http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Greg Ballora is a puppeteer and builder who has had an incredible career in the business starting out working on projects such as Timmy the Tooth, Muppets Tonight, and Spider-Man 2 through to today working on shows like Earth to Ned and Ratched. Greg has also trained new puppeteers at the Disney Parks so there is a lot of great puppetry advice in the discussion ahead.

Also, this month you can win a Monkey Boys Productions FLICK Beginner Puppet Building Kit! Listen to find out how to enter.

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

CONNECT WITH GREG BALLORA: Instagram - https://instagram.com/gregballora

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Magpie Time - https://vimeo.com/2050758

Bob Hartman - http://hartmanpuppetry.com

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

Len Levitt - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506229/

Marty Krofft - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/01/utp-36/

DC Follies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._Follies

Jim Gamble - http://www.jimgamble.com

Gremlins 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins_2:_The_New_Batch

Robocop 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_2

Batman Returns - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Returns

Men in Black II - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_Black_II

Spider-Man 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_2

Timmy the Tooth - https://youtu.be/bi6eA-W_C4Y

Phil Baron - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Baron

Allan Trautman - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/09/utp-007/

Michael Earl - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Earl_(puppeteer)

Bruce Lanoil - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/12/utp-010/

James Murray - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615015/

Alef Bet Blastoff - https://youtu.be/dcrE7sx25jI

Muppets Tonight - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppets_Tonight

Kevin Clash - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/10/utp-52/

Brian Henson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Henson

The Mr. Potato Head - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mr._Potato_Head_Show

Kevin Carlson - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/11/utp-009/

Michelle Zamora - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2021/06/utp-60/

Team America: World Police - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_America:_World_Police

Bill Baird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Baird

Peter Baird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Baird

Thom Fountain - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/07/utp-005/

Chiodo Brothers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chiodo_Brothers

Tim Lagasse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lagasse

Crash & Bernstein - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_&_Bernstein

Christine Papalexis - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/05/utp-16/

Ratched - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratched_(TV_series)

Ratched Clip (trigger warning) - https://youtu.be/IgTvmeSdShg

Earth to Ned - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_to_Ned

Donna Kimball - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/06/utp-004/

Raymond Carr - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/02/utp-37/

Mr. World Commercial - https://youtu.be/22Vkdfxwfco

CLIPS HEARD ON THIS EPISODE: Spider-Man 2 - https://youtu.be/P6mkjW5rAmU Mr. Potato Head Show - https://youtu.be/JbrEsZGwIGw

CONNECT WITH THE SHOW http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet

CONNECT WITH GRANT http://www.MrGrant.comhttp://www.twitter.com/toasterboy https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/

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

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