I was fortunate enough to do some background puppeteering for Big and Small. The show is another of The Grogs great productions. Amazing puppets, some very cool green screen bunraku puppetry and one of the best crews I have ever worked with. It makes me wish that I had more free time as a teacher [...]
I received a message from a buddy of mine named Dave Pavelonis. He has teamed up with Omovies to create an amazingly entertaining political comedy show called PGOV: Puppet Government. With comedy by Jay Leno’s head writer John Macks, puppets by Dave Pavelonis and directed by Omovies’ Sean Haines. You can find videos on their Youtube [...]
I have known about this show for over a year now and it is finally on CBC. The Mighty Jungle is a live action puppet series for pre-schoolers. The show stars Frank Meschkuleit, Wendy Welch, Jamie Bradley, Cheryl Wagner and Mike Petersen, The Mighty Jungle is a new series, that uses the imagination and story [...]
I am very interested in this show concept offered by Studio Bizarro. The show is called Planet BIzarro and the clip I watched was very interesting. I would say the show is definately not for small children (especially with a zombie sketch), but it was well done. Super puppets, great puppeteering, check it out [...]
I have been a fan of Custom Puppets for a long time now and I am happy to see a great little video of their new live show is floating around the internet. If you haven’t visted their site yet, make sure you do. They build some great puppets.
Check out this little puppetry gem. I for one was blown away with it. This movie short was put out by Director Peter Haynes of New Zealand based Haynesfilm Ltd. The project was conceived back in the summer of 2005, and the team for Haynesfilm were feeling the crunch of the 48hours film competition they [...]
From the folks who brought you Mr. Meaty, Jamie Shannon and Jason Hopley. Broadcasted from his garage, Swami Jeff tries to teach his dad the path of enlightenment. Not only is the puppetry top notch, but the sets, sound, wardrobe, lighting….basically everything is very well done. This show was originally made for Zed TV in 2002, [...]
I just received and email from some amazingly talented performers in Toronto. Rob and Soli Joy are truly exceptional and I was very happy to see that they have launched their new website (which looks great by the way). My family was also invited to their CD launch party for their newest CD called “Happy Birthday, [...]
After my new found appreciation of shadow puppets, I am delighted to write about a new show offered by The Victoria Philharmonic Choir (in Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA). It is Dvorak’s The Spectre’s Bride and it brings together the artistic talents of awesome puppeteer Tim Gosley, puppet designs of Michel Gagne (see some samples here) and is [...]
Sesame Workshop has made available the episode “When Parents are Deployed” (hosted by Cuba Gooding Jr.). The encore presentation is geared to address the challenges military families face with deployment. This television special originally premiered on December 27, 2006. The special also contains scenes featuring Elmo and his Dad, Louie. Elmo’s Mom also appears briefly. Children [...]
