The lamp posts that line Sesame Street are a little less bright today with news that puppeteer Caroll Spinney is stepping down as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, roles he has performed on Sesame Street ...

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Big Bird (L) and other Sesame Street puppet charactors pose next to temporarty street sign November 9, 2009 at West 64th Street and Broadway in New York on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the ...

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Discover What’s Streaming On: Caroll Spinney‘s time as Big Bird is about to come to an end. For almost 50 years, Spinney has played and voiced the lovable yellow bird on Sesame Street (and his efforts ...

NEW YORK – TV's most famous block is turning the big 5-0. This Sunday marks half a century since "Sesame Street" aired its first episode on public television on November 10, 1969. The landmark ...

Along with Big Bird, Caroll Spinney also voiced Oscar the Grouch when he joined the show in 1969 Sesame Street has lost one of its original residents. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who played Big Bird ...