Custom Built Made Puppet Cast Artie Esposito microphone M.C. Mike Riff Rockit

The human and puppet cast of Riff Rockit!

M.C. Mike

     M.C. Mike is a puppet I built at Swazzle Puppet Studio for a show called Riff Rockit. Riff Rockit is a music education show, and stars members of the All-New Mickey Mouse Club as the voices of the puppet characters. Mike was a mechanical puppet that sang, danced, and hosted the show. To learn more, check out the behind-the-scenes photos below, and consider contacting me to help bring your puppet project to life!

Custom Built Made Puppet Artie Esposito microphone M.C. Mike Riff Rockit design

M.C. Mike designs by Swazzle’s Patrick Johnson. The client decided on drawing #3. Notice how close the final puppet is!

Custom Built Made mechanical Puppet Artie Esposito microphone M.C. Mike Riff Rockit

Building & assembling M.C. Mike. He was sculpted in hard foam & the pieces were then vaccu-formed and spray painted. In addition, I created a trigger mechanism for lip sync and eye blinks.

Custom Built Made mechanical Puppet Artie Esposito microphone M.C. Mike Riff Rockit
Custom Built Made mechanical Puppet Artie Esposito microphone M.C. Mike Riff Rockit

Shooting a scene with Evan Michael as Riff Rockit. Check out the matching mohawks!