Jul 5, 2019
What is a Miikshi you ask?
Miikshi
The Meek Sheep in The Cosmic Potato, is the winner of the
Best
S.T.E.A.M. Short in the 2019 Kids with S.T.E.A.M.
Sci-fi Film Festival! Director Justin
Lee and writer Lindsay
Lee is today's guest in this 4 part episode. Justin
Lee - puppeteer, graphic designer and voice actor. Lindsay Lee -
voice actor, puppeteer and member of the Honeyball Puppetry troupe.
Under their production company Gazelle
Automations, they're in full swing with the production of a new
series of Miikshi The Meek Sheep on Shaftesbury
Kids Youtube Channel early 2020.
In this episode we cover:
-The making of Miikshi.
-How did you get into the field of puppetry.
-Their inspiration, the late puppeteer Sherry
Lewis and her lovable Lamb Chop.
-How did you meet and begin working together as a
couple.
This fun and cute live-action puppet short is about shy sheep
scientist Miikshi who just launched a potato into orbit, and her
journalist best friend Chickelyna begs for the first radio
interview. Miikshi's fear of public speaking soon takes back seat
when her science experiment is on a collision course with
Mibukiville!