Pete And Penelope

Emmy-winning puppet, toy and graphic designer, Kip Rathke began his career gluing feathers onto Big Bird for iconic puppet and costume designer Kermit Love. He currently serves as Creative Director at Sesame Workshop, overseeing the design of all Sesame Street licensed toys and experiential entertainment. In this episode, @adam_bush and Kip talk about the puppeteering as a storytelling vehicle and the future of puppetry. [ About Pete and Penelope Podcast] This is a podcast for storytellers. Each episode @adam_bush interviews a storyteller in the industries of television, film or literature. Why is it called The Pete and Penelope Podcast? A couple of years ago, Adam and his pal Stephen began creating a television show for preschoolers called Pete and Penelope. To coincide with the creation of the show, they started a blog to let other people passionate about storytelling enjoy the journey with them. The Pete and Penelope Podcast is just another way for Adam and Stephen to give back to those who have been suc

Eisley was formed in 1997 in their bedroom after youngest sibling, Stacy, wrote their first song at age 8. They performed first show in Spring '98, grew in local coffee house/rock venue, played 100's of shows as unsigned indie for 4 years ('98 - '02) in Texas, found and audience in Dallas’s Deep Ellum crowd about the time Sunny Day Real Estate released their 4th record. With a hand full of inspiring songs, new management and great press from music critics in the burgeoning Dallas scene, the young indie-pop group released their debut ep on Record Collection (Mike Mogis produced), signed w/ Warners, jumped on Coldplay’s Rush of Blood tour and began carving out a National following. The band's undaunted commitment to their own unique, visually imaginative brand of song-crafting has both nurtured their base and shielded them from mass homogenization. Indifferent to industry boundaries/conventions, Eisley continues to expand - focused on who they are, writing what they feel/experience as they remain devoted to so

Michael Jr. got his start as a comedian when George Wallace took him to the legendary Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach. The club’s owner slipped the unknown comic onstage to perform; and a week later, Michael Jr. was performing at the “Just for Laughs” comedy festival in Montreal. Michael Jr. has performed on The Tonight Show, The Late, Late Show, Oprah, Jimmy Kimmel Live Comedy Central, The Tom Joyner Show, The Bob and Tom Show TV One, Bryon Allen’s Comic Unleashed, BET’s ComicView, SiTV, CNN, DayBreak USA and ComedyTV. Here @adam_bush chats with Michael Jr. about "giving" laughs and why a joke is A + B + 3. [ About Pete and Penelope Podcast] This is a podcast for storytellers. Each episode @adam_bush interviews a storyteller in the industries of television, film or literature. Why is it called The Pete and Penelope Podcast? A couple of years ago, Adam and his pal Stephen began creating a television show for preschoolers called Pete and Penelope. To coincide with the creation of the show, they start

Cory Edwards made his feature film debut with Hoodwinked. Since Hoodwinked’s success, he’s written its sequel, the sci-fi feature Escape From Planet Earth, the web series Krogzilla Gets A Job, Roger Cosmonkey (the world’s first Twitter Series) and a ton of Veggie Tales episodes. Cory has developed projects for industry greats like John Davis (producer of the Predator franchise, Chronicle), Paul Schiff (producer of Rushmore), John Shestack (producer of Air Force One) and Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Taken) and most notably Fraggle Rock: The Movie for the Jim Henson Company. Cory Edwards resides in Los Angeles, where he continues to write and direct feature films. He is attached to direct Frog and Toad for the Jim Henson Company and is currently directing Wish, an animated action fantasy. [ About Pete and Penelope Podcast] This is a podcast for storytellers. Each episode @adam_bush interviews a storyteller in the industries of television, film or literature. Why is it called The Pete and Penelope Podcast