Michael Earl (puppeteer)

Michael Earl was an American puppeteer. A four-time Emmy Award-winner whose credits include Mr. Snuffleupagus on Sesame Street (1978–1981) and Dr. Ticktock in Ticktock Minutes, a musical series of PSA's on PBS he also co-created, scripted and wrote lyrics for that garnered 11 Southern Regional Emmys, a 1998 National Emmy for Best Public Service Announcements, a Gabriel Award, two Parents' Choice Awards and numerous other honors. Earl performed the original Shrek character in a motion-capture development test film for DreamWorks and puppeteered lead characters in Paramount Pictures' Team America: World Police. ^{Michael Earl, American actor, singer, and puppeteer (d. 2015)}

10 September 1959

Born on the same birth day (10 September): B. D. Jatti • Bente Skari • Bessie Love • Bill Rogers (golfer) • Cyril Connolly • H.D. • Hans Niels Andersen • Harry Treadaway • Hugh D. McIntosh • Jared Diamond • Jeppe Aakjær • Joe Nieuwendyk • Karl Wien • Kate Burton (actress) • Lex van Delden • Max Shachtman • Ranjitsinhji • Robert Wise • Siobhan Fahey

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