1. Richard S Lyon was born on February 25,1958 and is an American puppeteer, actor, and puppet designer and builder.
10 Facts About Rick Lyon
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Rick Lyon has worked for The Jim Henson Company as one of the operators of Big Bird.
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Rick Lyon appeared on Broadway originating the roles of Trekkie Monster, Nicky, the blue Bad Idea Bear, and other characters in the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, a musical for which he designed and created all of the puppets.
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Rick Lyon worked with Nickelodeon on the Stick Stickly project and on the Me + My Friends pilot.
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Rick Lyon was a lead puppeteer for the first season of Comedy Central's television program Crank Yankers.
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Rick Lyon has appeared numerous times on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, for which he provided the puppets he performed.
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Rick Lyon puppeteered a xenomorph chest burster in an "Alien" parody sketch with guest star Sigourney Weaver, and Yoda, Kermit the Frog, and Big Bird in satirical sketches, a pair of singing pants, and the Number Two.
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Rick Lyon performed the Kukla, Fran, and Ollie-inspired puppets for the black and white throwback clip on the "15th Episode Anniversary Show" of At Home with Amy Sedaris.
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Rick Lyon directed a production of Avenue Q at Smithtown PAC.
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Rick Lyon studied theater at Penn State University and puppetry at the Institute of Professional Puppetry Arts in Connecticut and the Institut International de la Marionnette in France.