Big Bird was the voice of childlike wonder and innocence. Oscar was the voice of a cynical adult who, despite his cynicism, still found a way to be joyous in the stuff most people rejected. It is beautiful that both were played by one man.
On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 10:41 AM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > Spinney only retired the puppeteering part of Big Bird in 2015, and keep > doing the voice until last year. > > I've always believed the primary reason us old schoolers are so > aggressively anti-Elmo is that the role that Elmo is designed to play > already existed on the show in Big Bird. And it was Spinney who made that > magic happen. > > I'm literally in tears as I write this. Stupid television. > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2019, 12:33 Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Sesame-Street-puppeteer-Carroll-Spinney-dies-at-age-85-565945521.html >> >> Was rage voice of Big Bird >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyAJQPL80hWD2XJGJ4159GgGSQr7TLexzoCr1BQoV_EJQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyAJQPL80hWD2XJGJ4159GgGSQr7TLexzoCr1BQoV_EJQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcWY%3DT%3DQ6zThLv1TTkszGhdxiDjW%3DxNEPD1RZupFsKG0Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcWY%3DT%3DQ6zThLv1TTkszGhdxiDjW%3DxNEPD1RZupFsKG0Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A7pZ8zg5CQCanXjO1q7UNaKzNX4bhA_Eur70wqhtbZtQ%40mail.gmail.com.
