All About Muppets

Michele Durler was a British actress, writer, and puppeteer who was best known for her work on Playdays appearing on camera as Bisty Bob and performing the puppet Milly Sprocket. She performed alongside Nick Mercer who did Morris Cog as well as the Playdays puppeteers Sally Preisig, Ellie Darvill, and Sue Monroe. Michele also presented on Fun Song Factory, Rotten Ralph, and Sunnyside Up, and also wrote episodes of The Story Makers. I wonder how Durler voiced Milly Sprocket in scenes when she appeared as Bitsy Bob, though my best assumption would be through pre-recorded vocals or something. It's a pity she hasn't done any productions following The Story Makers, but at least she had the chance to puppeteer during select episodes of Playdays. She also worked with three Henson performers, apart from Preisig, including Katherine Smee and Michael Bayliss on a show called The Parkies. Michele Durler must have been interviewed for her work in children's television following her wor...

Julie Burroughs is a Canadian voice actress and puppeteer who performed the role of Tuk on the show Wumpa's World, paired with Jani Lauzon who did Seeka. That was probably the only known production she puppeteered on in her career. Most of Julie's other credits were voiceover roles or dubbing roles in TV shows and films. Some of the shows Burroughs lent her voice to include The Wombles, The Bellflower Bunnies, and Snowsnaps, while her dubbing credits include Arthur, the Total Drama franchise, and many others. It's a shame she only puppeteered on Wumpa's World, but at least she worked with three Sesame Park performers on that show; Lauzon, Pier Paquette, and Tim Gosley. There should be more information about her online besides the websites that already got some of course, whoever knows? Julie Burroughs has also dubbed for international versions of live-action films like Scooby-Doo, Elf, Freaky, and Smile, to name a few. One of these days she'll probably be interviewe...

Hector Loeza is a Mexican puppeteer and actor who is best known for performing Abelardo Montoya on Plaza Sesamo since 2004. He also performed the bird in the spin-off Pequeñas Aventureras and on Sesame Street proper in the YouTube special Elmo's World: Dance Party. Hector also performs with other Mexican puppeteers on Plaza Sesamo such as Rocio Lara, Alfonso Soto, Verenice Callejo, and Odin Dupeyron, to name a few. Loeza must be proud to be the current performer an international Big Bird-type character on an international co-production of Sesame Street. This seems to be the only show he performs on, at least the only known show he does. His only known outside production was on a show called ¡Yo soy yo! as Yo in an episode. It's a shame there aren't a lot of Mexican puppetry series for Hector Loeza to do. And even if there were, nobody knows what characters he would do nor the name of the show. At least this man has become famous for performing on Plaza Sesamo and being the ...

Mike Scanlan is a British puppeteer, puppet builder, and mechanical designer who has worked with the Creature Shop on numerous productions. He served as one of the regular dinosaur builders on Dinosaurs and also built puppets for Mother Goose Stories, Aliens in the Family, and Brats of the Lost Nebula. Mike even puppeteered on the Creature Shop film George of the Jungle with Julianne Buescher, Michelan Sisti, Rob Tygner, and Pons Maar. Outside of the Creature Shop, Scanlan worked on animatronics for Little Shop of Horrors, Dream Demon, and Gophers, as well as puppeteering for Monkeybone and providing alien effects for Alien 3. I wonder if this guy has any relation to designer Neal Scanlan as they both share the same last name, but I'll bet the former will deny it in an interview. His latest project with the Creature Shop was on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance where he was a mechanic for the characters. In addition to the Creature Shop, Mike Scanlan also worked in the Muppet Wor...

Patrick Comerford is a British puppeteer who has performed on numerous Henson productions, though mostly uncredited. He performed on Muppet Treasure Island, 101 Dalmatians, Lost in Space, and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, uncredited on the former two. Patrick should have been credited on the Muppet film because he got to work with the legendary Muppet performers like Jerry Nelson and Dave Goelz. Comerford is more well-known outside of Henson, doing productions such as Spitting Image, The Spooks of Bottle Bay, Seed of Chucky, and several Star Wars films as a creature and droid puppeteer. He also co-founded the puppet company Global Puppeteering Services with Barnaby Harrison and together they performed different types of puppets for different productions. Other films he did include E.T. and Babe: Pig in the City while television include Wizadora, The Big Garage, Dog and Duck, and more. With the company and his performing partner, Patrick Comerford has spent over two decades worki...

Dean Bareham is a Canadian puppeteer, voice actor, puppet builder, and clown who is best known for his work as artistic director for the theatre company Green Fools. He was an additional puppeteer on Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock alongside many other performers such as Ali DeRegt, Jamie Konchak, Brendan James Boyd, and Andrew G. Cooper. It must have been very exciting for Dean to work on a reboot of such an iconic series, and to assist the main performers, all of which are legendary. Bareham also puppeteered on the show Joe Pickett and lent his voice to English dubs of anime such as Mobile Fighter G Gundam. Some of his other collaborations, according to his bio, include being a clown with Cirque du Soleil at Toronto's Luminato Festival and designing/building puppets and creatures for many zoos and aquariums all across North America. That's amazing for someone like him to have numerous contributions over the years in his career, which of course took him around the world. Dean B...