What do Cookie Monster, Yoda and Miss Piggy say about their creator?

Editor Guus Valk has been a fan of puppeteer Frank Oz for years: the godfather of The Muppet Show and Bert and Ernie. Now we have finally managed to interview him and he wants to know: What do the puppets say about Frank Oz? And what influence did his father's war trauma have on his work as a puppeteer?

Also read: Puppeteer Frank Oz (Sesame Street, The Muppets) went looking for the story behind his parents' Hitler puppet

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Guest:

Guus Valk

Presentation:

Gabriella Ader

Editorial:

Ruben Pest

Edit:

JP Geersing

Photo:

Jason Mandella

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