The Toymaker

Forget Superman. The only hero worth his salt in the 1980s was SuperTed! Created by Welsh writer and producer Mike Young, SuperTed was originally a bedtime story for his stepson to help him overcome a fear of the dark. But before long SuperTed had soared out of the bedroom and onto television stardom! Mike sits down to tell Liam the whole story.Meet Your Maker is produced by Liam Geraghty - www.liamgeraghty.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetyourmaker_pod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the moment Warrick Brownlow-Pike saw the Muppets as a kid he knew he wanted to be a puppeteer. We follow his journey from that moment to his work as a puppeteer on Sesame Street, The Dark Crystal, The Furchester Hotel and now his own show - Dodge's Pup School.Meet Your Maker is produced by Liam Geraghty - www.liamgeraghty.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetyourmaker_pod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Creator of Doug - Jim Jinkins - takes us back to the lightning-strike moment when Nickelodeon green-lit the show, and shares the behind-the-scenes journey of how Doug was born from doodles in a Manhattan loft to becoming one of the very first Nicktoons. From the quirks of animation cels to the stories and characters that defined a generation, Jim reflects on creativity, collaboration, and the lasting legacy of Doug and his world.Meet Your Maker is produced by Liam Geraghty - www.liamgeraghty.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetyourmaker_podJim is offering special animation cels, development art, and memorabilia from his personal collection at The Cricket Gallery here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey Arnold! creator Craig Bartlett sits down for a conversation about the animation, style and artwork of the cult 90s Nickelodeon show as well as the fate of the animation cels from the series.Meet Your Maker is produced by Liam Geraghty - www.liamgeraghty.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetyourmaker_podYou can follow Craig Bartlett on https://www.instagram.com/craigbartlett/ and he also has animation cels for sale here: https://www.craig-bartlett.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wally Feresten has held cue cards for Saturday Night Live for over 35 years. In this episode, he shares how he turned a behind-the-scenes job into a vital part of live television for the iconic NBC sketch comedy show.Meet Your Maker is produced by Liam Geraghty - www.liamgeraghty.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetyourmaker_pod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liam dives into the strange, weird world of Courage the Cowardly Dog - the cult Cartoon Network show - with creator John R. Dilworth, voice actors Marty Grabstein and Thea White, head writer David Steven Cohen, and composers Jody Gray and Andy Ezrin.Meet Your Maker is produced by Liam Geraghty - www.liamgeraghty.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetyourmaker_pod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liam chats with Tom Lowe, the grandson of British animation legend Bob Godfrey, about looking after his grandfather's archive of animation cels and artwork for shows like Henry's Cat and Roobarb.Check out the archive here: https://www.henrys-cat.art/Meet Your Maker is produced by Liam GeraghtyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetyourmaker_pod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Collier has gone from playing with toys to collecting them to now making them. He creates custom art toys of niche Irish pop culture resulting in actions figures of everyone from Pint Man to Peig Sayers.Check out Richard's work at: https://www.instagram.com/hibernotoys/Meet Your Maker is produced by Liam GeraghtyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meet_your_maker_podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rosemary Mac Cabe's first book - This Is Not About You - is a life story in a series of love stories. On today's episode she sits down for a conversation on how to write a very personal book. You can order a copy from Easons, Kenny's and all good book shops. www.meetyourmaker.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In writer/director Robbie Banfitch's found footage film The Outwaters - four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert. In this episode Liam chats to Robbie about making the film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.