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Why are there no Sesame St/Muppet patterns?

This is a misnomer: many people want to make muppet-type puppets. Yes there are plenty of patterns to be found to make them. This article discusses the specific characters (Miss Piggy, Kermit, etc) found on the TV shows The Muppets and Sesame St. No, there are no patterns to make them… Read on…

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@Con Quest

If the "it's easier to train actors than puppeteers" argument were so ubiquitous, no one would hire trained anything. I'd imagine the likes of Judi Dench would be passed over for your average grandmother, simply because it's easier to train your grandmother than Judi. If the issue is time, then perhaps they should be scheduling more rehearsals - which they should have done anyway for this show with their untrained puppeteers.

I'm not actually against untrained actors. There are plenty of films and TV shows out there that are award-winning *and* happen to use untrained actors. However, there's a reason why it's not ubiquitous: the results can be overall mixed. You have to have excellent non-performers, and a naturalistic style of filming where it suits the less polished performances. Avenue Q doesn't suit that sort of direction. Even if it did, I found the performers to be totally unready. Which is less a fault of the suitability of choosing untrained actors and more a fault of a lack of quality over all. Even Dame Judi has her bad moments.

... School of Puppetry on Review: Avenue Q, Australian tour