Sesame Street - Behind the Scenes
#1
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
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Sesame Street - Behind the Scenes
These quick behind-the-scenes clips show what lengths these talented Muppeteers go through to bring the Sesame Street Muppets to life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8JdFFgZX0o
(Steve Whitmire as Ernie, Marty Robinson/Pam Arciero as Telly, Eric Jacobsen as Bert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTU2L_GjIuk
Sesame Street outtake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8JdFFgZX0o
(Steve Whitmire as Ernie, Marty Robinson/Pam Arciero as Telly, Eric Jacobsen as Bert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTU2L_GjIuk
Sesame Street outtake
#7
Originally Posted by JuryDuty
That's gotta be the best job in the world.
Thanks!
Thanks!
#9
DVD Talk Legend
Originally Posted by calhoun07
The pay would be awesome
#10
Moderator
Originally Posted by GuessWho
It's not like a puppeteer would get Tickle Me Elmo royalties.
#11
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
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I read that the Muppeteers don't pay that much at all. They mostly do it for the love of the craft. (Everyone except, for say, puppet captain Kevin Clash "Elmo").
They're freelance, so they get paid per gig.
That's why you see so many of the Sesame Street Muppeteers doing jobs on the side: Between the Lions, Jack's Big Music Show, Avenue Q, Blue's Room....
And Sesame only tapes 26 shows per season now, as opposed to 150 episodes as they did in 1969, so Sesame only needs them for a short period of time.
They're freelance, so they get paid per gig.
That's why you see so many of the Sesame Street Muppeteers doing jobs on the side: Between the Lions, Jack's Big Music Show, Avenue Q, Blue's Room....
And Sesame only tapes 26 shows per season now, as opposed to 150 episodes as they did in 1969, so Sesame only needs them for a short period of time.
#12
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I found these videos linked from the ones posted, above. It's a Muppet Show behind-the-scenes, called, "Of Muppets and Men." I think it was from the final year of the Muppet Show. It's very interesting, narrated by Jim Henson. It's six parts, the links are in order.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRkmhJRl0Ec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0v2D46qaRA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBsoB3KWes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVYqaTdDA4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU6vv5KhEJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLtBIrpwWZc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRkmhJRl0Ec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0v2D46qaRA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBsoB3KWes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVYqaTdDA4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU6vv5KhEJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLtBIrpwWZc
#16
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I've always been interested in how puppet shows get made, and I actually hung out on the set of IFC's Greg the Bunny a couple years back. It was really fascinating to see how Dan (the creator and voice of Greg) does his characters. He basically has to lie on the ground watching a monitor, holding his arm up the whole time. There's a water-based cooling system that runs up his arm into the puppet to help keep it cool. And as mentioned, NUMEROUS takes. It's a very difficult process. I'm sure it's the same for Sesame Street (can't even imagine how hard it is to do Big Bird, must get hot as shit in there).
Here's a pic I took that day that shows how Dan was situated for like an hour straight or more:
Here's a pic I took that day that shows how Dan was situated for like an hour straight or more:
#17
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Originally Posted by The_Infidel
You guys do know we can embed videos here, right?