Puppet Masters of None

Welcome back Ben, and welcome back to another installment of Puppet History! In this episode we attempt to answer that age old question: "What the heck even is a puppet anyways?!?" You'd think with a combined 10 years of formal puppet education and an over 30 years combined in the business, we'd have a pretty neat and straight forward answer for you, wouldn't you? Well res...

Who goes there?! While Ben is away, Rob joins us again as we talk about the classic 82’ suspense horror The Thing, directed by John Carpenter. This iconic movie shocked audiences with its grotesque and horrifying practical effects and puppetry. Can the puppet masters sit through the ickiest, freakiest, and most disturbing puppets yet? Join us in this paranoid horror classic. Who is who? And who is...

This week on Puppet Masters of None, things get a little mischievous! While Ben gets some much-deserved R and R, guest Puppet Master, Rob Cutler, returns to the show to guest host this week’s episode on Gremlins 2 (1990). Join Will and Rob as they discuss this anarchic cult classic filled with surprise cameos, fourth wall breaks, stop motion, a looney tunes short, and some of the most beautifully...

Happy Holidays everybody! While Ben takes some much needed time off to spend with his family, Will gets the pleasure of continuing the puppet master’s tradition of spending the holiday season with their good friends from What The Muppet Podcast . Join Will, Briah and James as they discuss the 1986 Christmas special, The Christmas Toy . Spend this Holiday season with us as we reminisce about this h...

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights, it's time to SPIN THE MUPPET SHOW'S MAGICAL MONTHLY MUPPET SHOW OF THE MONTH! And this time it landed on Ethel Merman! Oh boy friends, do the PMoN boys have differing opinions on this one! One of the Puppet Masters recognizes the iconic talent of an almost mythical figure in the Broadway Pantheon, a true goddess among...

Ever watch a film and think, "Man. That's a bad puppet."? Well, we most certainly have! This week on PMoN, the boys are join by the one, the only, Aaron Smith (aka Will's film buff brother) to talk about the worst puppets in film history! Maybe we should have done this one for spooky season because man these films are frighteningly bad! From dollar store gremlin knockoffs to ra...

Two great interviews back to back weeks?!?! What a time to be alive! This week, the boys get the amazing pleasure of sitting down and talking to professional puppeteer and theme park entertainer extraordinaire, Kelsey Ann Brady! You might recognize Kelsey from her work as Crow in Netflix's  Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return,  or maybe from her stint as the American Werewolf in Hallowee...

Have we got a show for you! This week the Masters of None are back with a true Puppet Master: Sesame Street , Little Shop, Muppet , and everything else in between puppeteer, Martin P. Robinson. Probably most known for the iconic Mr. Snuffleupuagus and Telly Monster, Martin has had his hand (pun intended) in just about every major puppet group under the sun. From decades on Sesame Street to the ori...

It's election season! Do you know who you're voting for??? Well, we here at PMoN are never disappointed with politicians because we have such a deep love and admirations for puppets everywhere! Sorry, bad joke. But this election season we choose puppets every time with our review of D.C. Follies! This short-lived political satire show from the 1980's featured caricature puppets of s...

It's the end of Spooooooky season ahahah! This week on PMoN, the boys continue their series of the magical wheel's monthly Muppet Sho w of the month, where we gather favorite guest stars chosen by our discord fam and spin the wheel to decide what Muppet Show episode we will be discussing. This week, was of course our special spoooooky edition of the wheel which landed on the spookiest gu...

Hang on to your hats people because boy do we have a hair-raising one for you! This week the Puppet Masters celebrate spooky season with a true horror classic, An American Werewolf in London. Join monster movie aficionado, Will, as he tries to convince horror-hating Ben that this 1980's classic is more than just sex and violence. This OSRAC WINNING movie has it all, gruesome attack scenes, am...

It's officially Spoooooky season, and you all know what that means; spooky puppets on PMoN! For this year's first monstrous puppet film, the boys sit down with a truly terrifying film, Ernest, Scared Stupid! In this 90's classic, legendary comedian, Jim Varney, bring his classic redneck character, Ernest P Worrell, to the horror genre with a frightening romp for the whole family. (o...

Look at us, here we are, right where we belong! The PMoN boys are back with another deep dive into a movie on the Space to Carol Spectrum. This week, Ben and Will discuss the much debated, The Muppets Take Manhattan! Will Will (hehe double wills) be able to convince Ben that this is actually a pretty good Muppet film and get it a boost on the Space to Carol or will it forever be relegated to the b...

You make me feel like dancin'! This week on PMoN, the boys continue their series of the magical wheel's monthly Muppet Sho w of the month, where we gather favorite guest stars chosen by our discord fam and spin the wheel to decide what Muppet Show episode we will be discussing. This week, the wheel landed on Leo Sayer! If you aren't as familiar with who that is, well then you are in...

From the silly to the sacred, puppets can do anything! This week Ben and Will dive into our third P-MoN installment of PUPPET HISTORY! For this episode in our illustrious world puppetry series, the Puppet Masters will be talking about the awe inspiring Indonesian shadow puppets known as Wayang Kulit.  From its deeply religious and ceremonious roots in Hindu culture and epic stories to modern inter...

Did somebody say cheap 3D tricks?!?! This week on Puppet Masters of None, Ben had the great pleasure of heading down to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida to experience the great Muppet extravaganza that is Muppet Vision 3D! With all the rumors of its potential closing, (and these are JUST rumors mind you) Ben wanted to take a pilgrimage down to Jim Henson's last official Muppet project an...

It's time to...PUPPET UP!!! Have we got a show for you! This week Ben and NOT Will (sorrynotsorry) had the great pleasure of talking to Henson puppeteer extraordinaire, RAYMOND CARR!!! Raymond has had such an amazing career with the Henson company and has worked on so many projects, it was difficult to contain the conversation to just one piece, but we managed to talk in depth about the Jim H...

Day-Oh! This week on PMoN, the boys continue their series of the magical wheel's monthly Muppet Sho w of the month, where we gather favorite guest stars from our discord fam and spin the wheel to decide what Muppet Show episode we will be discussing. This week, the wheel landed on HARRY BELAFONTE! And what an episode is it! This one is actually one of Ben's favorites with some amazing mu...

Oh. My. Gosh. When Will and Ben started this podcast almost a year and a half ago, they never imagined the sheer number of amazing guests that they would have the privilege to interview. But never in their wildest dreams did they believe that they would be able to sit down and have a conversation with such an American treasure, the one, the only, LAMBCHOP! Joined by her big sister (and current per...

This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends........Well folks, we finally did it! A show about the American cultural icon, none other than the wonderfully sassy and oh so adorable, Lambchop! And this one is so big we decided to make it a two part-er! For our first installment, Ben and Will dive into the illustrious career of ventriloquist, comedienne, and all around amazingl...

I LOVE ADVENTURE!!! And so does Timmy the Tooth! This week, Ben and Will are giddy with excitement for one of their childhood classics, The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth! For those of you who were not lucky enough to be children during the glorious heyday of direct to VHS puppet entertainment in the mid 1990's, Timmy the Tooth was a phenomenal home video series starring the titular Timmy the...

Oh mother! This week the Puppet Masters of None get a little spooky-scary with our first ever sci-fi horror film, James Cameron's Aliens . Thats Aliens, the sequel to Alien and the second movie in the Alien franchise. Get all that? Why did we choose to start with the second movie in the franchise? For the gorgeous mamma alien queen puppet of course!  In honor of all the wonderful and powerful...

Here we are, back at it again! This week on PMoN, the boys continue their series of the magical wheel's monthly Muppet Sho w of the month, where we gather favorite guest stars from our discord fam and spin the wheel to decide what Muppet Show episode we will be discussing. This week, the wheel landed on SIR ELTON JOHN! And what an episode is it! This one was actually Will's addition to t...

Good morning, Captain! This week the Puppet Masters of None are back at it with another Ben and Will watch a puppet series for the first time. This time, the boys sit down and watch long-running children's television series,  Captain Kangaroo.  This beloved series that ran from the 1950s through the 1980s was a staple for many childhood memories of our parents' generation. How will this...

WHO YOU GONNA CALL? Puppeteer, Actor, and Stunt Performer Kevin Mangold!!! Friend, have we got an episode for you! This week on Puppet Masters of None, the boys got the great honor of sitting down and chatting with Jack of all trades (and unlike us, master of ALL,) Puppeteer Kevin Mangold! Kevin was responsible of bringing the iconic ghost puppet Slimer to life in the franchise's latest insta...