http://www.UnderThePuppet.com -  Keith Shubert is a puppeteer, puppet festival director, toy maker and champion of all things puppetry.  Keith also performs as Toybox, America’s Favorite Cartoon Witch whose unique brand of puppet entertainment is in high demand for puppet slams, shows and festivals across the country.  I sit down with Keith to talk about his career and thoughts on puppetry for this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Keith Shubert, and support the show, by becoming a Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patron. Visit www.patr ..read more

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 Star Wars Films.  He also assisted Frank Oz for Yoda’s big return to the screen in The Last Jedi.  I talk with Dave Chapman about his career and thoughts on puppetry on this ep ..read more

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 Matt Vogel to talk about his work with these characters, the new Muppet’s series Muppets Now on Disney+, and much more on this episode of Under the Puppet. Transcript of this interview ..read more

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com -  Aanika’s Elephants is a stage show featuring puppetry that is about a young Kenyan girl who meets a baby elephant at the orphanage where her father works.  The show was written by Emmy Award winning Sesame Street writer Annie Evans and directed by Sesame Street and Muppets puppeteer Pam Arciero. Annie and Pam also produce the show along with Jean Marie Keevins who puppeteers in the production as well.  I sat down with Annie, Pam and Jean Marie for a discussion about the show and its development.  During our discussion we were also brief ..read more

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com -  Puppeteers Donna Kimball and Colleen Smith are the creators, directors, and producers of  GLOP - The Glorious Ladies of Puppetry.  Donna and Colleen, along with puppeteer Alice Dinnean, created GLOP to promote the many incredible Lady Puppeteers, Puppeteers of Color and Non-Binary and Trans puppeteers there are around the world.  I sat down with Donna and Colleen to talk about the history of GLOP, the two seasons of the show they’ve produced, the live show spin off and much more on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my ..read more

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 Space.  I talk to Joey Mazzarino about his career in puppetry and writing for puppets on this episode of Under The Puppet. Also, this month you can win a handmade Flat-Footed Fri ..read more

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 the Umbrella Tree which ran on the CBC and then The Disney Channel for years.  Several of Noreen’s puppets are housed at the Canadian Museum of History and in 1995 she was awarded the Or ..read more

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com -  Russ Walko has puppeteered on projects such as Five Nights at Freddy’s, Waffles + Mochi and Mystery Science Theater 3000.  He’s also an Emmy Nominated puppet wrangler and builder who has worked with The Muppets and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.  His own puppet shop Puppet Garage has built puppets for commercials and films and TV shows such as The Barbarian and the Troll.  I talk to Russ Walko about all this and more on this supersized 100th episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Russ Walko by becoming a ..read more

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com -  Cat Rock is a puppeteer, filmmaker and puppet builder who lives in Bristol in South West England.  Disciplined in many styles of puppetry from hand and rod, to shadow, to table top to giant puppets, Cat is always looking to push the notion of what can be done with puppets.  She’s a trustee at puppet place, a workspace for all things puppetry in Bristol and she spearheads the Bristol 48 Hour Film Challenge.  Additionally, she’s puppeteered for Coldplay in front of 70,000 people, created a puppet show for a bio-dome and brought the classi ..read more

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - I've asked some of my favorite puppeteers to bring in their favorite pieces of puppetry for us to look at these popular scenes from a puppeteer's point of view! This week my guest is Drew Massey and we watch Feed Me from the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors directed by Frank Oz. This episode's clip if you want to watch along: https://youtu.be/KNHrzZUascE #puppets #puppetry #puppeteers  CONNECT WITH THE SHOW http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet CONNECT WITH GRANT http://www.MrGrant.com http://www.twitter.com/toasterbo ..read more