Brian Meehl

Brian Meehl
Born	Brian Giuseppe Meehl (1952-08-24) August 24, 1952 (age 72) Canandaigua, New York, U.S.
Other names	Brian Muehl
Occupation(s)	Puppeteer, writer
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Cindy Meehl

Brian Giuseppe Meehl (also known as Brian Muehl; born August 24, 1952), is an American puppeteer and writer. He worked on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show . ^[1] He has written several novels for young adults, including Out of Patience and Suck It Up. ^[2]

Biography

Meehl was born August 24, 1952, in Canandaigua, New York, and grew up mostly in Iowa City, Iowa.

Meehl worked on the last six shows of The Muppet Show . He then worked on Sesame Street , performing Barkley, Grundgetta, 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 Between the Lions , Codename: Kids Next Door , Cyberchase , the TUGS segments for Salty's Lighthouse , Eureeka's Castle , and The Magic School Bus , with the only exception being the general-interest nature and science documentary series Eyewitness for the BBC and 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

• The Muppet Show – Additional Muppets
• Sesame Street – Barkley (1978–1984, 1988), Clementine (1979–1984), Dr. Nobel Price (1979–1984), Elmo (1980–1984), Grundgetta (1980–1984), Othmar the Grouch, Pearl, Rusty, Telly Monster (1979–1984), Additional Muppets
• Eureeka's Castle – Bogge and Mr. Knack
• Dog City – Bruno
• The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss – Binkham Tamino McDoyal the Third (in "Norval the Great")

Film

• Big Bird in China – Barkley, Telly Monster
• The Dark Crystal – SkekEkt/The Ornamentalist, UrSu/The Dying Master, UrZah/The Ritual Guardian (puppetry only)
• The Great Muppet Caper – Additional Muppets
• The Muppets Take Manhattan – Tatooey Rat, Telly Monster, Clementine, Additional Muppets
• The Song of the Cloud Forest – Additional Muppets
• Big Bird in Japan – Barkley

References

1. "Brian Meehl". Baker & Taylor Author Biographies. January 2000. Retrieved 2024-11-17– via EBSCOhost.
2. "Suck It Up". Publishers Weekly . 2008. Retrieved 2024-11-17– via EBSCOhost.

External links

• Official website
• Author page at Random House website
• Brian Muehl at IMDb

Preceded by None	Performer of Grundgetta 1980 – 1984	Succeeded by Pam Arciero
Preceded by Bob Payne	Performer of Telly Monster 1979 – 1984	Succeeded by Martin P. Robinson
Preceded by Various	Performer of Elmo 1981 – 1984	Succeeded by Richard Hunt
Preceded by None	Performer of Clementine 1979 – 1984	Succeeded by Kevin Clash
Preceded by None	Performer of Dr. Nobel Price 1979 – 1984	Succeeded by Kevin Clash
Preceded by Toby Towson	Performer of Barkley 1979 – 1984, 1988	Succeeded by Fred "Garbo" Garver