Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show!

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with Lou Berger! Lou has had the great pleasure of working as a writer and eventually head writer on Sesame Street starting in 1989, finishing in 2008. Through that, he wrote many scripts for characters such as Telly Monster and Big Bird, specials including Sesame Street Stays Up Late and The Street We Live On and even creating the character Baby Bear! They al...

Also this week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with Patrick Bristow! Patrick is an actor who you may have seen in a number of different projects, including "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody", "Ellen", "That's So Raven", "Malcolm in the Middle" and tons more. They discuss filming The Suite Life episode where they film the Tipton commercial, co-creating Puppet Up Uncensored with The Jim Henson Company's...

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with Cathi Turow! Cathi is an Emmy Award-winning writer who wrote various different things for Sesame Street for 20 years, including being a part of the team who created its most long-running segment, Elmo's World. They discuss her beginnings with Sesame Street as a production assistant, songs she wrote such as Cereal Girl and The Birdcall Boogie, other projec...

This week, celebrating Avenue Q's 20th anniversary, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with Rick Lyon! Aside from originating Nicky, Trekkie Monster and various other roles in the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, Rick has had the great pleasure of puppeteering in television and film, including Sesame Street, Bear in the Big Blue House, The Book of Pooh and a whole lot more! They discuss performing the...

This week, Jake, Chris, Matt and former co-host Matthew speak with Steve Feldman! Steve is a director whose career spans across several decades, serving as a director on "Sesame Street" for several years, including several celebrity appearances like R.E.M., Renée Fleming, Garth Brooks and more! He also directed on the "Barney & Friends" series and various Barney Home Videos! They talk about wo...

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with Jason Paige! Jason is a singer and record producer whose voice is most famously known as the singer of the original theme song in the long-running "Pokémon" anime franchise, as well as working with celebrity artists like Michael Jackson, Usher and The Muppets, having his own one-man show and many more!

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with Lane Napper! Lane is an actor and choreographer who choreographed the dance sequences in various Nickelodeon series, including "Drake & Josh", "iCarly" and "Victorious", which he also appeared on as Hollywood Arts' guidance counselor, Lane Alexander! They talk his time teaching acting and dance, share some fun inside scoops, venturing into producing a...

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with Dennis Scott! Dennis is a two-time Grammy and Emmy award winning composer and producer who wrote a number of songs for television, such as "Sesame Street", "Noddy" and "BJ's Teddy Bear Club", songs for stage, children's videos and recordings, various "Mister Rogers" projects and even started out acting at a very young age! A truly fun chat!

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with Alan Katz! For several decades, Alan has worked as a print and television writer, writing for animated series such as "Goof Troop" and "Disney's Raw Toonage" and writing many parody songs and other funny skits for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show". He is also an author, responsible for the books "Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs", "Oops!",...

And now, our feature presentation! This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with a true legend in the voiceover industry! Brian Cummings' voice can be heard in television and radio, including many home video promos for companies like Disney, Paramount and Columbia TriStar, as well as lending his voice to characters in projects like "DuckTales", "G.I. Joe", "The Berenstain Bears", "Disney's Adventures...

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with puppeteer and writer David Matthew Feldman, who performed the role of Mayor Milford Meanswell in the Icelandic children's series "LazyTown", as well as puppeteering on projects like PBS Kids' "Between the Lions" and Playhouse Disney's "The Book of Pooh"! They talk about what it was like filming in Iceland, working with the late Stefán Karl Stefánsson, wri...

This week, summer vacation is back as Jake, Chris, Matthew and Matt speak with actor Vincent Martella, who many will know as the voice of Phineas Flynn in the long-running Disney Channel and Disney XD animated series "Phineas and Ferb" and Chris Rock's best friend, Greg Wuliger, in the UPN and The CW sitcom "Everybody Hates Chris". They talk about how he landed those such iconic roles, favorite in...

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with another writing legend, Luis Santeiro, who wrote for "Sesame Street" for many years, including the home videos "The Alphabet Game" and "Fiesta!", scenes such as where Elmo learns how to salsa dance and when Big Bird gets Cookie Monster's famous song stuck in his head, as well as writing for the '70s bilingual sitcoms "Carrascolendas" and "¿Qué Pasa, USA?"...

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with actor Michael Brandon, who our viewers and listeners will mostly remember as one of the narrators of the long-running children's "Thomas & Friends" franchise from 2004 to 2012 and who those in the UK may remember as James Dempsey in the British drama series "Dempsey and Makepeace" and many more!

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with actress, director and writer Alison Bartlett, who many will know as veterinarian Gina Jefferson, one of the human cast members on the long-running children's "Sesame Street" franchise from 1986 to 2015. They talk about her fondest memories from working with the recently passed Bob McGrath and Emilio Delgado, doing scenes with Telly Monster, coming back fo...

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with writer Emily Perl Kingsley, who was a writer on the beloved children's series "Sesame Street" from 1970 to 2015. They talk about some of her favorite projects she wrote, writing scripts for children with disabilities, working with her son Jason and many more!

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with puppeteer and actor Allan Trautman, who puppetry fans may know as the face performer of various characters on Jim Henson's "Dinosaurs", including Fran Sinclair, Chief Elder and tons more! They also talk about the many projects he's done with "The Muppets", working as a director on the PBS Kids series "Sid the Science Kid" and many more!

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with actor Eric Rollins, who people may know as one of the cast members in the third season of the '90s-'2000s revival of the PBS series "Zoom". They talk about all things from "Camp Zoom" to filming the opening theme, how he got started in the acting industry, getting to reunite with the rest of the "Zoom" cast in 2020 and many more!

This week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with another wonderful puppeteer, Billy Barkhurst, who "Sesame Street" fans may know as the former performer of the beloved Muppet character, Ernie, starting off as his understudy performer in 2009 and officially performing him full-time from 2014 to 2017. They also talk about his other projects like "Kid Fitness", his current career as a UX product designer a...

This week, Jake, Chris, Matthew and Matt speak with J. Paul Zimmerman, who any Disney Channel fan may know as Dylan Piper, the brother of Marnie and Sophie Piper, in the long-running DCOM film series "Halloweentown". They chat all about the audition process for the role, favorite scenes and spells from the movies, working with icons like Debbie Reynolds and Judith Hoag, their favorite Halloween me...

In the seventy-seventh episode, Jake, Chris, Matt and former co-host Wyatt chat with cartoonist and animator Pat Giles, where they talk about his time working on several projects for Jumbo Pictures/Cartoon Pizza, including the Disney series "Stanley", "PB&J Otter", "Disney's Doug" and "JoJo's Circus", working on a ton of different cereal commercials, his work for Danger Pigeon Studios and Holl...

In the seventy-sixth episode, Jake, Chris, Matt and former co-host Wyatt chat with Canadian actor Bruce Dinsmore, where they talk about his time voicing the characters Binky Barnes, David Read and Bailey in the long-running children's animated series "Arthur", some of his other projects like "Wimzie's House" and "What's with Andy?", recording dialog for the "Arthur" merchandise and so much more!

In the seventy-fifth episode, Jake, Chris, Matt and former co-host Wyatt chat with puppeeter Ryan Dillon, where they talk about his many contributions to "Sesame Street" and "The Muppets" over the years, including inheriting and performing the role of Elmo since 2013, his introduction to the world of puppets, how he first started working for "Sesame Street" doing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...

In the seventy-fourth episode, Jake, Chris, Matt and former co-host Wyatt chat with puppeeter Tau Bennett, where they talk about his introduction to puppetry, meeting fellow puppeteers Kevin Clash and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, getting to perform Baby Bear in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade at only 11-years-old, originating the role of Tamir, starting his own projects such as "The Rumble Ensemble"...

In the seventy-third episode, Jake, Chris, Matt and former co-host Wyatt chat with the Creative Director of Character Design at Sesame Workshop, Louis Henry Mitchell, where they talk about his work for "Sesame Street" and Sesame Workshop's other projects, from designing DVD covers, directing still photos of the Muppets, designing and co-sculpting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons and flo...