Spinney left the apartment and slept on friends’ couches; meanwhile, he was making more money doing puppet work in Boston, even as Big Bird landed on the cover of Time magazine. Legendary ...

Millions of people around the globe spent some of their childhood watching Big Bird on Sesame Street. The giant, yellow eight-foot-two bird first debuted in 1969 and for decades, fans assumed they ...

“The puppets are very avant-garde ... He met puppeteers such as Caroll Spinney, who performed Big Bird for nearly five decades, and the man behind Mr. Snuffleupagus. “ ...

The show was cut short when Spinney was transferred to Germany, but he found his way back to TV and back to puppets. "Sesame Street" was a physically demanding job. Big Bird is more than eight ...