Tuesday, May 06, 2003
As heard on NPR
Big Bird and Oscar are Born !
I have some characters I want to build. One is a tall, funny-looking bird and the other's going to be this grouchy character who's going to live in a pile of trash in the gutter.
Big Bird is kind and sweet. But after performing him all day . . . it's almost therapeutic to switch to Oscar the Grouch.. . . "children like Oscar because he's honest. And even though he's a fuzzy green monster, he's very human. I've often noted that the characters, the puppets, often demonstrate more humanity than the real people."
Big Bird and Oscar are Born !
I have some characters I want to build. One is a tall, funny-looking bird and the other's going to be this grouchy character who's going to live in a pile of trash in the gutter.
Big Bird is kind and sweet. But after performing him all day . . . it's almost therapeutic to switch to Oscar the Grouch.. . . "children like Oscar because he's honest. And even though he's a fuzzy green monster, he's very human. I've often noted that the characters, the puppets, often demonstrate more humanity than the real people."