'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' imagined some truly messed up Big Bird auditions

Kanye West should stick to literally anything else.
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'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' imagined some truly messed up Big Bird auditions
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Now that Big Bird's original puppeteer Caroll Spinney is leaving Sesame Street after 50 years, people are wondering who can possibly step in to fill his big orange shoes. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert put forth a few... interesting candidates.

Like Kanye West, Brett Kavanaugh, and Donald Trump.

It's probably for the best that veteran puppeteers Matt Vogel and Eric Jacobson got the role instead.

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Alexis Nedd

Alexis Nedd is a senior entertainment reporter at Mashable. A self-named "fanthropologist," she's a fantasy, sci-fi, and superhero nerd with a penchant for pop cultural analysis. Her work has previously appeared in BuzzFeed, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Esquire.


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