My younger brother was a core SS child; by the time we had a TV that could receive PBS I was a bit too old for it, but watched it with him a lot. Over this most recent Thanksgiving we spent a solid hour with him and cousins of his age talking and laughing about SS, and singing the songs. We also shared some tears, thinking of family members who shared those memories but are no longer living.
We also laughed and cried over memories of 70s prime time network shows that we watched with and without parental approval, singing those songs and talking about what they meant to us growing up, and life and family events they were associated with. Yes indeed; stupid television... 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> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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/CAKGtkYL_30ZOzAeRbieAQLs7Kkkft2r1jZEcE0e0%3DhDCONxGoQ%40mail.gmail.com.
