A native of Atlanta, Thom Stanley trained with the Henson company around the time of the early-90's proposed Disney merger, studying under Kevin Clash and Steve Whitmire. He later served as resident Right Hand Man during the filming of Muppets from Space, choreographing arm movements and performing the right arms of most of the main characters, live-hand and rod puppets alike. He has also put together an impressive array of themed costumes for Atlanta's Dragon*Con, and in 2004 appeared on stage as Dr. Teeth of The Electric Mayhem.