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Jonathan Paine

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Jonathan Paine is a freelance designer and sculptor who did work for Pixar and the now defunct Blue Sky Studios, as well as other companies. He was also an additional puppeteer for the Muppet special The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, which was probably his only puppeteer project. Jonathan not only does characters for film, but he also makes toys and figurines. Paine made toys for Disney, Warner Bros, Thinkway Toys, Marvel Comics, and more, though some were figurines and soap bottles. As for his film work, he has mainly done Pixar and Blue Sky Studios films such as The Incredibles, Up, Ice Age, Sausage Party, and more. Even though he only did that one Muppet special, he still got to work with numerous Muppet performers for that special such as Jane Henson, Michael Earl, Debra Spinney, and Tim Gosley. In addition to sculpting, Jonathan Paine works in many diverse fields of entertainment such as puppetry and education, with animation already mentioned above. For educational purposes

Nate Begle

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Nate Begle is a puppeteer, voice actor, and audio producer who is best known for performing Crow T. Robot of Mystery Science Theater 3000 from 2019-2022. He states that he worked with both Sesame Street and the Henson Company in his career though it's unknown when he did the former. Nate wasn't the only performer of Crow however, others have included Grant Baciocco, Kelsey Ann Brady, and lots more over the years. Begle also puppeteered on 9 Years to Neptune and John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, according to his website and interviews. In addition to puppetry, he is also a voice actor having lent his voices and characterizations to animation, audiobooks, videogame, and dubbing projects, not to mention commercials. Some of the major brands he did include Verizon, Taco Bell, Xbox, & others. Nate Begle should be proud to have such an incredible voice when it comes to doing either puppetry or animation, but he's still incredible no matter what he does. Personally, I would li

Cosmo Allegretti

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Cosmo Allegretti was an actor, puppeteer, dancer, and artist who was perhaps best known for doing the original Captain Kangaroo. On that show, he created and performed Mister Moose and Bunny Rabbit as well as the Dancing Bear, Grandfather Clock, and other characters. Cosmo even got to be an artist for a magic drawing board segment of some kind. Allegretti got to work with several Muppet performers on that show including Kevin Clash, Jim Martin, Alice Tweedie, and Daniel Seagren. It would appear that Captain Kangaroo was probably the only show in which he got to display his other skills besides acting of course. Most of his other credits involved acting in films and on Broadway. Cosmo Allegretti acted on Sorcerer, Prince of the City, Author! Author!, and Street Hunter, though not one production involving puppetry, at least not to my knowledge. He should be proud to have accomplished so much on one show for years with his acting, puppetry, dancing, and artistic skills, up until cancellat