Send us Fan Mail Monty Pickle and Victor Yerrid took 20 minutes to discuss with Malcolm what it's like to be a pickle in the modern world. Monty Pickle is a puppet character and the star of The Monty Pickle Show, an online children's series designed to introduce kids to Jewish culture, traditions, and joy. Created by veteran children's media producers, including puppet master Victor Yerrid, the kosher dill puppet explores holidays and Jewish life with humor. Victor Yerrid is a show creator, writer, DGA director, and world-renowned puppeteer. He created and produced the orchestral puppet concerts The Great Chipmunk Picnic and Race For the Reef for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Halloween Fandemonium for the Pacific Symphony. Victor was the Co-Creator/EP of the Disney Junior pilot Eddie the Yeti. He has written for Rubble & Crew, Friendzspace, and Word Party and has directed numerous puppet series including Crank Yankers, Wake Up, Pajanimals!, Kookamakaluka, and The Movie Show Victor has been a puppeteer & voice artist for the Jim Henson Company, Sid & Marty Krofft, and The Walt Disney Company for almost thirty years. His work includes Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Hangover, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Team America, Men in Black II, Robot Chicken, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Community, Angel, Night Court, Miracle Workers, Crank Yankers, Greg the Bunny, The Sarah Silverman Project, No You Shut Up, Word Party, Sid the Science Kid, Slumberkins, Mutt & Stuff, Hannah Montana, Sigmund & the Sea Monsters, Splash & Bubbles, Pajanimals, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The 2010 Grammy Awards, and Sesame Street. Topics include; The Monty Pickle Show, Elise Allen, Christian Anderson, Jill Hotchkiss, Benjamin Lehann, Todd Shotz, Halle Stanford, Russ Walko and The Skirball Cultural Center. Please visit- MontyPickleshow.com Recorded April 2026 on the phone between Palmdale and Los Angeles, CA. *BLIPS are mini-episodes and part of the CREATIVITY IS THE CURE PODCAST. Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.
