Bruce Lanoil, Muppeteer, Actor. Voice Actor (Timon)

Hosts Dave Bossert and Aljon Go welcome Muppeteer/Actor, Bruce Lanoil. Master Puppeteer Tony Urbano chose Bruce from hundreds, for Sid and Marty Krofft’s exclusive 1980 workshop. Many Commercials, McNuggets (1980’s), followed, furthering performance skills with Master teachers, Paul Sills, Avery Schreiber, (Spollin Games), Harvey Kalmanson (V.O.). Destiny and Jim Henson came knocking when Brian Henson cast Bruce as “Charlene Sinclair”, in TV’s DINOSAURS for five glorious seasons on ABC/Disney (1990-93). Animatronics and Facial Puppeteering was a specialty as Bruce traveled the world complements of the incomparable Jim Henson Creature Shop, both in Films, Dr. Doolittle (1998), Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), Jack Frost (1998), Cats and Dogs 1 & 2, (2001 2010) and Television, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss as The Cat in the Hat, Nickelodeon Season one (1996). Bruce helped pioneer Real-time CG animation with Henson’s HDPS-Digital Puppetry System, Are We There Yet (2005), Francis (2008), Sid the Science Kid Movie (2012) and partnered with Dave Barclay Studios Where the Wild Thing Are (2009), and Ice King (2017). Muppet madness included MuppetVision 3D (1991), The Muppets Live at the Hollywood Bowl (2016), The O2 (2018), recent FEATURE FILM/TV reboots, The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), and Muppets Tonight (1996), Muppets (2017). Live-action Reference Puppetry, Mon- keyBone (2001) Henry Selick Dir., and Looney Tunes-Back in Action (2003) Joe Dante Dir., and numerous V.O. gigs, including voicing Lion King’s TIMON (SAFETY SMART! video series) for Disney. Pre-order a signed copy of Dave's new book - Claude Coats: Walt Disney’s Imagineer—The Making of Disneyland: From Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond - CLAUDE COATS IMAGINEER (theoldmillpress.com) (https://theoldmillpress.com/claude-coats-imagineer.html) Visit Skull Rock Podcast | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SkullRockPodcast/?__xts__[0]=68.ARAV2fo8bjLiNge3cVUB4rbXzJmLzmeoaaMB3QtTO_KzR3gt26dbL8VMDxGSL7I-hHJd3T88p41IzDnrAacxBcVMm3JiHRLtCJmJ8pPFnGB1f3CvHH5639BOpPZdbFWQkP3m5eDPa-FSPiOCVmXQ3yymDLqu8DjmUfsnLIo0_7lUITiIy7EJwK3SccOaeUXf_SYaGk--X2yWdz_4d4dx3H94J66A07OAtEkFyCET9qP9NkzHQSTU87c-fiGQhdsO_z3sa4N1LG8IYOKr2XJnC2S9pwDQQYVNlta1_HpNk7hxjjfcnXfi2LxbDbD1djkGffGxV_xmkcQ_ybBVa_LX2z2rwVltTRcWOYHnJrFGGNboXQLnowysKCw) . Purchase Dave Bossert's new award-winning book "3D Disneyland - Like You've Never Seen It Before at theoldmillpress.com (https://theoldmillpress.com/) . Email us: aljon@skullrockpodcast.com | dave@skullrockpodcast.com. Outro music "The Pirate King" composed by Jared Rehnquist/Untold Journey - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://youtu.be/iTVxFPhbAtk (https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/new/publish) . *Source Wikipedia

Added 14 Sept 2026