American puppeteer (born 1952)
Brian Meehl
Born Brian Giuseppe Meehl
(1952-08-24 ) August 24, 1952 (age 72) Other names Brian Muehl Occupation(s) Puppeteer, writer Years active 1978–present Spouse Cindy Meehl
Brian Giuseppe Meehl (also known as Brian Muehl ; born August 24, 1952), is an American puppeteer and writer.
Biography
Meehl was born in Canandaigua, New York , and grew up mostly in Iowa City, Iowa.
Meehl worked on the last six shows of The Muppet Show . He then worked on Sesame Street , performing Barkley , Grundgetta , Telly Monster , and an early version of Elmo , among other characters. His work with Henson also included roles in the films, The Dark Crystal , The Muppets Take Manhattan and The Great Muppet Caper .
In 1984, Meehl left the Muppets and began writing for children's television series including Between the Lions , Codename: Kids Next Door , Cyberchase , the TUGS segments for Salty's Lighthouse , Eureeka's Castle , and The Magic School Bus , with the only exception being the general-interest nature and science documentary series Eyewitness for the BBC and DK Vision , where he also served as script supervisor for a number of episodes in the first season before leaving the series entirely during the second season.
Meehl has written seven young adult novels: Out of Patience (2008), Suck It Up (2009), You Don't Know About Me (2011), and Suck It Up and Die (2012). He released an eBook and paperback adult novel, Pastime , in 2012. More recently, Meehl has completed his Blowback Trilogy: Blowback '07 , (2016), Blowback '63 (2017), and Blowback '94 (2020) about time-traveling teenage twins who fall back into little known but pivotal events in history.
Filmography
Television
The Muppet Show - Additional Muppets
Sesame Street - Barkley (1978–1984, 1988), Clementine (1979–1984), Dr. Nobel Price (1979–1984), Elmo (1980–1984), Grundgetta (1980–1984), Othmar the Grouch, Pearl, Rusty, Telly Monster (1979–1984), Additional Muppets
Eureeka's Castle - Bogge and Mr. Knack
Dog City - Bruno
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss - Binkham Tamino McDoyal the Third (in "Norval the Great")
Film
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