Children’s show and puppeteering history – Jim Martin interview

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Jim Martin is a lifelong puppeteer. He was Garry Gnu on the Great Space Coaster and he worked on Sesame Street for 22 years. We talked about his distinguished career and his efforts to save and reshow The Great Space Coaster.

0:27 – Jim talks about how he got into puppeteering.

1:20 – Jim talks about what puppets he liked and the fairy tale worlds he liked putting them in.

3:25 – Jim talks about how his career progressed.

5:32 – Jim compares animated characters versus puppet characters.

6:10 – Jim talks about his time with Great Space Coaster.

7:20 – Jim talks about the business side of making the show including directing.

8:24 – Jim talks about how great a guest Mark Hamill was on the show. Mark loves puppets and enjoyed being on the show.

14:15 – Jim Martin was on Sesame Street for 22 years doing oscar the grouch’s right hand and also directed some of the shows.

15:00 – Jim talks about the different ways a puppeteer works.

15:55 – Jim jokes about how Ron Burgandy was stolen from Garry Gnu.

17:22 – Jim talks about what it takes to be a puppet performer.

18:15 – Jim talks about what happened to the ownership of the Great Space Coaster after the show was over.

22:29 – Jim talks about how great it is to see old versions of the show on youtube.

23:05 – Jim talks about licensing challenges with re-showing the Great Space Coaster.

24:53 – Jim talks about his inspirations.

31:10 – They have a website at Thegreatspacecoaster.tv where people can find out more about how the show was created. They’re on twitter and facebook at TheGreatSpaceCoaster.

Links of interest

http://thegreatspacecoaster.tv/

https://twitter.com/tgsc_official

https://www.facebook.com/TheGreatSpaceCoaster/

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Guests: Jim Martin

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: howdy doody, captain kangaroo, puppeteering, jim henson, muppet show, big bird, great space coaster, Mark Hamill, Mr. Spaghettio, sesame street, puzzle place, teenage mutant ninja turles, Ron Burgandy, sunbow productions, sony, hasbro, youtube, mr. rogers, jazz

Otakon 2019 photo album posted

Here’s the link.  I have almost 1,430 pictures to post and hopefully it’ll get done quickly.

Otakon 2019 digital photo album

Science Fiction Replicas – Master Replicas Group interview

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Master Replicas Group is a producer of museum quality replicas from science fiction, science and other popular entertainment. I spoke with two of their senior members, Steve and Karl, at the GPCC 2019.

0:38 – Steve and Karl talk about what the Master replica Group does.

1:08 – Karl talks about how one becomes a professional replica maker. He talks about 2001, fossils and 3-D replicas.

3:06 – Karl talks about how model makers connect and get into licensed projects. Steve talks about the actual business side of the work.

6:15 – They discuss what technology advancements have changed the business.

8:20 – They talk about quality control of the [models] replicas.

10:36 – They talk about applying artistic design to their replicas.

15:43 – They talk about what sci-fi and fantasy works have inspired them.

19:35 – They talk about whether space exploration is inspiring people currently.

21:19 – Steve talks about the moon landing and people who don’t believe it.

22:10 – They talk about how they are able to work with people who work remotely for the company.

23:12 – They talk about how people joined their company.

24:50 – Steve talks about cash flow management.

28:55 – They can be found at masterreplicasgroup.com. They’re on facebook and twitter and have links all over google.

Links of interest

https://www.masterreplicasgroup.com/

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Guests: Master Replicas Group

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science fiction, fantasy, art, artist , Warner brothers, dinosaurs, fossils, 2001, smithsonian, apollo, hal-9000, 3-D, white light scan, star wars, star trek, marvel