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Rick Lyon is a puppeteer and actor from Rochester, New York, who has worked for Jim Henson Studios as one of the operators of Big Bird. He appeared on Broadway originating the roles of several characters in Avenue Q, a play for which he designed and created the puppets. In the fall of 2005 he reprised his roles as Nicky and Trekkie Monster in the production of the show in Las Vegas and is continuing to do so. He also worked with Nickelodeon on the Stick Stickly project. He is the chief puppeteer for Comedy Central's television program Crank Yankers.

He studied theater at Penn State University and puppetry at the Institute of Professional Puppetry Arts in Connecticut and the Institut Internationale de la Marionnette in France.

Puppeteering credits

Sesame Street - television
Crank Yankers - television
Bear in the Big Blue House - television
Avenue Q - Broadway

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