Under The Puppet

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).

94 - Melvin Campbell (Donkey Hode, Sesame Street, Duo Lingo) 03/29/2024

93 - Alex Evans (Bob Baker Marionette Theater) 02/27/2024

92 - Glorious Ladies of Puppetry with Donna Kimball and Colleen Smith 01/29/2024

91 - Alison Mork (Pee Wee's Playhouse, Sesame Street, The Muppets) 12/29/2023

90 - What's Next? A Panel For The Future In Puppetry with Rachel Burson, Andrew A. Cano & Matthew Lish 11/28/2023

89 - Sam Kendall (The Mo Show, Rooming With Dino) 11/04/2023

88 - Carol Sterling (Educational Puppeteer, UNIMA Past President, Fulbright Specialist) 10/02/2023

87 - Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry's Puppetzilla Puppet Slam 08/31/2023

86 - Sid Krofft (The Unusual Artistry of Sid Krofft) 07/28/2023

85 - Michael Oosterom (Earth to Ned, No, You Shut Up!, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell) 06/28/2023

84 - Dustin Curtis (Trivia Puppet Company, Puppeteers of America) - Under The Puppet 05/29/2023

83 - Andy Breckman & Ken Freedman (Monk, WFMU's Seven Second Delay) - Under The Puppet 04/29/2023

82 - Chad Williams (WonderSpark Puppets) - Under The Puppet 03/20/2023

81 - Paul Lewis (Megan - M3gan, Sweet Tooth, Custard's World) - Under The Puppet 02/26/2023

80 - Mike Horner (What If Puppets, How To Snag A Sea Monster) - Under The Puppet 01/18/2023

79 - Alex & Olmsted (Milo the Magnificent, Marooned! A Space Comedy) - Under The Puppet 12/29/2022

78 - Danny Joe LaBrecque (Danny Joe's Treehouse) - Under The Puppet 11/23/2022

77.5 - Puppeteers React to Lemonade by Kukla, Fran and Ollie Featuring Drew Massey - Under the Puppet 11/16/2022

77 - Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop: The Team That Changed Children's Television with Mallory Lewis - Under The Puppet 10/29/2022

76.5 - Puppeteers React to Feed Me from Little Shop of Horrors featuring Drew Massey - Under the Puppet 10/15/2022

76 - Jim Henson’s Sam and Friends with Craig Shemin - Under The Puppet 09/24/2022

75 - Kurt Hunter (Penguin In My Pocket, Sock Puppet Serenade) - Under The Puppet 08/29/2022

75 - Kurt Hunter (Penguin In My Pocket, Sock Puppet Serenade) - Under The Puppet - 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 - ANDROID - 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 ! Connect with Kurt Hunter: Website - Facebook - YouTube - Instagram - 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/ CONNECT WITH THE SHOW CONNECT WITH GRANT Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver Help us make more shows like this one. Become a patron of Saturday Morning Media and get cool rewards! Visit for info! ©2022 Saturday Morning Media - /episode/index/show/underthepuppet/id/24188442

74 - Donkey Hodie with Ellen Doherty and Haley Jenkins - Under The Puppet 07/29/2022

73 - Brodrick Jones (Jigsaw, UBU FAUST, War Sheep) - Under The Puppet 06/29/2022

72 - Kristin Charney (Ratched, The Muppets, Frances) - Under The Puppet 05/29/2022

71 - Troy Murphy (All Felt No Filter) - Under The Puppet 04/28/2022

70 - Jamie Donmoyer (Johnny and the Sprites, Sesame Street) - Under The Puppet 03/30/2022

70 - Jamie Donmoyer (Johnny and the Sprites, Sesame Street) - Under The Puppet - Jamie Donmoyer played the role of Francesca Frog on the show Johnny and The Sprites. She’s also puppeteered on Sesame Street, Pahapahooey Island and at Walt Disney World and Sesame Place. I talk to Jamie about her career and thoughts about puppetry on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Jamie Donmoyer exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android! IOS - ANDROID - Also, this month you can win a copy of Figures in the Fourth Dimension by Ellen S. Rixford! Listen to find out how to enter. Transcript of this interview is available to the ! CONNECT WITH JAMIE: IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1938637/ DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Sesame Street - https://www.sesamestreet.org Mr. Rogers Neighborhood - https://www.misterrogers.org The Magic Garden - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Garden_(TV_series) The Great Space Coaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Space_Coaster Fraggle Rock - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock The Muppet Show - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Show Greater Philadelphia Area Puppetry Guild - https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit- Organization/Greater-Philadelphia-Area-Puppetry-Guild-188412571186312/ Tucker's Tales (Marianne and Tom Tucker) - http://tuckerstales.dot5hosting.com/INDEX.html Steve Abrams - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-abrams-bb3040a/ Joe Cashore - http://www.cashoremarionettes.com Robert Smythe - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsmythe/ Puppeteers of America - https://www.puppeteers.org Jane Henson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Henson Sesame Place - https://sesameplace.com Kevin Clash - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/10/utp-52/ Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/01/utp-11/ John Tartaglia - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2019/02/utp-25/ Muppets Make Puppets - https://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Make-Puppets-Create-Operate/dp/1563057085 Cheryl Henson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Henson Ed Christie - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Ed_Christie Puzzle Place - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puzzle_Place University of Connecticut - https://drama.uconn.edu/programs/puppet-arts/ Jim Kroupa - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Kroupa Carmen Osbahr - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Carmen_Osbahr Jim Martin - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Martin Noel MacNeal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_MacNeal Caroll Spinney - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroll_Spinney Jeff Conover - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jeff_Conover The Legend of the Lion King - https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_the_Lion_King Bear In The Big Blue House Live On Stage - https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Bear_in_the_Big_Blue_House:_Live_on_Stage Pahappahooey Island - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0957981/ Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Sesame_Street_Christmas Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_4-D_Movie_Magic Johnny and the Sprites - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_and_the_Sprites Michelee Puppets - https://micheleepuppets.org Pinocchio's Marionette Theater - https://www.facebook.com/Pinocchios-Marionette-Theater-115124088566236/ Louise Gold - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Gold Lolly's Radio Playdate - https://radio.wakeupyourweird.com The Chika Show - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chica_Show CONNECT WITH THE SHOW CONNECT WITH GRANT Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver Help us make more shows like this one. Become a patron of Saturday Morning Media and get cool rewards! Visit for info! ©2022 Saturday Morning Media - /episode/index/show/underthepuppet/id/22573988

69 - Kevin Menegus (Fratello Marionettes) - Under The Puppet 02/26/2022

68 - Drew Allison (Grey Seal Puppets, The Adventures of Elmo In Grouchland) - Under The Puppet 01/29/2022

67 - Laura Bacon (Patsy May, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Dark Crystal) - Under The Puppet 12/29/2021

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