A sweet profile of Carroll Spinney - Big Bird for almost 40 years and he's now 74 years old!

Quoted: Being Big Bird: After 4 decades in costume, puppeteer Caroll Spinney wouldn't change a feather
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Spinney got his start on Sesame Street during its first season in 1969, after Muppets founder Jim Henson saw him perform at a puppeteer's convention.
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Henson chose him as Big Bird after Frank Oz, who helped develop Bert, Grover and Cookie Monster, swore off costume puppets following a stint in commercials as the La Choy Dragon, which was equipped with an in-costume flame-thrower.

Yay for ACME products!

Quoted: ACME is a worldwide leader of many manufactured goods. From its humble beginnings providing corks and flypaper to bug collectors ("Buddy's Bug Hunt/1935") to its heyday in the American Southwest supplying a certain coyote, from Ultimatum Dispatchers to Batman outfits, ACME has set the standard for excellence.
For the first time ever, information and pictures of all ACME products, specialty divisions, and services featured in Warner Bros. cartoons (made by the original studio from 1935 to 1964) are gathered here, in one convenient catalog. For more information about any ACME product, simply click on the thumbnail picture.

I would love to see politics become more civil - on the side of the politicians AND on the side of "news" media.

Quoted: A distasteful comment about Chelsea Clinton by an MSNBC anchor could imperil Hillary Rodham Clinton's participation in future presidential debates on the network, a Clinton spokesman said.

In a conference call with reporters, Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson on Friday excoriated MSNBC's David Shuster for suggesting the Clinton campaign had "pimped out" 27-year old Chelsea by having her place phone calls to celebrities and Democratic Party "superdelegates" on her mother's behalf.

How have I been missing this site? The Men of Austen ... a site that has "online dating profiles" for the studs of our favorite Austen stories. I hear that the most eligible bachelor is still Mr. Darcy. Woot, as T would say.

Really interesting communication from Tim Kring, the creator of Heroes ... (interesting for Heroes watchers, that is)

Quoted: Tim Kring admits mistakes were made at the beginning of season 2, but promises to get back on track ...

At that point, Kring wants to craft a rebooted Heroes that can attract new fans and win back those who've tuned out: ''The message is that we've heard the complaints — and we're doing something about it.''

Yay!

Quoted: Fans of "The X-Files" no longer have to rely on Internet rumors to seek the truth about a sequel to the 1998 movie based on the popular TV series.
On Wednesday, Fox announced production will start December 10 on the sequel, which reunites the show's stars, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. The studio also picked July 25 as the U.S. release date.

Have I mentioned that I love Mason? And have I let you know that there is going to be a Dead Like Me DVD movie next summer? Well, now you know ...

Quoted: Mason (1939-1966) is a fictional character on the Showtime comedy-drama Dead Like Me portrayed by actor Callum Blue.

Yippee!

Quoted: ABC has picked up a full season order of "Pushing Daisies," the network confirmed.

DJ Lance, dance, dance.

Quoted: In bright orange jumpsuit and fuzzy, tangerine-color hat, Lance Robertson roamed the floor of the giant Comic-Con fan convention in San Diego last month and was surprised, to say the least, by the reaction.

People wanted to hug him, and take a picture with him, and get him to sign something — all because of a TV show for preschoolers that isn't even on the air yet.