Puppet Masters of None

**SMASH** **BREAKS GLASS** Well folks, here we are with another emergency pod, reviewing another one of Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams films. This time we opted to forgo spinning the wheel to just go ahead and watch a film suggested to us by a friend over on the discord! (shout out to L_Troemel!)  For the uninitiated, Handmade Puppet Dreams is a series of short films produced by Heather Henson and her puppet company I...

Don't you just love it when you are searching through the endlessly growing maze of streaming titles and stumble upon a puppet movie you've never even heard of before? We here at Puppet Masters of None sure do! This week Ben was fortunate enough to discover the Australian movie, Judy and Punch. Not only does this movie feature some pretty interesting marionettes, but it is a live action telling of the Punch and Judy puppe...

"The sun is shining it's a lovely day, but you've got lots of bills to pay." Welcome one and all to Puppet Masters of None's second explicit episode! While we try to keep it family friendly on this show, the content we are review today is so adult, so vile, so incredibly depraved, we can't even talk about it without wading around in the muck ourselves, so here we are. This week the boys discuss part 2 ...

"The sun is shining it's a lovely day, but you've got lots of bills to pay." Welcome one and all to Puppet Masters of None's first explicit episode! While we try to keep it family friendly on this show, the content we are review today is so adult, so vile, so incredibly depraved, we can't even talk about it without wading around in the muck ourselves, so here we are. This week the boys discuss the Tony...

Love is in the air! This week on PMoN, the boys go back to the Muppet roots with the first Muppet Show pilot episode, The Muppets Valentine Show! For those counting this is ANOTHER pilot separate from the Sex and Violence pilot they discussed in episode 43. This silly holiday romp guest stars the incomparable Mia Farrow, and features some great moments from lesser known characters like Mildred Huxtetter, Crazy Harry ne Crazy Donald...

**SMASH** **BREAKS GLASS** Well folks, while we promised some puppet history on Chinese dancing dragon puppets, unfortunately, life got in the way. (Now that Ben has a baby, we expect that to happen A LOT.) Since we didn't have time to do proper research, and we want to make sure to do Chinese Puppetry justice, we decided to save puppet history for another time and create a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency pod. To that end we ...

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights, it's time to SPIN THE MUPPET SHOW'S MAGICAL MONTHLY MUPPET SHOW OF THE MONTH! And this time it landed on (drum roll) STEVE MARTIN! Once again, the PMoN boys have quite differing opinions on this one! While the boys both appreciate the comedy genius that is the legendary Steve Martin, they have different ideas as to how effective his brand of comedy happ...

Welcome back Ben, and welcome back to another installment of Puppet History! In this episode we attempt to answer that age old question: "What the heck even is a puppet anyways?!?" You'd think with a combined 10 years of formal puppet education and an over 30 years combined in the business, we'd have a pretty neat and straight forward answer for you, wouldn't you? Well rest assured folks, the classic cutthr...

Who goes there?! While Ben is away, Rob joins us again as we talk about the classic 82’ suspense horror The Thing, directed by John Carpenter. This iconic movie shocked audiences with its grotesque and horrifying practical effects and puppetry. Can the puppet masters sit through the ickiest, freakiest, and most disturbing puppets yet? Join us in this paranoid horror classic. Who is who? And who is the Thing?

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This week on Puppet Masters of None, things get a little mischievous! While Ben gets some much-deserved R and R, guest Puppet Master, Rob Cutler, returns to the show to guest host this week’s episode on Gremlins 2 (1990). Join Will and Rob as they discuss this anarchic cult classic filled with surprise cameos, fourth wall breaks, stop motion, a looney tunes short, and some of the most beautifully hideous puppets we’ve seen to date....

Happy Holidays everybody! While Ben takes some much needed time off to spend with his family, Will gets the pleasure of continuing the puppet master’s tradition of spending the holiday season with their good friends from What The Muppet Podcast. Join Will, Briah and James as they discuss the 1986 Christmas special, The Christmas Toy. Spend this Holiday season with us as we reminisce about this heartwarming story of friendship, fami...

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights, it's time to SPIN THE MUPPET SHOW'S MAGICAL MONTHLY MUPPET SHOW OF THE MONTH! And this time it landed on Ethel Merman! Oh boy friends, do the PMoN boys have differing opinions on this one! One of the Puppet Masters recognizes the iconic talent of an almost mythical figure in the Broadway Pantheon, a true goddess among mere mortals, and the other is just...

Ever watch a film and think, "Man. That's a bad puppet."? Well, we most certainly have! This week on PMoN, the boys are join by the one, the only, Aaron Smith (aka Will's film buff brother) to talk about the worst puppets in film history! Maybe we should have done this one for spooky season because man these films are frighteningly bad! From dollar store gremlin knockoffs to rapping alligators, to face-sawed-off...

Two great interviews back to back weeks?!?! What a time to be alive! This week, the boys get the amazing pleasure of sitting down and talking to professional puppeteer and theme park entertainer extraordinaire, Kelsey Ann Brady! You might recognize Kelsey from her work as Crow in Netflix's Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return, or maybe from her stint as the American Werewolf in Halloween Horror Nights. Either way, has she ...

Have we got a show for you! This week the Masters of None are back with a true Puppet Master: Sesame Street, Little Shop, Muppet, and everything else in between puppeteer, Martin P. Robinson. Probably most known for the iconic Mr. Snuffleupuagus and Telly Monster, Martin has had his hand (pun intended) in just about every major puppet group under the sun. From decades on Sesame Street to the original and Broadway productions of Lit...

It's election season! Do you know who you're voting for??? Well, we here at PMoN are never disappointed with politicians because we have such a deep love and admirations for puppets everywhere! Sorry, bad joke. But this election season we choose puppets every time with our review of D.C. Follies! This short-lived political satire show from the 1980's featured caricature puppets of some of the country's most powe...

It's the end of Spooooooky season ahahah! This week on PMoN, the boys continue their series of the magical wheel's monthly Muppet Show of the month, where we gather favorite guest stars chosen by our discord fam and spin the wheel to decide what Muppet Show episode we will be discussing. This week, was of course our special spoooooky edition of the wheel which landed on the spookiest guest of all, Vincent Prince (Vincent ...

Hang on to your hats people because boy do we have a hair-raising one for you! This week the Puppet Masters celebrate spooky season with a true horror classic, An American Werewolf in London. Join monster movie aficionado, Will, as he tries to convince horror-hating Ben that this 1980's classic is more than just sex and violence. This OSRAC WINNING movie has it all, gruesome attack scenes, amazing puppets, and the single great...

It's officially Spoooooky season, and you all know what that means; spooky puppets on PMoN! For this year's first monstrous puppet film, the boys sit down with a truly terrifying film, Ernest, Scared Stupid! In this 90's classic, legendary comedian, Jim Varney, bring his classic redneck character, Ernest P Worrell, to the horror genre with a frightening romp for the whole family. (or at least the 10 year old boys in ...