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Elmo The Musical
''Elmo: The Musical'' is a musical ''Sesame Street'' segment that began airing in Season 43. It appears in every episode until Season 46, where it alternated with ''Elmo's World''. In the segment, Elmo teaches math skills while imagining himself in different musical situations, such as "Sea Captain the Musical", "Mountain Climber the Musical", "Prince Elmo the Musical" and "President the Musical". Joining Elmo in his adventures is Velvet, a talking set of curtains, and a series of animal and Anything Muppet friends. The segment's theme song was composed by Adam Schlesinger, while the legal registration ascribes lyrics to six of the ''Elmo: The Musical'' staff writers: Molly Boylan, Annie Evans, Belinda Ward, Joey Mazzarino, Luis Santeiro, and Christine Ferraro. The song was nominated for the 2013 Daytime Emmy Awards in the "Outstanding Original Song – Children's and Animation" category, along with "I'm the Queen of Nacho Picchu" from the ''Guacamole the Musical'' segment. Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Clash
Kevin Jeffrey Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an American puppeteer, director and producer known for puppeteering Elmo on ''Sesame Street'' from 1984 to 2012. He also performed puppets for ''Labyrinth'', '' Dinosaurs'', '' Oobi'', and various Muppet productions. Clash developed an interest in puppetry at an early age and, in his teen years, performed for local television children's shows in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. He joined the cast of ''Captain Kangaroo'' in the early 1980s and began performing on ''Sesame Street'' in 1984. He was the fifth puppeteer to perform Elmo, who became his signature character, and he also served as an executive producer and director for the show. Clash worked in various productions with The Jim Henson Company and occasionally on other projects. Clash's autobiography, ''My Life as a Furry Red Monster'', was published in 2006; he was later the subject of the documentary '' Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey'' (2011). Clash resigned from ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Bunch
Tyler Bunch, also known as H.D. Quinn, is an American puppeteer, puppet designer, director, and actor. Career In addition to his work for the Jim Henson Company, Bunch has created and performed puppets for PBS, Nickelodeon and Disney's The Muppets Studio. He has acted in a few Off Broadway productions and has made appearances on American television shows such as ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''Person of Interest'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and video games such as ''Grand Theft Auto V'', ''Red Dead Redemption'', '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' and ''Red Dead Revolver''. From 2007–2008, Bunch directed the PBS children's television series ''SeeMore's Playhouse''. He was also one of the puppeteers for the musical stage adaptation of ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas''. Credits Puppeteer * ''Sesame Street'' (PBS): Rico, Mr. Can You Guess, Prince Cha-Cha-Charming, Joe Doe, Dancing Monsters (assistant), Tom Twinkletoes, Ryan, "Pre-School Musical" announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tartaglia
John Nicholas Tartaglia (; born February 16, 1978) is an American actor, singer, and puppeteer. Early life Tartaglia was born in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Upper Dublin High School in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1996. Tartaglia joined ''Sesame Street''s puppetry team in a part-time capacity at the age of 16, making him one of the youngest ''Sesame Street'' puppeteers in the show's history. He performed as a right hand and many minor characters, including Phoebe, and was the understudy for Kevin Clash's Elmo. He performed as Ernie for the second season of ''Play with Me Sesame'' and as Oscar the Grouch for '' Sesame Street 4D''. He became a full-time part of ''Sesame Street'' at the age of 18. Personal life Tartaglia is openly gay. Regarding the matter, he has stated "I'm less worried about being a positive role model as a gay person than making sure there are no negative stereotypes of any sort." He considers "nothing more addictive than the sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroll Spinney
Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on ''Sesame Street'' from its inception in 1969 until 2018. Early life Spinney was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Waltham, Massachusetts, on December 26, 1933, to Chester and Margaret Spinney. He had two older brothers Bruce and Glenn. His mother, a native of Bolton, England, named him Caroll despite him being male because he was born the day after Christmas. He drew and painted from childhood, and developed a love of puppeteering when he saw a performance of "Three Little Kittens" at the age of five. This motivated him to purchase a monkey puppet from a jumble sale, rummage sale three years later and put on a puppet show utilizing the monkey and a plush snake. The following Christmas, his mother gave him a Punch and Judy puppet theater. He continued puppeteering throughout his childhood and adolesc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rudman
David Rudman (born June 1, 1963) is an American puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director, and producer known for his involvement with the Muppets and ''Sesame Street''. Career David Rudman has been a ''Sesame Street'' Muppet performer since 1985—currently performing Cookie Monster (since 2001), Baby Bear and the right head of the Two-Headed Monster (since 1998). He has received four Emmy nominations as Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for his work on ''Sesame Street''. Rudman has also directed several web videos for ''Sesame Street'' such as "Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live" and "Conversations with Bert". He has performed in numerous television shows and specials including ''Saturday Night Live'', ''The Colbert Report'', ''The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon'', ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' and ''The Muppets'', where he performed characters originally portrayed by Richard Hunt, such as Scooter, Janice, Bobby Benson and Wayne. His film credits includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin P
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural Municipality of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Osbahr
Carmen Osbahr-Vertiz (born April 21, 1962) is a Mexican-born American puppeteer, singer and voice actress who has performed Rosita in the popular hit children's series ''Sesame Street'', since 1991. Osbahr has also performed Kiki Flores in ''The Puzzle Place'' and Lily in ''Johnny and the Sprites''. From September 8–10, 2017, she was an additional Muppet performer for a live show at the Hollywood Bowl titled ''The Muppets Take the Bowl'', and the following year, she performed in London for ''The Muppets Take the O2''. Filmography * ''Billy Bunny's Animal Songs'' – Gopher * ''The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson'' – Additional Muppets * ''Sesame Street'' – Rosita, Additional Muppets * Hispanic America: '' Sésamo'' - Rosita * ''The Puzzle Place'' – Kiki Flores, Orange Piece Police * ''Between the Lions'' – Sierra Lion * ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' – Ursa (voice only) * ''Johnny and the Sprites ''Johnny and the Sprites'' is an American children's musical televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul McGinnis
Paul McGinnis (born 1973) is an American puppeteer for ''Sesame Street'' and The Muppets. He has also performed in various non-Muppet television productions such as ''The Book of Pooh'', ''Julie's Greenroom'', ''The Wiz Live!'', '' Crash & Bernstein'', ''Crank Yankers'', ''Warren the Ape'', ''Greg the Bunny'', ''It's a Big Big World'', ''Between the Lions'' and ''Dog with a Blog''. McGinnis performed on stage in the 2004–2005 Broadway tour of '' Little Shop of Horrors'', as well as ''Walking with Dinosaurs − The Arena Spectacular''. McGinnis also creates his own works of puppetry on YouTube. In September 2017, McGinnis was an additional Muppet performer on ''The Muppets Take the Bowl'' live show at the Hollywood Bowl. In July 2018, he was an additional Muppet performer for ''The Muppets Take the O2'' live show at the O2 Arena The O2 Arena, commonly known as the O2 (stylised as The O2 arena), is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of the O2 entertainment complex o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Martin (puppeteer)
Jim Martin is an American puppeteer, best known for his roles on ''Sesame Street''. As part of the cast, he has won an Emmy Award. He has been nominated multiple times, and won for "Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling" at the Emmys, also for ''Sesame Street''. Career In the 1970s, Martin puppeteered a character in another local show, ''Adventure Time''. Martin performed as one of the main puppet characters on the live-action/animated kids TV series ''The Great Space Coaster'' (1981–1986) as Gary Gnu - "This is Gary Gnu, your no-gnews gnews reporter" and as the villain M.T. Promises. Martin was a producer and director on the show ''Johnny and the Sprites'', and is the creator and owner of the Anybody Pupplets. At the Visitors Center of Herr's Corporation in Nottingham, Pennsylvania, Martin's work as Chipper was featured in the film used to preview visitors for the snack factory tour. His present venture is called Costume Armour, Inc. Filmography *'' Muppet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Linz
Peter Linz (born June 28, 1967) is an American puppeteer. His most prominent role is being the performer for the character Walter who was introduced in the 2011 feature film ''The Muppets''. Since 1991, Linz has performed on ''Sesame Street'', where he later took on the roles of Herry Monster and Ernie on ''Sesame Street'' in 2017. Linz recounts receiving the role of Walter as his favorite; "Apart from my wedding day and birth of my children, being cast as Walter was one of the greatest moments of my life. I was beyond happiness." He has performed many characters on children's television shows: perhaps some of his best known performing roles are Snook in ''It's a Big Big World'', Tutter and Pip in ''Bear in the Big Blue House'', Pooh in ''The Book of Pooh'', Tizzy on '' Squeak!'' (season 1), and Theo Lion in ''Between the Lions'', though he has also performed in ''Blue's Room'', ''Sesame Street'',SamBlu-ray, DVD Release: The Muppets DiscDish.com, January 19, 2012. and '' The Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Lagasse
Tim Lagasse (born 1968/1969) is an American director, puppeteer and puppet designer. He has worked on films and television programs for Sesame Workshop, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, and HBO. He is known for playing the title character on Noggin's '' Oobi'', and Crash on Disney XD's '' Crash & Bernstein''. Lagasse has been nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards. In 1991, he became the first recipient of the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry. In 1993 he was presented with a Citation for Excellence by UNIMA; and later that year, received a Broadcast Design Silver Award for his series of short films, ''A Show of Hands''. Biography Lagasse was born in Milford, Connecticut. He attended St. Mary's School and Notre Dame High School in West Haven, and graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1992 with a BFA in Puppet Arts. One of his earliest roles was Mr. Cook on the Nickelodeon series ''Allegra's Window''. He also played the title character on the Noggin's '' Oobi'' series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kennedy (puppeteer)
John Kennedy (born November 17, 1967) is an American puppeteer who has worked with The Jim Henson Company since 1990. He hails from Plainfield, Indiana. From 1991 until 2003, Kennedy took over Jim Henson's role of Dr. Teeth, after which Bill Barretta took over in 2005. Kennedy has also performed Kermit the Frog on Disney Cruise Line, replacing Steve Whitmire. Characters * Dr. Teeth (1991–2003) * Floyd Pepper (2005–2006) *''The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss'' – Horton the Elephant, Mr. Knox, Sam-I-Am, Little Cat C, Uncle Docks, Etc. *''Sesame Street'' *Kermit the Frog (''Disney Cruise Lines'') *Apollo (''Jim Henson's Pajanimals'') * Floyd Pepper (''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'' (2005) & The Muppets: A Green and Red Christmas (2006)) *''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'': Angel Marie (2005) *Bernie the Pig (''Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman'') (2006–2010) *''Kermit's Swamp Years'': Blotch and Arnie the Alligator (2002) *''Animal Jam'': DJ 1 (2003) *''Sesame Street episode 4111: Cookie World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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