Brian Meehl

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Brian Meehl
Born
Brian Giuseppe Meehl

(1952-08-24) August 24, 1952 (age 71)
Other namesBrian Muehl
Occupation(s)Puppeteer, writer
Years active1978–present
SpouseCindy Meehl

Brian Giuseppe Meehl (also known as Brian Muehl; born August 24, 1952), is an American puppeteer and writer.

Biography

Meehl was born in Canandaigua, New York, and grew up mostly in Iowa City, Iowa.

Meehl worked on the last six shows of

Telly Monster, and an early version of Elmo, among other characters. His work with Henson also included roles in the films, The Dark Crystal, The Muppets Take Manhattan and The Great Muppet Caper
.

In 1984, Meehl left the Muppets and began writing for children's television series including

DK Vision
, where he also served as script supervisor for a number of episodes in the first season before leaving the series entirely during the second season.

Meehl has written seven young adult novels: Out of Patience (2008), Suck It Up (2009), You Don't Know About Me (2011), and Suck It Up and Die (2012). He released an eBook and paperback adult novel,

Pastime
, in 2012. More recently, Meehl has completed his Blowback Trilogy: Blowback '07, (2016), Blowback '63 (2017), and Blowback '94 (2020) about time-traveling teenage twins who fall back into little known but pivotal events in history.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

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Performer of Grundgetta

1980 – 1984
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Performer of Telly Monster

1979 – 1984
Succeeded by
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Various
Performer of Elmo
1981 – 1984
Succeeded by
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None
Performer of Clementine
1979 – 1984
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None
Performer of Dr. Nobel Price
1979 – 1984
Succeeded by
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Performer of Barkley

1979 – 1984, 1988
Succeeded by
Fred "Garbo" Garver