Dinosaurs Month, Week One
WIth the announcement that the entire Dinosaurs series is going up on Disney+ on January 29, the Brothers have decided to dedicate an entire month’s worth of episodes to the beloved show. Expect features on the characters, as well as on the designers, builders, performers, and voice actors that brought those characters to life.
On today’s show, the Brothers are joined by Stuart Pankin, John Kennedy, Allan Trautman, Jane Gootnick, Marian McCoin, Nikki Lyons, Julianne Buescher, Brian Henson, Tony Sabin Prince, and Lisa Rocco.
Expect to hear...
...how the puppeteers and performers developed a working chemistry to bring their characters to life.
...puppeteering innovations that came out of Dinosaurs.
...what it feels like to be inside Earl’s, Fran’s, and Ethyl’s body suits.
MEMORABLE QUOTES
- “I visited the set a bunch of times. It was fantastic. It’s too bad that the people who watched it, who loved the show, couldn't get a chance to see that. That set and those people, those animatronics, it was beautiful and unbelievable.” ~Brian
- “We’re just controlling the face, and we’re doing the dialogue. We’re all puppeteers, so I imagine what I want to see the character do. I’m not just doing a voice or making faces. As a puppeteer, I’m always thinking about the body and how I want to compose things and the emotion I want to get across. ~Allan
- “It wasn’t about us. It was about those characters. No matter who you were, we were all working to make sure the characters were great and the relationships between them were great. And that took all of us to do that, no matter who was doing what.” ~Bill
OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE
- Introducing our first round of guests [04:02]
- Puppeteering innovations on Dinosaurs and creating Earl Sinclair [07:30]
- Developing Earl’s voice [22:31]
- How Lisa helped Bill survive in the body suit [27:46]
- Reminiscing over behind-the-scenes photos [34:50]
- Introducing our second round of guests [40:10]
- The complexity of performing while utilizing controls to manipulate expressions [45:02]
- Marian’s typical day on set [48:45]
- How Tony and Allan built up their working chemistry for performing Fran [57:17]
- The relationships made along the way [1:02:11]
- Mannerisms or quotes from characters that showed up in their performer’s lives [1:04:40]
- Going through a few more behind-the-scenes photos [1:08:55]
- Introducing our third round of guests [1:10:27]
- Puppeteering Ethyl [1:12:56]
- Jane’s memories of Caroly Wilcox [1:33:09]
- Closing remarks [1:38:10]
