Bill Traetta

Bill Traetta is a puppeteer and costumer who did the former for television and the latter for feature films in the science fiction genre. He puppeteered on McDonaldland, Jingle All the Way, and The Mr. Potato Head Show, as well as being assistant puppet master for the latter. Bill worked with many puppeteers such as Terry Castillo, Mark Bryan Wilson, and Tony Urbano, as well as voice actress Debra Wilson. Traetta has not done any puppetry projects since Mr. Potato Head ended after only one season. As for his costuming credits, he did many films such as Man of Steel, Star Trek Into Darkness, Ghost of Mars, and even Obi-Wan Kenobi, though the latter was a mini-series. It's a shame there's no image of the person himself, but he did get interviewed in a YouTube video which shows his face perfectly. Even though Bill Traetta never worked on any Henson Company or Muppet projects, he still worked with several Muppet performers on some of the shows mentioned above. I hope he managed to keep up with everything on The Mr. Potato Head Show because the sets kept changing and the puppets were made by the Chiodo Brothers. Those 3 guys may not be the Henson family, but they've had Muppet performers do some of their puppet creations over the years. Hopefully, there will be an image of Bill online in the near future, as the one above is of a different person with different talent. And who knows, maybe Traetta will get interviewed again which will be posted on YouTube for everyone to watch and enjoy. In the meantime, he should continue to be a costumer for upcoming films and be proud of doing hero and space films. But he's still going to be known for being a puppeteer by me, based on all his credits. Bill Traetta, you're a great puppeteer and a master of costuming. Whenever you have free time, remember how much fun it was puppeteering on those three projects mentioned above. There's nothing you can't do for the film industry when supplying costumes. Well played Bill. Tantalizing costumes Traetta! 

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