Remembering Caroll Spinney, the voice and spirit of Big Bird

Remembering Caroll Spinney, the voice and spirit of Big Bird

By Jesse Thorn

We're taking a moment to look back at a past Bullseye guests we lost this year, Caroll Spinney. He was Big Bird's puppeteer for 50 years, but he was so much more than the literal man inside the costume. Caroll was the voice and spirit of the iconic character many of us grew up watching.

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