Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch takes unexpected role in key initiative: 'Think of just that awareness that Oscar can bring'

While Oscar the Grouch may be best known for his cranky attitude, the iconic children's TV show character is looking to ...
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Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch 'Sesame Street' puppeteer Caroll Spinney dead at 85

Caroll Spinney, the television puppeteer known for his work as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the long-running show "Sesame Street," died Sunday. He was 85. In a statement posted to Facebook, Sesame ...

Meet the Muppets: A Guide to the ‘Sesame Street’ Characters

“Sesame Street” follows a community of adorable Muppets — including Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and Bert and Ernie — living in a fictional neighborhood of New York City (although in 2019, a Manhattan ...
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How 'Sesame Street' got its start

NPR's history show, Throughline, takes us back to 1969 and the creation of the children's TV show Sesame Street.
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Watch Cynthia Erivo & Oscar the Grouch Sing ‘It's Not Easy Bein' Green' for ‘Sesame Street'

Sesame Street‘s Oscar the Grouch Wicked‘s Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) can relate to each other when it comes to being green - so why not sing about it together? Just ahead of the opening weekend of Wicked ...
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Puppeteer who performed Sesame Street's Big Bird, Oscar, dies at 85

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who brought boyish vulnerability to Big Bird, the towering yellow-plumed character, during 50 years on the groundbreaking children's television show ...
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Watch: ‘Sesame Street’ stars Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Grover give L.A. ‘a big hug’

Los Angeles has been going through a tough time, but in the words of a few friends from “Sesame Street,” we can get through this together. Last week, some of the characters from the venerated children ...