Big Bird : Whose Puppets Are Weird Looking?

Henson told spinney about a children's program he wanted to create and how he needed a committed puppeteer to play one of the leading characters; from there, the rest was just about history.spinney's excitement carried over to working on sesame street in a conflicting way, at first. spinney was largely in awe of henson, his work, and his muppet empire, resulting in the difficultly of trying to realize his potential whilst working under potential that could never be duplicated. however, upon being allowed to play the character of big bird, originally written as a simpleton or a yokel, and granted full creative range behind the character, spinney's craft fell into place and morphed into something legendary and universally commended.with that, spinney became the puppeteer for oscar the grouch, who is basically big bird's opposite.

Vogel also recently took over the roles of big bird and oscar the grouch on sesame street full-time after the passing of carol spinney. the thing is though, he had been studying under spinney for years to prepare for those roles, making for a much smoother passing of the torch between performers. the muppets aren't just voices.