The following is from News 14 in Carolina
Duke University’s Center for Child and Family Policy and the Hart Leadership Program welcomed Gary Knell, the president and CEO of Sesame Workshop.
Knell spoke at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy in a program called “Muppet Diplomacy: How Sesame Street is Changing Our World.” He talked about how [...]
Jason Segel has revealed to the world that he is in Pre-Production of a new Muppet movie- here is the latest interview from/film!
When we reported last week that Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nick Stoller and writer/star Jason Segel had signed on to develop the next Muppet movie, I speculated that these would be the guys [...]
Calgary’s indie-rocking chanteuse, Leslie Feist, is home this week creating her next music video with fellow-Calgary artists, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop.
Feist is combining with them to create her next video, which will be directed by Anthony Seck.
This isn’t Feist’s first experience working with puppets.
“I’ve always been fascinated by puppetry,” says the Calgary native who [...]
I don’t know about you, but I am a personal fan of all of the hard work that The Cheap Show creator Michael Paraskevas has done with this puppet series. I think there is much that can be learned for his “keep it simple” approach. I for one am planning on using some of his [...]
This is another late post, but here is a picture from the film shoot in Toronto, Canada of Mike Myers’ new film called The Love Guru.
Thanks to movie magic man, Ron Stefaniuk with referral by puppet master Frank Meschkuleit (Fraggle Rock, Follow That Bird), puppeteer Michael Ziegfeld was given the opportunity to assist on the shoot for gag [...]
My apologies for this late post. I have been interested in toy theatre and I regret not being able to attend this workshop.
I hope that interested people can still enjoy the workshop (even if they are late in joining).
THE TORONTO SCHOOL OF PUPPETRY
Invites you to participate in the
Toy Theatre Course
Saturday afternoons, February 2, 9, [...]
I am a big fan of people who “do”. Especially when it comes to puppets. Here is a great example of that. Mr. Furry Fur Fur is a pilot children’s show concept that looks to teach children about the environment. Produced by Ingaldson-Smith Productions and featuring puppets made by Furry Puppet, this is a classic [...]
Speaking of German puppets, I came across a wonderful collection of videos on Youtube for a German kids show called Hallo Spencer created by Winfried Debertin and produced from 1979 until 2001. I don’t speak German, but I really enjoy watching the puppets, sets and camera framing used. If you understand German then these will [...]
So for those of you who don’t know, a Puppet Slam is when a bunch of people get together to try out experiemental puppetry in front of others. The themes are often “adult” and they are generally not intended for children. Toronto will be having one soon and I will make every attempt to be there.
Some of [...]
I can say that Jamie Shannon and Todd Doldersum are two of the many talented puppeteers I have met who have puppeteered for the preschool show Nanalan’. There was a special day when Jamie’s own Nana (who was the inspiration for the show) came on set. This song was written for her and performed with [...]
