Big Bird reads to Connor Scott and Tiffany Jiao during a taping of Sesame Street in New York, April 10, 2008. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has played Big Bird on "Sesame Street" is retiring ...

Caroll Spinney, the longtime "Sesame Street" puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday at age 85, Sesame Workshop confirmed. Watch Party Newsletter Best TV shows of 2025 📺 ...

Indeed, Big Bird — that towering, yellow-feathered 6-year-old — has been calling Sesame Street home for four decades, ever since the show premiered on Nov. 10, 1969.

But, of course, on Sesame Street, Big Bird is the big game, arguably the show’s most iconic character. Landing the part has made Vogel, who later married the girlfriend who showed him the ...

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Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who gave life to Big Bird, the towering yellow avian of TV’s “Sesame Street” who accompanied generations of youngsters in the arduous, yet wondrous, work of ...

Caroll Spinney, who puppeteered and voiced Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, is retiring from "Sesame Street" after 50 years. He has been part of the show since its inception in 1969. (He even met ...

And in case you're contemplating going full Big Bird, Primark describes the item on their website: "Take a trip down memory lane with this Sesame Street onesie!

Big Bird — that towering, yellow 6-year-old — has been calling “Sesame Street” home ever since the show premiered on Nov. 10, 1969. And as it marks its 40th anniversary, he remains an ...

The widespread attention surrounding Big Bird since Wednesday night’s debate is proof that the newly politicized “Sesame Street” character has bipartisan appeal, generating a connection in ...

Primark has launched some Sesame Street merch, ... In the description on Primark's website for the Big Bird onesie, it reads: "Take a trip down memory lane with this Sesame Street onesie!

You can watch more of Big Bird on "Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days" on ABC. NEW YORK -- You can take a walk down memory lane with "Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days." ...