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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.

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Connect with Rita Peruggi:
IMDB – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675745/
Wikipedia – https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Ritamarie_Peruggi

Discussed on the show:
Rita Peruggi – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675745/
Jim Henson Company – https://www.henson.com/
Jim Henson Play-Along Videos – https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Play-Along_Video
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets – https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Holiday
Muppet Babies Music Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5EUpo1pXq8
Muppet*Vision 3D – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppet*Vision_3D
Dinosaurs (TV series) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101081/
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance – https://www.netflix.com/title/80148535
Earth to Ned – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_to_Ned
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock – https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/fraggle-rock-back-to-the-rock/
Jack’s Big Music Show – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%27s_Big_Music_Show
Yo Gabba Gabba! – https://www.yogabbagabba.com/
Splash and Bubbles – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_and_Bubbles

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

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