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Puppet Tears, ep 083 — Kevin Carlson on Timmy the Tooth + SAGAFTRA Puppetry Negotiations
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - December 13, 2023 12:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWE. ARE. BACK! We’re joined by Kevin Carlson, creator and star of the iconic 90’s video series Timmy the Tooth. Kevin is also known for his work on projects including The Mr. Potato Head Show, Imagination Movers, Crank Yankers, and The Muppets. Additionally, he is a co-chair of the SAG/AFTRA Pup...
Puppet Tears, ep 082 — Larry Guild, the Godfather of Puppet Fleece
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - March 30, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe’re joined today by the godfather of puppetry fleece — Larry Guild! Larry’s family-owned company, Hampshire Textiles, manufactured countless styles of fabrics that were distributed throughout the world until 2018. He became a key-player in the puppetry world after meeting Jim Henson at a trade ...
Puppet Tears, ep 081 — Jake Bazel on Winnie the Pooh + Duncan the Skunk
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - January 26, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're back with one of the busiest puppeteers in the industry—Jake Bazel! Star of Disney's Winnie the Pooh Show off-Broadway, which he also wrote and helped to develop, Jake also starred in Paddington Gets in a Jam, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Jim Henson's Dinosaur Train: LIVE. His on-screen...
Puppet Tears, ep 080 — Little Shop of Horrors on Broadway
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - September 20, 2021 20:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're celebrating the re-opening of theatre on Broadway and "The 21st Day of the Month of September" with the puppeteer cast of Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors revival — Eric Wright and Teddy Yudain! Together, they perform Audrey II in this production of the Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's cul...
Puppet Tears, ep 079 — Haley Jenkins
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - September 06, 2021 14:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsOn this week's show we're joined by one of puppetry's rising stars — Haley Jenkins! Haley currently stars in the title role of PBS Kids's Donkey Hodie, based on characters from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. She has also performed on Helpsters, The Pee Wee Herman Show Live on Broadway, Sesame Street, ...
Puppet Tears, ep 078 — Brian Jay Jones
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - August 25, 2021 17:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHere to discuss his decades as a writer and biographer, Puppet Tears welcomes Brian Jay Jones. He has written best-selling biographies on iconic artists such as Washington Irving, Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), and George Lucas. His 2013 book, Jim Henson: The Biography was written with the cooperat...
Puppet Tears, ep 077 — ToughPigs.com
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - August 09, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsOn this episode, we're celebrating 20 years of ToughPigs.com with the help of Joe Hennes and Ryan Roe! As co-owners of the site, as well as editor-in-chief and head writer, respectively, Joe and Ryan have overseen the evolution of ToughPigs from a little-known fan blog to a robust media outlet f...
Puppet Tears, ep 076 — Chase Woolner
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - July 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsLet's give a big hand for this week's guest and our ol' pal Chase Woolner! Chase is the owner and operator of Busy Hands studio, where he crafts handmade puppets, pottery, and art supplies. He has worked as an additional Muppet performer on numerous projects including the films The Muppets and ...
Puppet Tears, ep 075 — Jim Kroupa
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - July 13, 2021 02:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsFor this episode of Puppet Tears, the guys have their yearly check-up with The Godfather of Puppet Tears - Mr. Jim Kroupa. Infamously known for his work as a puppet builder and mech designer, Kroupa has worked on countless films and television shows from Sesame Street and The Muppets Take Manhat...
Puppet Tears, ep 074 — Hugh Purves
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - June 28, 2021 21:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're back with a guest who has traveled from galaxies far, far away, to green lands before the Crystal cracked - Hugh Purves! You know him from his work on Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and so much more. He is the owner an...
Puppet Tears, ep 073 — Stacey Gordon
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - June 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsOn this week's show we're joined by the one-and-only Stacey Gordon. Stacey is the founding owner of Puppet Pie, a puppet building art studio in Phoenix Arizona. She is also a performer on Sesame Street, where she has performed Julia, the first Muppet character with Autism, since 2015. We talk ...
Puppet Tears, ep 072 — Jamie Bressler
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - May 17, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsOn this episode, we have an animated discussion with the one-and-only Jamie Bressler! An absolute power-house puppet builder, Jamie has built characters and props for the Jim Henson Company, Saturday Night Live, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and beyond. Her own work has earned her Comic-Co...
Puppet Tears, ep 071 — Street Gang
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - May 03, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHere to discuss their critically renowned documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, Puppet Tears welcomes the film's producers Trevor Crafts and Ellen Scherer Crafts. Their movie, based on Michael Davis's 2008 book Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street, was an official s...
Puppet Tears, ep 070 — Fergie L Philippe
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - April 19, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIt's time to meet our very special guest Fergie L Philippe to Puppet Tears podcast! Fergie is an accomplished musical theatre actor best known as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in Hamilton on Broadway. Fergie is rocketing his way towards a career in puppetry as well and is host of the new p...
Puppet Tears, ep 069 — Madison J. Cripps
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - April 05, 2021 12:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsFor this episode of Puppet Tears, the guys are joined by one of their best friends in the world of puppetry - Madison J. Cripps. Known around the world for his boisterous approach to busking, Madison is the founder of Cripps Creations (formerly Cripps Puppets). He has performed marionettes at ve...
Puppet Tears, ep 068 — Warrick Brownlow-Pike
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - March 15, 2021 19:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're back with one of the hardest working puppeteers in the business - Warrick Brownlow-Pike! You know him from his work with CBeebies as Oucho Cactus and Dodge the Dog, performing Marion the Cat on BBC 2's Mongrels, a lead performer and puppet captain on Netflix's Dark Crystal Age of Resistanc...
Puppet Tears, ep 067 — Phil Fletcher
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - January 27, 2021 14:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsOn this week's show we're hopping across the pond to chat with a real puppetry work horse: Phil Fletcher. Phil has been performing Hacker the Dog live on CBBC nearly every day for over twelve years. He is the prolific puppet builder and cabaret performer behind his original troupe 'The Gluvets.'...
Puppet Tears, ep 066 — Chris Thomas Hayes
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - January 13, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWelcome to 2021! We're kicking off the year with Chris Thomas Hayes, the rising star who has performed Hoots the Owl on Sesame Street since 2019. Chris is a member of the Sesame Workshop mentorship program for new puppeteers, and has worked with the Center for Puppetry Arts and Madcap Puppets. H...
Puppet Tears, ep 065 — Debra Spinney
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - December 26, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThe Cheers to Puppeteers series comes to a close with a very special guest - Debra Spinney. Affectionately known as "Mrs. Big Bird", Deb is the wife of the late Caroll Spinney who brought life to Big Bird and Oscar on Sesame Street for 50 seasons. In addition to being Caroll's manager, she trave...
Puppet Tears, ep 064 — Dave Goelz
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - December 23, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIn our penultimate installment of Cheers to Puppeteers, we're talking to Dave Goelz - the legendary performer who created and still portrays some of The Muppet Show's most iconic characters, including Gonzo the Great, Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Beauregard, and more. He has recently reprised the role...
Puppet Tears, ep 063 — Richard Termine
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - December 09, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIn a very special installment of Cheers to Puppeteers we have an incredible mentor to both Adam and Cam - Richard Termine. Richard is a prolific arts photographer who has documented behind the scenes of Sesame Street and other Henson productions for nearly 40 years, in addition to working as a b...
Puppet Tears, ep 062 — Eric Jacobson
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - November 25, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're going whole-hog for this Cheers to Puppeteers as we're joined by Muppet performer Eric Jacobson. You know Eric as the performer behind some of the most iconic Muppet characters, many of which were originated by Frank Oz, including Miss Piggy, Grover, Fozzie Bear, Bert, and many more. Eric ...
Puppet Tears, ep 061 — Vince Anthony
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - November 11, 2020 17:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCheers to Puppeteers continues the founder of the Center for Puppetry Arts - Vincent Anthony! Vince was the Executive Director of the Center from 1978 until December 2019, where he oversaw every aspect of the organization - from its award-winning performances to its world-renowned collection of ...
Puppet Tears, ep 060 — Barnaby Dixon
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - October 31, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsOn a special Halloween-drop of Puppet Tears, Barnaby Dixon returns to the show, following his spell-binding appearance in Netflix's Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and his YouTube channel reaching one million subscribers. Barnaby is best known for performing small, meticulously designed puppets...
Puppet Tears, ep 059 — Bonnie Erickson
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - October 28, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIt's time to Cheers to Puppeteers! Our guest this week is Bonnie Erickson, whose unparalleled talent has helped define the Muppets' signature look on screen, in toys and merchandise, and on exhibition with The Jim Henson Legacy. Bonnie served as the head of the Muppet Workshop through the first ...
Puppet Tears, ep 058 — Michael Curry
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - October 14, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThe Cheers to Puppeteers keep on coming! We're joined this time by Michael Curry whose firm Michael Curry Design has created the legendary puppet and scenic designs behind some of the world's most iconic productions. You know his work from Disney's The Lion King on Broadway, Cirque du Soleil, Sh...
Puppet Tears, ep 057 — Phillip Huber
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - September 30, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWe're serving up more Cheers to Puppeteers as we're joined this week by marionette master Phillip Huber. You know Phillip from his iconic film performances in Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovitch and Disney's Oz: The Great and Powerful. His theatrical work includes Darling Grenadine, Busker Alley...
Puppet Tears, ep 056 — Matt Vogel
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - September 16, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCheers to Puppeteers continues as we chat with Muppet performer Matt Vogel. You know Matt for his starring role as Constantine in the 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted and for performing several legacy Sesame Street and Muppet characters, including Big Bird, Count von Count, Uncle Deadly, Floyd Pepp...
Puppet Tears, ep 055 — Fran Brill
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - September 02, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsOur Cheers to Puppeteers series kicks off with the legendary Muppet performer Fran Brill. Fran was the first female puppeteer hired for Sesame Street who brought life to characters such as Prairie Dawn, Zoe, Countess von Backwards, Roxie Marie, and so many more. Other puppetry roles include Satu...
Puppet Tears, ep 054 — Alex + Olmsted
Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk - August 19, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThis week on Puppet Tears, we're joined by our good friends Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas to talk with us about their storied careers as performance artists. Their theater company Alex & Olmsted has devised many works for stage including Homebodies, Marooned! A Space Comedy, and Milo the ...
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