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...doing Elmo something you can just turn on and off in your head, in terms of entering the character? A couple days ago [Sesame Street Muppeteer] Caroll Spinney did a radio interview, and he brought Oscar the Grouch. The interviewers were like, "But nobody can see him." Well, we're portraying these characters. We can't just sit there as ourselves and do that voice and personality. We're puppeteers. It's kind of weird for us to sit in front of people, even if it's radio, and not have the puppet there...
Sesame Street debuted in 1969, and the ageless BIG BIRD has been yukking it up since. One guy, Caroll Spinney, has played him for 35 years
...return the mood to its prevailing celebratory tone, Spinney pulled out two different mini-Muppets...
Though an appearance by Oscar the Grouch had been promised in advertisements for the event, Spinney apologized for his absence. Spinney said he had contacted show character "Mumford the Magician," who was able to procure a mini-Big Bird and a mini-Oscar the Grouch...
...Spinney then alternated his two roles, to the amusement of the crowd...