The Sesame Workshop has announced the disheartening news that long-time Muppeteer Caroll Spinney died today, December 8, 2019, at his home in Connecticut.  Spinney was best known for playing the role of Sesame Street star character Big Bird which he puppeteered for almost fifty years. In Spinney’s time puppeteering the iconic character Big Bird visited […] Read more

Further proof that all of our childhoods are fleeting before our eyes have come to light. Caroll Spinney, who plays the role of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch is stepping down from the children’s television show, Sesame Street, after 50 years of bringing the characters to life. A full tribute to Spinney was provided […] Read more