The Hirsh Show: Noel MacNeal

The Hirsh Show is excited to welcome veteran puppeteer Noel MacNeal. Best known for his roles on Bear in the Big Blue House, Eureka's Castle, Sesame Street, etc., Noel talks to Hirsh about his life and career manning the bear from Woodland Valley.

[@leannaboyle6836]

I absolutely love Mr. MacNeal! I grew up in the 1990s and saw him as Magellan on Eureeka's Castle.

[@meredithgomes6559]

I got to meet this lovely human being in January and he is so incredibly sweet❤️ He’s so much fun and it really is like talking to a friend.

[@lukethomas658]

I've been on a Noel MacNeal kick, and he's referenced Big Bird and Snuffy looking weird at first in other interviews so I finally did a search. Big Bird isn't too bad, the head shape is the big change, but Snuffy, YIKES. The eyes were terrifying.

[@NathanSimpsonnathanisbeast]

I remember when my sisters were watching Noel as Bear, I never really liked the Programme but I like how Noel explained how both him and the other Puppeteers (including Peter Linz, AKA “Snook” from The PBS show “It’s a Big, Big World!”) Operated the characters, I always wonder how the Walls of the Big Blue House opened at the start of the Opening Titles!

[@akappacoffee]

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