Jim Henson didn’t set out to become a famous puppeteer or create characters beloved ... “This is one of the museum’s most ...

But so it was in Brazil on Monday, as an outpouring of emotion followed news that the puppeteer behind Louro José – a 2-foot tall parrot that is a fixture on the country’s most popular ...

operating just outside the puppet while also hunched over throughout most of the show. The trio of puppeteers identify their roles as “the head, the heart, and the hind” of Richard Parker.