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http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Aanika's Elephants is a stage show featuring puppetry that is about a young Kenyan girl who meets a baby elephant at the orphanage where her father works. The show was written by Emmy Award winning Sesame Street writer Annie Evans and directed by Sesame Street and Muppets puppeteer Pam Arciero. Annie and Pam also produce the show along with Jean Marie Keevins who puppeteers in the production as well. I sat down with Annie, Pam and Jean Marie for a discussion about the show and its development. During our discussion we were also briefly joined by Sesame Street Puppeteer Martin P. Robinson who built the puppets for Aanika's Elephants making this an all hands on deck episode of Under The Puppet. Connect with Aanika's Elephants: Website - https://www.aanikaselephants.com Connect with the Show: http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet https://www.facebook.com/underthepuppet Connect with Grant: http://www.MrGrant.comhttp://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! ©2024 Saturday Morning Media - http://www.saturdaymorningmedia.com
Also this week, Jake, Chris and Matt speak with Pam Arciero! Attending a large open call for new puppeteers landed Pam on Sesame Street, inheriting the role of Oscar the Grouch's girlfriend, Grundgetta, as well as various other characters and right-handing Telly Monster. She is also best known as the performer of Leona Lion on Between the Lions (starting in Season 3), Lindi on Allegra's Window and tons more! Together, they discuss The Great Space Coaster, Sesame Street teaching diversity since the very beginning and many more!
http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - 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 - https://apple.co/2WZ4uZg ANDROID - https://bit.ly/2RwcFev 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 Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patrons! Connect with Kurt Hunter: Website - https://www.huntermarionettes.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/huntermarionettes/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0koWRlgeAv7WFv4GEwvPw Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/huntermarionettes 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 http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet CONNECT WITH GRANT http://www.MrGrant.comhttp://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! ©2022 Saturday Morning Media - http://www.saturdaymorningmedia.com
http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Brodrick Jones or Jonesy, is a puppeteer and creator whose wildly inventive puppet pieces are filled with his hilarious sense of humor. From his webseries Jigsaw to his one man show UBU FAUST that played in Edinburg to his standalone pieces that have been featured at the National Puppetry Conference, Jonesy is incredibly talented and prolific. I talk to Brodrick Jones about his puppetry career on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Brodrick Jones 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 copy of Punch and Judy A Short History with Original DIalogue by John Payne Collier! Listen to find out how to enter. Transcript of this interview is available to the Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patrons! CONNECT WITH BRODRICK JONES: Website - https://www.jigsawfanclub.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/jigsawjones YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/JigsawJones Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brodrickjones/ DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: O'Neil Puppetry Conference - https://www.theoneill.org/pup Sesame Street - https://www.sesamestreet.org The Great Space Coaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Space_Coaster Sid & Marty Krofft - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft Charles Schultz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz Little Nemo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nemo Gasoline Alley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_Alley Peter Cook - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cook Dudley Moore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Moore Monty Python - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python Emmerson College - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_College Dick Van Dyke Show - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show Carol Burnett Show - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show Mary Tyler Moore Show - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show Burns and Allen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_and_Allen Davis R. Robinson - https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/drobinso/index.html You Can't Take It With You - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_with_You_(film) Bringing Up Baby - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_Up_Baby Howdy Doody - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdy_Doody Jigsaw - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdEZ4LSyDs2YvHREmLqR60qIBvWr9NVVW Puppet Playlist - https://www.sinkingshipproductions.com/puppet-playlist Carole Simms D'agastino - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2431358/ Jim Kroupa - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_Kroupa Tyler Bunch - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/03/utp-001/ Jean Marie Keevins - https://www.jeanmarieny.com/home/aboutme Jen Barnhart - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1140783/ War Sheep - https://youtu.be/TMUg-by1EHU Liz Hara - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Liz_Hara Brad Shur - https://www.paperheartpuppets.com/about/ Katie Mac - https://instagram.com/katiegoes?igshid=NmZiMzY2Mjc= UBU Faust - https://youtu.be/YGTHu70-FA8 Dixon Place - http://dixonplace.org Madam Edgewise - https://www.knowsalltellsall.com Object Movement Puppetry Festival - https://www.centeratwestpark.org/object-movement Late Night Puppet Talk Show with Special Guest - https://www.twitch.tv/talkpuppet2me Pam Arciero - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Arciero Gen Con - https://www.gencon.com Noel MacNeal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_MacNeal Stacey Gordon - https://www.instagram.com/puppetpie CONNECT WITH THE SHOW http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet CONNECT WITH GRANT http://www.MrGrant.comhttp://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! ©2022 Saturday Morning Media - http://www.saturdaymorningmedia.com
On this encore episode of Below the Frame, Matt sits down with Sesame Street Muppet Performer Tyler Bunch (Louie) about growing up all over the country, performing puppets for The Disney Crew, monitor nights, and creating memorable characters. We learn about the phrase "Blue Skies" and ask Sesame Street Muppet Performer Pam Arciero (Grundgetta) a question about NOT puppets.
On this episode of Below the Frame, Matt sits down with Sesame Street Muppet Performer Tyler Bunch (Louie) about growing up all over the country, performing puppets for The Disney Crew, monitor nights, and creating memorable characters. We learn about the phrase "Blue Skies" and ask Sesame Street Muppet Performer Pam Arciero (Grundgetta) a question about NOT puppets.
On this episode of Below the Frame, join Matt as he talks with Sesame Street Muppet Performer Pam Arciero (Grundgetta) about growing up in Hawaii, meeting Kermit Love, Caroll & Debi Spinney, and the difficult job of being a right hand performer. We also ask Sesame Street and Disney Muppet Performer Peter Linz (Walter, Ernie, Herry Monster) something about NOT puppets.National Puppetry Conference/O'Neill Theater Center: https://www.theoneill.org/pup
For the episode #43 of the Puppet Podcast, we're speaking with Pam Arciero directly from her home in Connecticut. She is an amazing puppeteer who was part of the Jim Henson crew an she kept working on different projects in New York television industry. She is also the Astistic director of Oneill Theatre and she was the host of the National Puppetry Conference. Enjoy this sweet hearted woman who is a wonderful artist! Hosted by Caroline Bernier-Dionne (CaroBD) DID YOU SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON YET? Have a look: https://patreon.com/puppetpodcast LET'S CONNECT! ✅https://www.facebook.com/caroline.bernierdionne/ ✅https://www.facebook.com/PuppetPodcast/ ✅https://www.instagram.com/puppetpodcast/ ✅https://www.linkedin.com/in/carobd/ ✅https://www.pinterest.ca/puppetpodcast/ ✅https://twitter.com/PodcastPuppet About the Puppet Podcast : I am actually touring the ice hockey arenas from the United States and Canada with a Cirque du Soleil show called "Axel" and I am the only puppeteer on ice of the show. The purpose of this podcast is to help the puppet art to become even more well known by the general public so that they understand more this very unique craft. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/puppetpodcast If you are a puppeteer and you would like to participate or be interviewed by me during a live Facebook Podcast, please let me know in the comments below and I will get in communication with you to know more about your work and what you do.
Pam Arciero returns to Puppet Tears for an exciting part-two of our ongoing conversation (plus our first guest interview during shelter-in-place). Pam is the veteran Muppet performer best known for her role as Grundgetta Grouch, and is also Artistic Director of the National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. As our second returning guest, Pam catches us up on what effects COVID-19 is having on this year's puppetry conference, how future seasons of Sesame Street may reflect the pandemic in its curriculum, and the implications that social distancing can have on puppet performing. We also discuss a topic she most wanted to bring up, what style of puppetry she hopes will see a resurgence, and a brand new puppet tears story you won't want to miss! For mentions and episode highlights, vitas PuppetTears.com/PamArciero2 Release date: May 6, 2020 Edited by Matt Bowen Hosted by Adam Kreutinger & Cameron Garrity
Hidden beneath the antics of Sesame Street characters, you’ll find a principal puppeteer who hails from ʻĀina Haina in East Honolulu. Pam Arciero has been with the children’s series for nearly 40 years, primarily as Oscar the Grouch’s girlfriend, Grundgetta. Arciero got her start in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of […]
We're journeying to TWO very special locals on this week's Puppet Tears -- Sesame Street and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center! Our guest is Pam Arciero, veteran Muppet performer, best known for her role as Grundgetta Grouch, and Artistic Director at the O'Neill's National Puppetry Conference. Listen in for an in-depth discussion about Pam's career as a puppeteer -- from her early days meeting Kermit Love at the University of Hawaii, to working as one of the first full-time female Muppeteers Jim Henson hired for Sesame Street, to her present-day position as a true ambassador to the art-form. PLUS she'll share some time-tested tips for applying your projects for conferences and grants! For show notes and mentions, visit PuppetTears.com/PamArciero Release date: February 27, 2019 Hosted by Adam Kreutinger & Cameron Garrity
Nate is joined live in studio by the creative and talented team behind Sox News! Listen in as we chat with TV's Frank, Pam Arciero, Sam Gold, and Christina Hurtado-Pierson about what is like to create with something that can so easily be lost in the dryer. This incredibly funny sock filled satire is taking festivals by storm! Check out Sox News on Facebook! www.GettingFeltUpPodcast.com
2015 Dragon Con coverage continues on the Needless Things Podcast! In this week’s episode, Phantom talks to his co-host, Mr. Beau Brown, who also happens to be the director of the Puppetry Track! The Puppetry Track celebrates puppetry in pop culture and brings the magic of live puppetry to con goers! Featuring special guests Caroll Spinney who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on “Sesame Street”, and Steve Whitmire, puppeteer for Kermit the Frog! Other Guests include Cheryl Henson, Henson Archivist Karen Falk, “Sesame Street” performers Tyler Bunch and Pam Arciero, and puppeteer for Abby Cadabby Leslie Carrara-Rudolph. Listen in as Phantom and Beau talk about what will be happening in the world of puppeteering at Dragon Con this year! Plus – a special interview with Monsterama's Anthony Taylor about this year's Blood Drive! Be sure to join the new Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think! “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com Today's episode is sponsored by Underoos, The Underwear That's Still Fun to Wear! Listen in to find out how you can win a pair in the size and style of your choice!
With puppetry turning up in, or serving as the main focus of, numerous shows in recent seasons, Pam Arciero (O'Neill Puppetry Conference), Cheryl Henson (The Jim Henson Foundation), Rick Lyon ("Avenue Q"), Roman Paska ("Dead Puppet Talk") and Basil Twist ("Symphonie Fantastique") discuss the intersection of puppet and human theatre.
With puppetry turning up in, or serving as the main focus of, numerous shows in recent seasons, Pam Arciero (O'Neill Puppetry Conference), Cheryl Henson (The Jim Henson Foundation), Rick Lyon ("Avenue Q"), Roman Paska ("Dead Puppet Talk") and Basil Twist ("Symphonie Fantastique") discuss the intersection of puppet and human theatre.