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What is the name of the man who plays inside the costume for Big Bird of Sesame Street?
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#96753. Asked by star_gazer. (Jun 18 08 2:18 PM)
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Caroll Spinney
On the street, Caroll Spinney is a 74-year-old of modest proportions. On the job, transformed into Big Bird, he stands 8 feet 2 inches tall and is 6 years old.
Being Big Bird is sweaty, physical work. But Spinney, who has worked on Sesame Street for nearly four decades playing both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, has no wish to be anywhere else.
"I can't imagine willingly walking away from Big Bird and Oscar," he said.
Spinney's workday transformation begins with a pair of orange furry jeans encircled in hot pink ridges. Next, manhole-size pink webbed feet made of foam — built around a pair of Hush Puppies loafers. Between takes, he protects them from his kindergarten co-stars with custom-made purple slippers.
The crew straps a television monitor to his chest. Wearing drugstore reading glasses, Spinney will watch the monitor while inside the top half of the costume to see how Big Bird appears on camera. Otherwise, he's blind inside the bird.
(I am so disillusioned now, I was CERTAIN that Big Bird was real!)
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_bi_ge/being_big_bird
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