Changes: Tim Lagasse

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Timbbw — Tim Lagasse and Barnaby B. Busterfield from *Between the Lions*

Timpupet1 — Lagasse and one of his puppet creations

Tim Lagasse is an award-winning puppeteer, puppet designer/fabricator, and film maker.

He earned his BFA from The University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts Program. Upon graduating, he became the first student to receive the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry. His series A Show of Hands (which he wrote and puppeteered) won him a number of awards as well. Lagasse acts as a puppeteering consultant, and creates puppet films for stations like PBS, MTV, HBO, and Nickelodeon. His most current project is performing Crash on Disney's Crash & Bernstein. He enjoys performing puppetry for a more mature audience also, and does so at various puppet events and slams across New York and New England.

In addition to his performance credits, Tim also teaches the art of puppetry, lecturing at the Lincoln Center Foundation and instructing students on modern television puppet techniques at the Puppet Arts Program at the University of Connecticut and the O'Neill Theatre Center Puppetry Conference.

Credits

Bear in the Big Blue House: Jet Setter Tutter, Ensemble Puppeteer
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Fox in Socks (Season 2), Junior Kangaroo (Season 2), Annoying Greebles, Bunky Balaban, The Clam, Eskimo Kid, Mr. Moriarty Seagoon Eccles, Old Man Time, Scotty, The Speaker, Others
Kermit Channel Promo: Stu the Janitor
Sesame Street
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

Non-Henson Credits

Oobi: Puppet Coordinator, Oobi
Between the Lions: Barnaby B. "Buster" Busterfield III, Artie Smartypants, Gus the Bunny, Watson the Duck, Theo Lion (Substitute for season 3 only)
Blue's Room: Polka Dots, Puppet designer and builder
Johnny and the Sprites: Basil
Allegra's Window: Mr. Cook, Tweeter
It's a Big Big World: Ick and Wartz, director for some episodes
The Book of Pooh: Ensemble puppeteer
Chappelle's Show: Knee High Park
Imagination Movers: Warehouse Mouse puppet designer
Once Upon a Tree: Jasper the Hare, Bleu the Cricket
Crash & Bernstein: Crash

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+[[Image:Timbbw.jpg|thumb|300px|Tim Lagasse and Barnaby B. Busterfield from ''Between the Lions'']]
-Tim Lagasse is an award-winning puppeteer, puppet designer/fabricator, and film maker.
+[[Image:Timpupet1.jpg|frame|Lagasse and one of his puppet creations]]
+'''Tim Lagasse''' is an award-winning puppeteer, puppet designer/fabricator, and film maker.
-He earned his BFA from The [[University of Connecticut]]. Upon graduating, he became the first student to receive the [[Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry]]. His series ''A Show of Hands'' (which he wrote and puppeteered) won him a number of awards as well. Tim acts as a puppeteering consultant, and creates puppet films for stations like [[PBS]], [[MTV]], [[HBO]], and [[Nickelodeon]]. He enjoys performing puppetry for a more mature audience also, and does so at various puppet events and slams across [[New York]] and [[New England]].
+He earned his BFA from [[The University of Connecticut|The University of Connecticut's]] Puppet Arts Program. Upon graduating, he became the first student to receive the [[Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry]]. His series ''A Show of Hands'' (which he wrote and puppeteered) won him a number of awards as well. Lagasse acts as a puppeteering consultant, and creates puppet films for stations like [[PBS]], [[MTV]], [[HBO]], and [[Nickelodeon]]. His most current project is performing Crash on [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s ''Crash & Bernstein''. He enjoys performing puppetry for a more mature audience also, and does so at various puppet events and slams across [[New York]] and New England.
-In addition to his performance credits, Tim also teaches the art of puppetry, lecturing at the Lincoln Center Foundation and instructing students on modern television puppet techniques at the [[Puppet Arts Program]] at the University of Connecticut and the [[O'Neill Theatre Center Puppetry Conference]].
+In addition to his performance credits, Tim also teaches the art of puppetry, lecturing at the Lincoln Center Foundation and instructing students on modern television puppet techniques at the Puppet Arts Program at the University of Connecticut and the [[O'Neill Puppetry Conference|O'Neill Theatre Center Puppetry Conference]].
 ==Credits==
 *''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]:'' [[Jet Setter Tutter]], Ensemble Puppeteer
-*''[[The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss]]:'' Annoying Greebles, Bunky Balaban, The Clam, Eskimo Kid, Mr. Moriarty Seagoon Eccles, Old Man Time, Scotty, The Speaker, [[Fox in Socks]], [[Junior Kangaroo]], Others
+*''[[The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss]]:'' [[Fox in Socks]] (Season 2), [[Junior Kangaroo]] (Season 2), Annoying Greebles, Bunky Balaban, The Clam, Eskimo Kid, Mr. Moriarty Seagoon Eccles, Old Man Time, Scotty, The Speaker, Others
+*''[[The Kermit Channel|Kermit Channel Promo]]:'' Stu the Janitor
 *''[[Sesame Street]]''
+*''[[A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa]]''
 ==Non-Henson Credits==
+*''Oobi'': Puppet Coordinator, Oobi
+*''[[Between the Lions]]:'' Barnaby B. "Buster" Busterfield III, Artie Smartypants, Gus the Bunny, Watson the Duck, Theo Lion (Substitute for season 3 only)
-*''Oobi:'' Puppet Coordinator, Oobi
-*''[[Between the Lions]]:'' Barnaby B. "Buster" Busterfield III, Artie Smartypants, Gus the Bunny, Watson the Duck
 *''[[Blue (dog)|Blue's Room]]:'' Polka Dots, Puppet designer and builder
-*''Johnny and the Sprites:'' Basil
+*''Johnny and the Sprites'': Basil
-*''Allegra's Window:'' Mr. Cook, Tweeter
+*''Allegra's Window'': Mr. Cook, Tweeter
 *''It's a Big Big World:'' Ick and Wartz, director for some episodes
-*''The Book of Pooh:'' Ensemble puppeteer
+*''[[The Book of Pooh]]:'' Ensemble puppeteer
 *''[[Chappelle's Show]]'': [[Knee High Park]]
+*''Imagination Movers'': Warehouse Mouse puppet designer
+*''Once Upon a Tree'': Jasper the Hare, Bleu the Cricket
+*''Crash & Bernstein'': Crash
-==External Links==
+==External links==
 *[http://www.timlagasse.com/ Official Site]
 *[http://imdb.com/name/nm1141882/ imdb]
 *[http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/sundance_myth Short Film]
 *[http://www.tv.com/tim-lagasse/person/120482/summary.html TV.com]
 [[Category:Muppet Performers|Lagasse, Tim]]