Caroll Spinney
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Caroll Edwin Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019), was an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.668 |
| Birthday | 1933-12-26 |
| Place of Birth | Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Also Known As | Caroll Edwin Spinney, Carroll Spinney, Ed Spinney, Carroll Edwin Spinney, Carrol Spinney, Carrol Edwin Spinney, Carol Spinney, Carol Edwin Spinney, Carol E. Spinney, Carrol E. Spinney, Caroll E. Spinney, Carroll E. Spinney, C. Ed Spinney, C. E. Spinney, Edwin Spinney, Carol Ed Spinney, Carroll Ed Spinney, Carrol Ed Spinney, C. Edwin Spinney, |
1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
6/3
Big Bird and his pals are making musical mayhem as they sing the goofiest, nuttiest, silliest songs ever. Join in with Sesame Street favorites Oscar,...
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Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1985
Follow That Bird
6.3/81
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Follow That Bird
1984
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
6.7/10
Trace the life and career of visionary puppeteer Jim Henson through this fascinating documentary, which profiles the creative genius's early endeavors...
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Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
1999
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
6.2/83
Elmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. However, when Elmo's blanket gets sucked through a colorful, swirl...
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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1988
Big Bird in Japan
9.1/6
While visiting Japan, Big Bird wanders off from a guided tour bus in Tokyo, and is lost until a Japanese woman helps him get to where he needs to go....
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Big Bird in Japan
2015
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
7.4/38
A documentary about Caroll Spinney who has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969. At 78-years-old, he has no intention of stop...
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2010
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: All about Faces
6/1
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1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
7/4
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the n...
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Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1996
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
6/1
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Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
2015
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
7/2
The film follows Henson’s career from his first work with his Muppets in the early 1950’s during television’s Golden Age up to his sudden and shocking...
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In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
5.8/4
Jon Stewart hosts the Sesame Street Muppets' 30 year celebration, but Elmo steps in when things go awry.
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Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
2009
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
2/1
This look at the contributions of Jim Henson and his early Sesame Street collaborators (including Frank Oz, Fran Brill, and Caroll Spinney) shows what...
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2012
Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers
0/0
When Max the Magician (guest star Will Arnett) comes to Sesame Street, Elmo and his friends are excited for a fun magic show! Max makes a scarf appear...
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1987
A Muppet Family Christmas
6.831/86
Fozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket,...
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A Muppet Family Christmas
1983
Big Bird in China
5.8/4
Big Bird and his Sesame Street companion, Barkley, the big, fluffy dog, travel across China in search of the legendary Feng Huang, the Phoenix Bird. A...
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Big Bird in China
1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
6.2/10
Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be lik...
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Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
2006
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
7/4
Oscar the Grouch is visited by three ghosts in an attempt to teach him the true meaning of Christmas.
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A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
1978
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
8.1/14
Big Bird worries when Oscar tells him that if Santa Claus can't fit down the chimney on Christmas Eve, nobody would get presents.
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Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
2007
Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown
6.9/6
Sesame Street characters help Elmo count down the days leading up to Christmas.
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Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown
1999
CinderElmo
6/1
Our favorite little red monster is the star of this delightful film that playfully skews the story of Cinderella. Originally aired on Fox television i...
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CinderElmo
2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
6.1/6680
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the arc...
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
1990
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
6/2
You'll have a monstrously good time with Herry Monster as he hosts the Monster Music Award Show! Everyone's favorite furry monsters from Sesame Street...
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Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
8/2
Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dickie Smothers try to get Oscar...
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas
2018
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
7.9/8
Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," the pioneering children's series that premiered nationally 50 years ago. Celebrit...
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Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2005
Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings!
10/1
Big Bird may not be able to fly, but he can sing. He joins Snuffy to spend some time looking through Bird's scrapbook and all the reminiscing leads to...
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Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings!
2003
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost
6/1
When Big Bird and Maria go to the ABCD-Mart to buy some skates for Snuffy's birthday, Big Bird forgets all about sticking together and takes off after...
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Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost
2003
Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke
0.5/1
Get ready for a musical Sesame Street Muppet ® extravaganza! Something’s in the air on Sesame Street that makes everyone want to sing! Elmo and Rosita...
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Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke
1993
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
7.3/3
Muppets, monsters, friends and family - they're all invited to a very special sing-along on the most famous street in the world! Released to coincide...
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Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
6/1
The stars come out on Sesame Street in this fun-filled video featuring the show's most memorable moments. Sing-along in this star-studded celebration!
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Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
6/1
The stars come out on Sesame Street in this fun-filled video featuring the show's most memorable moments. Sing-along in this star-studded celebration!
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Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
2019
Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration!
9.4/5
C is for Celebrate! Join host Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the residents of Sesame Street - human and monsters alike - to celebrate 50 years of learning,...
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Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration!
1997
Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance
10/1
Big Bird decides to hold a birthday party for Radar in the dance studio around the corner. More kids than Sesame Street Muppets are seen in the video...
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Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance
1996
Sesame Street: Elmocize
8/2
When Monty stops by Elmo's Exercise Camp to do a report, he ends up joining Elmo, Rosita, and Tarah in the fitness fun.
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Sesame Street: Elmocize
1996
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
0/0
Like most kids, Elmo sometimes had trouble taking turns and sharing his toys. Even with his best friend Zoe. With a little help from Sesame Street fav...
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Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
1981
The Great Muppet Caper
6.82/291
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is sto...
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The Great Muppet Caper
1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
5/1
For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like the Doozers, Gorgs and most of the Fraggles) have ga...
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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1979
The Muppet Movie
7.144/571
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by th...
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The Muppet Movie
1994
The World of Jim Henson
6.8/5
Episode of Great Performances about Jim Henson
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1973
Julie on Sesame Street
8/1
Julie on Sesame Street was one of a series of Julie Andrews TV specials, produced by ATV and distributed by ITC. It was broadcast on ABC on November 2...
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1999
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs
5/2
Elmo is trying to make a Top Ten Countdown list for the radio station, but everyone keeps trying to share their favorite song with him. Meanwhile, Tel...
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Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs
2001
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2
4/1
Join Elmo and his Sesame Street pals in the second volume of Kids' Favorite Songs, as Elmo travels up and down Sesame Street asking kids to sing their...
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Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2
2019
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
0/0
An American institution turns fifty, and the disc release to mark the event is a very long (almost six hours) compendium of uncut historical segments...
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Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
6/1
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration is a special produced forSesame Street’s 25th anniversary. Released in a slightly different form on video as...
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Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
2002
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
8.5/4
It's time to learn to read, Sesame Street style! Bert, Ernie, and friends are putting on a new play and some of your favorite words are the stars!
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Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
1986
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
0/0
Bedtime Stories & Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, released on VHS as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video label. The...
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Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
2009
Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo
6/1
It's bedtime on Sesame Street! Just like all little kids, Elmo and Abby would rather make funny faces and sing silly songs than go to sleep
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Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo
1997
Sesame Street: Fiesta!
5.7/3
The loveable Sesame Street characters congregate on FIESTA! to sing some of their favorite songs. As always a few humans are along for the ride as wel...
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Sesame Street: Fiesta!
1997
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
6/1
Quiet Time is a Sesame Street video released on April 1, 1997. Big Bird wants to find out what to do at "quiet time." He asks his friends for suggesti...
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Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies
10/1
In a spoof of Siskel and Ebert's Sneak Previews, Telly and Oscar are seen in a movie theater, reviewing the silliest songs from Sesame Street. Telly l...
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Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies
2016
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
7/4
This holiday special goes back in time to show how Elmo's ancestors--not to mention those of Grover, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch and Cooki...
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Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2008
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 1 (1969-1974)
0/0
A collection of complete episodes, including the pilot, from the first five years of the groundbreaking US kids' show that actually managed to enterta...
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Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 1 (1969-1974)
2008
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979)
0/0
Can you dig it? Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 picks up right where Volume 1 left off, including all of the grooviest Sesame Street memories from...
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Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979)
2008
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 3 (1979-1984)
0/0
Are you ready for more Sesame Street: Old School? Awesome! Volume 3 covers 1979 through 1984 and is packed with classics like Monsterpiece Theater and...
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Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 3 (1979-1984)
1974
Out to Lunch
6/1
The Muppets of Sesame Street and the cast of The Electric Company take over the ABC Nightly News when the newsroom staff takes a lunch break.
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Out to Lunch
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
7.4/20
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry characters...
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
1979
Bob Hope on the Road to China
0/0
Bob Hope tours China, takes in the culture and meets up with Big Bird, Crystal Gayle, Peaches and Herb, and others.
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Bob Hope on the Road to China
1994
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
7/3
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary....
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Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
0/0
Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of S...
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A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
2003
Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic
0/0
It's the Sesame Street Film Festival!
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Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic
2007
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
0/0
Join Sesame Street's curious red monster as he explores the things that make him happy: friends, singing, and dancing.
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Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
2002
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse
10/1
Elmo learns fire safety from Firefighter Bill. This all comes about because he was scared after being in a fire at Mr. Hooper's Store on Sesame Street...
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Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse
1996
Sesame Street: Imagine That!
0/0
Telly and Zoe take refuge from the rain in Finders Keepers and while away the rainy day using their imagination. While they wait for the rain to stop,...
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Sesame Street: Imagine That!
1986
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
0/0
With the help of his Sesame Street friends, Big Bird leads Snuffy on a fun-filled trip through the alphabet. Cookie Monster sings the praises of "C" (...
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Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
2009
Sesame Street: Being Green
0/0
Elmo and Abby find out it can be easy being green when they stumble onto the Earth-a-Thon, hosted by Mr. Earth, happening right on Sesame Street. Tell...
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Sesame Street: Being Green
2008
Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland
0/0
Follow Abby and Elmo down the rabbit hole in this enchanting re-imagining of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Elmo the Rabbit is late, late, late and...
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Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland
1987
Sesame Street: Sing Along
0/0
Your Sesame Street friends are getting together to sing their favorite songs, and they're inviting you to join all the fun. So sing along with Big Bir...
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Sesame Street: Sing Along
2022
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
0/0
'Today (July 10) is Jerry Nelson's birthday! To celebrate, artist Zach Kenny has taken an incredible audio tape from 1999 of over three dozen Muppets...
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Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
2011
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
7.232/140
Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with...
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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2008
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
0/0
The movie follows Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production o...
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One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8/2
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
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Sesame Street: Ernie's Little Lie
0/0
Big Bird narrates three stories while the text appears on the bottom of the screen so children can read along. Ernies little lie -- It's not fair -- W...
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Sesame Street: Ernie's Little Lie
1991
Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals
0/0
Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals is a 1991 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, featuring Big Bird and other Sesame Street anima...
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Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals
1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
6.96/976
Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise g...
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
8.233/15
Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man wh...
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