Jim Napolitano

Jim Napolitano is a puppeteer and anime dub actor who hasn't performed with the Muppets or Sesame Street but has worked with several Muppet performers outside on Between the Lions. On that show he mostly did minor characters and in one episode, supplied the marionettes and sets for the Icarus story (with Tim Lagasse). Other than puppetry, Jim has also dubbed a few anime shows, most notably Sonic X and Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. I've read that Napolitano also puppeteered on a Chanukah special in Weinerville where he got to work with Marc Weiner. But other than that, he formed his own company entitled Nappy's Puppets, which does several shadow puppet shows for people. It's a shame that he has never worked with the Muppets, Sesame Street, or the Henson Company. Looks like Jim Napolitano is another person who worked with shadow puppets other than Jon Ludwig, Sue Dacre, and Annie Peterle, just to name a few. He is also another puppeteer who has dubbed for anime like several others. There doesn't seem to be anything impossible for him. Perhaps Jim will someday reunite with the performers of Between the Lions, if there will ever be a reunion in the future. I think Napolitano is still working his Nappy's Puppets company today and still doing shadow puppets for people all around. Let's just hope that someday he'll meet up with a Muppet performer again and ask if he can assist on a project starring either the Muppets or Sesame Street. Jim Napolitano, you're both a master puppeteer and a professional voice actor when it comes to dubbing anime. I hope you'll keep doing either one of those two or both in the future. And when you have free time, maybe you'll run into an old friend like Jennifer Barnhart or Peter Linz, both from Between the Lions. Until then, keep on working Jim. Rock on Napolitano!