On Episode 230 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is blogger and Muppet fandom expert Joe Hennes!

Joe is best known for being a professional Muppet fan and contributing to the Muppet fandom in many different ways, more notably as the co-owner of the Muppet fansite, ToughPigs, where he has had the pleasure of interviewing a wide variety of talent in the Muppet world and got to host several podcast series! Joe also worked at Sesame Workshop for several years, where he wrote for some of Sesame Street's online content and curated the Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting DVD set. He has also organized and hosted several Muppet-related live events, screenings and Comic Con panels!

On Episode 229 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is puppeteer and dancer Bryant Young!

Bryant first started out as a dancer, where he had the opportunity of performing with the New York City Ballet, the Briansky Saratoga Ballet Center and many more. Since 1979, Bryant has been a puppeteer on Sesame Street, more notably as the back-end of Mr. Snuffleupagus! In addition to assisting Snuffy, Bryant occasionally performed the role of Barkley and also choreographed for the show, including the Baby Tooth and the Fuzzy Funk segments and dance routines for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Outside of Sesame Street, Bryant puppeteered on the Disney series The Book of Pooh.

On Episode 228 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guests are actors David Connolly and Charlotte Walker!

David is an amputee actor, choreographer and disability advocate and Charlotte is an actress and artist with autism. For many years, David choreographed a number of TV series and films, including the children's series The Doodlebops and its animated spin-off, Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show, where he also worked as a director. Charlotte has made a wide variety of artwork across social media and hopes to become an animator! Recently, David and Charlotte became two of the lead voice actors on the new Max series HOP, voicing Hop and Filipa respectively.

On Episode 227 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is Danielle Vega!

Danielle is an actress who got her start on the religious video series Psalty's Songs for Li'l Praisers, before landing the role of Kim on Seasons 4-6 of the hit PBS series Barney & Friends, as well as a number of Barney home videos, including Barney's Sense-Sational Day, It's Time for Counting, Barney in Outer Space and more. After her time on Barney, Danielle starred as Ceci in the Hulu series East Los High and recurred on the series Chicago Med and acted in the films So This is Christmas and Christmas with My Ex.

On Episode 226 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is Brendon Gawel!

Brendon is a puppeteer and actor whose work is best known on the long-running Sprout network, where he was one of the puppeteers of Chica on The Sunny Side Up Show and performed Curtis E. Owl on The Sprout Sharing Show. During his Sprout days, he also worked on the Holiday special Preschool Musical and got to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! Outside of Sprout, Brendon directed for Philadelphia Children's Theatre and performed for Mum Puppettheatre and Ombelico Mask Ensemble.

On Episode 225 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is Judy Rothman Rofé!

Judy's professional career consists of writing and creating a wide variety of children's projects! Early on, she worked as director of development for Disney Channel and developed and wrote for the Madeline TV series, based on the children's book series. She also wrote the Sesame Street home video Big Bird Gets Lost and wrote the screenplay for the 2001 film The Trumpet of the Swan. Judy also wrote episode scripts for The Puzzle Place, Arthur, ToddWorld and many more. As head writer, she worked on the Playhouse Disney interstitial series Shanna's Show and Happy Monster Band and co-created series such as Jim Henson's Frances, Julie's Greenroom and Norman Picklestripes. She also ran the blog The Neurotic Parent!

On Episode 224 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is Chase Woolner!

Before working as a puppeteer, Chase grew up a Muppets fan! His love for the art of puppetry eventually turned into a career, where he worked as an additional Muppet performer on various films, TV series and commercials with The Muppets! Chase has also been a participant at the Eugene O'Neill National Puppetry Conference several times, worked as a puppeteer and puppet wrangler for Walt Disney Imagineering and co-founded Busy Hands Studio, which focuses on creating handmade artist supplies.

On Episode 223 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is Dean Gordon!

For many years, Dean Gordon worked as a director and associate director for children's television. He got his start directing for the Nickelodeon series The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss and since then, has directed numerous other series, including Bear in the Big Blue House, Out of the Box, Between the Lions, The Book of Pooh, Animal Jam and even a brief stint on Sesame Street! After moving on from the children's world, Dean has directed several different talk shows, including The Wendy William Show and Sherri.

On Episode 222 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is Earl Fisher!

After starting out as a stage actor, Earl has worked as a voice actor for nearly four decades. Some of his most well-known voiceover jobs include narrating dozens of promos for Lyrick Studios and HIT Entertainment and voicing characters such as Booker T. Bookworm in Season 5 of Barney & Friends and Brussel in the Sprout interstitial series Sprout Diner, as well as being the current voice of Pasqually in the Chuck E. Cheese franchise since 1999. Earl also lent his voice to commercials for Dairy Queen, Toyota and many other clients.

On Episode 221 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guests are writing and producing duo Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert!

Many will know Kevin and Heath's work from writing and producing the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, where Kevin also played Kevin the Stage Manager! They also wrote and produced Kenan & Kel and KaBlam! and co-wrote the 1997 hit film Good Burger and its 2023 sequel, as well as various Holiday specials for Nickelodeon. Kevin and Heath are also best known for creating the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally and the Nickelodeon shows Cousins for Life and Warped!