Written by Ed Castle. MATT VOGEL Born… October 6, 1970 Notable Muppets… Constantine, 80s Robot, Count von Count, Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Uncle Deadly, Sweetums, Big Bird (understudy) WHO IS MATT VOGEL? Matt Vogel, born in October of 1970, is an accomplished puppeteer who joined the Sesame Street troupe in…
Written by Ed Castle. ERIC JACOBSON Born… July 25, 1970 Notable Muppets… Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Grover, Bert, Animal, Sam Eagle, Marvin Suggs, Guy Smiley, Mr. Tiger, Harry the Duck, Frankfurter WHO IS ERIC JACOBSON? Eric Jacobson, born in July of 1970, is one of the members of the newer group of core Muppet performers.…
Today’s post was written by Tom Stroud. JOEY MAZZARINOBorn…1968 Notable Muppets…Murray Monster, Stinky the Stinkweed, Horatio the Elephant, Papa Bear, Blögg, Two Headed Monster (2003-), Bug, Goggles, Colambo WHO IS JOEY MAZZARINO?Joey Mazzarino set out to be a performer. When he was in college, Camille Bonora, a Sesame Street puppeteer, came into his class to…
Today’s article was written by Tom Stroud. FOZZIE BEAR Puppet characters… Chuckie, Smedley, Andy Ross (OK Go) Not much is known about Fozzie Bear’s life before the Muppets. He was raised by his beloved mother, Emily Bear. Although Fozzie and Emily do not practice hibernation, though his uncle does, and while hibernating, he left Fozzie…
Today’s Weekly Muppeteer Wednesdays piece was written by Tom Stroud. NOEL MACNEAL Born… September 15, 1961 Notable Muppets… Bear, Daddy Snuffle, Madam Chairbird, Mommy Snuffleupagus (1980’s-1990’s) WHO IS NOEL MACNEAL? Noel MacNeal was born in 1961, in Central Harlem, New York. As a kid, he watched the preview episode for Sesame Street, “This Way…
Today’s Weekly Muppeteer Wednesday post was written by Tom Stroud. PETER LINZ Born… June 28th Notable Mupptes… Walter, Tutter, Pip Peter Linz began puppeteering at the early age of three, with his first performance at the age of 8, for a group of friends at a birthday party. He attended the University of Georgia, not…
Today’s Weekly Muppeteer Wednesdays post was written by Tom Stroud. DAVID RUDMAN Born… June 1, 1964 Notable Muppets…Baby Bear, Cookie Monster (2001-), Right Head of the Two Headed Monster (1992-), Sully (1992-), Scooter (2008-), Janice (2008-) WHO IS DAVID RUDMAN?David Rudman first worked with Muppets as an intern with the Muppet Workshop in the summer…
(Note from the British Correspondent: AH-HA! I have once again found my way back to the control room of the Muppet Mindset and today I am posting…oh…Ryan already has a post ready to go…fine…I shall post that for today, but I will be back! Just keep a weather eye open…Hmm…should probably spice up this article…
As always, today’s Weekly Muppeteer Wednesday was written by Tom Stroud. LESLIE CARRARA-RUDOLPH Notable Muppets…Abby Cadabby, Spamela Hamderson, Prairie Dawn’s Mom, various Anything Muppets and monsters WHO IS LESLIE CARRARA-RUDOLPH? Leslie Carrara-Rudolph grew up as a Muppet fan, and, like many other Muppeteers, made puppets when she was young. She started out in small theater…
Today’s Weekly Muppeteer Wednesday is written by Tom Stroud. KAREN PRELL Born…7/31 Notable Muppet Characters…Red Fraggle, Yolanda the Rat, Deena (Sesame Street) The Ghost of Christmas Past (Puppeteer), The Junk Lady (Puppeteer), The Worm (Puppeteer) WHO IS KAREN PRELL? Karen Prell was born on July 31st in Florida. She moved around quite a bit, and…
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