Latest Puppeteer Podcast Episodes
71 - Troy Murphy (All Felt No Filter) - Under The Puppet
Under The Puppet - May 01, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - All Felt No Filter is a puppet company that creates personalized custom puppet videos for people all over the world. Puppeteer Troy Murphy is the mastermind behind All Felt No Filter and in 2020, he was able to quit his job and work on puppets full time. I talk...
70 - Jamie Donmoyer (Johnny and the Sprites, Sesame Street) - Under The Puppet
Under The Puppet - April 01, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Jamie Donmoyer played the role of Francesca Frog on the show Johnny and The Sprites. She’s also puppeteered on Sesame Street, Pahapahooey Island and at Walt Disney World and Sesame Place. I talk to Jamie about her career and thoughts about puppetry on this epis...
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 ...
Dream To Play - Jacob Williams
Talking Sock - March 08, 2022 06:14 - 1 hourLemony S Puppet Theatre is the whimsical invention of dynamic duo Sarah Kriegler and Jacob Williams. Last episode, we spoke to Sarah about how she has cultivated a career as a dancer, puppeteer, writer, director, mentor and festival producer. This week, we speak with Jacob. Jacob's done just ab...
69 - Kevin Menegus (Fratello Marionettes) - Under The Puppet
Under The Puppet - March 01, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Kevin Menegus is a puppeteer and the owner of the Fratello Marionettes, a puppet company that has been producing timeless marionette shows since 1989. He’s also the co-author of the book: A Century of California Puppetry: How The West Was Strung. I talk to Kevin ...
Stargazing for Sputnik - Sarah Kriegler
Talking Sock - February 07, 2022 13:26 - 1 hourLemony S Puppet Theatre is the whimsical invention of dynamic duo Sarah Kriegler and Jacob Williams. Over the course of her career, Sarah has cultivated a career as a dancer, puppeteer, writer, director, mentor, festival producer - you name it! But what strikes me most about Sarah is her pas...
Stargazing for Sputnik
Talking Sock - February 07, 2022 13:26 - 1 hourLemony S Puppet Theatre is the whimsical invention of dynamic duo Sarah Kriegler and Jacob Williams. Over the course of her career, Sarah has cultivated a career as a dancer, puppeteer, writer, director, mentor, festival producer - you name it! But what strikes me most about Sarah is her pas...
68 - Drew Allison (Grey Seal Puppets, The Adventures of Elmo In Grouchland) - Under The Puppet
Under The Puppet - February 01, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Drew Allison is the creator and owner of Grey Seal Puppets, a puppet company that specializes in live puppet shows (many of which have received UNIMA Citations), on camera puppetry and custom character creation. He is the co-author of the very influential puppet b...
One Of The Gang - Marilyn Agrelo
Talking Sock - January 29, 2022 05:56 - 30 minutesSTREET GANG: How We Got To Sesame Street releases in Australia in select cinema's and on digital on February 2nd 2022. To celebrate, we've collaborated with UNIMA Oz and NIXCO to bring you a special interview with the documentary's Director, Marilyn Agrelo. Marilyn is a director in her own rig...
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...
67 - Laura Bacon (Patsy May, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Dark Crystal) - Under The Puppet
Under The Puppet - January 01, 2022 08:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Laura Bacon is the creator and puppeteer of Patsy May who went all the way to the finals of Britain’s Got Talent. She’s also puppeteered on Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance and the recent incarnation of Spitting Image. I talk to Laura ...
66 - Greg Ballora (Spider-Man 2, Ratched, Team America) - Under The Puppet
Under The Puppet - December 01, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Greg Ballora is a puppeteer and builder who has had an incredible career in the business starting out working on projects such as Timmy the Tooth, Muppets Tonight, and Spider-Man 2 through to today working on shows like Earth to Ned and Ratched. Greg has also tra...
Let's All Eat Cake - Ronnie Burkett
Talking Sock - November 21, 2021 00:12 - 1 hourIn the darkest point of Toronto's lockdown, Ronnie Burkett made an instagram post about the day when we would all be together again. As Melbourne and Toronto emerge from these dark times, it finally feels like the right time to release this episode. It's also my birthday. So "let's all eat cak...
65 - The Barbarian and the Troll with Drew Massey, Peggy Etra & Nicolette Santino - Under The Puppet
Under The Puppet - November 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - The Barbarian and the Troll is a comedic puppet television series that began airing on Nickelodeon in April of 2021. Set in the the fantasy realm of Gothmoria, The Barbarian and the Troll tells the story of Brendar the Barbarian and Evan the Troll with an all pupp...
64 - Antubert Johnson (The Live Test Show, Aniform Puppets) - Under The Puppet
Under The Puppet - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Antubert Johnson saw an Aniform puppet on TV when he was a kid and made it his life goal to figure out how to build one. This episode I talk to Antubert about the history of the Aniform puppet and how he built one from scratch that he performs it regularly on the ...
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, ...
63 - Colleen Smith (The Barbarian and the Troll, Earth To Ned, No You Shut Up)
Under The Puppet - September 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Colleen Smith puppeteered Brendar the Barbarian on the Nickelodeon show The Barbarian and the Troll. She also performed the sarcastic A.I. BETI on the Disney+ show Earth To Ned. Other credits include No You Shut Up!, The Happytime Murders and hundreds of live st...
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...
62 - Joey Mazzarino (Sesame Street, Donkey Hodie, Muppets)
Under The Puppet - August 01, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Joey Mazzarino started as a puppeteer on Sesame Street in 1989. He’d go on to perform characters such as Murray Monster, Stinky the Stinkweed and Horatio the Elephant. He joined Sesame Street’s writing staff in 1991 and would become head writer on the show in 20...
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...
61 - Dave Chapman (Dark Crystal, Star Wars, Otis the Aardvark)
Under The Puppet - July 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Dave Chapman wrote a letter to Jim Henson when he was 11. 8 or so years later he was puppeteering on his first professional gig, Muppets Treasure Island. Since then he puppeteered Otis the Aardvark for 5 years on the BBC, performed as The Emperor Skeksis in Dark...
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 ...
60 - Michelle Zamora (Waffles & Mochi, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Viva La Puppet)
Under The Puppet - June 01, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Michelle Zamora puppeteers Waffles on the hit Netflix series Waffles + Mochi. She’s performed and built puppets for TV shows including A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO, for Theater where she won an award for her puppetry designs and for commercials and music video...
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...
59 - Gord Robertson (Zoboomafoo, Fraggle Rock, The Jim Henson Hour)
Under The Puppet - May 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingshttp://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Gord Robertson was the puppeteer of Zoboomafoo, the talking Lemur from the television show of the same name. He also played Bill, the psychopathic ventriloquist dummy on the tv show Puppets Who Kill. I sit down with Gord Robertson to talk about his career that b...