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Above: Sesame Street’s Big Bird, Caroll Spinney (1969 – Present); Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew (1977, 1980, 1983, 2005); ALF, Michu Meszaros (1986-1990); Barney, David Joyner (1992-2000); the original Alien xenomorph, Bolaji Badejo (1979) and KW from Where the Wild Things Are, Alice Parkinson (2009).

Exposed: The Actors Inside Famous Costumes (Flavorwire)

A man dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants was detained by police outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, officials said Wednesday.

The man was questioned but not arrested Tuesday in what a Los Angeles Police Department official described as a “brief incident with two females.” No other details were available.

Ah but they are now.

LAPD detains man in SpongeBob SquarePants outfit (LA Times Blog)

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The camera on your back sends video footage of whatever’s behind you to the LCD screen at the front. For an authentic Death Becomes Her gaping-hole-through-the-torso (at 1.43) effect.

[NB: You can’t buy this kit. But you have just over a month to build your own prototype from scratch.]

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