All About Muppets

Philip Tan is an actor, stuntman, and occasional suit performer who performed one of the gorillas in the Creature Shop-effects film George of the Jungle. Since the 1980s, he has acted in numerous films and a few television series, with his feature film debut in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu. Philip later did a walk-on on Doctor Who and henchman roles in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Return to Oz, and Batman. Tan's first gorilla suit performance was in Greystoke which led to Congo and Planet of the Apes (Tim Burton version). While on Return to Oz, he got perform alongside several other puppeteers & suit performers like Mak Wilson, Timothy D. Rose, Swee Lim, Peter Elliott, and even Brian Henson himself. It's a shame though that he never did any other productions by the Creature Shop since they've done numerous effect films over the years, he was probably not that interested. Other films Philip Tan acted on include China Cry, Lethal Weapon 4, Big Momma's H...

Francine Woods is a Northern-Irish puppeteer who was one of the assistant puppeteers on Pajanimals, the only known show she did. There's hardly a page nor information about her on the Muppet Wiki and online as well. Even though Francine only did Pajanimals, she worked with many puppeteers from the Henson Company like Beccy Henderson, Paul Currie, Sarah Lyle, Olly Taylor, and Josh Elwell. Woods should have done more projects with the company like on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, since many Pajanimals performers worked on it. She should also have information about herself online such as a self-portrait, the picture above is a different female puppeteer. This makes her yet another puppeteer with hardly any information about herself, which is a problem on Muppet Wiki if you ask me. Others have included Rhonda Gdasi, Brian Knatchbull, Paula Everett, and more, making Francine Woods not the only one on this blog to be unknown to the public. Even though it's acknowledged as a po...

Gabrielle Miller is an Australian actress, musician, puppeteer, and mime who is perhaps best known for appearing in advertisements for Trivago, a Germany-based hotel website seen 'round the world. Starting her career at the age of 20, her early projects include WunderWagon, If You Want Blood, Baba, and her swing-jazz band Zap, this info she stated herself. Gabrielle brought ingenuity to both stage and screen through puppetry, physical theatre, mask, music, and dance, a.k.a. what she does. Miller has had lead roles on screen as seen on The Outback Motel, Adventurados, Rosenkind, and Underbelly: Razor, just to name a few. Some of her theatrical performances have involved using the skills mentioned above as seen on What Happens in the Dark, Rolling, Hot Mess, and more. She appears to be an incredibly good performer, though it's a shame she started performing in the 2010s, way after the Henson Company did projects in Australia. Then again in 2012, Gabrielle Miller did move to Germa...

Elizabeth Luce is a puppeteer, designer, and puppet builder who is known for doing freelance work over the years of her career, including at Snapdragon Puppets. She has worked for many companies such as the Disney Company, Fox Television, and Phoenix Productions before heading into puppetry. Elizabeth worked alongside the founder Roger Mara at Snapdragon Puppets for years, putting on shows focused on themes for kids, like fairy tales. Luce should maybe think about visiting the set of Sesame Street and see how the Muppet performers enact certain themes for their shows. I wonder what production she was doing in the image shown above because it looks like something involving painting. Although she didn't perform on Sesame Street, she entertains children with themed puppet shows, almost similar to the style of Sesame Street. Snapdragon Puppets must be the best place for Elizabeth Luce to work at since she's got a great partner and maybe other co-workers as well. I wonder what shows...

Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist, comedian, and actor who is known for being called "America's favorite comedian", according to Slate. He appeared on numerous TV shows and specials (including streaming ones) and also starred on his own show in 2009. Jeff's characters have included Walter (not the Muppet one), Peanut, Bubba J, Jose Jalapeno, and Achmed the Dead, not to mention many retired ones. Dunham may not have done a single appearance with the Muppets, but he has mentioned Sesame Street several times in his specials. He seemed to be extremely popular among adults with the shows he performed in and how much humor he puts in his acts, whether with ventriloquist dummies or not. People often said interesting facts about him, and he was even credited with reviving ventriloquism and more promotion since Edgar Bergen and his dummies. I wonder if Jeff Dunham ever considered guest appearing on one Muppet project in the future, for lots of ventriloquists have done that like D...

Bob Martin is a Canadian TV and theatre actor, writer, and puppeteer who's best known for his work on many television and theatre productions over the years. His only puppetry credit was on Puppets Who Kill as the doll Cuddles, working alongside Bruce Hunter, James Rankin, and Gordon Robertson. Apart from the puppet cast, Bob also worked alongside Robert Mills, John Pattison, and Dan Redican with the former two producing and latter acting. Besides the one puppetry role, Martin wrote and acted on many shows such as Slings & Arrows, Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays, The Industry, and The Second City Project. He was also producer on some of those series as well. As for his work in the theatre realm, he started out as an actor and director at The Second City before moving on to more American. Bob Martin both wrote and acted on several theatre productions as well like The Drowsy Chaperone, Elf, The Sting, The Prom, and more. It's a shame that with all of his projects, he never di...