On Episode 248 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview singer and motivational speaker William Hung!

In 2004, William gained fame for his audition on the singing competition series American Idol, where he sang Ricky Martin's hit song She Bangs. His appearance on Idol led to appearances on a variety of talk shows and commercials and he got the opportunity to record and release his own albums. Aside from the music business, William had a career in law and is currently a motivational speaker.

On Episode 247 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview producer, director and writer Benjamin Lehmann!

Benjamin has worked for Sesame Street since 2000, which has won him dozens of Emmy awards. He produced many of their recurring segments, such as Elmo's World, Elmo the Musical, Abby's Flying Fairy School, Super Grover 2.0 and various home videos, specials and outreach projects. For several years, he was their executive producer and led the production and creative direction for Sesame Workshop. In addition to Benjamin's work on Sesame Street, he developed and executive produced the spin-off The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo. Other series Benjamin executive produced and directed include Helpsters, Tiny Time Travel and The Pigeon Explains!

On Episode 246 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview voice actress Katie Leigh!

Katie's voiceover career spans across several decades, with some of her best known television roles being the voice of Baby Rowlf in the original Muppet Babies series, Sunni Gummi in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Honker Muddlefoot in Darkwing Duck, Alex in Totally Spies! and various characters for the My Little Pony franchise and The Mr. Men Show. Katie is also best known for her voiceover work in video games and voicing Connie Kendall in the Christian radio drama Adventures in Odyssey!

On Episode 245 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer, puppet builder and wrangler Ben Durocher!

For 8 years, Ben was a puppet wrangler for Sesame Street, including various specials and the spin-off series The Furchester Hotel and The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo. He was also a puppet fabricator on The Happytime Murders and was an additional puppeteer on the Apple TV+ series Helpsters. Recently, Ben has worked as a puppeteer on the Apple TV+ series Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock as the body performer of Junior Gorg and a variety of background roles. On stage, Ben performed in Avenue Q, ImaginOcean and Madama Butterfly!

On Episode 244 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview author and producer Debbie Gendler!

Debbie is a four-time Emmy nominated TV executive and producer who worked at CBS and ABC. Aside from her work in the television world, she is best known for being a Beatles fan. She attended The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show and was interviewed about The Beatles for the Beatlemania film and the documentary The Making of A Hard Day's Night. Recently, Debbie wrote the Beatles book I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan during Beatlemania and Beyond!

On Episode 243 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview writer and author Louise Gikow!

Louise's professional career started as a writer and copy editor for the National Lampoon magazine. She then started writing books based on a number of Henson projects, including Fraggle Rock, Muppet Babies, Labyrinth and many others. She also wrote music and lyrics for the Sing Along with Kermit and Friends book-and-tape sets and wrote the Sesame Street 40th anniversary book. As a television writer, Louise is best known for her work on series such as Between the Lions, Peep and the Big Wide World, Cyberchase and Space Racers. She also co-created the Disney series Johnny and the Sprites and the PBS web series Oh Noah!

On Episode 242 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview non-binary children's musical artist Jules Hoffman!

Jules' career in the music business started in the rock band Boketto the Wolf, before becoming a children's artist. Jules is best known for their Songs for Littles series and their educational resource videos. Throughout their career, Jules has collaborated with Laurie Berkner on various projects and is also best known for her collaborations with children's YouTuber Ms. Rachel! Recently, Jules released their own singles, including Pizza Party, It's Okay to Cry, Caterpillar Butterfly Thing and Crabby Crab, as well as their upcoming album Jamming with Jules!

On Episode 241 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview producer Carol-Lynn Parente!

Carol-Lynn first started working for Sesame Street in 1989 as a post-production coordinator, before moving to production assistant, associate director and producer, becoming executive producer for them in 2005. Carol-Lynn was a producer on Elmo's World, executive produced the segments Elmo the Musical, Murray Has a Little Lamb, Super Grover 2.0 and Cookie's Crumby Pictures and a number of home videos, specials and online content. She also helped to develop the character Abby Cadabby and created her segment Abby's Flying Fairy School. After leaving Sesame Street in 2016, Carol-Lynn went on to co-create and executive produce the PBS series Hero Elementary!

On Episode 240 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview singer-songwriters Again Again and Mista Cookie Jar!

Jennifer Cook and Anne Montone of Again Again Music are a pair of singer-songwriters, parents and lifelong friends. C.J. Pizarro, better known as Mista Cookie Jar, is best known for his family band Mista Cookie Jar & the Chocolate Chips. Together, Jennifer and Anne collaborated with C.J. on the brand new song Thank You Teacher, which celebrates all the teachers in our lives.

On Episode 239 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview actress and singer Lisa Foiles!

Lisa started her acting career on the Disney Channel series Even Stevens and as a guest star on Malcolm in the Middle. She is best known for her time as a cast member on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That from Seasons 7 through 10 and occasionally in the 2019 revival. During her time on All That, she was featured in sketches such as 2-Gether 4-Ever, Sugar and Coffee, Bridgett's Slumber Party and many more. Outside of acting, Lisa is a member of the heavy metal band Von Boldt and has her own podcast Temperamental with Lisa Foiles.