Drew Allison (Grey Seal Puppets, The Adventures of Elmo In Grouchland) – Under The Puppet #68

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http://www.UnderThePuppet.com – Drew Allison is the creator and owner of Grey Seal Puppets, a puppet company that specializes in live puppet shows (many of which have received UNIMA Citations), on camera puppetry and custom character creation. He is the co-author of the very influential puppet building book The Foam Book and he puppeteered on the feature film Elmo in Grouchland.  Drew Allison is my guest on this episode of Under The Puppet.

Plus, hear more of my conversation with Drew Allison exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android!
IOS – https://apple.co/2WZ4uZg
ANDROID – https://bit.ly/2RwcFev

Also, this month you can win a copy of Marionettes: How to Make and Work Them by Helen Fling!  Listen to find out how to enter.

Transcript of this interview is available to the Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patrons!

CONNECT WITH DREW ALLISON :
Website – https://www.greysealpuppets.com
Twitter – https://twitter.com/greysealpuppets
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzvxu9TAoVPG0hkBrmqTk-w/videos
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/greysealpuppets/
IMDB – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021434/

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Captain Kangaroo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Kangaroo

Marriotnets: How To Make And Work Them by Helen Fling – https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486229092

Grey Seal Puppets – https://www.greysealpuppets.com

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Yellow_Brick_Road

UNC Wilmington – https://uncw.edu

Doug Swink (Obituary) – https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2006/01/08/dramatic-goodbye/30253440007/

National Puppetry Festival – https://www.puppeteers.org/national-puppetry-festival

Puppeteers of America – https://www.puppeteers.org

UNIMA USA – https://www.unima-usa.org

Puppet Rampage – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvpeOszd3Yo

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Elmo_in_Grouchland

Bob Lynch – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528242/

Lisa Sturz – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836456/

Jerry Nelson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Nelson

Carrol Spinney – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroll_Spinney

Marty Robinson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_P._Robinson

Vania Reckard – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13229534 

Dave McDonald – https://www.davemcdonald.com

Center for Puppetry Arts – https://puppet.org

Children’s Theater of Charlotte – https://ctcharlotte.org

The Foam Book – https://www.amazon.com/Foam-Book-Building-Polyfoam-Puppets-ebook/dp/B00H4J4QCS

Donald Devit – https://www.youtube.com/c/DonaldDevet/featured

Seemore Goodstuff – https://youtu.be/ywKsYNNnuT0

Art Grueneberger – https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2019/03/utp-26/

Jim Henson Foundation Grant – https://www.hensonfoundation.org/grants/artist-grants/

Swazzle – https://www.swazzle.com

UNIMA Citation of Excellence – https://www.unima-usa.org/winners

Puppeteers of America President’s Award – https://www.puppeteers.org/awards

CLIPS HEARD ON THIS EPISODE:
Bojangles – https://youtu.be/rVBD6YNySl8
Seemore Goodstuff – https://youtu.be/ywKsYNNnuT0
Donegal Insurance – https://www.facebook.com/greysealpuppets/videos/grey-seal-puppets-on-camera/10152338737314779

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Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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