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A weekly podcast hosted by Mike Burton where he searches for interesting guests across the world, having ”Honest Conversations With Interesting People”! With every podcast being something different, there’s no reason not to tune in, with guests, ranging from filmmakers, authors, musicians & travellers, to fellow podcasters, actors, creatives, experts in a variety of fields and everyone in-between! No subject is off limits, so take your pick at the huge back catalogue and dig in to some Genuine Chit-Chat!
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Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
In an extra-long special episode of GCC, Mike speaks with Michael McCormick; a masterful puppeteer who has taught puppetry for film & TV at New Mexico State University, worked with Jim Henson on Dark Crystal & Labyrinth and even created the Star Wars character Salacious Crumb!
In this conversation, they talk about how Michael first got into puppetry, the influence & reach of Punch & Judy shows, why puppets intrigue Michael, the charactures of puppetry, his time on Dark Crystal, Labyrinth & the set of Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi, his near-death experiences, Brian & Wendy Froud are also mentioned, along with his time teaching puppetry in the New Mexico State University, his work on David Bowie’s costumes on Labyrinth, some stories from being on-set on various productions and it all wraps up with Michael’s idea for a new TV show – so many great topics are covered, this is definitely worth a listen!
Mike has also uploaded the video version of this episode to the GCC YouTube channel so you can see the puppets Michael kindly show us: https://youtu.be/D4kz0jSVoj0
Michael McCormick’s Fandom Wiki Page: https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_McCormick
Check out the Fight Before Christmas movie to see Michael McCormick doing Punch & Judy on-screen!
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