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Sesame Street Caroll Spinney Shares the Evolution of Big Bird

mbirck — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:15:45 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64ascrDgZfE?rel=0

Caroll Spinney, a Sesame Street actor, describes the evolution of Big Bird and shares the major change he made in the character and the voice, to the surprise of creator Jim Henson. The original Big Bird was a raggedy creature, according to Caroll, with dirty feet and almost no feathers above his eyeballs.

Sesame Street Fran Brill Talks About Sesame Street’s First Female Characters

mbirck — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:08:28 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQokBYbP2Lo?rel=0

Fran Brill discusses creating the first female Sesame Street characters with Jim Henson. Brill shares that when she tried out for Sesame Street in its second season, she knew nothing about puppets. She offers insight into what made Jim Henson – and the show and its message – so wonderful.

Sesame Street Jim Henson & Joan Ganz Cooney Remember 20 Years of Sesame Street

skdejak — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:57:27 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqGYwAaYpDo?rel=0

Muppets creator, Jim Henson and Joan Ganz Cooney, founder of the Children’s Television Workshop, talk in 1989 about the original purpose and impact of Sesame Street. Discover how Cooney hopes that the show will contribute to peace in the Middle East, and more about the spread of the show from the United States to Germany, Latin America and the Arab/Israeli world.