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PODCAST

Jake"s Happy Nostalgia Show!

Jake Deffinbaugh

Welcome to Jake"s Happy Nostalgia Show, the podcast where nostalgia comes alive! Hosted by Jake Deffinbaugh, with co-host, Chris Bixby.

tv & film

All Episodes

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Melissa Creighton (Puppeteer/Puppet Wrangler) || Ep. 237

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2024/08/03

On Episode 237 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is puppeteer and puppet wrangler Melissa Creighton! Melissa is best known in the puppet world for performing the character Burdette on the PBS series It's a Big Big World! She also worked on Sesame Street for several years as an occasional puppeteer. Aside from her work as a puppeteer, Melissa worked as a set dresser on the Noggin series Oobi and as a puppet wrangler on several Muppet productions, including A Muppets Christmas:

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Jimmica Collins (Puppeteer/Actress) || Ep. 236

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2024/07/31

On Episode 235 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is puppeteer and actress Jimmica Collins! Jimmica is a puppeteer who has worked for Sesame Street as a Muppet performer since Season 53, where she performs the character Grandma Nell! Outside of Sesame Street, she puppeteered on the Apple TV+ series Helpsters and the PBS Kids series Donkey Hodie. Jimmica is also a theater actor who has recently performed the lead role of Aanika in the theater production Aanika's Elephants!

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Ken Scarborough (Writer/Producer) || Ep. 235

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2024/07/27

On Episode 235 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is writer and producer Ken Scarborough!Ken is known for his career writing for numerous TV series, with one of his earliest writing credits being on the Nickelodeon and Disney series Doug. He was also one of the original writers and head writers of the PBS series Arthur and wrote for Saturday Night Live, Between the Lions, Curious George, Pocoyo and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Ken also developed Martha Speaks for television and has been

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Angelo Natalie (Songwriter) || Ep. 234

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2024/07/24

On Episode 234 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is songwriter Angelo Natalie! Angelo's career in the music business started out with the gospel-rock group Clockwise. Some of his best known music work includes writing dozens of songs for the Barney franchise, including Nothing Beats a Pizza, You Can Count on Me, It's C-C Cold BRRRR!, Books Are Fun!, Walk Around the Block and many more! Aside from Barney, Angelo became the main songwriter for BOZ: The Green Bear Next Door and

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Adam Peltzman (Writer/Producer) || Ep. 233

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2024/07/20

On Episode 233 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is writer and producer Adam Peltzman!Early on in Adam's professional writing career, he was a writer and head writer on the long-running Nick Jr. series Blue's Clues, where he also voiced the character Green Puppy! After Blue's Clues, Adam became a writer and head writer on The Backyardigans, wrote for The Wonder Pets!, Bubble Guppies and Peter Rabbit and created the series Wallykazam! Aside from his work with Nick Jr, he

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David Gumpel (Director/Producer) || Ep. 232

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2024/07/17

On Episode 232 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is director and producer David Gumpel!David was a frequent director and producer on various projects with The Jim Henson Company for many years. Some of them include working as an associate director on The Jim Henson Hour, directing the Muppet Sing Alongs video series and producing the Fraggle Rock documentary Down at Fraggle Rock: Behind the Scenes. David also directed The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, the pilot of Bear in the Big Blue

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Paul Andrejco (Puppet Designer/Builder) || Ep. 231

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2024/07/13

On Episode 231 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is puppet designer and builder Paul Andrejco!Paul is best known for his countless contributions to The Muppets and The Jim Henson Company as a puppet designer and builder! He started out as a puppet designer and builder on The Muppet Christmas Carol and was in the Muppet Workshop for Muppet Classic Theater and Muppets Tonight. Most notably, Paul designed all the puppets for the series Bear in the Big Blue House and It's a Big Big

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01:47:05

Joe Hennes (Blogger/Fandom Expert) || Ep. 230

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2024/07/10

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

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Bryant Young (Puppeteer/Dancer) || Ep. 229

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2024/07/06

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

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David Connolly & Charlotte Walker (Actors) || Ep. 228

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2024/07/03

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

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Danielle Vega (Actress) || Ep. 227

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2024/06/29

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

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Brendon Gawel (Puppeteer/Actor) || Ep. 226

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2024/06/26

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

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Judy Rothman Rofé (Writer/Lyricist) || Ep. 225

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2024/06/24

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

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Chase Woolner (Puppeteer/Artist) || Ep. 224

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2024/06/19

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

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Dean Gordon (Director) || Ep. 223

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2024/06/15

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

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Earl Fisher (Voice Actor) || Ep. 222

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2024/06/12

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

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Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert (Writers/Producers) ||...

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2024/06/08

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

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Haley Jenkins (Puppeteer) || Ep. 220

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2024/06/05

On Episode 220 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Haley Jenkins! Haley first became a Muppet performer on Sesame Street in Season 45. Since then, she has worked as an assistant and background puppeteer, as well as performing the character Karli in various Sesame Street outreach videos and played Marvie for Sesame Studios. Outside of Sesame Street, Haley is best known for performing the title character Donkey Hodie on the PBS Kids series Donkey Hodie. She has also puppeteered in the

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Julie Johnson (Actress) || Ep. 219

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2024/06/01

On Episode 219 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Julie Johnson!Many will best know Julie for lending her voice to the character Baby Bop in the long-running Barney franchise, including the Barney & Friends TV series and many home videos, concerts, albums and more! Aside from Barney, she performed in musicals such as Amnesia, Hairspray, Come from Away and Beauty and the Beast and acted on-camera in the films Pure Country and The Apostle!

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James Murray (Puppeteer/Voice Actor) || Ep. 218

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2024/05/29

On Episode 218 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview James Murray! Early on in James' puppeteering character, he worked on the Jim Henson Company series Dinosaurs. One of his best known projects was co-creating The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth, as well as performing The Cavity Goon and various other characters. He was also an additional Muppet performer with The Muppets on various films, TV series and commercials! James also performed Rabbit in Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola,

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