Bill Barretta Interview
I’m a little late posting this, but in case you haven’t already listened to it, Steve Swanson had a great chat with Muppeteer Bill Baretta on The Muppetcast a few weeks ago.
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Jeff Dunham: America’s Favourite Comedian?
Slate Magazine calls Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham “America’s favourite comedian”. I’m not sure when or how it happened, but a Ventriloquist has become America’s favourite comedian. At least that’s what Slate Magazine says about Jeff Dunham and they make a good case for it: “Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special, which aired on Comedy Central in November, [...]
Interview with I’m A Marvel / I’m A D.C. Creator Michael Agrusso
Michael Agrusso is the creator of the popular action figure online comedy series I’m A Marvel and I’m a DC. Sprout Blog has an interview with Michael Agrusso, creator of the previously-blogged “geeky word-of-mouth phenomena” I’m A Marvel and I’m a D.C.. In the interview Michael discusses his latest videos and how he navigates the [...]
More with Michael Davis
Street Gang author Michael Davis (left) with puppeteer Caroll Spinney. Tough Pigs has posted part two of their chat with Street Gang author Michael Davis (see previous post). The National Post’s Mark Medley also sat down with Michael recently for an interview. I really enjoyed reading both of these interviews. Micheal’s love of Sesame Street [...]
Michael Davis on ToughPigs
Street Gang author Michael Davis (left) with puppeteer Caroll Spinney. Tough Pigs has posted part one of a two part interview with Street Gang author Michael Davis (see previous post). If you have an interest in Sesame Street and haven’t read Street Gang yet, I really have to recommend picking up a copy. It’s a [...]
Mark Hamill Talks Yoda
Mark Hamill reminisces about working with Yoda in this clip from the documentary Legends of Film and Fantasy. Here is Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, talking about the difficulties of working with small green animatronic puppets that have exceptionally high midi-chlorian counts. It’s a five minute clip from an upcoming documentary called Legends of Film [...]
L.A. Weekly Talks to Brian Henson
Brian Henson spoke with L.A. Weekly about the Jim Henson Company’s improv puppet work. L.A. Weekly recently sat down for a chat with Brian Henson. In the interview Brian talks about Puppet Up! Uncensored, which has one of its monthly shows at Avalon Hollywood in L.A. tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Via Tough Pigs.
Monday Morning Inspiration: Interview with Pixar’s Andrew Stanton
Wall-E director Andrew Stanton recently had an in-depth chat with Creative Screenwriting Magazine. Creative Screenwriting Magazine recently posted an exclusive audio interview with the director of Wall-E, Pixar’s Andrew Stanton that makes for a great listen. The Creative Screenwriting Magazine podcast has a bunch more of these that are definitely worth checking out. Via the [...]
Mary Robinette Kowal Interview
It seems to be puppeteer interview week here on PuppetVision (check out previously blogged chats with Steve Whitmire and John Kennedy) so here’s one more, this time it’s Bibliophile Stalker chatting with the very talented Mary Robinette Kowal. For more about Mary check out her website www.maryrobinettekowal.com.
John Kennedy Interview
Puppeteer John Kennedy recently had a chat about his work with parenting blog Parent Zing! Hot on the heels of Tough Pigs’ week with Steve Whitmire, here’s an interview with John Kennedy. In it, John discusses his career and some of the current projects he’s working on, like the The Sure Sheep.
