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Bruce Connelly (Puppeteer/Actor) || Ep. 261 · October 26, 2024

Bruce Connelly (Puppeteer/Actor) || Ep. 261

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On Episode 261 of Jake’s Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer and actor Bruce Connelly!

Throughout Bruce’s career, he has acted and directed a wide variety of theatre productions. He is best known for being the current performer of Barkley on Sesame Street since 1993! In addition to performing Barkley on the show, he performed Barkley in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is also a background and assistant puppeteer on the show! Outside of Sesame Street, Bruce puppeteered in the Disney film Old Dogs and has also acted on stage in various theatre productions!

Special thanks to our guest co-host Keelin for joining us!