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	Caroll Spinney
		Caroll Spinney is a puppeteer most famous for his role as Big Bird on Sesame Workshop's title program, Sesame Street.
		When he was in the military, Caroll wrote and illustrated Harvey[?], a comic strip about military life.
		Caroll created a puppet of a cat named Picklepuss[?], long before he joined the inaugural cast of Sesame Street.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Caroll_Spinney.html (142 words)

	Caroll Spinney - Muppet Wiki - A Wikia wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Caroll Spinney - Muppet Wiki - A Wikia wiki
		Caroll wrote an autobiography in 2003 titled The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers.
		Caroll Spinney also wrote and illustrated How To Be a Grouch, a 1976 picture book that explains the world from Oscar's point of view.
	muppet.wikia.com /wiki/Caroll_Spinney (509 words)

	WKAR Celebrates 50 Years
		Spinney was put through his paces at WKAR, conducting several media interviews, videotaping station support spots, speaking at a 50th anniversary reception and donor dinner, and meeting guests at the open house.
		Spinney was taping an episode of Sesame Street the morning of the Challenger explosion, and the cast watched.
		Caroll Spinney’s life has included challenge (a violent father), sadness (a painful divorce when his three children were all very young) and great joy and love, both for his work and for his wife, Debra, whom Spinney met when she was working in the Children’s Television Workshop offices.
	wkar.org /wkarfifty/article.php?content=2004-08/spinneyenchants (534 words)

	USATODAY.com - The bird man of 'Sesame Street' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Spinney is converting a garage into a puppet theater, which comes with a "toy store" filled with gifts for grandchildren and other young visitors.
		Spinney says that Henson, who died in 1990, originally thought of Big Bird "as kind of a yokel," and his voice as something like "Mickey Mouse's pal Goofy, or Mortimer Snerd," Edgar Bergen's yokel created as a contrast to his wise-guy character Charlie McCarthy.
		Spinney was 5 when he saw his first puppet and was captivated by the idea that "a whole show could be done with little things on your hands." Three years later at a rummage sale, he bought his first puppet, a monkey with a hole in its head, for a nickel.
	www.usatoday.com /life/2003-04-27-bird-man_x.htm (1383 words)

	Caroll Spinney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spinney created a puppet of a cat named Picklepuss, long before he joined the inaugural cast of Sesame Street.
		Spinney currently resides in Woodstock, Connecticut, with his wife, Debra.
		A murdered 44-year-old woman jogger was found on Caroll Spinney's property on 13 December 2005, but Spinney was quickly cleared from the suspect list.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caroll_Spinney (865 words)

	Tough Pigs Journal -- Wonderful "Life": Carol Spinney's Wisdom of Big Bird
		This is the buzz that I heard on Caroll Spinney's new book, The Wisdom of Big Bird: Caroll wanted to write his autobiography, but his publisher wasn't sure that a puppeteer's autobiography would sell.
		Caroll's pre-Bird life is taken care of in a chapter and a half.
		There are a lot of parts where Caroll is just describing how he got to do some terrifically cool thing, and then what happened when he got there.
	toughpigs.com /journalspinneybook.htm (1019 words)

	SESAME STREET’S CAROLL SPINNEY, ALTER EGO OF BIG BIRD AND OSCAR, TO RECEIVE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY’S ...
		Spinney was chosen for his work entertaining and educating children for nearly four decades, since the series debut in 1969.
		Spinney, a puppeteer since the age of eight, turned an eight-foot, two-inch tall bird and a crabby trash can dwelling grouch into world-renowned cultural icons.
		“Caroll Spinney has distinguished himself in entertaining and inspiring generations of children worldwide in his dual roles as the sweet and compassionate Big Bird and the distinctively different Oscar the Grouch,” said Peter Price, President, National Television Academy.
	www.emmyonline.org /emmy/caroll_spinney.html (628 words)

	Spinney's 35 years as a big, yellow bird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Caroll Spinney, who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, is shown at his Woodstock, Conn., home with small versions of Big Bird.
		But once Caroll Spinney dons his costume and opens his mouth as Big Bird it's a whole different story.
		Spinney says one inspiration was the power of commercials and how they influenced children with short sound bites.
	www.uticaod.com /archive/2004/07/01/lifestyles/36539.html (414 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Caroll Spinney et al - The Wisdom of Big Bird: (And the Dark Genius of Oscar the ...
		Caroll Spinney et al - The Wisdom of Big Bird: (And the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch) Lessons from a Life in Feathers
		Caroll takes us through the early years of his career with his first performance as a puppeteer with a dedicated audience of sixteen.
		Caroll also shares with us his thoughts on Elmo and how he dealt with the new kid on the block.
	www.epinions.com /content_102574755460 (687 words)

	TV Guide interview with Caroll Spinney - Muppet Central Forum
		On April 28, puppeteer Caroll Spinney, the man who has brought Big Bird to life since Sesame Street's 1969 debut, will be honored at the Daytime Emmys with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
		Spinney: Well, it used to take six months to a year to do Sesame Street, but now it's only a few months, because we don't have the budget to make as many.
		Spinney: Yes, it is. As a teenager I roller-skated all the time.
	forum.muppetcentral.com /showthread.php?t=24888 (1289 words)

	Welcome to Briar Cliff University
		Members of the annual lecture-concert committee series at Briar Cliff University announce that Caroll Spinney, the man inside the famous children’s characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, will be speaking at 7:00 p.m.
		Spinney is the author of “The Wisdom of Big Bird (And the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers,” an inspirational memoir in which he shares the wisdom that he has gleaned over the years from his work creating and portraying one of the world's most beloved characters.
		Starting with a show in his neighborhood barn, for which he charged two cents admission, Spinney set out to be “a puppeteer on the best kids’ show in the world.” After attending art school in Boston, he launched his television career in Las Vegas, where he created a show titled “Rascal Rabbit” in 1955.
	www.briarcliff.edu /alumni_friends/press_release/2005/03172005.asp (641 words)

	Meet the man inside Big Bird \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Spinney first became interested in puppets when he was a kid.
		Spinney has to peek between his feathers to see the other actors in a scene.
		Spinney says he thinks of Big Bird as his child and sometimes forgets that Big Bird is not a real person.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0520/p18s02-hfks.html (1448 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Caroll Spinney is the author, and the master puppeteer, who joins us her in Atlanta.
		SPINNEY: He was a bit of a country bumpkin to begin with, because Jim didn't -- hadn't thought much of what a character would be like.
		SPINNEY: Well, my right hand is helping the bird be so tall, and I hold my arm over my head for quite a while.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0305/12/lt.10.html (863 words)

	NPR : A Life Inside Big Bird
		Carol Spinney's autobiography is called The Wisdom of Big Bird.
		But the stint ended quickly when Spinney, who was in the Air Force at the time, was shipped out to Germany.
		Five years later, Spinney was back on TV playing various sidekicks to Bozo the Clown.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1249919 (833 words)

	Miami University: News & Public Information Office
		Caroll Spinney will present "The Wisdom of Big Bird and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch: Lessons from a Life in Feathers" at 8 p.m.
		Spinney has portrayed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since the 1969 premiere of "Sesame Street," television's longest-running children's program.
		Spinney has earned four Emmy Awards, two Gold records, two Grammy Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
	newsinfo.muohio.edu /news_display.cfm?mu_un_id=25150276 (249 words)

	Wittenberg University — The Man Behind Beloved Sesame Street Characters to Address Senior Class During May 15 ...
		"We believe Caroll Spinney is well-qualified to serve as commencement speaker because he has used his natural abilities in a constructive and service-based manner in order to help others reach their highest potential," the letter said.
		Spinney studied commercial art at the Art Institute of Boston for three years and served in the United States Air Force for four years.
		Spinney's book The Wisdom of Big Bird (And the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers is described as an inspirational memoir, intended for adults.
	www4.wittenberg.edu /news/2004/02_06.html (693 words)

	NEW YORK, January 19: Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who plays the roles of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame ...
		NEW YORK, January 19: Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who plays the roles of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, wil
		Spinney has been a puppeteer since the age of eight.
		"Caroll Spinney has distinguished himself in entertaining and inspiring generations of children worldwide in his dual roles as the sweet and compassionate Big Bird and the distinctively different Oscar the Grouch," said Peter Price, the president of the
	www.worldscreen.com /articles/nat119.htm (210 words)

	Metroactive Features \| Biter
		CAROLL SPINNEY and Waylon Jennings were having dinner in Worcester, Mass., and an overly enthusiastic fan accosted Jennings for an autograph.
		Spinney, 69, is the most famous unknown person in the world.
		Spinney even brought Oscar the Grouch with him and performed for the audience.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/05.22.03/biter-0321.html (585 words)

	Amazon.com: The Wisdom of Big Bird: Books: Caroll Spinney,Jason Milligan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Spinney's story of how he met his wife (several times) was entertaining, and I loved the description of the Sesame Street trip to China,with an impromptu limo ride with Bob Hope.Even the drawings are well done, by Spinney himself.
		Big Bird is a wonderful, kind-hearted creature, because Caroll Spinney is a gentle, kind-hearted man. His uplifting memoirs about his life bringing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch to life and making them very real beings to millions of children and adults, alike, are truly beautiful.
		Caroll is a very effective writer and illustrator, alike, and his tales brought joy to me as I read every one of them.
	www.amazon.com /Wisdom-Big-Bird-Caroll-Spinney/dp/0786258527 (2149 words)

	Caroll Spinney's "The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch)"
		Spinney had planned on including this memory in his book The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch) (Villard, $16.95), but his publishers advised against it.
		Spinney: I'm not a fan of his on-air work, but he was pretty nice in person.
		Spinney: I had puppets from the age of 9.
	jaehakim.com /articles/books/features/bigbird.htm (644 words)

	Carroll Spinney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Under the name Ed Spinney, Caroll Spinney animated a series of fl and...
		Sesame Street: Three Bears and a New Baby (2003) (V) (voice) (as Caroll Spinney)....
		Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird (1985) (voice) (as Caroll Spinney)....
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0818973 (404 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Wisdom of Big Bird: (And the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch) : Lessons from a Life in Feathers: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He tells how he got to Sesame Street (he was working on a television show, Bozo's Big Top, and met Jim Henson at a puppetry festival) and recounts his adventures as the bird, interspersing them with basic life lessons.
		The only way Spinney can see where he's going is by looking at a tiny television monitor inside the costume, which gives him a third-person view of his actions.) With original drawings of Big Bird and friends, this is a charming and uplifting book.
		Readers who were fans of or even infrequent visitors to Sesame Street will be heartened that the puppeteer giving a voice to Big Bird is, in mirrorlike fashion, largely gentle and very grateful for his experiences with Jim Henson and family.
	www.amazon.fr /Wisdom-Big-Bird-Lessons-Feathers/dp/0375507817 (658 words)

	Review of The Wisdom of Big Bird by Caroll Spinney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Spinney’s interest in puppets started during his childhood.
		Jim Henson offered Spinney a position in the new children’s program called “Sesame Street” in 1969 and “the rest is history”.
		Spinney believes that puppets take on a personality of their own and believes that Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch are famous celebrities, not him.
	www.highlandco.org /BookReviews/big_bird.html (355 words)

	Caroll Spinney photos from WireImage
		Caroll Spinney and Kevin Clash, winners of Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series for "Sesame Street", with Oscar the Grouch and Elmo
		Caroll Spinney and Kevin Clash, winners of Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series for "Sesame Street", with Oscar the Grouch and Elmo ]]>
		Caroll Spinney faces the phoptographers at the SOAPnet Daytime Emmy Nominee Party.
	www.wireimage.com /rss/feeds/celebrity/CarollSpinney.ashx (265 words)

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		Caroll Spinney and Oscar the Grouch, winners of Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series...
		Caroll Spinney and Kevin Clash, winners of Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series for "S...
		Cheryl Henson with Oscar the Grouch and Caroll Spinney, Recipient of the Lifetime Achievem...
	www.wireimage.com /celebrities/CarollSpinney (229 words)

	Random House Publishing Group \| The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch) by Caroll Spinney with ...
		The lessons Big Bird teaches children every day on Sesame Street are the same ones that have brought Spinney success and satisfaction in his own life.
		Warm, witty, and affirming, Caroll Spinney’s memoir proves that being a bird can make you a better and happier person.
		Caroll Spinney has performed as Big Bird and Oscar on Sesame Street since the show’s inception in 1969.
	www.randomhouse.com /rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375507816 (420 words)

	Muppet Central Guides - Caroll Spinney Trivia
		Caroll nearly walked out on Sesame Street in the first year.
		Carroll Spinney had an opportunity once to leave Sesame Street, which nearly tempted him away.
		Who was responsible for convincing Caroll Spinney to not hand in his resignation?
	www.muppetcentral.com /guides/trivia/spinney.shtml (493 words)

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