All About Muppets

Stephen Chiodo is a puppeteer, director, producer, and puppet creator who is best known for being a part of Chiodo Bros. Productions, Inc. along with Charles Chiodo and Edward Chiodo. He has served as director and co-producer for Killer Klowns from Outer Space and directed other projects he and his brothers made in their lives. Stephen also puppeteered for an episode of The Simpsons (as well as doing stop-motion segments for several others), Nickelodeon series, and Geo Kids (with his brothers. Chiodo and his brothers even made puppets for kid shows such as The Mr. Potato Head Show, Adventures in Wonderland, and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza. Other puppeteers he has performed with include Russ Walko, Brett O'Quinn, Patrick Johnson, Sean Johnson, and Artie Esposito. He must be the head director of the company since he directed almost all the projects made by him and his brothers. Stephen Chiodo has done several films with his brothers, besides Killer Klowns, like Elf, Team America: W...

Charles Chiodo is a puppeteer, special effects artist, puppet creator, producer, and writer who is known for being a part of Chiodo Bros. Productions, Inc. He wrote, produced, designed, and acted on Killer Klowns from Outer Space alongside his brothers, Stephen Chiodo and Edward Chiodo. Charles must have some position with his company since Edward is the chairman. Chiodo and his brothers also made puppets for kid shows such as The Mr. Potato Head Show, Adventures in Wonderland, and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza, to name a few. He served as puppeteer for an episode of The Simpsons (and also stop-motion segments for several others), Nickelodeon series, and Team America: World Police. Some puppeteers he worked with have included Patrick Johnson, Sean Johnson, Artie Esposito, Russ Walko and Brett O'Quinn. Aside from Killer Klowns, Charles Chiodo did several other films as well such as Elf, Critters films, Survival Island, and more. The brothers must be very proud to work with each othe...

Edward Chiodo is a puppeteer, producer, puppet creator, and special effects artist who is best known for being part of Chiodo Bros. Productions, Inc, along with his brothers Stephen and Charles. He serves as the co-chairman, head of production, and executive producer for all the projects. Edward is an expert when it comes to live-action puppetry, stop-motion, make-up effects, and more. Chiodo puppeteered on an episode of The Simpsons (and produced stop-motion for several other episodes), Nickelodeon series, and Theodore Rex. The brothers also made puppets for several kid shows such as The Mr. Potato Head Show, Adventures in Wonderland and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza. The company also did work for films like Elf, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, and Team America: World Police, to name a few. Some other puppeteers Edward Chiodo worked with include Artie Esposito, Brett O'Quinn, Patrick Johnson, Sean Johnson, and Russ Walko. I believe Stephen Chiodo and Charles Chiodo should be proud...

Guðmundur Þór Kárason is an Icelandic puppeteer, puppet builder, producer, and creative director who is best known for performing Ziggy on LazyTown. His goal of building puppets and creatures that come alive with character came true within his adulthood. Guðmundur joined LazyTown Entertainment back in 1998 as a creative director involved in everything before the LazyTown became a series. Kárason was not only the performer of Ziggy on the series, but he also produced and designed the puppets for Neal Scanlan Studios to build. I've read that he attended two workshops by Jim Henson Productions in 1996 and 1999 while also attending a workshop for the Creature Shop in the latter. He's done a good job of working at LazyTown Entertainment, Icelandic production company dedicated to children's health & well-being. But LazyTown can't be the only show Guðmundur Þór Kárason worked on since his goal states any kinds of puppets and creatures. Other puppeteers he performed with in...

Debra Wilson is an actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer who only did puppetry for one series, The Mr. Potato Head Show (as Queenie Sweet Potato and Miss Licorice Lips). She is best known for being a cast member on Mad TV from 1995-2003, eight seasons exactly. As voice actress, Debra has voiced over thousands of characters for television shows like All Hail King Julien, Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart, and Spitting Image (reboot). As for Disney, Wilson did Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Owl House, and Mickey Mouse Funhouse (taking over the role of Daisy Duck after Season 1). It amazes me how one actress like her can do so many shows. Her live-action work includes Reno 911, 2 Broke Girls, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and more. I wonder if Debra Wilson had a hard time doing puppetry for Mr. Potato Head, since she had to keep her arm in the air for hours. At least she performed with other puppeteers such as Brian Jacobs (an actor too), Mark Bryan Wilson, Julianne Buescher, and ...