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).

101 - Aanika's Elephants with Annie Evans, Pam Arciero, Jean Marie Keevins & Marty Robinson 10/29/2024

100 - Russ Walko (Five Nights At Freddy's, The Muppets Mayhem, Mystery Science Theater 3000) 09/28/2024

99 - Cat Rock (Puppet Place, Count Duckula, Coldplay's The Weirdos) 08/29/2024

98 - Luman Coad (Coad Canada Puppets, Teenage Mutant Turtles: The Next Mutation, Stargate SG1) 07/29/2024

97 - Bob Mills (Disneyland, Children's Fairyland, Just Kids) 06/28/2024

96 - Heather Henson & Craig Shemin Present: Movin' Right Along: Jim Henson's Washington Road To Stardom 05/29/2024

95 - Danny Montooth (Disney, Perception Studios, Geico) 04/28/2024

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

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