This explains everything about Spinney and Vogel

[BEAR]

I heard that too. maybe Carol would rather interact with the cast than do blue screen work.

Carol is better suited to interact with the others when possible anyway. It's a chemistry thing.

 

[Xerus]

I'm wondering if Matt will learn the ability to have Big Bird ride a unicycle like Carroll did in the old days.

 

[BEAR]

I'm wondering if Matt will learn the ability to have Big Bird ride a unicycle like Carroll did in the old days.

Good question. Was that actually Carroll doing the unicycling? Cool. I wonder what things he will bring to the role when he takes over full time. I suppose it would be neat to see Big Bird skate again considering Vogel is young and is physically capable of having Bird do that stuff. I assume he hasn't been doing all those activities much lately just because Carroll Spinney is older and naturally can't do all those same things.

 

[MuppetDude]

If you mean the unicycling he did in the Stevie Wonder episode, then I'm pretty sure that was Caroll. (The poor guy was out of control when he whizzed past Oscar!)

 

[jeffkjoe]

Carroll is actually pretty dexterous in that costume, if you think about it.

I mean, he unicycles, he SKATES in Big Bird....