![]() In the early stages of his Hollywood career, Robertson acted in comedies like The. 24 1.4K views 2 years ago TOLUCA LAKE - Gord Robertson was the puppeteer of Zoboomafoo, the talking Lemur from the television show of the same name. In film, he was chief puppeteer on the non-Henson Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (also face puppeteer for Michaelangelo), one of the puppeteers for Johnny 5 in Short Circuit 2, and worked on Mr. Gordon Robertson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. He played Galileo on Groundling Marsh and Bill the ventriloquist dummy on the sitcom Puppets Who Kill. Outside Henson projects, Robertson played the title character on Zoboomafoo and worked with Shari Lewis on Lamb Chop's Play Along (as Buster the Bus) and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (as Fingers the raccoon). Gordon Robertson GordRobertson Journalism, football, politics and other stuff. May 10, 1958), also credited as Gordon Robertson, is a Canadian puppeteer who has performed in several Muppet and Creature Shop productions beginning with Fraggle Rock. Gord Robertson was born on in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Survived by his 6 brothers,1 sister, and predeceased by his sister. Born in Chatham, Gord was the son of the late Wallace & Irma (nee Joseph) Robertson. Read more in issue #10, including on Spectral Motion’s rat and melting man.Gord Robertson on the set of "Puppets Who Kill." Robertson, Gord A resident of Chatham, Gord Robertson passed away peacefully at Riverview Gardens Nursing Home on Sunday, Februat the age of 71. And that I think that really imparts a soulfulness and a real presence to what you’re seeing on screen.” Issue #10 is all in on practical effects. We’re living what that puppet is supposed to be experiencing. We perform, we live the part of the character and whatever specific component we’re puppeteering, we’re emoting. ![]() “When we are on set performing with a puppet, we bill ourselves as puppeteers, but in fact, we’re actors. Witnessing his crew contributing this kind of live performance and creature work was particularly exciting for Elizalde. More of Spectral Motion’s impressive practical effects work. Gord was on the feet, and Sean was on the mechanical tongue. Ron was working on the arms as they came out of the well. “Richard, he’s a very tall guy so he was pulling the puppet out of the well. He is best known as the voice of Zoboomafoo in the series of the same name. ![]() Spectral Motion’s team, consisting of Richard Landon, Ron Binion and McTurk, were joined by local puppeteers Sean Sansom and Gord Robertson. Gordon 'Gord' Robertson (born May 10, 1958) is an Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, singer, puppeteer, voice artist, and comedian. In terms of the puppeteering of the ghoul, this occurred on a half-scale greenscreen set in Toronto, representing the emergence of the creature from a well. There were also insert hands that were full-sized and insert feet, which we could use to grab Crispin Glover’s character.” Then we also had different levels of rot on the legs and very specific looks on the hands. We weighted it and experimented ways of getting the proper sway. The direction del Toro gave here, relates McTurk, was that the ghoul have a very defined chin waggle. ![]() The creature began at Spectral as a traditional clay sculpture orchestrated by Akihito Ikeda, Andy Bergholtz and Savannah Suderman. “He loved the gangly quality that we could bring to a puppeteering performance.” A video of Spectral Motion’s puppet. “The early conversations were that Guillermo wanted to see what sort of puppet performance we could bring as opposed to a man in a suit,” notes McTurk. Based on concepts from creature concept designer Guy Davis, Spectral Motion was tasked with building a half-scale 36-inch tall rod puppet that would be filmed against greenscreen and composited into final shots in the episode as a seven-foot tall monster. The ghoul character appears in the episode ‘Pickman’s Model’, directed by Keith Thomas. The animatronics by Spectral Motion behind the ghoul. ![]()
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