Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show!

On Episode 217 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Josh Dela Cruz! Josh is an actor who is best known for playing the lead role of Josh in the Nick Jr. Blue's Clues revival series, Blue's Clues & You! During his time on the show, he performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for several years and starred in the Paramount+ movie, Blue's Big City Adventure. Asid...

On Episode 216 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Nigel Plaskitt! Nigel is a British puppeteer and actor who is best known for his many contributions to The Muppets and The Jim Henson Company. He puppeteered on the special The Tale of the Bunny Picnic and a number of films, including Labyrinth, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island and Muppets Most Wanted! In television,...

On Episode 215 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Forrest Harding! Many will know Forrest for his work on the Sprout network as one of the puppeteers and the voice of the character Chica in the morning block The Sunny Side Up Show and its spin-off The Chica Show! Also on Sprout, he performed Reginald, Sharon and Otis on The Sprout Sharing Show and lent his voice to characters such as...

On Episode 214 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Billy Aronson! Early on in Billy's career, he wrote several episodes of the MTV series Beavis and Butt-Head and the Comedy Central series Short Attention Span Theater. He then transitioned into writing for children's series and is best-known for co-creating the PBS Kids series Peg + Cat! He also wrote a number of episodes for...

On Episode 213 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Kurt Heinecke! For many years, Kurt was the music director at Big Idea Entertainment and was one of the most frequent songwriters for the long-running VeggieTales franchise. Some songs he contributed to include writing the music and playing the tuba on the VeggieTales Theme Song, as well as co-writing hit songs like The Hairbrush Song...

On Episode 212 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Michael Oosterom! Michael is a puppeteer and actor whose work as an on-camera actor includes acting on the Nickelodeon series The Amanda Show and in several episodes of the ABC series Help Me Help You. Since 2010, he has puppeteered on various films, TV series and commercials with The Muppets as an additional Muppet performer and perf...

On Episode 211 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Belinda Ward! Belinda is a television writer who wrote for Sesame Street from 1986 to 2021! She wrote dozens of episodes and songs for the show, as well as some of the recurring segments like Monsterpiece Theater, Elmo's World and Elmo the Musical! She also wrote inserts and songs for a number of celebrity guests, including John G...

On Episode 210 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview director, writer and producer Paul Lally! Paul is best known for directing over 100 episodes of the long-running PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He was also a writer for the show and became a close friend of Fred Rogers. Currently, he is an executive producer on the PBS cooking series Ciao Italia. Aside from his work with...

On Episode 209 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Marc Brown, Tolon Brown and Peter K. Hirsch! Many will know Marc's work best for creating the successful Arthur franchise, including the original books and the long-running PBS TV series that aired from 1996 to 2022! His son Tolon was a producer on the show and Peter was head writer on Arthur and wrote for numerous other children&...

On Episode 208 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview writer Stephen White! Stephen started out writing and co-producing shows for the Chuck E. Cheese franchise, before he became a writer for the Barney franchise. During his time with Barney, Stephen wrote dozens of episodes, home videos, live shows, songs and books! Some of his most notable contributions include writing The Treasure of...

On Episode 207 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview actor Kevin Yamada! For several years, Kevin worked for the Sprout TV network, first as the host of The Birthday Show, before moving on to becoming one of the original hosts of the morning block The Sunny Side Up Show from 2007-2009! In addition, he also performed the character Ricky on the afternoon block The Sprout Sharing Show. Asi...

On Episode 206 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteers and puppet builders Patrick and Sean Johnson! Patrick and Sean's work is best known through their puppet company Swazzle, where they have built puppets for projects such as the Netflix series Waffles + Mochi, the Showtime series Kidding, the Comedy Central adult puppet series Crank Yankers, The Simpsons Christmas episod...

On Episode 205 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer Alice Dinnean! Alice has performed in many Muppet productions, including puppeteering various characters on Sesame Street, such as Goldilocks, Sherry Netherland, Mama Bear, Phoebe and more. She also performed the characters Julie Woo and Sizzle on The Puzzle Place, Mary on Jack's Big Music Show and various roles on Bunny...

On Episode 204 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview writer and producer Jocelyn Stevenson! Jocelyn is best known for her contributions to a wide variety of projects for The Jim Henson Company. She started off writing books based on various Muppet productions, then worked as one of the co-creators and writers for the original Fraggle Rock series, as well as serving as consulting produce...

On Episode 203 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview actor Roscoe Orman! Early on in Roscoe's acting career, he performed with the New York Shakespeare Festival and the New Federal Theater. He made his film debut as the title character Willie in the 1973 blaxploitation film Willie Dynamite and acted in projects like Sanford and Son, Law & Order, The Wire, Last Resort and more. M...

On Episode 202 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer and voice actor Drew Massey! Drew's earliest work in the puppet world includes working as an additional puppeteer on the Henson series Dinosaurs. He also puppeteered the character Kyle O'Connor in The Puzzle Place and performed the puppetry of the title character Skeeter in Cousin Skeeter. He has also worked on a num...

On Episode 201 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer, actor and writer Jodi Eichelberger! For many years, Jodi acted with The Tapestry Theatre Company, before having a professional career as a puppeteer. His best-known puppeteering role was performing Stingy on the Nick Jr. and Sprout series LazyTown. He was also an additional puppeteer on the Sesame Street film The Adventures...

On Episode 200 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer Eric Jacobson! Eric started out as an intern for The Jim Henson Company, then joining Sesame Street in the '90s and inheriting the roles of Grover, Bert, Oscar the Grouch, Guy Smiley and the left head of the Two-Headed Monster. Since the early '2000s, he has also been a Muppet performer with The Muppets, taking on th...

On Episode 199 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview voice actor Chris Phillips! Chris is a voiceover artist who voiced The Professor and Grumper in Felix the Cat: The Movie very early on in his career. He was an announcer for Cartoon Network, before becoming the original voice of Face, the host of the Nick Jr. block! He also voiced Roger Klotz, Boomer and Larry in the Disney version of...

On Episode 198 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer, voice actor and director Victor Yerrid! Before becoming a puppeteer, Victor first worked as an intern for The Jim Henson Company. As a puppeteer, he worked on series such as Bear in the Big Blue House, Between the Lions and The Book of Pooh. Victor is best known for performing Squacky, Jerry Bear and Hank on Pajanimals, Ger...

On Episode 197 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer, writer and director Noel MacNeal! Noel's puppetry career started on The Great Space Coaster, inheriting the role of Knock Knock. Since 1982, he has worked on Sesame Street as a puppeteer and now as a director. He is best known for puppeteering the title character Bear on Bear in the Big Blue House, as well as occasional...

On Episode 196 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Australian voice actor and impressionist Keith Scott! Early on in his professional voiceover career, Keith lent his voice to many radio and TV commercials, both with his original voices and by doing character impressions. He also voiced Flap the Platypus, Splodge the Kangaroo and various others in the Blinky Bill franchise, Bullwinkle...

On Episode 195 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer, puppet designer and director, Tim Lagasse! Tim has performed many styles of puppets for over 3 decades. Some of his most well-known puppeteering roles include performing Mr. Cook and Tweeter on Allegra's Window, Arty Smartypants, Barnaby B. Busterfield III and Gus the Bunny on Between the Lions, Basil on Johnny and the...

On Episode 194 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, voice actress and singer Debi Derryberry returns for a chat! For 30 years, Debi has lent her voice to countless characters in animation. Just to name a few, she voiced the title character Jimmy Neutron in Nickelodeon's Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius franchise, Draculaura in the Monster High franchise and Clay, the host of Playhouse Disney. Aside fr...

On Episode 193 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview musician and composer, Julian Harris! Julian has composed and written songs for dozens of TV series. His children's work includes working on the Disney series Bear in the Big Blue House, starting off as the lead guitar player, then as lead score composer and occasional songwriter. Some other children's series he composed for i...