Changes: Geppetto

PERFORMER	Joey Mazzarino
DEBUT	2007

Revision as of 07:49, 23 September 2018

Geppetto is the lonely woodcarver who builds the titular puppet in Carlo Collodi's book The Adventures of Pinocchio and wishes for it to come to life and be his son.

In the Elmo's World episode, "Noses," Geppetto appears in a "Tickle Me Land" segment in which he carves Pinocchielmo. In a nod to Pinocchio's prior appearance in a Sesame Street News Flash, Pinocchielmo deliberately makes his nose grow by spouting a string of lies, from exaggerating his height to claiming his name is Cookie Monster. His nose grows so large it pushes Geppetto into the air, where he pleads for help. Pinocchielmo finally says that he loves Geppetto, which, being the truth, causes his adoptive father to return to the ground.

Other portrayals

Pops appears as Geppetto in "Puppet Man," the opening number in episode 508 of The Muppet Show.
Martin Landau played Geppetto in The Adventures of Pinocchio, opposite a Creature Shop version of Pinocchio.

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-'''Geppetto''' is the lonely woodcarver who builds a puppet, [[Pinocchio]], and wished for it to come to life and be his son.
+'''Geppetto''' is the lonely woodcarver who builds the titular puppet in Carlo Collodi's book ''[[Pinocchio|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' and wishes for it to come to life and be his son.
-In the ''[[Elmo's World]]'' episode "[[Elmo's World: Noses|Noses]]," Geppetto appears in a "[[Tickle Me Land]]" segment, in which he carves [[Elmo Variants|Pinocchielmo]]. In a nod to [[Pinocchio (Sesame Street)|Pinocchio's]] appearance on a ''[[Sesame Street Newsflash]]'', Pinocchielmo deliberately makes his nose grow by spouting a string of lies, from exaggerating his height to claiming his name is "[[Cookie Monster]]." His nose grows so large it pushes Geppetto into the air, where he pleas for help. Pinocchielmo finally says that he loves Geppetto, which being the truth, causes his adoptive father to return to the ground.
+In the ''[[Elmo's World]]'' episode, "[[Elmo's World: Noses|Noses]]," Geppetto appears in a "[[Tickle Me Land]]" segment in which he carves [[Elmo Variants|Pinocchielmo]]. In a nod to [[Pinocchio (Sesame Street)|Pinocchio's]] prior appearance in a ''[[Sesame Street News Flash]]'', Pinocchielmo deliberately makes his nose grow by spouting a string of lies, from exaggerating his height to claiming his name is [[Cookie Monster]]. His nose grows so large it pushes Geppetto into the air, where he pleads for help. Pinocchielmo finally says that he loves Geppetto, which, being the truth, causes his adoptive father to return to the ground.
-==Other Portrayals==
-*[[Pops]] appears as Geppetto in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 508: Señor Wences|episode 508]].
-*[[Martin Landau]] played Geppetto in ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'', opposite a [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop|Creature Shop]] version of Pinocchio.
+==Other portrayals==
+*[[Pops]] appears as Geppetto in "[[Puppet Man]]," the opening number in [[Episode 508: Señor Wences|episode 508]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
+*[[Martin Landau]] played Geppetto in ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'', opposite a [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop|Creature Shop]] version of Pinocchio.
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