Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show‪!‬ Jake Deffinbaugh

On Episode 223 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is Dean Gordon!

For many years, Dean Gordon worked as a director and associate director for children's television. He got his start directing for the Nickelodeon series The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss and since then, has directed numerous other series, including Bear in the Big Blue House, Out of the Box, Between the Lions, The Book of Pooh, Animal Jam and even a brief stint on Sesame Street! After moving on from the children's world, Dean has directed several different talk shows, including The Wendy William Show and Sherri.

On Episode 222 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guest is Earl Fisher!

After starting out as a stage actor, Earl has worked as a voice actor for nearly four decades. Some of his most well-known voiceover jobs include narrating dozens of promos for Lyrick Studios and HIT Entertainment and voicing characters such as Booker T. Bookworm in Season 5 of Barney & Friends and Brussel in the Sprout interstitial series Sprout Diner, as well as being the current voice of Pasqually in the Chuck E. Cheese franchise since 1999. Earl also lent his voice to commercials for Dairy Queen, Toyota and many other clients.

On Episode 221 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, our guests are writing and producing duo Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert!

Many will know Kevin and Heath's work from writing and producing the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, where Kevin also played Kevin the Stage Manager! They also wrote and produced Kenan & Kel and KaBlam! and co-wrote the 1997 hit film Good Burger and its 2023 sequel, as well as various Holiday specials for Nickelodeon. Kevin and Heath are also best known for creating the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally and the Nickelodeon shows Cousins for Life and Warped!

On Episode 220 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Haley Jenkins!

Haley first became a Muppet performer on Sesame Street in Season 45. Since then, she has worked as an assistant and background puppeteer, as well as performing the character Karli in various Sesame Street outreach videos and played Marvie for Sesame Studios. Outside of Sesame Street, Haley is best known for performing the title character Donkey Hodie on the PBS Kids series Donkey Hodie. She has also puppeteered in the Fred Rogers biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and performed in various stage productions!

On Episode 219 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview Julie Johnson!

Many will best know Julie for lending her voice to the character Baby Bop in the long-running Barney franchise, including the Barney & Friends TV series and many home videos, concerts, albums and more! Aside from Barney, she performed in musicals such as Amnesia, Hairspray, Come from Away and Beauty and the Beast and acted on-camera in the films Pure Country and The Apostle!

On Episode 218 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we interview James Murray!

Early on in James' puppeteering character, he worked on the Jim Henson Company series Dinosaurs. One of his best known projects was co-creating The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth, as well as performing The Cavity Goon and various other characters. He was also an additional Muppet performer with The Muppets on various films, TV series and commercials! James also performed Rabbit in Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola, various characters on the Fox sitcom Greg the Bunny and lent his voice to characters on the Disney direct-to-video film The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars and the Fox Kids series Life with Louie, starring the late Louie Anderson!