Noel MacNeal

Noel MacNeal (born September 15, 1961 in Harlem, New York City) is a puppeteer, writer, and director of children's television, best known as the voice and puppeteer of Bear in Bear in the Big Blue House and Breakfast with Bear. He first came to public attention in the early 1980s.

On November 6, 1999, he married Susan Elia at Manhattan's Union Theological Seminary.

Noel portrays the environmentally friendly character ZoZo^{[citation needed]} a mascot for safer streets, green transportation and useful public spaces. This Jim Henson designed and created walk around puppet is used by Livable Streets Education to talk about these issues with young children and families.

Among his characters are Bear, Mrs. (Mommy) Snuffleupagus and various Snuffleupagus relatives on Sesame Street. He has also been Magellan, a baby dragon, on the ACE Award winning series Eureeka's Castle on Nick Jr, Leon MacNeal in The Puzzle Place; Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and Madame Chairbird in the film Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird.

Credits

• Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear
• Peter and the Wolf: The Wolf
• Sesame Street: Mommy Snuffleupagus, Gretel
• CityKids
• Dinosaurs
• Dog City (series)
• The Jim Henson Hour
• Little Muppet Monsters
• A New Baby in My House
• Sesame Street's Staying Up Late
• Follow That Bird: Madame Chairbird
• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa: Sweetums
• Jack sTar and Mikey Asteroid

Non-Henson credits

• Blue's Room
• Oobi: Kako
• Eureeka's Castle: Magellan and Webster
• The Puzzle Place
• The Great Space Coaster
• The Cosby Show: Doglion
• Cosby episode: My Spy, puppet
• Chappelle's Show: "Kneehigh Park" (puppeteer and consultant)
• Oz: (Miss Sally's Show)
• The Good Night Show, season 1 (consultant)
• A Very Special Good Night: Leo (host)
• SpongeBob SquarePants

External links

• Official Website
• Noel MacNeal at Muppet Wiki