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.

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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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