Caroll Spinney

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Caroll Spinney, the man inside the costumes of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch discusses his 34 year career on Sesame Street, The Wisdom of Big Bird (And The Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers. Read an excerpt of Spinney's book in the Reading Room.

Caroll Spinney holds a lecture, reading & booksigning at Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Center, 1972 Broadway (at 66th Street)at 7:00pm.

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