Age: 55
male
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eric Jacobson (b. July 25, 1970) is a puppeteer and Muppet performer, who has been the primary replacement puppeteer for Frank Oz's characters since 2001. Jacobson initially started playing Bert in 1997, but officially joined the cast as Bert and additional Muppets in 2000. His role expanded in 2002 to include new Grover segments, particularly Global Grover. In 2001 he and David Rudman played Cookie Monster until 2002 when Sesame Workshop chose David as Cookie so there would be more interaction between Bert/Grover and Cookie Monster. His second role came in 2001 with The Book of Pooh, where he worked on Piglet and Kanga. That year, he also began playing Miss Piggy, debuting at the "Muppetfest" convention. Subsequently, in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), he performed the roles of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal. In The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) he performed all of these characters, as well as Sam the Eagle. Jacobson currently is a puppeteer for many Muppet productions, for Sesame Street, and Play with Me Sesame (2002 on). Jacobson appeared as the Little Bad Wolf in the pilot episode of Jack's Big Music Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Jacobson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Eric Jacobson
Sam the Eagle
for Sam the Eagle in The Muppets Leave Disney
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A meta-comedy adventure where after Disney has owned the Muppets for almost 2 decades, they don't know exactly what to do with them. Canceled projects, long hiatuses, and forgettable nostalgia-bait series with forced cameos. Kermit trying to find his old voice, feels that the Muppets have forgotten their purpose, their heart and soul of what made them beloved in the first place. He then rounds up Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, and the rest of the Muppets on a difficult decision to leave Disney and find another place where they regain their creative control.
