Jack Venturo

Jack Venturo is a puppeteer, filmmaker, contributor, and animator whose only Henson Company show so far was Earth to Ned. I don't know why he didn't do other Henson Company productions or Muppet projects, such as Muppets Haunted Mansion. Jack is probably more recognized for his work outside of Earth to Ned since he's done more projects featuring puppetry. Venturo puppeteered on Coyote Jack's Smoke Pit, Disney's Tsum Tsum Kingdom, Chit Chat with Richie, and many more. Other than puppetry, he is also an excellent filmmaker either writing, producing, and/or directing numerous series, films and shorts. Some of the films he made include Lost in the Wilderness, Stanley 2: The Legacy, Toy Geeks: Behind the Counter, and The Shortest Day, to name a few. Jack Venturo should show a couple Muppet performers his filmmaking and puppetry talents so that they can give him a chance to be with them in their next production. At least he got to work with puppeteers who worked with Muppets such as Brian Henson, Drew Massey, Michael Oosterom, and Victor Yerrid. He probably did a lot more filmmaking more than any other performer of the Muppets, besides Jim Henson and Frank Oz. I personally believe that Jack has what it takes to assist the Muppets or Henson Company on future projects. Venturo should still write, produce, and direct within many projects that are either current or upcoming, but he should also continue his puppetry skills. You never know when the Henson Company will make another show involving puppets. Jack Venturo, on or off-screen, you are the wiz of showbusiness. Keep up the great work you've done over the years and are still doing to this very day. And be sure to remember how you enjoyed working on Earth to Ned. No matter what you do, you'll always be one of the great filmmakers and performers in the show business Jack. You sure are magnificent Venturo!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Heather Quinn

Image
Heather Quinn is a British puppeteer, cosplayer, singer, and gossiper who did many puppet characters for social media. She is also the only puppeteer who does cosplay, in other words, dresses and acts like their favorite character from a show. Heather also has a love for anything vintage, which I personally find to be unique for a person to like things from the past. Quinn hasn't done anything Muppet-related in her life, in fact she's probably never even heard of the Muppets or the Henson Company. However she has puppeteered many times for social media such as TikTok and Instagram. One of her puppets resembles an Ewok from the Star Wars franchise, which could give a clue that she's a Star Wars fan as well. In addition to puppetry, Heather Quinn has been gossiping on her website about her activities, her travels, as well as her habit of drinking tea. She's also sung all of Sondheim's Company, Into the Woods, and Sweeney Todd, as stated by her on her own website. Ther...
Read more

Gordon Robertson

Image
Gordon Robertson is a Canadian puppeteer who has performed on and off with the Muppets for many years. His most notable work with them was on Fraggle Rock as the body of Pa Gorg and various other characters on the series. Gordon has also performed with the Muppets on The Jim Henson Hour, The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, The Muppets Wizard of Oz, and more. Robertson even performed on the Sesame Street film Follow That Bird and it's Canadian co-production Sesame Park. His Creature Shop work has placed him on TNMT II, The Neverending Story, and Cats & Dogs. Outside of his work with the Muppets, he performed with Shari Lewis on Lamb Chop's Play-Along and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza. Apart from her, Gordon Robertson did various other shows, his most notable ones were Zoboomafoo and Groundling Marsh. He got to work alongside many performers such as Robert Mills, Trish Leeper, Stephen Brathwaite, and Wende Welch, to name a few. Perhaps his best known characters were Zobo...
Read more

Amanda Glass

Image
Amanda Glass is a British puppeteer and costume maker who puppeteered on season 1 of Sooty (2011) as well as part of the third season. She also puppeteered on the Sooty video Sooty: The Big Day Out as well as making many of the puppets' costumes on the series. Besides doing Sooty, Amanda was also an additional puppeteer on Mongrels for three episodes. I personally think Glass should have puppeteered on a project by either the Muppets or the Henson Company (mostly in the Creature Shop). It's currently unknown what the performer looks like since the picture above either has her on camera or under one of the puppets. On both Sooty and Mongrels, other puppeteers she performed with include Iestyn Evans, Yvonne Stone, Simon Buckley, and Toby Olie, to name a few. Maybe someday Amanda Glass will have her chance to meet one of the Muppet performers in the UK or maybe she will learn about the Henson Company online. Nobody really knows whatever happened to her after 2018 when she did seas...
Read more