http://www.UnderThePuppet.com  Dave Chapman wrote a letter to Jim Henson when he was 11.  8 or so years later he was puppeteering on his first professional gig, Muppets Treasure Island.  Since then he puppeteered Otis the Aardvark for 5 years on the BBC, performed as The Emperor Skeksis in Dark Crystal Age of Resistance and is one of the puppeteers the iconic round droid BB8 in the recent Star Wars Films.  He also assisted Frank Oz for Yoda’s big return to the screen in The Last Jedi.  I talk with Dave Chapman about his career and thoughts on puppetry on this episode of Under The Puppet.

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MORE ON DAVE CHAPMAN:
WIKIPEDIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Ch...)
IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2237150/

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Punch & Judy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_a...

The Muppet Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mup...

Hamstead Heath https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/ta...

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art https://www.lamda.ac.uk

Kevin Clash https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020...

Jim Henson’s The Creature Shop http://creatureshop.com

Muppet Treasure Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppet_...

Brian Henson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_H...

Neal Scanlon https://www.nealscanlan.com

Otis the Aardvark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_th...

Alistair Patrie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistai...

David Barclay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_B...)

Mike Quinn https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2021...

Karen Prell http://www.karenprell.com

Saturday MashUp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturda...!

Tiny & Mr. Duk    • Tiny And Mr Duk's Huge Show (CBBC One...  

That Puppet Game Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Pu...

Colleen Smith https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2032138/

Lousie Gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_...

BB8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB8

Star Wars: The Force Awakens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa...

Yoda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda

Frank Oz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Oz

Star Wars: The Last Jedi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa...

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dar...

Louis Leterrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_L...

Bill Barretta https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017...

CLIPS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE:
OTIS THE AARDVARK    • CBBC Otis the Aardvark  
THAT PUPPET GAME SHOW https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n...
DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE    • The Dark Crystal Age Of Resistance  ...  

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