* Born: Carroll Spinney, American puppeteer who performed the role of " Big Bird " on TV's Sesame Street, and was the voice for " Oscar the Grouch ", in Waltham, Massachusetts ; and Ugly Dave Gray ( Graham David Taylor ), Australian TV actor and game show host

When Big Bird and Oscar are required in a scene together, Jim Martin often operates Oscar to a vocal track by Spinney so the latter can perform Big Bird.

* Caroll Spinney ( b. 1933 ), puppeteer who created the Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch

Likewise, during instances where Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch ( both performed by Spinney ) are to be in a scene together, Jim Martin performs Oscar unless Matt Vogel is performing Big Bird, in which cases Oscar is performed by Spinney as usual.

Caroll Edwin Spinney ( born December 26, 1933 ) is an American puppeteer, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street.

Spinney has performed the Big Bird and Oscar characters in Australia, China, Japan, and across Europe.

As Oscar, Spinney has written How to Be a Grouch, a Whitman Tell-A-Tale picture book.

Though Big Bird and Oscar are his main characters, Spinney has also performed as other characters.

* Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch

* Caroll Spinney as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

While Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, both performed by Caroll Spinney, had visited Sesamstrasse for the 10th Anniversary special before, a highlight of this era was the celebration of Sesamstrasse's 1000th episode ; the " Sesamelly Zirkusshow ," a circus gala performance taped at " Zirkus Althoff " in which Big Bird appeared alongside the German characters one more time.

* Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch

* Caroll Spinney as Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, and Bruno the Trashman

In his memoir, Caroll Spinney ( the puppeteer who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch ) notes that he was inspired to pitch the special to CTW after visiting China on a tour with Bob Hope.

* Carroll Spinney as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

" and spoke with Spinney about the mayor of New York at the time ( Republican John Lindsay ).

Spinney first met Jim Henson in 1962 at a puppeteering festival, where Henson asked if he would like to " talk about the Muppets ".

In 1969, Spinney performed at a Puppeteers of America festival in Utah.

The new house at Spinney Abbey, built in 1775Spinney Abbey, once known as Spinney Priory, is a house and farm on the site of a former monastic foundation close to the village of Wicken, on the edge of the fens in Cambridgeshire, England.

Fortunes at Spinney declined with the Black Death and the social upheavals of the fourteenth century, and in 1449 Spinney Abbey was absorbed into the priory of Ely, which in due course became Ely Cathedral.

Henry lived in Spinney Abbey after his retirement from his office as Lord Deputy of Ireland at the Restoration.

Since at least 1695 in adjacent Padney, the oldest family in Wicken had been farming alongside Spinney Abbey.

In 1892 Thomas Fuller brought his family to farm at Spinney Abbey, and by 1918 the freehold was in the family, and has remained there ever since with various changes to the farm boundaries.

His secular name was William Gilbert, and before becoming Prior at Spinney he was a canon at nearby Anglesey Abbey, which is near the village of Lode.

Although critical opinion is divided on what is her best work, her strengths and style can be gleaned from the following books: The Saltmarsh Murders, Death at the Opera ( 1934 ), The Devil at Saxon Wall ( 1935 ), Come Away, Death ( 1937 ), Brazen Tongue ( 1940 ), When Last I Died ( 1941 ), The Rising of the Moon ( 1945 ), Death and the Maiden ( 1947 ), The Dancing Druids ( 1948 ), Tom Brown's Body ( 1949 ), Groaning Spinney ( 1950 ), The Echoing Strangers ( 1952 ), Merlin's Furlong ( 1953 ), Dance to Your Daddy ( 1969 ), Nest of Vipers ( 1979 ) and The Greenstone Griffins ( 1983 ).

The continuing research into lilacs was moved to the UNH Horticultural Research facility at Woodman Farm, Spinney Lane, in Durham.

His concluding years were passed peacefully at Spinney Abbey in Wicken, Cambridgeshire.

The engine at Spinney Farm has a brick tower, internal gearing and its scoop wheel ( rebuilt 1960 ), although its cap and sails were removed when it was converted to be driven by steam.

The next dam is Spinney Mountain Reservoir.

At capacity Spinney Mountain covers.

A bottom release dam, Spinney releases to the east of the inlet.

Two miles below Spinney Mountain Reservoir, the river enters Eleven Mile Reservoir, with a capacity of.

The character is performed by Caroll Spinney, and has been performed by him since the show's first episode.

During the first season of Sesame Street, the street set was arranged such that Spinney, who is right-handed, was forced to operate Oscar's head with his left hand.

As stated above, he is usually very nice to children especially when making public appearances with Spinney.

Mark King ( Level 42 ) lived for several years in the Spinney and Boon Gould ( Level 42 ) lived for several years in Gleneldon Road.

Officially performed by Caroll Spinney since 1969, he is an eight-foot two-inch ( 249 cm ) tall bright primrose-yellow bird.

As Muppeteer Caroll Spinney has aged, the show has gradually started to train new performers to play Big Bird.

Caroll Spinney was sick during the taping of a few first-season episodes, so Daniel Seagren performed Big Bird in those episodes.

The camera was set up for Spinney by technician Walt Rauffer, on the suggestion of director Bob Myhrum.

During instances where Spinney ( or to a lesser extent, Matt Vogel ) is performing on location and cannot get a video feed, a small hole is made in the costume to allow him to see.

" He's Big Bird: Caroll Spinney loves every feather ", Associated Press via Google News, 16 June 2008.

He has sometimes been credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney.

Spinney was born Caroll Edwin Spinney in Waltham, Massachusetts ( part of the greater Boston area ) on December 26, 1933.

While in the Air Force, Spinney wrote and illustrated Harvey, a comic strip about military life.

These were done under the pseudonym Ed Spinney.