Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show!

In Episode 172 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we are joined by TV and film director Hugh Martin! Hugh started his directing career on the long-running PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which led to countless other TV series, such as Reading Rainbow, Double Dare, Bear in the Big Blue House, Between the Lions, Johnny and the Sprites, Pajanimals and so much more!

In Episode 171 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Dane Strange! Dane was a part of the child cast in one of Playhouse Disney's first original series, Out of the Box, during its first two seasons. We talk to Dane about working with Tony and Vivian, doing arts and crafts on the show and some of his other work as an actor, dancer and also as a Twitch gamer!

In Episode 170 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, Jim Jinkins joins us for a chat! Jim is an animator, cartoonist and producer who brought many wonderful TV series to life! He co-created the series Doug, Allegra's Window, PB&J Otter, Stanley, JoJo's Circus, Pinky Dinky Doo and so much more. We discuss how Doug helped launch the Nicktoons brand, comparing animation to puppetry, Jim&#39...

In Episode 169 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we are joined by animation veteran Tad Stones! Chances are you grew up with many of Tad's projects. For several decades, Tad was an animator, writer, producer and director on various Disney films and TV series. He created a number of animated series for the company including Darkwing Duck, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and the TV adaptation...

In Episode 168 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we are joined by Leslie Hall! For a decade, Leslie had her own pop music band, Leslie & the LY's. She is also known for her appearances in the long-running Nick Jr. series Yo Gabba Gabba!, made a guest appearance on The Aquabats! Super Show! and voiced the character Big Dook in the Disney XD series Pickle and Peanut!

In Episode 167 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we speak to Joey Mazzarino! From 1989 to 2015, Joey had the pleasure of working at Sesame Street as a puppeteer, writer and director. During his days there, he brought countless characters to life, like Murray Monster, Stinky the Stinkweed, Horatio the Elephant, Papa Bear, Ingrid, Joey Monkey, Bug and others. Outside of Sesame Street, Joey also pu...

In Episode 166 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we speak to Marc Petrosino and Michael Latini! Marc and Michael contributions to the puppet world include working on things together and separately. Marc puppeteered on projects such as Crank Yankers, Elmo's Christmas Countdown and Blue's Room as the puppeteer of Silly Seat. Michael toured with Bear in the Big Blue House Live and worked on...

In Episode 165 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we chat with Mike Young! Mike is a Welsh Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning producer who has quite the career in the animation industry. Mike is the founder of animation company Splash Entertainment and created the SuperTed franchise, co-executive produced the original PBS adaptation of Clifford the Big Red Dog and its spin-off Clifford's Puppy Days...

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, Michael Schupbach joins us to discuss his career in the art of puppet building, designing and wrangling! Michael's puppet building work includes projects such as Sesame Street, Bear in the Big Blue House, Avenue Q, Greg the Bunny and more. He is also one of the co-creators of the Playhouse Disney series Johnny and the Sprites and co-founded the Puppet...

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we speak with Carin Greenberg. Like a number of our previous guests, Carin wrote a lot of children's TV! Her career started writing for the series Ghostwriter, which led to writing for series like Dragon Tales, Between the Lions, Gullah Gullah Island, Out of the Box and many more. She also helped develop ToddWorld and developed the TV adaptation of Har...

On today's episode of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Greg Lee. Greg is best known for hosting the game shows, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Total Panic and Outta Here! He also voiced the mayor-turned-principal Robert White in the animated series Doug and appeared in various other TV series and films such as The George Lopez Show, Eye of the Dolphin, The Between and mor...

Today's guest on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show is animator and author Rob Renzetti! Some of Rob's best known work in the animation world includes creating the animated Nickelodeon series My Life as a Teenage Robot and writing and directing projects such as 2 Stupid Dogs, Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Gravity Falls and many more!

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we speak with Jonathan Goldstein! Jonathan primarily works as an actor and director and is best known by many for his role as Walter Nichols in the popular Nickelodeon series, Drake & Josh. Aside from Drake & Josh, Jonathan appeared in other projects including Danger Force and Teacher of the Year, directed episodes of iCarly and also directs amateu...

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we're joined by Anthony Asbury! Anthony is a former puppeteer and actor who puppeteered in many films such as Labyrinth, The Witches and The Flintstones. He's best known as puppeteering Rondo, Poco and Tweeter on Nick Jr.'s Allegra's Window, The Grinch, Terrence McBird, Yertle the Turtle and various others on The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seus...

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we chat with Nate Begle! Nate has a career in puppetry, voiceover and audio production. For several years, he performed Crow T. Robot in various Mystery Science Theater 3000 projects and worked on projects with The Jim Henson Company, Sesame Street and The Walt Disney Company. He also co-hosted his own podcast, Getting Felt Up, with Dan "Disney Dan&qu...

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we are joined by Greg Raposo. Greg was a member of the boy band Dream Street that ran from 1999 to 2002. We talk with Greg about the beginnings of the group, working with the late Chris Trousdale and tons more!

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we speak to actress and writer Kelly Vrooman! Kelly served as one of the original hosts for the long-running Sprout morning block, The Sunny Side Up Show. She also starred in the spin-off The Chica Show and performed Patty in The Sprout Sharing Show. Aside from Sprout, she wrote and starred in the short film Rekindled and had guest roles on TV series such...

In today's episode of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we're very honored to be joined by the one and only, David Newell! David is best known for portraying the beloved "speedy delivery" man Mr. McFeely in the long-running PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Join us as we hear stories about Fred Rogers himself, how the series dealt with serious topics, various appearances...

Today's episode of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show is with puppeteer and actor Spencer Lott! Spencer has worked on various Sesame Street projects since 2014, including Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas and the 50th anniversary special. Currently, he performs the character Samuel, the older brother of the autistic Muppet character, Julia. Spencer has also puppeteered in the Macy's Thanksg...

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we are joined by Shannon Flynn! Shannon is an Emmy Award-winning director for TV, film and web and has had the pleasure of directing shows for a variety of networks including Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, HBO and others. Some of the projects Shannon directed includes Hannah Montana, Jessie, Austin & Ally, The Haunted Hathaways and The Thundermans, as we...

Today's guest on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show is James Godwin! James is a puppeteer who is best known as performing the characters Bob on It's a Big Big World, Maestru on Oobi and Polka Dots and Doodleboard in the second season of Blue's Room, as well as various roles on Bear in the Big Blue House, Between the Lions and The Book of Pooh. James is also the founder of the puppet troup...

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Stu Krieger. If you grew up watching Disney Channel, there's a chance Stu wrote your childhood. Stu wrote a handful of Disney Channel Original Movies (also known as DCOMs) including the Zenon trilogy, Smart House, Tru Confessions and many more. Aside from Disney, Stu wrote the screenplay for The Land Before Time, developed Toot & Puddl...

Today's guest on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show is author Gary K. Wolf. Gary is best known as the author of the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? which was adapted into the hit film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Gary has also written other novels such as Killerbowl, Space Vulture, The Resurrectionist and many more.

Our guests this time on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show are Michele Lepe and Stacia Newcomb. Michele and Stacia are best known for hosting the long-running Sprout nighttime block, The Good Night Show, with Michele portraying the role of Nina and Stacia performing the character Star. We talk to them about how Michele landed the hosting job, Stacia's other work with Sprout and some of Michele an...

Today on Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we talk to actress Kaitlin Becker. If you grew up watching Sprout, you might remember Kaitlin as one of the co-hosts on the morning block, The Sunny Side Up Show from 2013 to 2017. Kaitlin's also best known for playing Meekah in the Blippi franchise and has also acted in various films, commercials and in theatre. (Interview recorded prior to the SAG-AF...