Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the ...

'Sesame Street' puppeteer Caroll Spinney joins Andy Greenwald to talk about his 46 years as Big Bird and Oscar as well as the new documentary about his life.

As a kid, you likely spent a lot of time learning your ABCs from characters like Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo, and Oscar the Grouch. "Sesame Street" has been on the air since 1969, and has ...

but in the words of a few friends from “Sesame Street,” we can get through this together. Last week, some of the characters from the venerated children’s television show — Oscar the Grouch ...

Big Bird might soon ask: "Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" After a nearly decadelong ... Who doesn't love Oscar the Grouch or Cookie Monster?" A decade ago, HBO executives were ...

His videos have garnered more than 100 million views and nominations from the Television Academy and the L.A. Press Club. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A ...

There's a new documentary about Carroll Spinney, the puppeteer who played Big Bird ever since the character debuted on "Sesame Street" in 1969. The film, entitled "I Am Big Bird: The Carroll ...

seminal children's program Sesame Street, to HBO. Under this deal, the new adventures of Elmo, Grover, Bert and Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, and the rest of the urban-puppet gang would run ...

Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the ...