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Check out this bio from the Disney Channel site
TIM LAGASSE
Basil
Emmy nominated puppet master and filmmaker Tim Lagasse plays bookish
earth Sprite, Basil on Disney Channel's new Playhouse Disney series, "Johnny and the Sprites."
A "Sesame Street" alumnus, Lagasse has created puppets, consulted and
directed puppet films for PBS, MTV, HBO and Nickelodeon. His creation of a series of short puppet films for the award-winning
PBS children's series, "Between the Lions" garnered him two Daytime Emmy nominations. Additionally, Lagasse has designed and
fabricated multiple puppets for Nickeloden's "Blue's Clues," and is currently a featured performer and director on PBS' "It's
a Big Big World!" His other television credits include Noggin's "Oobi" and Comedy Central's "Chapelle's Show."
Lagasse created and performed puppets for the 2004 Sundance Film Festival's
official trailers and their continuing online campaign "Keep It Free." In addition to his work as a puppeteer and filmmaker,
Lagasse lectures for the Lincoln Center Foundation and teaches modern television puppet techniques at the Puppet Arts Program
at the University of Connecticut and the O'Neill Theatre Center Puppetry Conference.
A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a BFA in Puppet Arts,
Lagasse was the first student to receive the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in puppetry. He also won a Broadcast Design Silver
Award and received the coveted Union International de la Marionette Citation for Excellence in the art of puppetry.
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| Tim worked on the new PBS show |
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| He talks for "Wartz" and "Ick" |
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| Tim has been nominated for TWO Emmy Awards!!! |
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| He didn't win, but it is an honor just to be
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| Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Editing |
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| Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling |
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| Between the Lions did win for Outstanding
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Tim got a haircut!Photo courtesy of his dad Tim is holding Polka Dots while theother
puppets he made for the newBlue's Clues segments look
on.Tim talks for Polka Dots and DressUp Chest. Meet Riffington (designed and voiced by Tim Lagasse)Riffington is RIF's furry, blue spokes-creature. He loves reading, and he just loves telling everyone how much he loves books! He tells kids,
parents, teachers, communities, dogs, cats, monsters — and everyone that he can find — that reading is fun and
important to our future.All About Riffington!Riffington had this to say about himself ... * Height: 6'5" (I'm taller than you'd guess.) * Favorite color: Blue, because that's the color of my fur * Favorite sport: Basketball * Favorite TV shows: Between the Lions and Blue's Clues * Favorite item of clothing: My red tie * Favorite hobby: Reading, of course! * Most unusual characteristic: My nose
lights up as a book light. That way when it's dark, I can light the pages of my books by using my nose.   Tim's new show Paz has begun duringthe morning preschool programming onThe Learning Channel. Tim is thevoice of this adorable penguin Paz.      Tim and Busterfield
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Barney, Tim and Lionel Tim and
Bear in the Big Blue House  Photo courtesy of Tim  
 Tim spent a
weekend in San Francisco CA (with Gus the Rabbit, above) at aconference of librarians. On the way back, he was able to visit his parents in Arizona.Gus (and Tim) made a wonderful video with his mom for her kindergarten students. Tim with a puppet creation.My cousin, Timothy
Lagasse, is a puppeteer on this wonderful program on PBS. He is the voice of both Arty Smartypants and Barnaby
B. Busterfield, as well as Watson, Gus the rabbit, the Rock, Steve the Bowling Ball, the Hopping Hen, Fuzzy Wuzzy and the
King. The web site is wonderful. I am videotaping all of the 30 minute shows in the second season.Tim has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Puppetry from the University of Connecticut. He is a recipient
of UNIMA-USA Citation for Excellence, the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry, and the Broadcast Design Award for Show of
Hands. You may have seen Tim’s work on Nickelodeon’s Allegra’s Window as "Mr. Cook" and "Tweeter"
or as "Stick Stickley" on Nick in the Afternoon. He also worked on the Webulous World of Doctor Seuss and the Muppets. Not
only is Tim a talented puppeteer, he designs and builds puppets. These two talented puppeteers worked together to providethe illustrations for the Between the Lions episode entitled "Icarus's Wings." Cleo even gave them a on-camera credit for their work!Click on the shadow below to view the puppets onthe BTL web site.  Jim "Nappy" Napolitano Photo courtesy of Prof. Ruth SassoNappy's PuppetsThe Shadow Puppetry of Jim Napolitano Tim the Star!TIMOTHY J. LAGASSE - Lagasse has been a professional puppeteer and puppet builder for over 10 years. While earning
his BFA in Puppet Arts from the University of Connecticut, he wrote and directed “A Show of Hands,” which received
the coveted Union International de la Marionette (USA's Citation for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry), and designed and
built the "Bababooie" puppet for the Howard Stern Show. Upon graduating, he was the first student to receive the Jim Henson
Memorial Prize in Puppetry. He now works on many television children's programs including “Sesame Street,” “Bear
In The Big Blue House,” “Allegra's Window” and a new literacy show on PBS called “Between The Lions.”
Tim also writes and produces shorts for PBS and Nickelodeon. (One of them, five short films of "A Show of Hands," received
a Broadcast Design Silver Award).  Tim and his mom Photo by
Donald Devet
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