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75 - Kurt Hunter (Penguin In My Pocket, Sock Puppet Serenade) - Under The Puppet

Release Date: 08/29/2022

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 briefly joined by Sesame Street...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 Bonus Content Patron!...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 classic animated character...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 shows and traveled around the world performing them. He’s worked in TV and Film and is the founder of Charlemagne Press, a publisher that specializes in books about puppetry. I talk to Luman Coad about all this and more on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 Kids which broadcast every weekday in Hawaii. Bob would later step away from puppetry to do make-up for some of the biggest stars in film and television. I talk to Bob Mills about all of this and more on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Bob...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 Craig Shemin. Cheryl Henson was also along for the tour. I recorded the audio of that bus trip in binaural audio and I present it to you now on this episode of Under The Puppet. Visit Underthepuppet.com to see a collection of pictures I took on the tour. Discussed on the show: Puppeteers of America - ...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 thoughts on streaming, and his jobs working on commercials, movies, web series and more in this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Danny Montooth exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android! IOS - ANDROID - Connect with Danny...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 Too Late Show Starring Elmo. I talk to the incredibly talented Mel Campbell about his puppetry career on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Melvin Campbell exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android! IOS - ANDROID - Connect with...

93 - Alex Evans (Bob Baker Marionette Theater)

Under The Puppet

- 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 puppetry career, his role at the theater and a bit about the history of Bob Baker and the theater on this episode, the first episode of the eighth year of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Alex Evans exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android! IOS - ...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 conversation with Donna...

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Kurt Hunter built his first marionette at age 12. Ever since he’s made marionettes his passion creating several shows he’s performed all over the United States with his company Kurt Hunter Marionettes. In addition to teaching and performing at National Puppetry Festivals, he is now on the artistic staff of the O’Neill Puppetry conference. I talk to Kurt about his puppetry journey on this episode of Under The Puppet.

Plus, hear more of my conversation with Kurt Hunter exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android!
IOS - https://apple.co/2WZ4uZg
ANDROID - https://bit.ly/2RwcFev

Also, this month you can win a official Jim Henson Company Hat! Listen to find out how to enter.

Transcript of this interview is available to the Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patrons!

Connect with Kurt Hunter:
Website - https://www.huntermarionettes.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/huntermarionettes/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0koWRlgeAv7WFv4GEwvPw
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/huntermarionettes

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Tony Urbano - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/09/utp-51/

Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts - https://www.foapom.com

Bob Hope - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope

Puppeteers of America - https://www.puppeteers.org

Washington University - https://wustl.edu

Nebraska Wesleyan University - https://www.nebrwesleyan.edu

Penguin in my Pocket - https://youtu.be/AdHaTHdTUPE

Bob Kramer's Marionettes - https://kramersmarionnettes.com

St. Louis Guild of Puppetry - https://www.facebook.com/PuppetGuildStL/

Puppets, Kids, and Christian Education How to Use Puppets in Your Christian Education Program - https://www.amazon.com/Puppets-Kids-Christian-Education-Program/dp/0806664096/ref=sr_1_1?
crid=16LYEFAWV1DKL&keywords=kurt+hunter+puppet+book&qid=1661799284&sprefix=kurt+hunter+puppet+boo%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1

Albrecht Roser - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Roser

Bread and Puppet - https://breadandpuppet.org

Heart of the Beast - https://hobt.org

George Latshaw - https://wepa.unima.org/en/george-latshaw/

Tony Sarg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Sarg

Bil Baird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Baird

Shari Lewis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis

Sock Puppet Serenade - https://www.huntermarionettes.com/performances/

UNIMA-USA - https://www.unima-usa.org

Phillip Huber - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/06/utp-17/

O'Neil Puppetry Conference - https://www.theoneill.org/pup

Puppet Fest Midwest - https://www.puppetfestival.org

Jim Henson Foundation - https://www.hensonfoundation.org

Paul Mesner - https://www.mesnerpuppets.org

Clown Shirt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2zSO5PFmVM

Paper Marionette Experiment - https://youtu.be/XbMp-8DWJSY

Open Eye Figure Theater - https://www.openeyetheatre.org

Gordon Smuder - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2019/10/utp-33/

Bernd Ogrodnik - https://worldsofpuppets.com

Steven Widerman - https://twitter.com/stevenwiderman

Marty Robinson - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Martin_P._Robinson

Alice Gottschalk - https://sites.bu.edu/womenandmasks/alice-gottschalk/

Pam Arciero - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Arciero

Jim Rose - https://ysnews.com/news/2021/02/james-p-rose (Obituary)

Tyler Bunch - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/03/utp-001/

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/01/utp-11/

University of Connecticut - https://drama.uconn.edu/programs/puppet-arts/

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Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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