Lee Bryan

Lee Bryan is a puppeteer who is more known to people as "That Puppet Guy" and has done various solo performances over the years. He served as an additional Muppet performer on The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, along with Lucky Yates, Drew Allison, Rowell Gorman, and others. Lee is also a two-time grant recipient of The Jim Henson Foundation for his solo performances of Pinocchio and Suitcase Circus, his best known ones. Bryan has also done live solo performances at the Center for Puppetry Arts which features many Muppet performers who've done performances too. Outside, he is known as "That Puppet Guy" and the performances he played are suited for children in schools, library programs, and intimate theaters. The shows he's done (other than the two mentioned above) include The Zany Zoo, Dr. Dinosaur, Trouble in Toyland, and Circus Fanta-Sea, to name a few. But it's a shame Lee Bryan never did other projects with Sesame Street, he would have been perfect for the series since kids love him. He really knows how to turn stories into entertainment whether it's classic or made up. But how does he do his puppet characters without the audience seeing him do it. It's like Lee is performing a unique hidden puppetry technique that the Muppets do, only without him hidden. If only Bryan would be interviewed in a podcast soon, maybe then he'll reveal his techniques which can inspire the Muppets to do. Perhaps he had some other people to assist him in operating the puppets while he's visible. You never know the types of secrets puppeteers hide. Lee Bryan, you've been doing wonderful entertaining children across America. I hope that you'll still be known as "The Puppet Guy" and maybe someday assist on a Sesame Street project again. Who knows, maybe there will be an Elmo in Grouchland anniversary and you can get interviewed. You can always dream of that day Lee. Until then, keep entertaining kids Bryan!