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Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 28, 2015 8:15 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 28, 2015 8:15 PM UTC Big Bird, the _Sesame Street_ star, lip-syncs rapper Big Pun’s “Still Not a Player” in the latest YouTube video produced by Internet mashup artist “Animal Robot.” Enjoy the irony of the lyrics bragging about a man sleeping around mixed with video of the children’s TV icon singing a song called “That’s Cooperation.” Just imagine if _Sesame Street_ taught kids what a “player” is, or maybe it’s best that youngsters find out for themselves when they get to college. ### Meet the Man Behind Sesame Street's Big Bird  Caroll Spinney joined Sesame Street in its inaugural 1969 season playing both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. Courtesy Robert Fuhring  In the first year of Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch was orange. Courtesy Debra Spinney  Caroll Spinney and Jim Henson are seen on the set of Sesame Street in 1969, the first year of the show. Courtesy Bill Pierce  Caroll Spinney with Oscar the Grouch and Picklepuss, one of his first puppet creations. Courtesy Debra Spinney  Caroll Spinney tests a puppet in the concept stage. Courtesy Debra Spinney  Caroll Spinney filming Big Bird in China with Lisa Ouyang. Courtesy Debra Spinney  Caroll Spinney with his children and Oscar the Grouch at his child's birthday party. Courtesy Debra Spinney  Caroll Spinney and Oscar the Grouch shooting Sesame Street in Hawaii. Courtesy Gary Miller  Caroll Spinney takes a break from shooting a cameo in The Muppet Movie. Courtesy Debra Spinney  Caroll Spinney with First Lady Hillary Clinton on Sesame Street. Spinney has worked with all the first ladies since the Nixon administration. Courtesy Sesame Workshop  Caroll Spinney is seen with First Lady Michelle Obama. Spinney is a distant cousin of President Barack Obama. Courtesy Richard Termine—Sesame Workshop  Caroll Spinney performs on a recent season of Sesame Street and continues to perform as Big Bird and Oscar to this day. Courtesy Copper Pot Pictures ## Transcript Hey, you still awake, Lois, honey? Dad? That's right, I'm your daddy. [ MUSIC ] We have to start early. We've got a lot of ground to cover. Rule number 1. You can't question my ways. Mother's lock up your daughters. Cows prepared to be tipped. I'm hip. I surf the web. I text. LOL, laugh out loud. OMG, oh my God. You know I love you right, Meg? Dad. No don't Dad me, come on. Goddamnit, Dad get off our Xbox. Hang on I almost caught the dragon. Son, your mother asked me to come up here and kill you. Daddy, would you please put on this tie? No, I won't put on no tie. What's going on around here? What are you's doing? Why can't anybody tell me anything? I want one good reason. Because we're your parents and you're our child, that's reason enough. Are you out of your damn mind? [ LAUGH ] Ashley! [ MUSIC ] I'd had an unusually light breakfast that morning. Yogurt with a little fruit- Dad. So I was pretty darn hungry. Dad. Do I look suspicious? Insurance is like marriage. You pay, pay. You never get anything back. [ LAUGH ] Besides, besides the car isn't worth more than a 100 bucks with both kids in it. Frankly, Mr. Gallagher, your son's behavior has been among the most egregious I've seen at this school, and I've been here a long time. Niles, what brings you here? Well it's my place too. I can have company if I want. If we're gonna be brutally honest, that drawing you made of me when you were three was far from a perfect likeness. You put it on the fridge. It was pity fridge. I have a prank too. One where my foot doesn't plow through your ****. 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