Bill Barretta
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bill Barretta has been performing with the Muppets since 1991, when he performed the body of family father Earl Sinclair on Dinosaurs. He later developed several new characters on Muppets Tonight, including Pepe the King Prawn, Johnny Fiama and Bobo the Bear. Along with having his own Muppet characters, Bill has taken over several of Jim Henson's roles, such as Dr. Teeth, Rowlf the Dog, Mahna Mahna and Swedish Chef, and briefly took over Jerry Nelson's role of Lew Zealand. In addition, Bill has produced two of the Muppets' television movies, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie and The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. Bill also provides additional voices on Kim Possible. He is a native of Yardley, Pennsylvania. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Barretta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA
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Birthday: June 19, 1964
Age: 60 years old
Gender: Male
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Muppets from Space
Overview: When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action. It's hard to believe Gonzo's story at first, but Kermit and friends soon find themselves on an epic journey into outer space filled with plenty of intergalactic misadventures.
Genres: Family Science Fiction Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-14
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Dear Earth
Overview: An epic global celebration of our planet and what we need to do to reverse climate change. Sprinkled with musical performances, Dear Earth also contains well-known climate activists, creators, and celebs who will all share ways to make our lives more sustainable.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-23
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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Overview: When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, they discover that Christmas is the time to be with those you care about most, as they dash home to make a friends Christmas wish come true.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-17
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Kermit's Swamp Years
Overview: At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
Genres: Fantasy Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-03
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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Overview: Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O’Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others and offers a behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-21
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Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Overview: A Thanksgiving special starring Lady Gaga performing songs from her album “ARTPOP” alongside the Muppets and some very special guests.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-29
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Muppets Most Wanted
Overview: While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Crime Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-20
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I Love Muppets
Overview: Gonzo the Great talks about the Muppets creator Jim Henson and what he did before the television show was made in 1976.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-31
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The Muppets
Overview: When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-22
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Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppet Treasure Island
Overview: Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppet Treasure Island is a 1996 video produced just before the release of the feature film Muppet Treasure Island. Kermit is joined by Polly Lobster, Clueless Morgan, Mad Monty and the other pirates from Muppet Treasure Island in this half hour of pirate songs.
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-14
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Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
Overview: Join Elmo as he reminisces about his potty training journey and guides viewers as they embark on theirs. Elmo and his Sesame friends give helpful, confidence-building tips and encourage kids to listen to their bodies. Dance, sing and laugh along as kids learn healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Potty training can be fun! Create a positive potty time experience for your child with Elmo, Baby Bear, Grover, and other Sesame Street friends with Elmo's Potty Time! This amusing and song-filled DVD teaches children that everyone - mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends, and even monsters - has to learn how to use the potty. Your child will learn that accidents are okay and that it takes time and practice before he can use the potty on his own. So dance, sing, and laugh as your child learns confidence-building skills and helpful healthy habits that will last a lifetime.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-22
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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Overview: Elmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. However, when Elmo's blanket gets sucked through a colorful, swirling tunnel into Grouchland, the yuckiest place on earth, Elmo goes on an adventure to Grouchland to retrieve his prized possession.
Genres: Family Comedy Adventure Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin'
Overview: Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin' is a 21-minute behind the scenes documentary on the making of the Keep Fishin' music video that aired on MTV2 on July 14, 2002 and was featured as a streaming video in three parts on Weezer's official website shortly afterwards. The documentary features Pepe the King Prawn and Gonzo interviewing the members of Weezer as well as appearances by Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and other Muppets in outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage. The "behind the scenes" documentary concludes with the premiere of the actual music video, Keep Fishin'.
Genres: Documentary Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-14
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Sesame Street: When Families Grieve
Overview: Presents families' personal stories about coping with the death of a parent, as well as strategies that have helped these families move forward.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-14
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Overview: A young woman named Dorothy Gale dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, Dorothy embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, the person who both Dorothy and the citizens of Oz believe can help make her dream come true.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy Music Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-20
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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Overview: The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a lot of sacrifices to save up so they can keep the Theatre.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-29
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The Happytime Murders
Overview: In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a children's television show aired during the 1990s begin to get murdered one by one, puppet Phil Philips, a former LAPD detective who fell in disgrace and turned into a private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist detective Edwards, who was his partner in the past.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-22
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Muppet Classic Theater
Overview: Gonzo and Rizzo host a presentation in the Muppet Theater of six fairy tales performed by the Muppets. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Robin the Frog, Gonzo and Rizzo star in the various stories. The production also marked the first appearance of Andy and Randy Pig and the Elvises, who later appeared on Muppets Tonight. Written by Jim Lewis and Bill Prady, each story also features an original song.
Genres: Music Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-27
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Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Overview: Five of the original Muppet performers come together for the first time ever to share behind-the-scenes secrets of the Muppets. Includes rare performance footage, surprising stories and insights into how Jim led his team to produce legendary work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-12
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Muppet Treasure Island
Overview: After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find the hidden treasure, which was revealed by Bones before he died. On their voyage across the seas, they soon find out that not everyone on board can be trusted.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family Action Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-16
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Muppet Sing Alongs: Things That Fly
Overview: Things That Fly is a 30-minute sing-along special released direct-to-video by Jim Henson Video in 1996. In the special, Kermit the Frog and a young boy Muppet, Lindy, explore different varieties of things that fly in an effort to return a young, lost alien named Norberta return to her home planet. The video is a companion to Muppets On Wheels. (https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Things_That_Fly)
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-14
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Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green
Overview: Muppet Sing-Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green was released direct to video in 1994. A collection of Muppet songs is put together in this fun Karaoke video. Kermit hosts this video, where he presents a variety of songs, with appearances by Clifford, Billy Bunny, Otto, and a fish. Songs - "Kokomo", "Splish Splash", "Octopus' Garden", "Pass It On", "Movin' Right Along", "Over the Rainbow" medley, "Bein' Green", "Eight Little Notes", "Bar-B-Que", "Frog Talk", "In a Cabin In the Woods", "Heat Wave" and "Sweet Vacation" *The songs "Eight Little Notes" and "Bar-B-Que" both feature matted walk-on appearances by characters who weren't in the original sequences (Kermit in "Eight Little Notes" and Billy Bunny in "Bar-B-Que"), while the middle of "Sweet Vacation" is replaced with new footage of Kermit closing the show.
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-18
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The Muppets Take The O2
Overview: The Muppets Take the O2 is a live stage show starring the Muppets performed at the O2 Arena in London in July 2018. The show is a follow-up to 2017's performance at the Hollywood Bowl, reprising many of the same acts.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-13
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The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live
Overview: With songs, dancing and backstage antics, The Muppets and Disney Channel's biggest stars team up for another fun variety show.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-11
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The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala
Overview: The Muppets take part in a "Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala" at Just For Laughs 2012 in Montreal from July 10 -29th.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-24
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Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
Overview: Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures From the Vault 1991-2002 contains every one of Weezer's music videos from that time period (including the classic Spike Jonze directed clips for "The Sweater Song," and "Buddy Holly"). Also included are never-before-released videos, live footage from the beginning of the band's career, acoustic performances, and footage of the band at work in the studio.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-23
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Overview: Kimmy's a famous author and she's about to marry a prince! But first she has to foil the Reverend's evil plot. It's your move: What should Kimmy do next?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-12
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The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Overview: Ryan Seacrest hosts the second Disney Family Singalong featuring celebrities and their families as they take on their favorite Disney tunes from their homes. Special guests include John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Shakira, and Katy Perry.
Genres: Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-10
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Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Overview: On Saturday 16 May 2020, the cast of the Muppet Guys Talking documentary - Frank Oz, Fran Brill, Dave Goelz and Bill Barretta - reteamed via Skype for a charity fundraising conversation to honor Jim Henson in aid of the COVID-19 appeal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-16
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Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo
Overview: It's bedtime on Sesame Street! Just like all little kids, Elmo and Abby would rather make funny faces and sing silly songs than go to sleep
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-01
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Muppets Haunted Mansion
Overview: Gonzo is challenged to spend one night in The Haunted Mansion on Halloween night.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-08
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The Muppets: Pöpcørn | Recipes with The Swedish Chef
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-02
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Food Fight! | Muppisode
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-05
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The Muppets: Ringing of the Bells
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-11
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The Muppets: Stars & Stripes FOREVER!
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-27
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Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Overview: A single Christmas tree becomes the source of cheer for the people and animals living around Mr. Willowby's estate. Based on the children's book of the same name.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-06
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Kermit: A Frog's Life
Overview: Pepe the Prawn profiles Kermit the Frog.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-17
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Sesame Street: Count on Sports
Overview: Numbers, shapes and critical math concepts such as over/under and forward/backwards. All your favorite Sesame Street friends are on the top of their game. Join the Count as he plays golf and races a car in the Transylvania 300. Prairie Dawn shows off her soccer skills and then joins Dominic Dawes for a little gymnastics. If you love basketball, don't miss Grover and Vince Carter of the New Jersey Nets explaining "short" and "tall". And who but Elmo could beat Venus Williams at a game of imaginary tennis? So join the Sesame Street team for lots of sports fun!
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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