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Puppeteering during a pandemic takes practice – and patience. Just ask the folks behind “Donkey Hodie,” a new PBS series based on a Fred Rogers character. “The challenge is the audio,” says David Rudman, one of the show’s producers and the man behind Bob Dog. “Some masks work for me and I don’t sound too muffled.” Others might not click for other puppeteers. “We have been doing a lot of looping on the show because some of the audio is unusable.” Rudman tried a heavier mask – often called a “singer’s mask” – and he almost lost consciousness. “Bob Dog is very energetic,” he explains. “He pants a lot and there’s a lot of running around. I had to run out of the studio, take the mask off and get some air into my system. That mask didn’t work for me.”

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