Lesson #221

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who played Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, and other characters on television's "Sesame Street" died at age 85. For almost half a century, Spinney played the over-sized, six-year-old yellow canary that enchanted generations of children. He maneuvered the eight-foot-tall costume from inside, with the help of cables and a monitor strapped to his chest. Plus, learn what it means to "cut back on" something.