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How do you feed a puppet?
The two decided then to develop the show together.
When Thormahlen and Konner established the shows tone, the number one rule was to never food-shame.
The scripts would treat food as a source of excitement and not lecture kids about nutritional content.
I just met Michelle Obama!
Mrs. Obamas ability to inspire also came through in her improvisation with the actors and puppets on set.
Zamora and the creators bandied about a host of ideas for how involved the puppetry should be.
They even decided to keep the puppetry rods clearly visible, to maintain the homespun feel of old-schoolSesame Street.
You carry around three or four puppets, Konner explains, because food is gonna ruin a puppet.
We needed that reaction to be real Ooh, I detect a hint of lemon!
Those are things we couldnt fake.
Every kid knows what a tomato is, but they may eat it in different ways.
We gave [Garfunkel & Oates] a lot of creative leeway with the songs, Konner explains.
Theyre machines, just incredible.
I dont know how they do what they do.
