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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.

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Connect with :
Website - https://russwalko.com
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/puppetgarage
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/puppetGARAGE
IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2260986

Discussed on the show:
Puppet Garage - http://puppetgarage.com
Erax - https://www.netflix.com/title/81349232

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Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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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 Count Duckula to life as a puppet.  I talk to Cat about all these projects and more on this episode of Under The Puppet.

Plus, hear more of my conversation with Cat Rock at our Patreon Page. Visit www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia for info!

Connect with Cat Rock:
Website - https://catrock.portfoliobox.net
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/catrockpuppetry/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@catherinerock260

Discussed on the show:
House of Funny Noises YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@houseoffunnynoises7458
Puppet Place - https://puppetplace.org
Bristol 48 Hour Puppet Film Challenge - https://bristol48hpuppetfilmchallenge.co.uk

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http://www.twitter.com/toasterboy
https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/

Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - On Saturday, July 22, 2023, I was honored to be asked to moderate What’s Next? A Panel for the Future in Puppetry at the National Puppetry Festival.  I sat down with puppeteers Rachel Burson, Andrew A. Cano and Matthew Lish to talk about their careers in puppetry and where they see the art form going in the future.  I’m happy to share that audio with you on this episode of Under The Puppet.

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IOS - https://apple.co/2WZ4uZg
ANDROID - https://bit.ly/2RwcFev

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

Connect with Rachel Burson, Andrew A. Cano & Matthew Lish:
Rachel Burson - https://www.instagram.com/rachelmadestudio/
Andrew A. Cano - https://www.instagram.com/andrewacano/
Matthew Lish - https://www.instagram.com/phineasjuggler/

Discussed on the show:
Puppeteers of America - https://www.puppeteers.org/
National Puppetry Festival - https://www.puppeteers.org/national-puppetry-festival

Connect with the Show:
http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet
https://www.facebook.com/underthepuppet
http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet

Connect with Grant:
http://www.MrGrant.com
http://www.twitter.com/toasterboy
https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/

Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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Sam Kendall is a puppeteer, writer and director who has been making puppet videos for the internet for over a decade. His show The Mo Show starring his puppet Mo Monster has shown that Sam is a master at writing, directing and performing puppetry for the web. I sit down to talk to Sam about The Mo Show, his new series Rooming with Dino and much more on this episode of Under The Puppet.

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

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

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Connect with Grant:
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http://www.twitter.com/toasterboy
https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/

Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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While I was at the 2023 National Puppetry Festival, I met Carol Sterling for the first time.  Within a minute of speaking with her, I knew I wanted to get her on the show.  Carol Sterling is an educational puppeteer who has taught puppetry in education around the world including as a Fulbright Specialist in Uganda and India and she was invited to the White House for her work in the arts.  She is also just about the biggest champion of the puppetry arts that I’ve ever met.  It was my pleasure to sit down and chat with Carol Sterling for this episode of Under The Puppet.

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

Connect with Carol Sterling:
Website - https://www.carolsterling.net/
Public Relations Handout - https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/underthepuppet/UTP_88_PRIdeas.pdf
Educational Puppeteer Resources - https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/underthepuppet/UTP_88_EPResourseList.pdf

Mentioned on the show:
Puppetry in Theatre and Arts Education: Head, Hands and Heart by Johanna Smith - https://a.co/d/iEZIaOI

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Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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For this episode of Under The Puppet, we’re doing something a little different.  We are headed out of the studio to conduct some interviews, sort of documentary style, with several of the performers  of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry’s recent Puppetzilla Puppet Slam Astrology: What’s Your Sign.  We’ll then chat with about what goes into putting on a successful puppet slam with the Puppetzilla Puppet Slam producer, Christine Papalexis  on this episode of Under The Puppet.

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

Connect with the Puppetzilla Puppet Slam:
Website - https://www.laguildofpuppetry.org/puppetzilla-puppet-slam
Guild Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LAGuildOfPuppetry/
Slam Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Puppetzilla
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lapuppetry/

Interviewed on the show:
Kelsey Kato - https://www.instagram.com/kelsey.kato/
Tighe Skehan - https://www.instagram.com/god_dammit_tighe/
Ricky Chavez - https://www.instagram.com/rikemind/
Rares Fota - https://www.instagram.com/andrei.rares/
Josie Oriana - https://linktr.ee/orianaorange
Ben Gown - https://www.instagram.com/ben_gown/
Marie Claire Macadar - https://www.instagram.com/mariclers.world/
Freddie Spencer - https://www.instagram.com/freddie.spencer.54/
Zack Binder - https://www.instagram.com/zack_binder/
Esty Bharier - https://www.instagram.com/estycreates/
Christine Papalexis - https://www.instagram.com/c.papalexis/

Connect with the Show:
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https://www.facebook.com/underthepuppet
http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet

Connect with Grant:
http://www.MrGrant.com
http://www.twitter.com/toasterboy
https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/

Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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Sid Krofft is the grandfather of puppetry.  He picked up his puppet at a young age and was soon a sensation booking shows across the United States and then around the world.  He would go on to create shows such as H.R. Pufnstuff, Land of the Lost and Sigmund & The Sea Monsters to name a few, but his love of puppetry was always at the heart of all he did.  I chatted with Sid Krofft about his career in this special episode of Under The Puppet produced for the National Puppetry Festival in conjunction with the Puppeteers of America.

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

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Connect with Sid Krofft:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sidkrofft
IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471898/

Puppeteers of America - https://www.puppeteers.org/
National Puppetry Festival - https://www.puppeteers.org/national-puppetry-festival

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https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/

Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Michael Oosterom puppeteered Cornelius in The Jim Henson Company series Earth To Ned on Disney+.  He also played Rankle on the Netflix Series The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell.  I talk to Michael about these projects as well as Puppet Up Uncensored, No You Shut Up, the reboot of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters and more on this episode of Under The Puppet.

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

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

Connect with Michael Oosterom:
Website - http://www.michaeloosterom.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/michaeloosterom
IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649003/

Discussed on the show:
Earth To Ned - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_to_Ned

No, You Shut Up! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No,_You_Shut_Up!

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1292576/

The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Creations_of_Christine_McConnell

Connect with the Show:
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https://www.facebook.com/underthepuppet
http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet

Connect with Grant:
http://www.MrGrant.com
http://www.twitter.com/toasterboy
https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/

Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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Dustin Curtis is the puppeteer and founder of Trivia Puppet Company out of Seattle.  He is also the current president of the Puppeteers of America and the director of the 2023 National Puppetry Festival happening this July in Maryland.  I sit down to chat with Dustin about his journey to puppetry, his travels abroad working with other puppet companies and what we can expect at the National Festival on this episode of Under the Puppet.

Plus, hear more of my conversation with Dustin Curtis 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 Individual Adult Membership to the Puppeteers of America!  Listen to find out how to enter.

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

Connect with Dustin Curtis:
Website - https://www.triviapuppet.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/triviapuppet/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/triviapuppet/

Discussed on the show:
Puppeteers of America - https://www.puppeteers.org/
National Puppetry Festival - https://www.puppeteers.org/national-puppetry-festival

Photos by Kelly O. & Mandi Martini

Connect with the Show:
http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet
https://www.facebook.com/underthepuppet
http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet

Connect with Grant:
http://www.MrGrant.com
http://www.twitter.com/toasterboy
https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/

Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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Andy Breckman is television and film writer who created the Emmy Award Winning television series Monk.  Ken Freedman is the station manager of WFMU, an independent free form radio station in New Jersey.  For over 30 years, Andy and Ken have hosted Seven Second Delay, a stunt radio program that airs every Wednesday on WFMU.  I sit down and talk to these two non-puppeteers on this episode of Under The Puppet.

Download 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 signed WFMU stickers and a hardcover copy of Bill Baird's Art of the Puppet!  Listen to find out how to enter.

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

Connect with Andy & Ken:
Website - http://www.wfmu.org/7sd/
IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106563/

Discussed on the show:
Andy is a Puppet - https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/36286

Red Pepper - https://youtu.be/yJwiZjH8a1Y

Muppet Babies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppet_Babies_(1984_TV_series)

Paul Lewis - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2023/03/utp-81/

Mallory Lewis - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2022/11/utp-77/

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

Willie Tyler - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2021/01/utp-55/

Connect with the Show:
http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet
https://www.facebook.com/underthepuppet
http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet

Connect with Grant:
http://www.MrGrant.com
http://www.twitter.com/toasterboy
https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/

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 www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia for info!

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