117 - Amanda Maddock (Five Nights At Freddy's 1 & 2, Bear In the Big Blue House, LazyTown)

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - Amanda Maddock is a puppeteer, builder, wrangler, and teacher who has experience working with puppets of all sizes. From the regular puppets of The Book of Pooh, Bear in the Big Blue House, Between the Lions, Sesame Street, and The Muppets to the enormous puppets of Walking with Dinosaurs and How to Train Your Dragon, Amanda’s career has taken her across the country and around the world—including to Iceland to work on LazyTown and to Russia to puppeteer in the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Versed in many styles of puppetry, from tabletop to hand-and-rod to the animatronics of the two Five Nights at Freddy’sfilms, she has done it all. It’s my pleasure to chat with Amanda Maddock about all these projects and more on this episode of Under the Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Amanda Maddock by becoming a Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patron. Visit www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia for info and to help create more episodes like this. Connect with Amanda Maddock: Website - http://www.amandamaddock.com Instagram -   / mander_mudduck_puppeterer   IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1566555 Sandglass Theater Summer Intensive (Amanda is teaching) - https://www.sandglasstheater.org/summ... Discussed on the show: The Book of Pooh – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boo... Bear in the Big Blue House – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_in... Between the Lions – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between... Sesame Street – https://www.sesamestreet.org The Muppets – https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mu... Walking with Dinosaurs – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking... LazyTown – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LazyTown 2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Wi... Skidmore College – https://www.skidmore.edu University of Connecticut Puppet Arts Program – https://drama.uconn.edu/puppet-arts/ National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center – https://www.theoneill.org/pup Puppets in Prague – https://www.puppetsinprague.eu Sandglass Theater – https://sandglasstheater.org The Henson International Puppetry Festival – https://www.hensonfestival.org The Jim Henson Company – https://www.henson.com Bob Baker Marionette Theater – https://www.bobbakermarionettetheater... Connect with the Show:   / underthepuppet     / underthepuppet     / underthepuppet   Connect with Grant: http://www.MrGrant.comhttp://www.twit...   / throwingtoasters   Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver ©2026 Saturday Morning Media - http://www.saturdaymorningmedia.com