John Lovelady is an American puppeteer who worked with the Muppets, including on the

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series ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...

''. Lovelady is originally from

Oxford, Mississippi Oxford is a city and college town in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Oxford lies 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, and is the county seat of Lafayette County. Founded in 1837, it was named after the British city of Ox ...

. He was one of the puppeteer troupe in the first season of ''

The Muppet Show ''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 1974 and 1975. While neither episode was moved forward as a s ...

'' (1976–77). He later joined the syndicated children's series ''

The Great Space Coaster ''The Great Space Coaster'' is a children's television show that was broadcast in first-run syndication from 1981 to 1986. Production The series was co-created by Kermit Love (original Muppet designer and builder for Jim Henson) and Jim Martin ( ...

'', puppeteered for ''Mother Goose's Treasury'', and also performed in a serialisation of ''

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creature ...

''.

Filmography

* ''

The Great Santa Claus Switch ''The Great Santa Claus Switch'' is a musical Christmas special featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. It first aired on CBS on December 20, 1970, as an episode of ''The Ed Sullivan Show''. It was directed by John Moffitt, written by Jerry Juhl, with ...

'' - Bong, Scoff, Additional Muppets * ''

The Frog Prince (Muppets) ''The Frog Prince'' (released on home video as ''Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince'') is a 1971 musical fantasy comedy television special directed by Jim Henson, and jointly produced by Robert Lawrence Productions in Canada and Henson Associ ...

'' - Additional Muppets * '' The Muppet Musicians of Bremen'' - Additional Muppets * ''

The Muppets Valentine Show ''The Muppets Valentine Show'' aired on ABC on January 30, 1974. It was one of two pilots produced during the planning stages for ''The Muppet Show''. The other pilot was '' The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence'', which aired in 1975. In this half-h ...

'' - Crazy Donald, Additional Muppets * '' The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence'' - Abraham Lincoln, Vanity, Additional Muppets * ''

'' - Crazy Harry, Nigel, Svengali (episode 103), Iggy Wiggy, Additional Muppets * ''

Adventures in Wonderland ''Adventures in Wonderland'' is a 1992–1995 American live-action/ puppet musical television series based on the novels ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (1871) by Lewis Carroll as well as the 1951 ani ...

'' (Disney): The Dormouse *

Dumbo's Circus ''Dumbo's Circus'' is a live action/puppet A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. The puppeteer uses movements of their hands, arms, or co ...

(Disney): Flap * '' D.C. Follies'' (syndicated): Ronald Reagan * '' Mr. Smith'' (NBC): Mr. Smith * ''

'' (syndicated): Edison The Elephant, Knock Knock the Woodpecker (Seasons 1, 2, 3)

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* American puppeteers Muppet performers Sesame Street Muppeteers Living people People from Oxford, Mississippi 1931 births {{US-tv-bio-stub