Eric Jacobson

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Eric Jacobson is a puppeteer and Muppet performer, who has been the primary replacement puppeteer for Frank Oz's characters since 2001.

Jacobson initially started playing Bert in 1997, but officially joined the cast as Bert, Cookie Monster, and additional Muppets in 2000. His role expanded in 2002 to include new Grover segments, particularly Global Grover.

His second role came in 2001 with The Book of Pooh, where we worked on Piglet and Kanga. That year, he also began playing Miss Piggy, debuting at the Muppetfest convention. Subsequently, in It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), he performed the roles of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal. In The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) he performed all of these characters, as well as Sam the Eagle.

Jacobson currently is a puppeteer for many Muppet productions, for Sesame Street, and Play with Me Sesame (2002 on).

Jacobson appeared as the Little Bad Wolf in the pilot episode of Jack's Big Music Show, aired 12 September 2005.

[edit] Guest appearances

Jacobson's Miss Piggy has appeared on Rove Live (25 November 2003), Live with Regis and Kelly (19 May 2005), The Tony Danza Show (23 May 2005, 3 November 2005), Good Morning America (August 2005?), This Morning (19 September 2005). His Grover has appeared on Good Morning Australia (9 March 2004), Rove Live (8 March 2005), and Jimmy Kimmel Live (mid-2005). His Fozzie has appeared on Saturday Night Live (18 December 2004), and Jimmy Kimmel Live (13 May 2005). Extreme Makeover: Home Edition included Muppet guests, such as Jacobson's Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Animal.