Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer, who started working with the Muppets in 1994 as a puppeteer on Sesame Street, and rose through the ranks, where he took on the roles of Frank Oz who turned to directing. Jacobson has also worked on The Muppet Show and Bear in the Big Blue House.
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| - Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer, who started working with the Muppets in 1994 as a puppeteer on Sesame Street, and rose through the ranks, where he took on the roles of Frank Oz who turned to directing. Jacobson has also worked on The Muppet Show and Bear in the Big Blue House.
- Eric Jacobson (b. July 25, 1970) is an American puppeteer and Muppet performer, who has assumed the role of performing Frank Oz's characters since 2001.
- Eric Jacobson is a voice performer best known for voice performing Bert, Grover, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, Sam, George and Marvin Suggs. He's succeeding from Frank Oz respectively.
- Jacobson initially started playing Bert in 1997, but officially joined the cast as Bert and additional Muppets in 2000.[citation needed] His role expanded in 2002 to include new Grover segments, particularly Global Grover. In 2001 he and David Rudman played Cookie Monster until 2002 when Sesame Workshop chose David as Cookie so there would be more interaction between Bert, Grover and Cookie Monster. However, Oz occasionally comes in to record new material with those characters. Jacobson appeared as the Little Bad Wolf in the pilot episode of Jack's Big Music Show.
- Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer who first started working with the Muppets in 1994. In order to keep the characters of Frank Oz (who was focusing more on directing and other endeavors) alive and visible, Jacobson was selected to take over performing Frank's characters, due to his strong puppeteer talent and extremely similar vocal range. Since the early 2000s, he has been the principal performer of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and Sam the Eagle. He was also the performer of Piglet in The Book of Pooh.
- Jacobson started performing on Sesame Street in 1994. In 1997, Jacobson began performing Bert on a semi-regular basis; & in 1998 he added Grover to his list as well, starting with clips for Play with Me Sesame. Today, he is the principal performer of these Sesame stars. He & David Rudman shared the role Cookie Monster up until 2002 when Sesame Workshop had picked David to take the role of Cookie Monster on full-time for there to be more interaction between Cookie Monster, Grover & Bert – however Frank Oz occasionally comes in to record new material with them.
- Eric Jacobson started working with the Muppets in 1994 as a puppeteer on Sesame Street, and rose through the ranks of Sesame puppeteers. In order to keep the characters of Frank Oz - who was focusing more on directing and other pursuits - alive and visible, Jacobson was selected due to his strong puppeteer talent and extremely similar vocal range. Jacobson has worked on projects starring the classic Muppet Show and Sesame Street characters, and on Bear in the Big Blue House.
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| - Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer, who started working with the Muppets in 1994 as a puppeteer on Sesame Street, and rose through the ranks, where he took on the roles of Frank Oz who turned to directing. Jacobson has also worked on The Muppet Show and Bear in the Big Blue House.
- Eric Jacobson started working with the Muppets in 1994 as a puppeteer on Sesame Street, and rose through the ranks of Sesame puppeteers. In order to keep the characters of Frank Oz - who was focusing more on directing and other pursuits - alive and visible, Jacobson was selected due to his strong puppeteer talent and extremely similar vocal range. Jacobson has worked on projects starring the classic Muppet Show and Sesame Street characters, and on Bear in the Big Blue House. “I grew up watching the Muppets, and was a rabid fan myself and to carry on this legacy is really important.”—Eric Jacobson
- Jacobson started performing on Sesame Street in 1994. In 1997, Jacobson began performing Bert on a semi-regular basis; & in 1998 he added Grover to his list as well, starting with clips for Play with Me Sesame. Today, he is the principal performer of these Sesame stars. He & David Rudman shared the role Cookie Monster up until 2002 when Sesame Workshop had picked David to take the role of Cookie Monster on full-time for there to be more interaction between Cookie Monster, Grover & Bert – however Frank Oz occasionally comes in to record new material with them. Jacobson has also taken on Guy Smiley in recent years, performing the character in videos for Sesame Street Presents: The Body, Ready to Learn commercials, & a 2008 episode. He has also performed minor characters on the show, such as Mr. Tiger, one of the Three Little Pigs & Hammy the Dwarf. He was also the performer of Dusty, the drummer in Oscar the Grouch's "alternate" Grouch band in episode 3950.
- Eric Jacobson (b. July 25, 1970) is an American puppeteer and Muppet performer, who has assumed the role of performing Frank Oz's characters since 2001.
- Jacobson initially started playing Bert in 1997, but officially joined the cast as Bert and additional Muppets in 2000.[citation needed] His role expanded in 2002 to include new Grover segments, particularly Global Grover. In 2001 he and David Rudman played Cookie Monster until 2002 when Sesame Workshop chose David as Cookie so there would be more interaction between Bert, Grover and Cookie Monster. However, Oz occasionally comes in to record new material with those characters. 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), as well as Sam the Eagle. Jacobson is currently an active puppeteer for many Muppet productions, such as Disney's The Muppets Studio and Sesame Workshop's Sesame Street. Jacobson appeared as the Little Bad Wolf in the pilot episode of Jack's Big Music Show.
- Eric Jacobson is a voice performer best known for voice performing Bert, Grover, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, Sam, George and Marvin Suggs. He's succeeding from Frank Oz respectively.
- Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer who first started working with the Muppets in 1994. In order to keep the characters of Frank Oz (who was focusing more on directing and other endeavors) alive and visible, Jacobson was selected to take over performing Frank's characters, due to his strong puppeteer talent and extremely similar vocal range. Since the early 2000s, he has been the principal performer of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and Sam the Eagle. He was also the performer of Piglet in The Book of Pooh. Outside Disney, he is the current primary performer of Bert and Grover on Sesame Street.
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