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The cartoon snowman Olaf was performed by a visible onstage puppeteer standing behind the character.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
But serving as back-up was a giant Kermit the Frog, an ode to Mississippi native and celebrated puppeteer Jim Henson.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, a team of flat-out-astounding camera-handlers and stagehands flurried around her like puppeteers around a hypercomplex marionette, turning an almost-empty stage into a Technicolor whirlwind of character and story.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
Macy’s turned to Tony Sarg, a German-American puppeteer who had previously designed the store’s mechanical window displays, to devise an alternative.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
But serving as back-up was a giant Kermit the Frog, an ode to Mississippi native and celebrated puppeteer Jim Henson.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, a team of flat-out-astounding camera-handlers and stagehands flurried around her like puppeteers around a hypercomplex marionette, turning an almost-empty stage into a Technicolor whirlwind of character and story.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
Macy’s turned to Tony Sarg, a German-American puppeteer who had previously designed the store’s mechanical window displays, to devise an alternative.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Puppeteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppeteer. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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puppeteer
noun
pup·pe·teer
ˌpəp-ə-ˈti(ə)r 
: one who works puppets
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