Under The Puppet

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  -  Brodrick Jones or Jonesy, is a puppeteer and creator whose wildly inventive puppet pieces are filled with his hilarious sense of humor.   From his webseries Jigsaw to his one man show UBU FAUST that played in Edinburg to his standalone pieces that have been featured at the National Puppetry Conference, Jonesy is incredibly talented and prolific. I talk to Brodric...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  -  Kristin Charney has puppeteered for television, movies and in commercials. She's worked for The Muppets, Cartoon Network, Netflix and more.   She played the title role in The Jim Henson Company production Frances and she's also performed live puppetry in several theater productions.   I talk to Kristen Charney about her career on this episode of Under the Puppet....

http://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 to Troy Murphy about All Felt No Filter, his other puppet projects and more on this episode of Unde...

http://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 episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Jamie Donmoyer exclusively on the f...

http://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 about his career, what drew him to marionettes, his work restoring puppets and much more on this e...

http://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 building book The Foam Book and he puppeteered on the feature film Elmo in Grouchland.   Drew Allison i...

http://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 about her path to puppetry and her career on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my...

http://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 trained new puppeteers at the Disney Parks so there is a lot of great puppetry advice in the discussion...

http://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 puppet cast. I talk to the show's co-creator Drew Massey and series puppeteers Peggy Etra and Nicollette S...

http://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 YouTube Show The Live Test Show. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Antubert exclusively on the f...

http://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 stage shows with Brian Henson's puppet improv show Puppet Up! - Uncensored!   I talk to Colleen abo...

http://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 2009.   He also co-wrote the screenplays for The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland and Muppets From Spa...

http://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 Crystal Age of Resistance and is one of the puppeteers the iconic round droid BB-8 in the recent St...

http://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 videos.   I talk to Michelle about her career and her puppet company Viva La Puppet on this episode of Und...

http://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 began as a puppeteer and suit performer on Fraggle Rock and continues to this day in tv shows movies...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  - Mike Quinn's first professional puppetry gig was working for Jim Henson on The Great Muppet Caper.   His second job was working on The Dark Crystal.   Since then he's puppeteered on a ton of projects including The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted, and The Ghost of Faffner Hall.   He also played the role of Nien Nunb in the film Return of the Jedi and he reprised the r...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  -  Noreen Young is an incredibly influential puppeteer, puppet builder and producer who has been working in the business for decades.  She had a hand in creating several iconic Canadian TV Shows including Hi Diddle Day and Pencil Box , she built puppets for TV Shows like Today's Special and Telefrancais , and she created, produced and puppeteered on the show Under t...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  - Jim Napolitano is the creator of Nappy's Puppets.   He's known throughout the US as one of the leading shadow puppetry artists performing today.   In addition to performing his uniquely hilarious shows all across the country, he's also done film and TV work for show like the Between the Lions, Weinerville and, most recently, The Walking Dead: The World Beyond.   I...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  - Willie Tyler is a ventriloquist who, along with his partner Lester, has been making a living in show business since the 1960s when he was hired as the MC for Motown's Motorcity Review.   He joined the cast of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in in 1972 and has appeared in countless tv shows, commercials and films since.   He's opened for such heavy hitters as Sammy Davis Jr...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  - John Kennedy is a puppeteer on Sesame Street where he plays Mumford the Magician.   His other credits include work on The Muppets , Dinosaurs , The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss , and Jack's Big Music Show .   I sit down to talk with John about his career including his first day working with The Muppets where he assisted Jim Henson on this episode of Under The Pupp...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  - Nina Keogh puppeteered the rhyming Muffy Mouse on the show Today's Special .   Her other puppetry credits include work on the iconic Canadian kids shows, The Friendly Giant and Mr. Dressup as well as the 1994 Walt Disney Pictures film The Santa Clause .   Some might say that Nina was born into puppetry as both her parents and her grandfather were puppeteers as wel...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  - Kevin Clash made Sesame Street's Elmo the global phenomenon he is today.   He worked with The Muppets starring as Clifford, who went on to host Muppets Tonight.   He puppeteered and voiced Master Splinter in the 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films and puppeteered Aughra in the Netflix Series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.   His numerous other credits i...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  - Tony Urbano is a puppeteer who was trained by and worked with master puppeteers such as Ralph Chessé and Bil and Cora Baird. Tony turned down a job offer from Jim Henson to focus on building his own career, a career that included hundreds of commercials and television and film work including Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, Men In Black, Team America and ma...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  -  Matt Vogel is a principal Muppet performer who took over the roles of Sesame Street's Big Bird and The Count as well as the most recognizable puppet in the world, Kermit the Frog.   He also performed the villainous Constantine in   the 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted and has made The Muppet's Uncle Deadly the breakout fan favorite he is today.   I sit down with Mat...

http://www. UnderThePuppet.com  - The Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky is the world's only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. I speak with Vent Haven's curator Lisa Sweasy about the museum and it's unique collection in this episode of Under The Puppet. Transcript of this interview is available to the Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patrons ! CONNECT WITH VENT HAVEN: WEBSITE:...