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Under The Puppet Preserving puppetry through the personal stories of professional puppeteers. The longest running puppetry podcast on the internet.

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Let's kick off 2026 in a big way with our first guest of the year Rita Peruggi! In 1981, Rita Peruggi was hired by The J...
01/01/2026

Let's kick off 2026 in a big way with our first guest of the year Rita Peruggi!

In 1981, Rita Peruggi was hired by The Jim Henson Company as a production assistant on various projects including Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and The Muppets. She then moved on to the role of producer for the company working on many projects such as the Jim Henson Play along Videos, Muppet Vision 3D, Dinosaurs, Dark Crystal Age of Resistance, Earth To Ned and Fraggle Rock Back To The Rock. Outside of the The Jim Henson Company, Rita has served as Producer on Jack’s Big Music Show and Yo Gabba Gabba! and the updated Yo Gabba GabbaLand!. I talk Rita Peruggi about all of these projects and more on this episode of Under The Puppet.

Available wherever you get your podcasts or directly from underthepuppet.com

Tomorrow, we go back to the rock!
31/12/2025

Tomorrow, we go back to the rock!

On January 1, 2026, we return to Thra.
30/12/2025

On January 1, 2026, we return to Thra.

As 2025 winds down, we wanted to take a look back and thank all the amazing guests we've had this year! January - .santi...
30/12/2025

As 2025 winds down, we wanted to take a look back and thank all the amazing guests we've had this year!
January - .santino
February -
March - , , Alison Mork , Live at with .papalexis
April -
May -
June -
July -
August -
September - Jeanne Lauren
October -
November -
December -

Thanks to our amazing editor and for our theme song. And thank YOU, our listeners, for making us the longest running puppetry podcast on the internet! We will kick of our 10th year in March 2026 and we cannot wait to show you what we have in store!

Say the magic word with me...   New episode drops worldwide on January 1, 2026!  But our Patreon Patrons can listen to i...
27/12/2025

Say the magic word with me...

New episode drops worldwide on January 1, 2026! But our Patreon Patrons can listen to it right now! patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia

Merry Christmas!  We have a brand new 'toy' for you, but you'll have to wait until January 1st to open it.  Unless, of c...
25/12/2025

Merry Christmas! We have a brand new 'toy' for you, but you'll have to wait until January 1st to open it. Unless, of course, you're one of our Patreon Patrons, in which case you can open it now!

On January 1, 2026, we'll take a Rocky Mountain Holiday.  Of course, if you're one of our Patreon Patrons, you don't hav...
24/12/2025

On January 1, 2026, we'll take a Rocky Mountain Holiday. Of course, if you're one of our Patreon Patrons, you don't have to wait until the new year, you can listen right now!

Just a little something to get you excited for the new year!  The episode is available now to our Patreon patrons and wi...
23/12/2025

Just a little something to get you excited for the new year! The episode is available now to our Patreon patrons and will release worldwide on January 1st!

Tonight  and I drove out to see  at  in Claremont. After watching the show so much on YouTube it was so awesome to see i...
22/12/2025

Tonight and I drove out to see at in Claremont. After watching the show so much on YouTube it was so awesome to see it live. We laughed and laughed. Thanks to .logiudice for the hospitality and giving a a peek behind the scenes. Please check out Far Outpost on YouTube. Such fun stuff.

NEW EPISODE! Available where your get your podcasts!  Louise Gold is puppetry royalty. A trained theatre performer, Loui...
01/12/2025

NEW EPISODE! Available where your get your podcasts! Louise Gold is puppetry royalty. A trained theatre performer, Louise began her puppetry career working on the second season of The Muppet Show, where she played many characters — including the role of Annie Sue, much to Miss Piggy’s dismay. In addition to continuing her work with The Muppets, she went on to perform in The Dark Crystal, Sesame Street, and the Sesame Street spin-off The Furchester Hotel, where she played the hotel’s proprietor, Funella Furchester. She’s also performed on Spitting Image, The Ghost of Faffner Hall, Dodge’s Pup School, and many, many more puppetry projects. I talk to Louise Gold about her incredible career on this episode of Under The Puppet.

New episode tomorrow.
30/11/2025

New episode tomorrow.

New episode! My guest is Stacey Weingarten -  - Stacey Weingarten is a puppeteer, puppet wrangler, director, writer, and...
01/11/2025

New episode! My guest is Stacey Weingarten - - Stacey Weingarten is a puppeteer, puppet wrangler, director, writer, and producer who got her puppet start studying with John Tartaglia and later went on to work on the show Johnny and the Sprites. Since then, she’s worked with The Muppets and Sesame Street, where she won an Emmy Award for her work on the show’s 50th season.  She also has her own theatrical puppetry projects — Rescue Rue and Runaway Rue — that have played Off-Broadwayand at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.  I talk to Stacey Weingarten about all these projects and more, including her work on the upcoming The Muppet Show special for Disney+.

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