The Santa Barbara International PuppetPalooza is a puppetry festival held in California March 1 - 4, 2018.
On Friday, March 2, the Muppets and Muppet performers appeared at a live event titled "Meet The Muppets and the Performers that Make Them Great!" The panel consisted of Matt Vogel (with Kermit the Frog), Eric Jacobson (with Miss Piggy), Bill Barretta (with Pepe the King Prawn and Rowlf the Dog), and Peter Linz (with Walter), moderated by Debbie McClellan. Linz also performed his full-bodied character Snook from the Mitchell Kriegman TV series It's a Big Big World.