith Show, Gordon Ramsey, Warren Buffett, Robert De Niro, Tim Gunn, Caroll Spinney (as his character Big Bird from Sesame Street, taking over for Jordan...
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  • documentaries Brownstones to Red Dirt, We Must Go and I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story. He was born on 31 May 1980 in New York City, United States. Before...
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  • Rat, Lips, Wembley Fraggle, Sprocket the Dog, and Christmas Turkey Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch Kathryn Mullen as Mokey Fraggle Karen...
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