I'm in denial that we lost Caroll Spinney.
The first time I met him, he was so kind to a fledgling puppeteer. The next time I met him, as an assistant puppeteer, he was kind. The next time, too.
Big Bird was real.
Is real.
The first time I met him, he was so kind to a fledgling puppeteer. The next time I met him, as an assistant puppeteer, he was kind. The next time, too.
Big Bird was real.
Is real.
Oscar is real, too. Opinions and pushing boundaries and disregard for social norms, but still...
Oscar cared about his friends.
You can be a curmudgeon and kind.
Oscar cared about his friends.
You can be a curmudgeon and kind.
I won't pretend to have been anything more than a friendly acquaintance who was lucky enough that I got to work with Carroll.
But I'm the same age as Big Bird -- both of us simultaneously 50 and 6.
I'm just gutted today.
But I'm the same age as Big Bird -- both of us simultaneously 50 and 6.
I'm just gutted today.
