Commercial Puppetry for Theater, Television & Film
Muppet Treasure Island
1996, Walt Disney Pictures / Jim Henson Productions
We built all the puppets for Muppet Treasure Island at the Muppet Workshop in New York, and the movie was shot in England. It was a fun time to be at the workshop: puppet supervisor Tim Miller had gotten a cassette tape of the scratch tracks for all the musical numbers, and this provided many hours of entertainment for all of us.
Miss Piggy’s Handmaidens, of which I made five for Muppet Treasure Island
Black Dog puppet built by Matt Brooks for Muppet Treasure Island
We needed a bunch of skull puppets for Treasure Island. I built some and passed the job on to the new guy (Ron Binion) to build the rest! Ron never lets me forget this.
Wrap party for Muppet Treasure Island with David Roberts, Valerie Simon, Mark Ruffin, Matt Brooks, Tim Carroll, and Kermit the Frog
My desk at The Muppet Workshop during Treasure Island, Ny, NY