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John Lovelady is an American retired puppeteer who worked with the Muppets, including on the PBS series Sesame Street. [1] Lovelady is originally from Oxford, Mississippi. He was one of the puppeteer troupe in the first season of The Muppet Show (1976–77). [2]
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John Lovelady (b. August 11) joined the Jim Henson Company in 1970, as one of several new puppeteers chosen by Jim Henson to perform in the Christmas special The Great Santa Claus Switch. Lovelady worked as a Muppet Workshop designer and builder on various projects through the 1970s, including Sesame Street, and was an occasional performer in specials.
During the first season of The Muppet Show, Lovelady was a regular performer, playing the roles of Crazy Harry and the Announcer for Veterinarian's Hospital for most of that first year. Lovelady remained on staff as a builder in the New York workshop until The Muppet Movie completed production, going on to perform in a number of non-Henson puppet series.
He was born in Oxford, Mississippi, and attended the same (consolidated) grade school as Jim Henson, though he was in sixth grade while Henson was in first. He attended the University of Memphis (1950-1953), graduating with a B.A.Sc. in Theatre, as well as the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (1953-1955), with an M.A. in Theatre.
Outside of the Muppets, Lovelady was a regular on The Great Space Coaster (as Knock Knock and Edison the Elephant) and on the Disney Channel series Dumbo's Circus (as master puppeteer and various hand-puppet roles). He worked on the first season of ALF, as a technical consultant for the first episode and puppeteering other Melmacians in "Help Me, Rhonda," and on the direct-to-video series Mother Goose Video Treasury. He was a builder and puppeteer on the Sid and Marty Krofft series D.C. Follies and played the Dormouse on another Disney Channel show, Adventures in Wonderland.
Performer
•The Muppet Show (first season): The Announcer (select episodes), Crazy Harry, Nigel, and others...
•The Great Santa Claus Switch: Alarm Frackle, Bong
••••Keep Us Beautiful: Bottle
•The Muppets Valentine Show: Crazy Donald
•The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence: Abraham Lincoln
1.@underthepuppet on Instagram, August 11, 2022
http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - This episode I sit down with puppeteer John Lovelady. John was chosen by Jim Henson to be a Muppeteer and received puppetry ...
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John Lovelady was born on 11 August 1931 in Oxford, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for The Muppet Show (1976), The Muppet Movie (1979) and D.C. Follies (1987).
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Jul 25, 2019 · John Lovelady, a freelancer who started on The Great Santa Clause in 1970, transitioned to a staffer in the workshop. Calista Hendrickson was also based in New York as a costume designer...
John Lovelady is a voice actor known for voicing Crazy Harry, Nigel, and Abraham Lincoln. Take a visual walk through their career and see 22 images of the characters they've voiced.
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John Lovelady is an American retired puppeteer who worked with the Muppets, including on the PBS series Sesame Street. Lovelady is originally from Oxford, Mississippi. He was one of the puppeteer troupe in the first season of The Muppet Show (1976–77).
