Tips From a Sesame Street Puppeteer!

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5 ай бұрын

Puppeteer Stacey Gordon ("Julia" on Sesame Street) stops by the shop to give Adam Savage a lesson in puppeteering, from eye focus to speaking to walking. It's a lot more difficult than it sounds, and perhaps next time Adam won't skip arm day! Sign up for one of Stacey's workshops on her site PuppetPie, and let us know how you fare.
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@tested 5 ай бұрын

Puppet Pie: puppetpie.com/ Animal Eye practice puppets: puppetpie.com/products/peepers Meet Julia from Sesame Street: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrFzl7ljleCwfac.html Adam Savage Attempts Puppeteering with The Henson Company! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcxdnJuc05_Xenk.html Michael Schupbach (puppet wrangler on this day!): instagram.com/mrschupbach James Wojtal: instagram.com/puppetdungeon/ Gordon Smuder/Puppet Forge: www.thepuppetforge.com/ Blank Puppets: blankpuppets.bigcartel.com/

@tekvax01 5 ай бұрын

I think it wonderful that the team at Sesame Street have included Julia, she is such an important inclusion to the group of friends.

@FuckYa732 5 ай бұрын

Thanks I just made my first puppet Oh boy long time no he is Here My old friend Bob he was a real,man and if he saw his puppet Oh boy. Boy was raised from the dead. A bolt of lightning and a old gray bath mat was in the sky windy storm so out in the mountains I went to find him where he was laid to rest. Just as I took the last shovel full bam yep there goes Bob. Smoke clears I saw a gray mess and his sunglasses looking at me. I had to say it like Vincent price rise He did and said where's my ice cream. Bobs back the adventures we will have now he is a gray bath mat puppet lol. Hope all like the true story of Bob. Wish I could put a video up he keeps buging me. Thanks Adam. Bob says hi

@metern 5 ай бұрын

In an onld children tv show in Norway from 1982-1984 kalled Labbetuss. There were two characters called Smitt and Smule. They where a pair of gloves with a wig and eyes. Labbetuss it self was a man in a dog costume (Geir Børresen), it was an old english sheepdog.

@briantaylor5371 5 ай бұрын

The most puppeteer knowledge in 37min ever. Please bring her back sooner than later please. Her love of teaching her craft shines through

@TrinidadPuppets 5 ай бұрын

She’s an amazing person

@LuisCastillo-tg6xw 5 ай бұрын

Not even a puppet guy but seeing people so excited for their interests is so contagious and cheerful. Love this kind of content!

@AngelusNielson 5 ай бұрын

Adam has never progressed beyond boyhood when it comes to wondering at cool things. He is precious and must be protected.

@onebraveheartlion 5 ай бұрын

Sometimes it seems that I have way too much enegy and love for life but seeing this I think I've just been misdirecting it. I definitely need to start some production of my own. Thank you for saying this.

@AngelusNielson 5 ай бұрын

@@onebraveheartlion I look forward to seeing your end product.

@alanbayman7729 5 ай бұрын

This woman is a wizard. She made a bottle of water come to life.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 5 ай бұрын

Not even Victor Frankenstein had that level of life-creating power.

@maxwellgrimsley 5 ай бұрын

I grew up playing with puppets and I’ve always loved them. I had one named sir Lancelot (he was a knight, if you could guess 😂) and I took him EVERYWHERE with me. I’d even sleep with him at night. I once took him to show and tell at school, and everyone thought he was so cool and I felt so proud. I’m so glad to find other puppet nerds at long last! 💕

@williamdooley9805 5 ай бұрын

Amazing story!

@tested 5 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@micksdarwinlife274 5 ай бұрын

" with this ring I thee puppet"... best line ever

@sundaynightdrunk 5 ай бұрын

The magic of this channel is that I don't think I want to watch tips from a Sesame Street puppeteer, but 40 minutes later I've watched the entire thing and enjoyed the hell out of it. Stacey is fantastically enthusiastic and it's amazing to see an expert in such a niche field that still does an artistic job that's anything but easy. Loved this.

@1808productions 5 ай бұрын

Watching Stacy instruct Adam was such a delight, her enthrusiasm and postivity were lovely.

@mushroomocean5177 5 ай бұрын

Please don’t stop the puppet content! I LOVE learning how this stuff works ❤

@MrRuinf20 5 ай бұрын

I am so Happy to see this, Stacy is a great family friend and was also my baby sitter when i was young, yes she was an amazing sitter. To see her not only fulfilling her dreams as a puppeteer on sesame street and then of all things to show up on my you tube feed this morning blew me away. I am so proud of her and happy that she was able to meet Adam and share this passion of hers. the was Adam has full fledged interest always amazes me. they say never meet your idols but Adam is a safe bet.

@antivanti 5 ай бұрын

I looked up infectious enthusiasm in the dictionary and this is what I found. Nothing is more interesting than hearing someone talk about something they're passionate about and this is a prime example! 😊

@jssherrard 5 ай бұрын

As a Henson trained puppeteer, I could not love this more! 💗 #GoldenRectangle

@chuumon95 5 ай бұрын

You’re a puppeteer for the Jim Henson company?

@jssherrard 5 ай бұрын

@@chuumon95 I was. Yes. Years ago. It’s possible I’ll return to puppetry someday, but for now I’m working in other aspects of the entertainment industry.

@chuumon95 5 ай бұрын

@@jssherrard Though it might be a long shot, maybe you could help me. I want to send a letter to Brian Henson at the Jim Henson Company to ask him if he could get Disney to put some old Muppet specials and shows on Disney+ and their songs on itunes. I even made a chart. Despite what I’ve looked up, I’m having a hard time with figuring out how to address it so it goes directly to him. Can you by any chance tell me exactly what I should write down in the ‘To’ part?

@kellieevetts2637 5 ай бұрын

I am so excited that others love the puppet content as much as I do!!

@antivanti 5 ай бұрын

I think even if I had no interest in puppets this would be interesting just because of the authentic enthusiasm 😊

@whyamibored727 5 ай бұрын

After an extremely bad night involving multiple breakdowns, this was very much appreciated. Thanks adam and Stacey! You have a lovely method of teaching

@Righteous_Robot 5 ай бұрын

I'm only getting started in blending my puppetry and filmmaking. But these few techniques and lessons have already given me so much to consider moving into my next project. Thank you for collaborating, sharing her knowledge, and most importantly, your iteration. It assures me I'm not alone in my feeling of ineptitude against such pros!

@gibletsmidnightmusings 5 ай бұрын

'Ello! I'm a puppeteer and puppet maker in the UK and seeing you and Stacey working together brought me so much joy, thank you so much!!! 🙂

@LycaonsMemories 5 ай бұрын

just the enthusiasm in the room between these two. it is addictive and healing.

@projekt6_official 5 ай бұрын

I _LOVED_ this episode! I grew up watching Sesame Street and always enjoyed it so much. It's so fantastic seeing Adam genuinely excited about something to begin with, but when he brings someone else on that is genuinely excited about something as well, ::chefs kiss:: Thank you, Stacey for joining Adam on this episode and sharing your craft with us!

@aznshents 5 ай бұрын

At this rate, Adam Savage is gonna become a pro TV puppeteer in no time! Also GO STACEY WE LOVE YOU WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@ApolloOkamura 5 ай бұрын

Hey Adam, loved this episode! I'm a former classically trained 2D animation professor, and whenever I taught lip-synch I always began having the students try their hand (pardon the pun) at puppetry, since many of the tips and subtleties mentioned in this video also apply to dialogue animation!

@gl15col 5 ай бұрын

Now we have a master class on puppeteering that we can watch over and over for future reference; wonderful!

@ThomasBryant 5 ай бұрын

PLEASE keep doing this kind of stuff. It makes me smile so much!

@richardjones2189 5 ай бұрын

She's cool. Absolute passion for what she does. Awesome. Exactly the same reason I like Adam and this channel so much.

@MichaelBLane40 5 ай бұрын

Thank you adam and stacy for doing this video. As a long time fan of both, i was super happy to see stacy come on for a video colab. Most recently my 7 year old daughter also became a fan of adam and the myth busters team after letting her watch one my dvds, it was the one Mega Movie myths. After that she has been a very big fan and enjoys watching tested with me. Sometimes its hard to hold her attention to all the videos, this She enjoys this from start to finish.

@Dougurasufilm 5 ай бұрын

Videos like this are truly what I’m here for at Tested. People genuinely excited to learn and people genuinely excited to teach. Love this channel ❤

@quinnofthenerds 5 ай бұрын

As a puppeteer and puppet maker this brought me so much joy, thank you so much team!

@wreakhavoc9238 5 ай бұрын

I honestly had the funnest time watching this video. I felt like I was watching Sesame Street again, also 2 comedic shows between you and your lovely friend Julia as well as the 2 puppets. Truly happy to watch this and so so much respect to the people that made and still make my childhood possible whether it be Star Wars or Alf or Sesame Street, eureka castle mister Roger’s you name it. So much joy and emotion and storytelling. Can’t thank you enough for making and sharing this video. Had me laughing in bed and smiling nonstop. Thank you Adam and Julia. I used to have peepers when I was younger also, and as a kid with not a lot of friends it was an outlet to talk to someone. Truly wonderful. Please do more.

@TheCreatureWorksStudio 5 ай бұрын

Yay! Great to see more puppets and to see an amazing puppeteer on the show.

@XemeraldXD 5 ай бұрын

Oh my god this is so exciting, i love these videos! And clearly Adam does too!

@tlac4120 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Adam and Stacey for this delightful puppetry lesson. I was smiling the whole time, trying out the the movements with my hand. I'm thinking about getting or building a puppet now. I fell encouraged to do so. Stacey is wonderful. Please bring her back, soon. ❤

@Aleat6 5 ай бұрын

Wow, Stacey is amazon! Her entusiasm and friendlyness really comes avrops the internet. I love the passion for puppetry and I love to ser all the skills that goes into it! Thank you!

@monsvillerailways5736 5 ай бұрын

Wow Adam. This is an awesome video. Thank you so much. She is such a good teacher and we can all learn from her. So much fun. Excellent!!

@susanwoodcarver 5 ай бұрын

Oh, this was totally delightful! More! We need more, sir! Please.❤❤

@JorisKoolen 5 ай бұрын

Wow such contagious joy and energy!

@P--O 5 ай бұрын

Super fun video to watch with so much enthusiasm and great interaction between you two. Hreetings from Sweden

@kj3d812 5 ай бұрын

This was SO PERFECT -- my Monkey Boys puppet kit arrived today; assembly of my very first puppet begins tomorrow. I was wondering how to begin learning puppetry, and blam! Here's this video to point me in the right direction. Many thanks to Stacey and Adam for doing this video! So many subtleties to begin practicing once my puppet is made. 😀

@kayleymiddleton2024 5 ай бұрын

So cool! Thanks for sharing this adam!

@JoshuaTWalker 5 ай бұрын

I am just starting to learn puppetry for my new project. so much to try, thank you for the help

@systemSkynet 5 ай бұрын

When she showed her favourite puppet it just reminded me of Button Moon from when I was a small child. Perfect. I actually cried happy tears.

@LyricNear 5 ай бұрын

This is exactly the sort of thing that inspired me to really dig into what makes puppetry work and all the skill and craftsmanship that goes into it, more than just appreciating it on a surface level. I remember making my first puppet in middle school just to bring to Maker Faire to show to Adam, and his pure enthusiasm for my basic little fluffy hand puppet has been in the back of my head all these years. And I say thank you because I’m a proffesional puppet maker and puppeteer now! I would not be where I am without Adam and Tested’s videos, his excitement for the medium and willingness to learn new things. I’m a lead puppeteer on a little show pilot called Fogtown, and it’s been so exciting to watch the team learn this new style of performance together. So I really encourage anyone watching videos like this to just get out there and start practicing!

@christianstanding 5 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, Stacey is the best. I love how generous puppeteers are with their craft too. I could watch this for hours.

@carlosortega3d 5 ай бұрын

I loved every second of this, the excitement, fun and passion is so contagious, (and learned a lot!) didn't even noticed the video was 37 mins long :)

@TrevorHigginsDustysqueak 5 ай бұрын

I spent weeks making a puppet that blinks because of the first few puppet videos on Tested. Love this stuff so much! Thanks Adam and Tested!

@ModdyPuppets 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm for puppetry, Adam ☺️ This was a joy to watch

@kyliemcdaniel 5 ай бұрын

Awesome episode. She's amazing!

@CDubya.82 5 ай бұрын

I absolutely love her enthusiasm and love for the art that she is clearly so talented at.

@kristiparker4139 5 ай бұрын

This is AWESOME! Thanks so much!! Very helpful tips!

@Foxfatherracing 5 ай бұрын

I love this The man I became was because of Sesame Street, electric company, 321 contact, and of course Mr. Rodgers.

@robbokeys 5 ай бұрын

Wow, gives you so much respect for what puppeteer’s can do!! Eye focus seems so difficult to master! Awesome video

@loganl3746 5 ай бұрын

26:23 it's so wonderful seeing how much of the character a puppet has just out of necessity. Like looking at a Muppet has this imbedded quirkiness that is unlike a drawn animation, and the "cheating to camera" thing is such a solid example of it.

@metern 5 ай бұрын

@mrscb5303 5 ай бұрын

Wow this was so fascinating!! I knew it was hard but dang!! Good job Adam! 🧡🖤🧡

@angelcassista9240 5 ай бұрын

At 27:30, I had to pause the video because I was seeing a Niven Puppeteer. 😂😂😂😂

@rdreher7380 5 ай бұрын

I found myself copying and practicing as you did this. I never knew I'd be interested in puppeteering, but it somehow revealed a part of me I didn't consciously know was there. A also was delighted that I seemed to have a knack for it. I'm sure I'd have to learn a lot to really do it well, but I felt very comfortable and capable as I tried out some of the things you were doing for myself. I then thought to myself, well this isn't actually too surprising, as I'm a dancer and pianist. I'm fairly nimble with my hands and I have a experience thinking about poise, presence, and intricacies of movement. Actually, I realized then how much more deep it goes. The main kind of dance that I do seriously is the Japanese artform known as butoh. Not only are careful hand movements a common part of butoh, but I also remembered the time I saw Ōno Yoshito do a performance celebrating the life and work of his father Ōno Kazuo, one of the founders of Butoh. At the end of this performance Ōno Yoshito used a puppet of his father, and danced through the puppet. I think this might have been a performance his father had originally done, but I don't remember for sure. In the background was playing "Can't Help Falling in Love" by the Elvis Presley. "like a river flows, surely to the sea, darling so it goes, some things, are meant to be." I was speechless. I was literally speechless, unable to speak for an hour after I saw the performance, unable to wretch myself from the haunting power of what I had seen. I could only nod to coordinate with my friend about where we should go eat as we left. Now when I hear that song, it takes me right back to that dark theater, to those things I saw and felt that I still cannot fully understand, that dark dimension that courses through each of our minds and binds us each to the void. Ōno Yoshito has since passed away. I am very luck to have seen his performance then. There is something very butoh about puppetry, that is hard to explain unless you know the intricacies of how we do butoh. On the surface, this weird avant-garde artform full of dark imagery and disturbing movements would seem to have little to do with that artform full of color and laughter and childlike play, but when I started doing butoh, I realized that it was a childlike play, permission to be the me I truly wanted to be. When I see the techniques used for puppetry, I realize that it is based on the careful observation of movement and the subtleties it can express, just like butoh. People with a surface understanding see butoh as a kind of modern or contemporary dance, but there is a big difference between butoh and any kind of other dance I've ever seen, especially modern. Those dances are "show show show," make your message loud and clear and obvious, show your emotions, show your skills, show show show. As Hal Tanaka taught me, butoh is not 見せる "to show," it is 見られる "to be seen." In butoh we become, we transform, and I think I see the exact same thing underlying puppetry. So fascinating.

@BlxxdLeaf 2 ай бұрын

I started making puppets a good while back. It's awesome to see you do more puppet stuff.

@nathanhiggins860 5 ай бұрын

It's such a simple thing that you'd want to move the lower jaw more than the upper jaw like a human for talking, but I feel it's such an inherent thing that the upper fingers do move and animals open the lower and upper jaw some. It's like your combining both as you anthropomorphize the puppet.

@blueline15 5 ай бұрын

Her passion and enthusiasm is so infectious I started considering a career change within the first 10 minutes of the video. It’s addicting being around people so full of happiness about what they do.

@adrianleonard8315 5 ай бұрын

Some of us have found a way to eek out a living without really having to grow up...we are puppeteers. 😊❤ I am so grateful that Adam has been shining a light on our craft, and showing how it's all fun...but, still a lot of hard work.

@shaunlennon2429 5 ай бұрын

Loved this video, so much knowledge in puppetry, more than I could have ever fathomed. I’m going to make myself a pair of eyes on a ring to entertain my daughter and apply what I learned here.

@tested 5 ай бұрын

Amazing!!!

@johnm.withersiv4352 5 ай бұрын

Glad Hobey Ford got a shout out. He's a wonderful NC puppeteer that I have seen perform live.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 5 ай бұрын

There's a part of my brain that totally wants to impulse buy those puppet eyes right now.

@johnm.withersiv4352 5 ай бұрын

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 I have a set for years. I was never happy with how I practiced with them, but hearing her talk about keeping the top fingers still might've helped me.

@Beecosy 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful. More please, thank you for sharing 🥰

@gloriouslyimperfect 5 ай бұрын

She is as much of a delight as Julia is and a wonderful teacher too!

@lydiakies9053 5 ай бұрын

I have found my people. I got so excited!!!

@VAXHeadroom 5 ай бұрын

She is such an amazing teacher!

@jamesyoungquist6923 5 ай бұрын

I love always learning something new on this channel that i never realized existed before ❤️

@LusciousNotes 5 ай бұрын

That was not long enough. Thank you for sharing this with us!

@ImagineThatPuppets 5 ай бұрын

Obsessed with these muppets videos!!! ❤

@eglandon16 5 ай бұрын

Ugh I love Stacy she is adorable and so talented.

@caminante11 5 ай бұрын

One of the best videos i have seen ever in KZfaq!

@TheBigRedSharkable 5 ай бұрын

what a joy to watch thanks tested.

@4EyezConcepts 5 ай бұрын

This was awesome! Very informative too!

@wishingonthemoon1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@youknoweverything7643 Ай бұрын

When she got excited when you saif you love and didnt know the specific terms used for puppets and way she got so excited cUse ypu loved learning them was amazing and i just knew this was a great episode in the making i was foxing to experience. You are right she has this beautiful glow about her thats jist so awesome

@_Questank_ 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video, Stacey is amazing! I also love that in the background of the puppet shots are the containers of warthog and grizzly poo from Mythbusters. 😂

@ConTiteres 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks for share.

@johnm.withersiv4352 5 ай бұрын

As a Randy Feltface fan, I'm also a growing Heath McIvor fand and want to see more of how he's moving underneath and out of sight. I loved the work he did in Sammy J's Forest of Dreams, but also as his character Randy has developed. As Adam meets more puppeteers, I'd love to see him talk to Heath.

@Happyland_Motel_Gamer_Cat 5 ай бұрын

WOW i love these puppets!!!!

@OrangeLion71 5 ай бұрын

This video opende a new world for me, thanks from Netherlands

@philh8829 5 ай бұрын

Stacey is an absolute delight.

@tested 5 ай бұрын

She truly is!

@spasticmuse4262 5 ай бұрын

This episode gave me the feels right in Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Loved it!!

@AcousticProfit 5 ай бұрын

She is wonderful!

@fredmoon2487 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Adam!

@m.b.3516 9 күн бұрын

I absolutely love this woman. Life coach material

@kimmipops5143 5 ай бұрын

This was very lovely 😊

@christiaanv3982 5 ай бұрын

This is awsome! Great teacher.

@tested 5 ай бұрын

She truly IS.

@erikanders3343 5 ай бұрын

This episode made my day

@ModdyPuppets 5 ай бұрын

Stacey is awesome! 😃 Love this ☺️

@AllanCav 5 ай бұрын

I learned stuff! She’s brilliant.

@spcglider 5 ай бұрын

Monitor tip: if you're used to working in a mirror and are transitioning to monitor, an easy way to train yourself to "fix" your "backwardness" on monitor is to simply follow the puppet on the screen. Meaning: look at the monitor. See which way your puppet is leaning? Then move your arm to follow the image. You'll automatically straighten up. Puppet on monitor leaning right? Move your arm to the right. Automatic correction. The image is telling you which way to move your arm to correct it.

@brodrickjones 5 ай бұрын

I've been doing this for however many years and never thought of that. Amazing tip. Of course, I also have the problem where I won't be on monitor for a few months and the first time back I invariably double-correct my left & right, because I assume my instincts are wrong. "Look up to the right!" Okay, I think I need to move my hand this way, but I need to go the opposite way, so… like THIS. [looks to the left]

@spcglider 5 ай бұрын

@JigsawJones people all learn differently. And the bad habit we have thinking that there's only one way to learn something is misplaced. I find that this hint helps people overcome having to think which way they need to move in order to correct. Just follow the tilt. It gets you moving in the correct direction without having to run through all the permutations. If you follow the tilt, you don't need to decide...which is where most people choose the wrong way. Once you're moving the right direction, you're past the hard part.