All About Muppets

Peter Linz is a puppeteer who is best known for performing a variety of characters for The Muppets, Sesame Street, and Bear in the Big Blue House. He was hired as a performer on Sesame Street in 1991, either assisting or performing minor characters since then. But Peter got his big break on Bear in the Big Blue House performing Tutter, Pip, and others (including those dubbed by celebrities). I read that Linz puppeteered since he was only three and that's pretty impressive for a little boy to do something hard. His first Muppet film was on Muppets from Space, puppeteering Miss Piggy to Frank Oz's voice due to the latter being unavailable. He also did several Muppet projects before that feature film such as a Direct-to-Video. In 2011, Peter Linz was cast as Walter who was introduced in The Muppets (2011) and has been appearing with the Muppets since. Outside of Sesame Street and the Muppets, he has a huge success puppeteering on children's shows such as The Puzzle Place, B...

Alice Dinnean is a puppeteer and writer who performed in various Muppet productions, mainly Sesame Street and the Muppets. For Sesame Street, she inherited some roles from Camille Bonora while others she originated up until 2004. Alice also performed for Henson Company on projects like Big Bag, Bear in the Big Blue House, Pajanimals (shorts), Sid the Science Kid, and The Happytime Murders. Dinnean switched between California and New York to perform in those projects. I read that her first puppeteer job was in 1993 on the 25th anniversary special of Sesame Street, during the finale. Outside of Muppets and Sesame Street, she worked in several non-Muppet shows like The Puzzle Place, Jack's Big Music Show, and Crank Yankers, just to name a few. Alice Dinnean was sometimes paired with puppeteers such as David Rudman, Joey Mazzarino, and Peter Linz as seen in some of her shows. She has worked the Muppets since 1993 and still is today, like in Muppets Haunted Mansion special and The Mu...

Bill Barretta is a puppeteer, suit performer, director, and producer best known for performing various characters for the Muppets, most notably Pepe the King Prawn, Johnny Fiama, and Bobo the Bear. He is also the current performer of Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Teeth, Swedish Chef, and Mahna Mahna when Jim Henson passed away. Bill started out as a suit performer for Earl Sinclair on Dinosaurs (Mak Wilson did his face). Barretta soon began puppetry by performing on The Animal Show and two specials. Soon he was performing with the Muppets since 1994 on various projects. On Sesame Street, he performed on The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland and several years later performed Elmo's dad Louie. Louie was the only main Sesame Street character Bill Barretta did until 2009 when Tyler Bunch took over. He also wrote, produced, and directed several projects involving the Muppets as well as perform such as The Muppets, Muppets Haunted Mansion, and recently, The Muppets Mayhem. His recent film work wa...