Galen Fott

Galen Fott is a puppeteer, animator, singer, and writer who has worked on various Sesame Street video projects from 1994-2006. His first work was in the 25th anniversary special Stars and Street Forever, which soon led to Don't Forget to Watch the Movie and Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic. Galen has also done live U.S. appearances as Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House and even did international appearances as the Coca-Cola Polar Bear (Henson built). Fott has also puppeteered in several different projects outside of Sesame Street, 2 were The Puzzle Place home video series and Pinatta's View with Rick Lyon. His last known project on Sesame Street was animating the robot's "Holidays of the Future" segment in the fourth chapter of A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (Rickey Boyd wrote and directed that particular segment). Other performers he worked with include Mark Gale, Jason Murphy, and Andy Stone, just to name a few. Galen Fott also founded his own animation studio entitled Bigfott Studios which produced animation for many different shows even I don't know about. Some of his other shows include Backyard Time, Operation Overboard, and Everywhere Fun Fair, all filmed in Nashville. He has even written many books, computer software, and articles throughout the years. Galen must be one of the busiest people to work with both puppets and animation. I just hope that Fott has just enough time to take care of himself when he isn't busy. In 2021, he returned to Sesame Workshop to work on the second season of The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo. It could be a sign that he'll work on Sesame Street on and off again, you never know. Galen Fott, you are a very hard-working man to do puppetry, animation, & writing. Someday you should meet up with one of the Sesame Street performers like Matt Vogel, Noel MacNeal, or David Rudman. Until that day comes, you just keep on doing whatever it is you're doing. Just be sure to take care of yourself Galen. You're like a machine Fott!