Under The Puppet
Series produced by Grant Baciocco
Image by: By Parker Jacobs
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Interviews with professional puppeteers from Sesame Street, The Muppets, The Jim Henson Company and more about the art and business of puppetry.
Under The Puppet is a monthly show that talks to professional puppeteers about the business of puppetry to help aspiring puppeteers turn pro! Hosted by Grant Baciocco (The Jim Henson Company, Mystery Science Theatre 3000).
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Michelle Zamora puppeteers Waffles on the hit Netflix series Waffles + Mochi. She’s performed and built puppets for TV shows including A Black Lad...
- Added: Jan 23, 2023
- Length: 48:00
Gord Robertson was the puppeteer of Zoboomafoo, the talking Lemur from the television show of the same name. He also played Bill, the psychopathic...
- Added: Jan 23, 2023
- Length: 01:13:00
Mike Quinn’s first professional puppetry gig was working for Jim Henson on The Great Muppet Caper. His second job was working on The Dark Crystal....
- Added: Aug 31, 2022
- Length: 01:30:27
Noreen Young is an incredibly influential puppeteer, puppet builder and producer who has been working in the business for decades. She had a hand ...
- Added: Aug 09, 2022
- Length: 01:02:11
Jim Napolitano is the creator of Nappy’s Puppets. He’s known throughout the US as one of the leading shadow puppetry artists performing today. In...
- Added: Aug 02, 2022
- Length: 01:16:47
Willie Tyler is a ventriloquist who, along with his partner Lester, has been making a living in show business since the 1960s when he was hired as ...
- Added: Aug 02, 2022
- Length: 35:53
John Kennedy is a puppeteer on Sesame Street where he plays Mumford the Magician. His other credits include work on The Muppets, Dinosaurs, The Wu...
- Added: Aug 02, 2022
- Length: 01:39:10
Nina Keogh puppeteered the rhyming Muffy Mouse on the show Today’s Special. Her other puppetry credits include work on the iconic Canadian kids sh...
- Added: Feb 23, 2021
- Length: 01:03:45
Kevin Clash made Sesame Street’s Elmo the global phenomenon he is today. He worked with The Muppets starring as Clifford, who went on to host Mupp...
- Added: Feb 16, 2021
- Length: 01:34:21
Tony Urbano is a puppeteer who was trained by and worked with master puppeteers such as Ralph Chessé and Bil and Cora Baird. Tony turned down a job...
- Added: Sep 29, 2020
- Length: 01:37:03
Matt Vogel is a principal Muppet performer who took over the roles of Sesame Street’s Big Bird and The Count as well as the most recognizable puppe...
- Added: Aug 25, 2020
- Length: 01:01:54
The Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky is the world’s only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. I speak with Vent Haven’s curato...
- Added: Aug 25, 2020
- Length: 31:42
Ventriloquist Jay Johnson became a household name starring on the sitcom Soap as ventriloquist Chuck Campbell. He later went on to win a Tony Awar...
- Added: Aug 25, 2020
- Length: 01:16:36
I talk to master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, who is teaching a Master Class at the 2020 National Puppetry Conference, about his thoughts on the Confe...
- Added: Aug 25, 2020
- Length: 24:37
Cheryl Blaylock puppeteered the character Eureeka on the hit Nickelodeon show Eureeka’s Castle. Other credits include work on Sesame Street, Oobi,...
- Added: Aug 25, 2020
- Length: 01:06:03
In this first Puppeteer Roundtable, I am joined by Donna Kimball (Fraggle Rock, Dark Crystal Age of Resistance) and Allan Trautman (Muppets, Happyt...
- Added: May 15, 2020
- Length: 57:35
Mark Bryan Wilson puppeteered Slimer in blockbuster film Ghostbusters. His other credits include puppetry work on Beetlejuice, Hook, MuppetVision ...
- Added: May 15, 2020
- Length: 01:18:32
In this episode I chat with Aran de la Peña of Pro Puppet Makers about how he constructed the giant puppets for Disney/Pixar’s A Celebration of the...
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- Added: Apr 23, 2020
- Length: 57:28
- Purchases: 1
My guest this episode is David Stephens of All Hands Productions. David creates family friendly, one person puppets shows that tour all across the ...
- Added: Apr 23, 2020
- Length: 01:19:14
Let’s say you are a puppeteer who lives in an area where there is no Puppetry Guild. What do you do? Well, if you’re puppeteer Katy Williams you ...
- Added: Mar 21, 2020
- Length: 42:30
