51 - Tony Urbano (Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, Dusty's Treehouse)

09/01/20 • 97 min

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Tony Urbano is a puppeteer who was trained by and worked with master puppeteers such as Ralph Chessé and Bil and Cora Baird. Tony turned down a job offer from Jim Henson to focus on building his own career, a career that included hundreds of commercials and television and film work including Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, Men In Black, Team America and many, many more. It would be hard to cover his entire career and the impact he’s had on the art of puppetry in ten episodes but we get a good start here as Tony Urbano is my guest on this episode of Under the Puppet.

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CONNECT WITH TONY: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881691/

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Ralph Chessé

Bob Baker

Lettie Connell Schubert

Tunabout Theater Company - Book

Dusty’s Treehouse - Stu Rosen

Barbara Madrell and the Mandrell Sisters

McDonalds McNuggets Halloween Commercial

Flight of the Navigator - Life After the Navigator - Randal Kleiser

Short Circuit - John Badham

Rick Baker

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Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver

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Transcript of this interview is available to the Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patrons!

CONNECT WITH TONY: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881691/

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Ralph Chessé

Bob Baker

Lettie Connell Schubert

Tunabout Theater Company - Book

Dusty’s Treehouse - Stu Rosen

Barbara Madrell and the Mandrell Sisters

McDonalds McNuggets Halloween Commercial

Flight of the Navigator - Life After the Navigator - Randal Kleiser

Short Circuit - John Badham

Rick Baker

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Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver

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50 - Matt Vogel (Sesame Street, The Muppets)

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Matt Vogel is a principal Muppet performer who took over the roles of Sesame Street’s Big Bird and The Count as well as the most recognizable puppet in the world, Kermit the Frog. He also performed the villainous Constantine in the 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted and has made The Muppet’s Uncle Deadly the breakout fan favorite he is today. I sit down with Matt Vogel to talk about his work with these characters, the new Muppet’s series Muppets Now on Disney+, and much more on this episode of Under the Puppet.

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CONNECT WITH MATT: WEBSITE: http://www.mattvogel.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/welcomemattv INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/welcomemattv FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/welcomemattv

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: BELOW THE FRAME: https://belowtheframe.buzzsprout.com MUPPETS NOW: https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/muppets-now SESAME STREET: https://www.sesamestreet.org

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Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver

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52 - Kevin Clash (Muppets, Sesame Street, Dark Crystal, Earth To Ned)

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http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Kevin Clash made Sesame Street’s Elmo the global phenomenon he is today. He worked with The Muppets starring as Clifford, who went on to host Muppets Tonight. He puppeteered and voiced Master Splinter in the 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films and puppeteered Aughra in the Netflix Series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. His numerous other credits include Captain Kangaroo, The Great Space Coaster, Dinosaurs, HappyTime Murders and Earth to Ned. Kevin Clash is my guest on this episode of Under The Puppet.

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CONNECT WITH KEVIN: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165159/

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Cosmo Allegretti (Obituary)

Kermit Love

The Great Space Coaster

John Lovelady

Jim Martin

Labyrinth

Wrinkles In Need of Cuddles

Somebody Say Toothpaste

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Happytime Murders

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Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver

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