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Tim Lagasse (born 1968/1969) is an American director, puppeteer and puppet designer. He has worked on films and television programs for Sesame Workshop, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, and HBO. He is known for playing the title character on Noggin's Oobi, and Crash on Disney XD's Crash & Bernstein.
Puppet Artist Tim Lagasse, who most recently performed "Scatter" on Sesame Workshop's new AppleTV+ show "Helpsters", has been entertaining audiences with his unusual skill set for over 29 years. A "Sesame Street" alumnus, Lagasse designs, builds, and performs all forms of puppets.
- January 1, 1
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- Milford, Connecticut, USA
A Show of Hands. A live, bare handed puppet show I created in college that sent me on a strange, wonderful path.
Puppet Artist Tim Lagasse, who most recently performed “Scatter” on Sesame Workshop’s new AppleTV+ show “Helpsters”, has been entertaining audiences with his unusual skill set for over 29 years. A “Sesame Street” alumnus, Lagasse designs, builds, and performs all forms of puppets.
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Tim Lagasse is an award-winning puppeteer, puppet designer/fabricator, and film maker.
He earned his BFA from The University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts Program. Upon graduating, he became the first student to receive the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry. His series A Show of Hands (which he wrote and puppeteered) won him a number of awards as well. Lagasse acts as a puppeteering consultant, and creates puppet films for stations like PBS, MTV, HBO, and Nickelodeon. He played puppet lead Crash on the Disney XD series Crash & Bernstein. He enjoys performing puppetry for a more mature audience also, and does so at various puppet events and slams across New York and New England.
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•The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Fox in Socks (Season 2), Junior Kangaroo (Season 2), Little Cat P, Annoying Greebles, Ben, Bunky Balaban, Chauncey, The Clam, Eskimo Kid, Mr. Moriarty Seagoon Eccles, Old Man Time, Scotty, Sid Spider, The Speaker, Two-Headed Slare (right head), Worm, others
•Bear in the Big Blue House: Jet Setter Tutter, ensemble puppeteer
•Kermit Channel Promo: Stu the Janitor
•The Producers: Pigeons
•Sesame Street (seasons 39-41)
1.Puppet Tears podcast Episode #34: Tim Lagasse
Creator, writer, Lead Performer. Allegra’s Window Nick Jr., “Mr. Cook” & “Tweeter”.
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