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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

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

Comic book history – Comic book writer – Christopher Priest interview

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Christopher Priest has been a comic book writer for over 40 years and has worked for both Marvel and DC. He’s written for Deathstroke, Justice League, Vampirella and many other titles. He also helped to redevelop Black Panther.

{Note: The sound gets better after a minute or so but I wanted to include some interesting pre-interview talk that unfortunately doesn’t have the same sound quality as the full interview.}

0:20 – Christopher talks about the creation of Black Panther.

1:35 – Christopher talks about how Black Panther developed.

2:36 – Christopher talked about how he got into the comic book business.

4:00 – Christopher talks about what got him his job at Marvel.

6:30 – Christopher talked about working on Cracked magazine and being mentored by Stan Lee.

8:05 – Christopher talked about what story lines inspired him most.

10:15 – Christopher talks about his various career milestones.

12:50 – Christopher talks about the comic book business.

14:45 – Christopher talks about how he got Power Man and Iron Fist.

16:30 – Christopher talks about where he gets his writing ideas from.

20:15 – Christopher talks about developing Man Ape.

22:15 – Christopher talks about his role with the Black Panther film.

23:00 – Christopher talks about how he redeveloped Black Panther.

26:50 – Christopher talks about his professional life following Black Panther.

stop at 29:00

35:00 – Christopher talks about Deathstroke on tv.

36:03 – Christopher talks about the storylines he created that he’s most proud of. He goes into his Justice League storyline.

43:54 – Christopher can be found on Christopherpriest.com

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Links of interest

http://christopherpriest.com/cpdc/

Guests: Christopher Priest

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: comic books, writer, green lantern, DC comics, Marvel, Stan Lee, Cracked, Spiderman, Batman, Power Man, Iron Fist, Conan, Deathstroke, Justice League, News Radio, Iron Man, Vampirella