Jul 25th, 2008 · Triumph the Comic Insult Dog's bark may be worse than his bite: The canine puppet has been mocking Hollywood celebrities for over a decade now. Robert Smigel, Triumph's creator, talks about the furry late-night fixture and his other comedy projects.
Jun 25th, 2008 · Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird and other Sesame Street characters, has died. Carroll Spinney, the puppeteer who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, remembers him.
May 8th, 2008 · Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals recently joined forces to form a new side project called The Last Shadow Puppets. The duo's debut is a soaring collection of symphonic, '60s-tinged pop that brings out the strengths of both their bands. Hear the band play a stripped-down set on WXPN.
Dec 7th, 2007 · In 1964, the puppet-animated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer premiered on CBS. But few knew it would become a holiday classic. Now a Los Angeles-based puppeteer is helping to preserve two of the show's famous puppets that arrived at her workshop last year.
Dec 15th, 2006 · Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx are the songwriting team behind the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, Avenue Q. Featuring both people and puppets, the subversive show is about a group of aimless, 30-somethings with low expectations and active libidos. Avenue Q includes such songs as "It Sucks to be Me," "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist," "If You Were Gay," and "I Wish I could Go Back to College." The new companion book, Avenue Q: The Book, is covered in bright orange fur. This interview originally aired on Aug. 2, 2004.
Sep 5th, 2006 · Kevin Clash is the man behind Sesame Street's Elmo character. Clash has written a new book called My Life as a Furry Red Monster. Steve Inskeep talks to Kevin Clash about Elmo.
Aug 13th, 2006 · Facing competition from kids' programs like Dora the Explorer, the show has developed Abby Cadabby, a new female character who embraces her inner fairy princess, wings, wand, and all. Our commentator, herself a child of Sesame Street, says it's nice to see a puppet who's not afraid to embrace her feminity.
Dec 16th, 2005 · - Is there good money in leather fire buckets? What's life like as a puppeteer? And what exactly is a body puppet? David Gardner and Motley Fool personal finance expert Dayana Yochim talk to a motley array of callers with a motley array of jobs.