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| Born | Kevin D. Carlson April 12, 1962 (age 59) |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Puppeteer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Kevin D. Carlson (born April 12, 1962) is an American puppeteer, best known for his role of Mr. Potato Head in The Mr. Potato Head Show.
Early life[edit]
Kevin D. Carlson was born and raised in Orange, California on April 12, 1962.
Career[edit]
Carlson is known for creating The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth (alongside Dina Fraboni and James Murray).[1] Kevin Carlson also ran an online puppet greeting card site called PuppetGreetings featuring original characters such as Captain Bucky, Bob, Eyegore (who was previously used as Sidney Cyclops from The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth Adobe xd crack for mac. ) and more. Carlson also played Clockey, Floorey and Conky on Pee-wee's Playhouse.[1][2]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
- Child's Play 2 - Chucky (assistant puppeteer)
- Elmopalooza - Additional Muppet Performer
- Muppet Classic Theater - Additional Muppet Performer
- Muppets Most Wanted - LA Muppet Performer
- The Muppets - Additional Muppet Performer
- Theodore Rex - Ankylosaurus Dad (puppeteer)
Television[edit]
- All That - Fuzz ('Have a Nice Day with Leroy and Fuzz' segments)
- Dinosaurs - Additional Dinosaur Performer
- Greg the Bunny -
- Imagination Movers - Warehouse Mouse
- Late Night Buffet with Augie and Del - Joey the Monkey
- Lost on Earth - Ahab
- Muppets Tonight - Additional Muppet Performer
- Pee-wee's Playhouse - Clocky, Conkey, Floory, Knucklehead, Red Dinosaur (of the Dinosaur Family)
- The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth - Timmy the Tooth
- The Office - Edward R. Meow (in 'Take Your Daughter to Work Day')
- Where Is Warehouse Mouse? - Warehouse Mouse
- The Mr. Potato Head Show - Mr. Potato Head / Alien (in 'Aliens Dig Baloney')
- American Dad - (voice) (1 episode)
Other[edit]
- 9.1.1 for Kids: The Great 911 Adventure - Bud
- Puppet Up! - Performer
- The Muppets Take the Bowl - Additional Muppet Performer (live show at the Hollywood Bowl, Sept. 8–10, 2017)
- The Muppets Take the O2 - Additional Muppet Performer (live show at the O2 Arena, Jul. 13-14, 2018
Crew work[edit]
- Beetlejuice - Puppeteer
- Cats & Dogs - Puppeteer
- Dr. Dolittle - Puppeteer
- Dr. Dolittle 2 - Puppeteer
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Puppeteer
- Men in Black II - Puppeteer (uncredited)
- Team America: World Police - Principal Puppeteer
- The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth - Creator, Co-Producer, Writer
References[edit]
- ^ abLynne Heffley (October 1, 1990). ''Tooth': Puppet Show With Offbeat Bite'. latimes.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Gaines, Caseen (2011). Inside Pee-Wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon. Gaines. ISBN9780786486946.
External links[edit]
- Kevin Carlson at IMDb
Clocky is a brand of alarm clock outfitted with wheels, allowing it to hide itself in order to force the owner awake in an attempt to find it. Invented for an industrial design class by Gauri Nanda, then a graduate student at MIT Media Lab, Clocky won the 2005 Ig Nobel Prize in Economics.[1][2] After earning her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her master's degree from MIT, Nanda founded a company, Nanda Home, to commercialize Clocky and other home products.
History[edit]
The original prototype, built in three days, was covered with shag carpet to appear like a pet.[3] After the end of the design class for which she invented Clocky, Nanda did not make any further plans for the device.[4] However, several months after a description was posted on the Media Lab website, pictures of Clocky were picked up on various technology product blogs including Gizmodo, Engadget, and BoingBoing. Within two weeks information about the device became an Internet meme and Nanda, the inventor, had been booked to demonstrate the device on Good Morning America.[3]
Nanda filed for a patent and, with support from her family, left MIT after a master's degree to found Nanda Home and develop the invention for commercial production. The newer version, though not carpeted, is still designed to appear zoomorphic. Production is outsourced to Hong Kong. In October 2012 during a video interview, Gauri mentioned that over 500,000 units had already been sold.[5]
The development of Clocky and marketing of it has become a Harvard Business School case study: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock.[6]
Operation[edit]
The device functions as a regular alarm clock, except that it moves on its own power when the snooze button is pressed a second time.[7] A microprocessor ensures that the device will move at a random speed, in a random direction, and around obstacles, using a different route each time. Large wheels on shock absorbers extend beyond the top of the clock to protect it from impact should it roll off a nightstand. By the time the alarm sounds again the device is in a place unknown to the user, who is forced to determine where it is, and possibly walk to that location to press the snooze button again.
Tocky[edit]
Tocky is Nanda Home's second generation moving alarm clock, first advertised in 2010 as the 'tech-savvy cousin' of Clocky. Similar to Clocky, it is a digital alarm clock with changeable skin that runs away on the alarm, but it is spherical (hence, it rolls on its own body rather than on wheels), has a touch screen display with a turnable round frame around it (to set the time and alarm), and receives up to over six hours of audio made by the recording the user's own voice or sounds directly to its microphone, or uploads through USB plugged from computers.[8] Tocky also has a demo mode which enables it to move about and play installed sounds, not in the form of setting off an alarm.
Nanda Home has a similar product, Ticky which has the same features as Tocky but with a digital analog-style face.
References[edit]
Clocky Video
- ^Daniela Cako (2005-10-07). 'Ig Nobels Honor Amusing, Yet Educational Research'. the Tech. Retrieved 2007-11-21.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^James Lee (2007-08-28). 'Gear Gallery: Versatile HD DVR, Custom Coffee Pods and Lots More'. Wired. Retrieved 2007-11-21.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ abRobert Weisman (2005-04-07). 'Rise and shine -- and find that clock:Rolling alarm gets snoozers up and into a hunt to hit the off switch'. Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-11-21.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Max Chafkin (July 2007). 'Start-up Case Study #1: The Reluctant Entrepreneur - Nanda Home - Gauri Nanda'. Inc. Magazine. Retrieved 2008-02-17.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Gauri Nanda, Nanda Home: In the business of running alarm clocks'Archived 2012-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, Town of TechnologyArchived 2017-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, 18 October 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.
- ^'HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock - HBS Working Knowledge - Harvard Business School'. Hbswk.hbs.edu. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2016-09-15.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Dave Philipps (2007-10-30). 'Heavy sleepers: Wake up with robot chase'. Colorado Springs Gazette. Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2007-11-21.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Tocky InstructionsArchived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
Clocky Alarm Clock
- nandahome.com - official site
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