Melissa Creighton (Puppeteer/Puppet Wrangler) || Ep. 237

On Episode 237 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is puppeteer and puppet wrangler Melissa Creighton! Melissa is best known in the puppet world for performing the character Burdette on the PBS series It's a Big Big World! She also worked on Sesame Street for several years as an occasional puppeteer. Aside from her work as a puppeteer, Melissa worked as a set dresser on the Noggin series Oobi and as a puppet wrangler on several Muppet productions, including A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted. She was also a part of the core team that launched the puppet design company Puppet Heap and is a senior production manager on the Apple TV+ series Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock!