Bob Hope and Celebrity Cast Benefit: New York Zoological Society Program listing indicates only "Bob Hope & Celebrity Cast"; performers entered here taken from information in booking ledger. According to a 2009 interview for Parenthood.com with puppeteer Caroll Spinney (who portrayed the character "Big Bird" on the children's television show "Sesame Street"), he was among the performers for this event: “I was asked to sing ‘People’ on stage with [composer] Jules [sic] Styne,” says Spinney, the puppeteer of two enduring Sesame Street characters, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. “So there I was [as Big Bird] on stage. I’m reaching the top of the song and I could see the top of Carnegie Hall as I leaned back and sang, ‘People who need people,’” Spinney says, pausing to belt out the words in Big Bird’s unmistakable voice. “I thought, my God, look where I am! Look where Sesame Street has brought me!” (Source: http://www.parenthood.com/article-topics/40_years_as_a_bird_and_a_grouch.html) benefit performance 1984-11-28T20:30:00