Bruno the Trashman is a sanitation engineer on Sesame Street who acts as personal chauffeur to Oscar the Grouch. He was first seen on the show in Episode 1259. 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 physically 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 left hand while inside the Bruno costume. The trash can was connected to an opening in Bruno’s stomach. Spinney could see through where the character’s eyes would have been. A piece of monofilament wire is strung from Bruno’s lower jaw to the inside of Oscar’s can, where Spinney could pull on it (using Oscar’s hand) and manipulate his mouth movements. On occasions, Bruno and Oscar briefly shared a scene without being attached (as in Episode 1370), indicating an additional performer, just as when Big Bird and Oscar share scenes… read more >
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