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Under The Puppet

by Saturday Morning Media

Since 2017. Under The Puppet is a monthly show that is preserving puppetry through the personal stories of professional puppeteers. Guests include puppeteers from The Muppets, Sesame Street, The Jim Henson Company and more. The show also covers other forms of puppetry such as marionettes, shadow puppetry and Bunraku . Hosted by puppeteer Grant Baciocco (The Jim Henson Company, Mystery Science Theatre 3000).

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  1. 124 - Artie Esposito (Muppets, Jungle Book, Crank Yankers) - Under The Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Artie Esposito began working his puppetry skills at a young age. Several years puppeteering at Walt Disney World as well as workshops with The Jim Henson Company and The Muppets would propel him to television on shows such as Crank Yankers and Sesame Street. He...

  2. 123 - Lee Armstrong (Fraggle Rock, Images In Motion)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Lee Armstrong is a puppeteer, producer and the co-owner of Images In Motion, a company that specializes in TV Production, puppets and 3D Printing. Lee worked as a puppeteer on three seasons of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock and her other screen puppetry credits include...

  3. 122 - Behind the Scenes with ventriloquist Terry Fator

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - On Friday, July 21, 2023, I was honored to be asked to host a post-performance question and answer session with ventriloquist Terry Fator at the Puppeteers of America Festival at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. I was able to chat chat with…

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  4. 121 - Honey Goodenough (Word Play, Sock Monkey Circus)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Honey Goodenough is a puppeteer, clown, educator and magician. She's traveled the United States and the world with her shows Sock Monkey Circus and Word Play and she's been featured at the National Puppetry Slam several times. She's toured with the Frisch…

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  5. 120 - Nicolas Coppola (Puppetworks)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Nicolas Coppola became enchanted by puppetry at an early age. This enchantment lead to a life of building, performing and running puppet companies that has lasted over 70 years. He created shows for The Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. and had a long…

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  6. 119 - Jim LoGiudice (Far Outpost, The Rocketeer, The Abyss)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Jim LoGiudice began his career making props and models for films such as The Abyss, Con Air, The Rocketeer, and Armageddon. He made the move to puppetry though his church and started developing the characters and the show that would become Far Outpost, which…

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  7. 118 - Bill Barretta & Frank Oz on Judge Boing Boing

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - In July of 2025, an incredible group of people got together at the Amazon MGM studios in Culver City, California on historic stage 15, to shoot a series of shorts called Judge Boing Boing. I recently sat down with the creative forces behind this project Bill…

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  8. 117 - Amanda Maddock (Five Nights At Freddy's 1 & 2, Bear In the Big Blue House, LazyTown)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Amanda Maddock is a puppeteer, builder, wrangler, and teacher who has experience working with puppets of all sizes. From the regular puppets of The Book of Pooh, Bear in the Big Blue House, Between the Lions, Sesame Street, and The Muppets to the enormous puppets…

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  9. 116 - Geneviève Flati (AJR's Maybe Man Tour, Fraggle Rock Live, Puppet Up)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Geneviève Flati is a puppeteer, producer, and one of the most driven creative individuals I know. Her passion has led to work as Puppet Director, Puppet Captain, and Puppeteer on several nationwide tours, including a role as puppeteer and puppet director for The...

  10. 115 - Rita Peruggi (The Muppets, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Fraggle Rock)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - In 1981, Rita Peruggi was hired by The Jim Henson Company as a production assistant on various projects including Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and The Muppets. She then moved on to the role of producer for the company working on many projects such as the...

  11. 114 - Louise Gold (The Muppets, Dark Crystal, Sesame Street)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Louise Gold is puppetry royalty. A trained theatre performer, Louise began her puppetry career working on the second season of The Muppet Show, where she played many characters — including the role of Annie Sue, much to Miss Piggy's dismay. In addition to…

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  12. 113 - Stacey Weingarten (The Muppet Show Special, Sesame Street, Rescue Rue)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Stacey Weingarten is a puppeteer, puppet wrangler, director, writer, and producer who got her puppet start studying with John Tartaglia and later went on to work on the show Johnny and the Sprites. Since then, she's worked with The Muppets and Sesame Street, where...

  13. 112 - Marisol Himmel (Moddy Puppets)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Marisol Himmel is an educational puppeteer and ventriloquist and the creator of Moddy Puppets, A puppet company that explores new ways to use puppetry in education. I talk with Marisol about her puppetry journey, her explorations of different styles of puppetry…

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  14. 111 - Jeanne Lauren (Return of the Jedi, Eco, You and Simon, Too, Skyana)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Jeanne Lauren worked in the creature shop that was building some of the most iconic creatures for Return of the Jedi. She also worked on the film ensuring the creatures looked good on screen and more importantly, that their performers were comfortable while wearing...

  15. 110 - Vanessa Valliere (LOOK! LOOK!, The Life And Times of Terry, Mucca Pazza)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Vanessa Valliere creates original solo theater shows combining elements of clown and puppetry. She's performed these shows all over the world and often performs at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. She's also toured with the Manual Cinema and she...

  16. 109 - Showko Showfukutei 笑福亭 笑子 (Australia's Got Talent, Saccharine)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Showko Showfukutei is a Ventriloquist, comedian, actor and one of the few female Rakugo performers in the world. Born in Japan, Showko traveled the world with stops in Canada, Singapore, London to learn her craft which combines 400 year old Japanese comedy…

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  17. 108 - Sarah Oh (Five Nights At Freddy's, Muppets, Barbarian and the Troll)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Sarah Oh is a puppeteer and improvisor who got her start in puppetry working on the Jim Henson Company Show Splash and Bubbles. Since then she's worked with The Muppets, Puppet Up Uncensored, Postmodern Jukebox and on TV shows like Kidding and The Barbarian and the...

  18. 107 - Adrian Rose Leonard (If It Bleeds, Waffles & Mochi's Restaurant, Mr. Neighbor's House)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Adrian Rose Leonard is a puppeteer, builder and director who has worked in many forms of puppetry. She's puppeteered on TV shows like Waffles & Mochi's Restaurant, Crank Yankers and Mr. Neighbor's House as well as movies such as If It Bleeds and The Butthole…

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  19. 106 - Stoph Scheer (Creatures of Yes, Muppets Mayhem, Slumberkins)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Stoph Scheer is a puppeteer, writer, and director who has worked with The Jim Henson Company, The Muppets, and even Banksy. Stoph is also a writer, producer and puppeteer for the surreal and nostalgic web series The Creatures of Yes, and has performed in…

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  20. 105 - The Puppeteers of Pee Wee's Playhouse Live

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - On February 2, 2025, Under The Puppet along with past show guest Christine Papalexis, the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry and Bob Baker Marionette Theater held a live episode recording celebrating the puppeteers of Pee Wee's Playhouse. This event sold out in less…

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  21. 104 - Sharon Johnson (Grace & Grins)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Sharon Johnson is the puppeteer creator of Grace and Grins, a puppet company that produces puppet shows that educate, entertain and spread kindness. Her shows are interactive, tailor made to each audience and promote good social and emotional learning practices. I...

  22. 103 - Nicolette Santino (Coldplay's Angel Moon, The Muppets, Earth To Ned)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Nicolette Santino is a puppeteer who has worked with The Muppets, The Jim Henson Company and on the shows The Barbarian and the Troll and Earth To Ned. She also has the 'gig of a lifetime' puppeteering Angel Moon on stage with Coldplay as they tour the world. I sat...

  23. 102 - Keith Shubert (Toybox, America's Favorite Cartoon Witch, The Wham, Bam! Puppet Slam)

    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...

  24. 101 - Aanika's Elephants with Annie Evans, Pam Arciero, Jean Marie Keevins & Marty Robinson

    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...

  25. 100 - Russ Walko (Five Nights At Freddy's, The Muppets Mayhem, Mystery Science Theater 3000)

    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...

  26. 99 - Cat Rock (Puppet Place, Count Duckula, Coldplay's The Weirdos)

    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...

  27. 98 - Luman Coad (Coad Canada Puppets, Teenage Mutant Turtles: The Next Mutation, Stargate SG1)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Luman Coad is a puppeteer who spent several years as the director of The Storybook Theater at Children's Fairyland in Oakland, California. He used the skills learned there to found his own puppet company Coad Canada Puppets, that produced over 30 different puppet...

  28. 97 - Bob Mills (Disneyland, Children's Fairyland, Just Kids)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Bob Mills is one of, if not the original Disneyland puppeteers, performing marionette shows at the park starting in 1957. Before that he puppeteered at Children's Fairyland in Oakland, CA and before that he was the resident puppeteer and clown for the TV show Just...

  29. 96 - Heather Henson & Craig Shemin Present: Movin' Right Along: Jim Henson's Washington Road To Stardom

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - On July 21, 2023 as part of the National Puppetry Festival at the University of Maryland, festival attendees were invited to take a bus tour of historical Jim Henson sites in Washington DC and the surrounding areas. The tour was hosted by Heather Henson and author...

  30. 95 - Danny Montooth (Disney, Perception Studios, Geico)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Danny Montooth spent several years as a puppeteer and Puppet Specialist at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. He is also a creator of and puppeteer for Perception Studios which streams weekly live on Twitch. I talk to Danny about working for Disney, his...

  31. 94 - Melvin Campbell (Donkey Hode, Sesame Street, Duo Lingo)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Melvin Campbell is a puppeteer on the PBS Show Donkey Hode. Not only is he playing the show's newest character Cousin Hode, he's also composed music for the show and written a couple of episodes of the show as well. He's also written for Sesame Street and The Not…

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  32. 93 - Alex Evans (Bob Baker Marionette Theater)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Alex Evans is the Co-Executive Director and Head Puppeteer of The Historic Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Los Angeles. Since the 1960's The Bob Baker Marionette Theater has been entertaining audiences throughout Southern California. I talk to Alex Evans about his...

  33. 92 - Glorious Ladies of Puppetry with Donna Kimball and Colleen Smith

    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...

  34. 91 - Alison Mork (Pee Wee's Playhouse, Sesame Street, The Muppets)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Alison Mork played Chairry on the legendary TV Show Pee-Wee's Playhouse where she also performed Magic Screen, Chicky Baby, Chandelier and more. She has also puppeteered on Sesame Street, The Muppets, Crank Yankers and Team America World Police. I sit down with...

  35. 90 - What's Next? A Panel For The Future In Puppetry with Rachel Burson, Andrew A. Cano & Matthew Lish

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - On Saturday, July 22, 2023, I was honored to be asked to moderate What's Next? A Panel for the Future in Puppetry at the National Puppetry Festival. I sat down with puppeteers Rachel Burson, Andrew A. Cano and Matthew Lish to talk about their careers in puppetry…

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  36. 89 - Sam Kendall (The Mo Show, Rooming With Dino)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Sam Kendall is a puppeteer, writer and director who has been making puppet videos for the internet for over a decade. His show The Mo Show starring his puppet Mo Monster has shown that Sam is a master at writing, directing and performing puppetry for the web. I sit...

  37. 88 - Carol Sterling (Educational Puppeteer, UNIMA Past President, Fulbright Specialist)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - While I was at the 2023 National Puppetry Festival, I met Carol Sterling for the first time. Within a minute of speaking with her, I knew I wanted to get her on the show. Carol Sterling is an educational puppeteer who has taught puppetry in education around the…

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  38. 87 - Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry's Puppetzilla Puppet Slam

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - For this episode of Under The Puppet, we're doing something a little different. We are headed out of the studio to conduct some interviews, sort of documentary style, with several of the performers of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry's recent Puppetzilla Puppet…

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  39. 86 - Sid Krofft (The Unusual Artistry of Sid Krofft)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Sid Krofft is the grandfather of puppetry. He picked up his puppet at a young age and was soon a sensation booking shows across the United States and then around the world. He would go on to create shows such as H.R. Pufnstuff, Land of the Lost and Sigmund & The…

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  40. 85 - Michael Oosterom (Earth to Ned, No, You Shut Up!, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell)

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Michael Oosterom puppeteered Cornelius in The Jim Henson Company series Earth To Ned on Disney+. He also played Rankle on the Netflix Series The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell. I talk to Michael about these projects as well as Puppet Up Uncensored, No You...

  41. 84 - Dustin Curtis (Trivia Puppet Company, Puppeteers of America) - Under The Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Dustin Curtis is the puppeteer and founder of Trivia Puppet Company out of Seattle. He is also the current president of the Puppeteers of America and the director of the 2023 National Puppetry Festival happening this July in Maryland. I sit down to chat with Dustin...

  42. 83 - Andy Breckman & Ken Freedman (Monk, WFMU's Seven Second Delay) - Under The Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Andy Breckman is television and film writer who created the Emmy Award Winning television series Monk. Ken Freedman is the station manager of WFMU, an independent free form radio station in New Jersey. For over 30 years, Andy and Ken have hosted Seven Second Delay…

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  43. 82 - Chad Williams (WonderSpark Puppets) - Under The Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Chad Williams is the Co-Artistic Director of WonderSpark puppets. He has written, directed and performed over 15 solo puppet shows and will be presenting his show Fox Fables at the 2023 National Puppetry Festival. He's also the author of the book 50 Hand Puppet...

  44. 81 - Paul Lewis (Megan - M3gan, Sweet Tooth, Custard's World) - Under The Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Paul Lewis is a puppeteer who was building puppets and molding creatures at an early age. A trained opera singer and accomplished actor, Paul's puppetry credit include Bobby the Gopher Boy on the hit Netflix series Sweet Tooth and the menacing M3gan, the killer…

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  45. 80 - Mike Horner (What If Puppets, How To Snag A Sea Monster) - Under The Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Mike Horner is the Director of Puppetry Arts at What If Puppets, a puppet company that creates innovate storytelling that captures children's imaginations and inspires communities. I talk to Mike about his puppetry career, how e got started at What If Puppets,...

  46. 79 - Alex & Olmsted (Milo the Magnificent, Marooned! A Space Comedy) - Under The Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Alex & Olmsted is an internationally acclaimed puppet theater and filmmaking company than has been the recipient of two Jim Henson Foundation Grants. They create puppet magic in many different mediums and will be performing live at the 2023 National Puppetry...

  47. 78 - Danny Joe LaBrecque (Danny Joe's Treehouse) - Under The Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Danny Joe LaBrecque is the creator, puppeteer and host of Danny Joe's Treehouse. A show that invites families to come out and play with big thoughts, ideas, and feelings. I talk to Danny Joe about the development of Danny Joe's Treehouse and how he has been able to...

  48. 77.5 - Puppeteers React to Lemonade by Kukla, Fran and Ollie Featuring Drew Massey - Under the Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - I've asked some of my favorite puppeteers to bring in their favorite pieces of puppetry for us to react to! Look at these popular scenes from a puppeteer's point of view! THIS EPISODE'S CLIP: https://youtu.be/VZK8607PQtM?t=29 Visit the Kukla, Fran and Ollie YouTube...

  49. 77 - Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop: The Team That Changed Children's Television with Mallory Lewis - Under The Puppet

    http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Mallory Lewis is the Emmy Award winning daughter of ventriloquist Shari Lewis and the current performer of Lamb Chop. She's also an author who along with Nat Segloff has just released a book called: Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop: The Team That Changed Children's...

  50. 76.5 - Puppeteers React to Feed Me from Little Shop of Horrors featuring Drew Massey - Under the Puppet

    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…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Since 2017. Under The Puppet is a monthly show that is preserving puppetry through the personal stories of professional puppeteers. Guests include puppeteers from The Muppets, Sesame Street, The Jim Henson Company and more. The show also covers other forms of puppetry such as marionettes, shadow puppetry and Bunraku . Hosted by puppeteer Grant Baciocco (The Jim Henson Company, Mystery Science Theatre 3000).

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