Trivia

He made an appearance as Big Bird on an episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968). Before the show was taped, Fred Rogers wanted to have him remove the Big Bird outfit on the show and discuss the inner workings of it. Spinney objected to this idea, saying that it was important to preserve the sense of wonder and magic that children have about Big Bird. Rogers agreed that Spinney was right, and, instead, Big Bird appeared on the show in a Neighborhood of Make-Believe segment.

Spinney hand drew the picture of Mr. Hooper that has been a fixture of Big Bird's Nest since he first showed it off in the famous episode "Goodbye Mr. Hooper" (1983).

Caroll Spinney, puppeteer who gave life to Big Bird of "Sesame Street", who also gave voice and motion to Oscar the Grouch, met Muppets creator Jim Henson at a puppetry convention and first donned Big Bird's 4,000 canary yellow feathers for the opening season of Sesame Street (1969).

He retired from acting on "Sesame Street" for the Public Broadcasting Service on October 18, 2018.

Met his second wife Debra Spinney on the set of Sesame Street (1969).

Under the name Ed Spinney, Caroll Spinney animated a series of black and white cartoons called "Crazy Crayon".

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 21, 1994.

Following his death, he was buried at a local family cemetery in Woodstock, Connecticut. He passed away on December 8, 2019, less than three weeks from what would have been his 86th birthday on December 26.

Was the commencement speaker at Villanova University, in 2004.