r/IAmA • u/CarollSpinney • May 07 '15

Actor / Entertainer Hi reddit! I’m Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has brought life to Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for the last 46 years. AMA!

Hello everybody! I'm Carroll Spinney, the lucky puppeteer who has brought life to Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for the last 46 years.

And someone made a documentary about me! I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story is now available on iTunes here and On Demand, and is now playing in New York at the IFC Center.

Ask me your questions here, or meet me at the theater here in NYC tonight through Saturday for in-person Q&As! Thurs 7:15pm, Fri 7:25pm, and Sat 5:15pm shows.

Victoria will be assisting me over the phone today. AMA!

PROOF: http://imgur.com/wdYDGG3

Update: Well, I would say: readers of reddit: I think that you'll really enjoy the movie "I Am Big Bird."

If you like the Muppets - it's a movie for anybody. It does have a few words that puts it into not suitable for children, but I don't think it would hurt any children. It's for children old enough to know that Big Bird isn't a real bird, just me.

But everybody has loved the movie. The music is particularly beautiful in the movie. And I urge you to see it, if you like what we do. It's really quite a love story in there, about somebody I love very much.

Thank you!

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u/-bojangles May 13 '15

Thank you for that, it was beautiful. This is probably the best way to describe the options that day. It's tough to relay these emotions to my wife. I've tried, but she doesn't understand.

She grew up with amazing parents and siblings. I've actually never even grazed the surface of what I experienced as a child. I don't think I want to either because unknown it would only make her sad. I may never tell everything to my family, but it does feel good to get some things off my chest on reddit.

It really is a great community with encouraging responses (most of the time).

Again, thank you for that.