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

Release Date: 07/01/2026

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 Marionettes and worked with past Under The Puppet guest Nick Coppola performing at Macy’s in New York City. Honey has also founded several grants to assist puppeteers and is the creator of Puppet Pandemic, a nationally touring puppet slam funded in part by Heather Hensons Puppet Slam Network. ...

120 - Nicolas Coppola (Puppetworks)

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- 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 standing job creating shows and performing at Macy*s in New York City. He also created PuppetWorks, a non-profit marionette theater in Park Slope Brooklyn, New York that has entertained families since 1980. I chat with Nicolas Coppola about his amazing career on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear...

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

Under The Puppet

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118 - Bill Barretta & Frank Oz on Judge Boing Boing

Under The Puppet

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Under The Puppet

- 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 of Walking with Dinosaurs and How to Train Your Dragon, Amanda’s career has taken her across the country and around the world—including to Iceland to work on LazyTown and to Russia to puppeteer in the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Versed in many styles of puppetry, from tabletop to hand-and-rod to...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 Maybe Man Arena Tour by pop band AJR. She’s performed with the Jim Henson Company’s Puppet Up! Uncensored, worked on Earth to Ned, and was the Jim Henson Company’s youngest female puppet captain on the Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live Tour. From commercials to web series to live shows, Geneviève has done it...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 Jim Henson Play along Videos, Muppet Vision 3D, Dinosaurs, Dark Crystal Age of Resistance, Earth To Ned and Fraggle Rock Back To The Rock. Outside of the The Jim Henson Company, Rita has served as Producer on Jack’s Big Music Show and Yo Gabba Gabba! and the updated Yo Gabba GabbaLand!. I talk Rita...

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

Under The Puppet

- 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 continuing her work with The Muppets, she went on to perform in The Dark Crystal, Sesame Street, and the Sesame Street spin-off The Furchester Hotel, where she played the hotel’s proprietor, Funella Furchester. She’s also performed on Spitting Image, The Ghost of Faffner Hall, Dodge’s Pup School, and many, many more...

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

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112 - Marisol Himmel (Moddy Puppets)

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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 Marionettes and worked with past Under The Puppet guest Nick Coppola performing at Macy’s in New York City. Honey has also founded several grants to assist puppeteers and is the creator of Puppet Pandemic, a nationally touring puppet slam funded in part by Heather Hensons Puppet Slam Network. Honey Goodenough is my guest on this episode of Under The Puppet.

Plus, hear more of my conversation with Honey Goodenough by becoming a Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patron. Visit www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia for info and to help create more episodes like this.

Connect with Honey Goodenough:

Website - https://goodheartedentertainment.com
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/goodhearted_entertainment/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@honeygoodenough304

Discussed on the show:

2001 - Yello Dyno: First professional wrangling Job

https://youtu.be/apMsMF-9wpM?si=UplJL-mTYXkjlnrY

2010 - Sweet Dreams: Marionette Piece

https://youtu.be/v8uodD_8DVc?si=zNbPhwhREAnlA66h

2014 - A Dream of ME:

https://youtu.be/qYPWO-RgaZs?si=zGEOXywcnx3b5EQ9

2016 - WORD PLAY: Trailer

https://youtu.be/sc-49YbQD-k?si=KLdz5h4CoAUzVB4O

2017 - Sock Monkey Circus Trailer: