He did this for fifty flipping years.
84-year-old Caroll Spinney is retiring as the puppeteer inside Big Bird. The value over replacement player (VORP) is huge because the operation is so complex. Check this out from the @globeandmail. pic.twitter.com/1ddIeeHTWI
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 17, 2018
I’d be begging to be let out after five minutes, and he did this for half a century. Seldom has a performer earned his or her retirement in such a comprehensive manner. I hope it’s a good one.
Bless him, he’s earned the rest.
Fifty years? Doing that? Wow.
From memory, the Barney-the-Dinosaur costume caught fire once or twice, but I don’t remember the Big Bird one doing so.
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