Don Sahlin

 John   Love lady  worked for the  JIM HENSON  Company during the late 1960 s & 70 s as both a performer & a puppet build er. A s a builder, he worked on the original  OSCAR THE GROUCH  & character s for The Great San ta C l a us Switch. A s a puppeteer, he performed in every episode of The Muppet Show during the 1 st season. He left the company shortly after season 1 of The Muppet Show ended & went on to perform in a number of non -  HENSON  puppet series.

Lovelady was born in Oxford, Mississippi & attended the same ( consolidated ) grade school as  JIM HENSON  , though he was in 6 th grade while  HENSON  in 1 st. He attended the University of Memphis ( 19 5 0 - 1953 ), graduating with a B. A. S c. in Theatre, as well as the University o f Arkansas a t Fayetteville ( 1 9 5 3 - 1 9 55 ) , with an M. A. in Theatre.

For nearly 50 year s, Love lady has been married to Nancy McGeorge , who performed back ground character s on T he Muppet s Valen tine Show. They have 2 children, Scott & Kate.

HENSON Muppeteer  Credit s

 * The Muppet Show - The Announcer ( episodes 109, 113 - 117 ) , the Hound Baskerville t he Hound ( episode 103 ) , Bernie , Bruce , Crazy Harry ( first season ) , Male Ghost ,  GREEN  Frackle ( episode 11 8 ) , Igg y Wiggy , Nigel ( 1 st season ) , Rats ( episode s 1 0 2 , 1 0 7 , 1 09 ) , Talking House# 1
 * The  Frog  Prince
 * The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
 * The Muppets Valen tine Show - Crazy Harry
 * T h e Muppet Show : Sex & Violence - Vanity & Abraham Lincoln
 * The Great San ta Cla us Switch - Alarm Frackle, Bong
 * T he Muppet Movie - Muppet workshop coordinator
 * Emmet Otter ' s Jug - Band Christ mas

Non - Muppet Production s

 *  Adventure s   in   Wonder land  - Dormouse
 *  The   Mother   Goose   Video   Treasury  - Gregory Griggs
 * The Great Space Coaster - Knock Knock / Edison the Elephant
 *  Dumbo ' s   Cir cus  - Various Puppet s
 *  D . C .   Follies  - Various Puppet s & voice s / puppet builder

External l ink s

 * John Love llady on I M D b
 * Bio on TGSCoaster . com
 * The Peverett Phile interview
 * Linked In