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 he 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[1].

[edit] Guest-appearances

Jacobson's Miss Piggy has appeared on Rove Live[2], Live with Regis and Kelly [3], The Tony Danza Show [4], Good Morning America[citation needed], This Morning[5]. His Grover has appeared on Good Morning Australia [6], Rove Live [7], and Jimmy Kimmel Live[citation needed]. His Fozzie has appeared on Saturday Night Live [8], and Jimmy Kimmel Live [9]. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition included Muppet guests, such as Jacobson's Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Animal[citation needed]. Jacobson's Bert appeared in episode 22 of Between the Lions' season 2, "Tweet! Tweet!" [10].

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ September 12, 2005
  2. ^ November 25, 2003
  3. ^ May 19, 2005
  4. ^ May 23, 2005; November 3, 2005
  5. ^ September 19, 2005
  6. ^ March 9, 2004
  7. ^ March 8, 2005
  8. ^ December 18, 2004
  9. ^ May 13, 2005
  10. ^ May 1, 2001

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