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Revision as of 19:51, 29 June 2009
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Caroll Spinney inside the costume
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Bruno the Trashman is a sanitation engineer on Sesame Street who acts as personal chauffeur to Oscar the Grouch.
During the 1970s, the Sesame Street cast made live performances across the country, but there was no effective way to get Oscar to enter the stage. Caroll Spinney, inspired by a puppet character on The Gong Show, conceived of a full-body garbage man who could physicially carry Oscar. Since his arms are usually just holding onto Oscar's trash can, Caroll Spinney was able to perform Oscar as well as Oscar's right hand while inside the Bruno costume. The trash can was connected to an opening in Bruno's stomach.[1]
Though generally a silent character, one of the few times that Bruno spoke was in the song "The Trash Can", which he sang as part of a singing group, "Bruno and the Trashmen". He had a brief line at the end of Follow That Bird, saying "Sure, Boss!" when Oscar asked him to take a walk around the block. Similarly, when Oscar asks him a question in Here Come the Puppets!, Bruno gets out a "Well, uh..." before Oscar cuts him off and says that's enough. An invisible wire was connected from Bruno's mouth to somewhere inside the trash can.
According to Spinney, Bruno's greatest moment was at the end of Follow That Bird "as he slowly walks into the sunset carrying Oscar".[2] Bruno has demonstrated skills at rollerskating while also carrying Oscar in his can, in both Here Come the Puppets! and Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake. In the latter, Bruno surprised both Oscar (to his disappointment) and the humans (to their amazement) at how good of a skater he was.
The character was dropped when the foam plastic broke down, and Bruno was never rebuilt.
Appearances
- Sesame Street
- Here Come the Puppets!
- Follow That Bird
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
- Sesame Street, Special
- Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
Book appearances
- First Day of School (1982)
- Ernie's Neighborhood (1987)
- Oscar's Grouchy Sounds (1990)
Sources
- ↑ Spinney, Caroll. The Wisdom of Big Bird. pages 63-64, New York: Villard, 2003.
- ↑ Spinney, Caroll. The Wisdom of Big Bird. page 64, New York: Villard, 2003.