Timothy Lagasse is a puppeteer

Puppeteer

A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or...

, puppet designer, and filmmaker. He earned his BFA from the University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...

. Lagasse acts as a puppeteering consultant, and creates puppet films for stations like PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

, MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, HBO, and Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

. 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

University of Connecticut

The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...

.

Credits

• SpongeBob SquarePants
  SpongeBob SquarePants
  SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
  
  (Nickelodeon):
• It's a Big Big World
  It's a Big Big World
  It's A Big Big World is an American children's television show on PBS Kids, that debuted January 2, 2006. It was originally part of Miss Lori and Hooper's schedule block, but it was replaced in that block on September 3, 2007, though ran for a few years that followed...
  
  (PBS): Wartz, Ick, and Greenie
• Between the Lions
  Between the Lions
  Between the Lions is a PBS Kids' puppet show designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and...
  
  (PBS): Arty Smarty-pants and Barnaby B. Busterfield III., others
• Sesame Street
  Sesame Street
  Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
  
  (PBS): Ensemble puppet performer
• Johnny and the Sprites
  Johnny and the Sprites
  Johnny and the Sprites is a musical television show aimed for preschoolers that airs every weekend on the "Playhouse Disney" program of The Disney Channel. The show was created for, is produced by, and stars John Tartaglia . The show's theme song was written by Stephen Schwartz...
  
  (Disney Channel): Basil
• Book of Pooh (Disney Channel): Ensemble puppeteer
• Bear in the Big Blue House
  Bear in the Big Blue House
  Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Playhouse Disney channel by Mitchell Kriegman and The Jim Henson Company. It first aired in 1997, and re-runs of the show continue to air on Playhouse Disney . It is produced by The Jim Henson Company and Shadow...
  
  (Disney Channel): Hand shadow performer "Jet Setter Tutter" + ensemble puppeteer.
• Oobi
  Oobi
  Oobi is an American children's television series. Based on an award-winning short-form series, the show is directed toward preschoolers. It currently airs on Nick Jr. . It was created by Josh Selig and produced by his company Little Airplane Productions.It is currently shown at 2:00am and 2:30am...
  
  (Nick Jr.): Puppet coordinator “Oobi”
• Blue's Room
  Blue's Room
  Blue's Room is a children's puppet show television series which is aimed at preschoolers, aged 2-6, and it is a spin-off series of the popular Blue's Clues series...
  
  (Nick Jr.): Puppet designer, Polka Dots and Dress Up Chest
• Allegra's Window
  Allegra's Window
  Allegra's Window is a children's television series that aired on Nick Jr. from July 12, 1994 to May 1, 1996, with reruns airing from May 2, 1996 to August 30, 2000 and later airing on Noggin from February 2, 1999 to April 2003...
  
  (Nick Jr.): Mr. Cook and Tweeter
• Wubullous World of Dr. Seuss (Nickelodeon): Fox in Socks, Jr. Kangaroo, others
• The Producers, the Movie Musical Feature: Adolph Pidgeon
• Keep It Free! (Sundance Online Film Festival): Filmmaker
• Chappelle's Show
  Chappelle's Show
  Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedian Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show as well as starring in various skits. Chappelle, Brennan and Michele Armour were the show's executive producers. The series premiered on January 22,...
  
  (Comedy Central): Puppet coordinator and Ensemble puppeteer, Designed and built "Bobble" and "Crabs"
• Sundance Film Festival Myths Sundance Film Festival, 6 Trailers for the 2004 festival, Puppet Designer / Builder, Filmmaker
• Ready Set Learn!
  Ready Set Learn
  Ready, Set, Learn! was a preschool block that aired on TLC from October 14, 1996 to September 29, 2008, and Discovery Kids from October 1996 to October 8, 2010....
  
  (Discovery Kids): Puppet Coordinator, Paz
• Sizziling Kung Fu Mice Feature Demo (Shadow Productions): Ensemble puppeteer
• I AM.com National Commercial: Strange Goateed Puppeteer
• A Little Curious
  A Little Curious
  A Little Curious is a children's television show which has aired on HBO Family since 1998, lasting for just two seasons , and...
  
  (HBO): Puppet Coordinator, lead builder, and lead performer for "Sticky Shoes" short
• Kermit Channel
  Hallmark Channel (Asia)
  Diva Universal is an Asian cable and satellite television channel owned and operated by Universal Networks International. It has been available on most subscription television cable and Satellite platforms in Asia since 1 January 2008.-Operating Channels:...
  
   promos: Stu the Janitor
• Once Upon a Tree (Animal Planet): Puppet coordinator, Lead performer for Jasper and Bleu
• Mathmataz (Children’s Television Workshop): Ensemble puppet performer
• A Show of Hands (Nickelodeon): Creator, writer, lead performer
• Weinerville Holiday Specials (Nickelodeon): Puppet Coordinator, Coach Loogi and others
• Nick in the Afternoon
  Nick in the Afternoon
  Nick in the Afternoon is a programming block on Nickelodeon that aired from 1995 to 1998 on weekday afternoons during the summer, hosted by Stick Stickly, a popsicle stick voiced by New York City native Paul Christie . The 1998 stint ran from the summer until December...
  
   starring Stick Stickly (Nickelodeon): Designer for Stick, coordinator
• Nick Jr. Sings: Designer, builder, and coordinator for "Manners Song" short
• Imagination Movers warehouse mouse

External links

• Tim Lagasse home page
• Timothy Lagasse at Muppet Wiki