Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show!

Nov 02 2024 263 ep. 68 mins
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Welcome to Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, the podcast where nostalgia comes alive! Hosted by Jake Deffinbaugh, with co-hosts, Chris Bixby and Matt Bingel.

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Kevin Chamberlin (Actor) || Ep. 263

Nov 02 2024 40 mins  
On Episode 263 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview TV, Broadway and film actor Kevin Chamberlin! Early on in Kevin's professional acting career, he appeared in projects such as Ghostwriter, Die Hard with a Vengeance and State of Mind. He is known by many for portraying the role of the family butler Bertram Winkle in the Disney Channel series Jessie, Dr. Fusion in the DCOM

Gigi Abraham (Voice Actress/Singer) || Ep. 262

Oct 30 2024 128 mins  
On Episode 262 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview voice actress and singer Gigi Abraham! Some of Gigi's voiceover roles include voicing the Hasbro toy TJ Bearytales and several projects for Sprout, including JB in Sprout's Wiggly Waffle and Halley in Astroblast! She also voiced Laura Carrot and Nicky the Pepper in VeggieTales and voiced characters for the Cocomelon franch

Bruce Connelly (Puppeteer/Actor) || Ep. 261

Oct 26 2024 179 mins  
On Episode 261 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer and actor Bruce Connelly! Throughout Bruce's career, he has acted and directed a wide variety of theatre productions. He is best known for being the current performer of Barkley on Sesame Street since 1993! In addition to performing Barkley on the show, he performed Barkley in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade i

Art Vega (Puppeteer/Photographer) || Ep. 260

Oct 23 2024 30 mins  
On Episode 260 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer, photographer and editor Art Vega! For many years, Art puppeteered in various stage shows for Disney, including the Playhouse Disney and Disney Junior live shows! Since 2010, he has been a Muppet performer with The Muppets, where he got to work on The Muppets (2011), Muppets Most Wanted, The Muppets (ABC series),

Jymn Magon (Writer/TV Creator) || Ep. 259

Oct 19 2024 76 mins  
On Episode 259 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview writer and TV creator Jymn Magon! Jymn is best known for his work with Disney, first starting out by producing their children's records. After Jymn moved to Disney's animated television division, he created Adventures of the Gummi Bears, co-created DuckTales and TaleSpin, wrote episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the

Raymond Carr (Puppeteer/Director) || Ep. 258

Oct 16 2024 70 mins  
On Episode 258 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview puppeteer and diretor Raymond Carr! Early on in Raymond's career, he was an assistant puppeteer on the Icelandic series LazyTown. He is best known for performing the character Dunk in the Henson digital puppetry series Splash and Bubbles. Raymond also puppeteered on Moon and Me, WonderMore Kids, Earth to Ned, the revival o

Peter K. Hirsch (Writer) || Ep. 257

Oct 12 2024 73 mins  
On Episode 257 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, writer Peter K. Hirsch returns to the show! Peter has written for a number of children's series, with most of his work being with PBS! His longest writing job was on Arthur, taking on the role of head writer later in the show's run. He also wrote episodes of Between the Lions, Lomax: The Hound of Music, Peep and the Big Wide World, Cur

Barbara Irwin, Tony Buttino Sr. & Pam Johnson (Authors) || Ep. 256

Oct 09 2024 65 mins  
On Episode 256 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview authors Barbara Irwin, Tony Buttino Sr. and Pam Johnson! Barbara, Tony and Pam recently wrote the book Creating Reading Rainbow: The Untold Story of a Beloved Children's Series, which covers the long-running PBS literacy series Reading Rainbow, which Tony also co-created! The new book talks about how Reading Rainbow first

John Weidman (Writer/Playwright) || Ep. 255

Oct 05 2024 81 mins  
On Episode 255 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview writer and playwright John Weidman! John's work in the theatre world consists of collaborating with the late Stephen Sondheim on several musicals, including Pacific Overtures, Assassins and Road Show and also worked with theatre director and choreographer Susan Stroman. He also wrote for the National Lampoon magazine. As a

Kristin Laskas Martin (Producer/Writer) || Ep. 254

Oct 02 2024 78 mins  
On Episode 254 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview producer and writer Kristin Laskas Martin! Kristin's career in television began as a coordinator on the PBS series Great Performances and as a producer on the ABC soap opera All My Children. After transitioning into children's television, she was the Vice President of Production at Nickelodeon and produced the TV adaptatio