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As Big Bird, Spinney has appeared all over - in China, on many TV shows, at the White House, and in awards ceremonies with movie stars. (Sometimes, Spinney drives to work with Kevin Clash, who plays Elmo.)īig Bird gets plenty of attention, too. Next season, they will be in more episodes together. Today he's the most popular character on "Sesame Street." At first, Spinney says Big Bird was a little jealous of Elmo, but now they are buddies. For years, no one except Big Bird could see Snuffy. Big Bird went to day care and learned the alphabet with them.īig Bird's life on "Sesame Street" has changed as new residents moved in. But Spinney changed Big Bird's personality to be more like the kids who watch the show. (He's played by Jerry Nelson.)Īt first, Spinney and Big Bird's creator, Jim Henson, thought of Big Bird as a goofy, klutzy character.
The Count is "hundreds of years old," Spinney says. Oscar is much older than Big Bird, but much younger than, say, Count von Count.
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Spinney still thinks about that cab driver when he speaks like Oscar. As soon as Spinney got in the cab, the driver growled, "Where to, Mac?" Spinney thought up Oscar's personality and voice while riding in a New York City taxi with a driver from the Bronx. Eventually, Spinney put his hand inside Oscar's body and made him say Oscar's favorite grouchy line: "Have a rotten day!" Oscar spent most of the visit in his luggage or sitting quietly on the hotel-room desk with his feet hanging over the edge. He brought along his wife, Debra - and Oscar the Grouch. He recently came to Boston to talk about the book. It's called "The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch)" (with J. Spinney recently wrote a book for grownups. Occasionally, he plays both characters at once! Other times, he's hiding behind Oscar's garbage can. Sometimes he's inside Big Bird, moving Big Bird's wings with his left hand and his beak with his right. For nearly 35 years, Caroll Spinney has been Oscar and Big Bird. These two very different characters are both played by one man. Oscar is a pint-sized green grump who lives in a garbage can. On PBS-TV's "Sesame Street," few neighbors have less in common than Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.īig Bird is a cheerful 8-foot, 2-inch bird with a squeaky voice and lots of energy.
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