Adam Savage Meets Barnaby Dixon's Puppets!

Adam Savage welcomes puppeteer and animator Barnaby Dixon to the cave! We're big fans of Barnaby's inventive puppet design and puppeteering style, and he shares a few of his creations and shows how he brings them to life!

Shot by Gunther Kirsch and edited by Norman Chan

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Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman

Thanks for watching!

[twennysebben]

I love how Adam pointed out that once you put personality into a puppet you forget about the puppeteer, seemingly forgetting that he subconsciously did it himself earlier in the video when he couldn't help himself and said hello to the bug.

[cow_furby]

Adam: * stumbles over words in amazment *
Puppet: * scratches eye *
Adam: " *WaAAaA!!!* "

[rachelg]

I love how he doesn't break character with the puppet as he's talking. It's a testament to his love and dedication of the craft and his creations.

[catlamp]

I am fully convinced that Barnaby Dixon's puppets are actually Toy Story-esque living creatures, and they can only move when attached to his hands

[BRKN_PTLS]

You must be a big hit with the children


Dabchick: *drinks alcohol*

[bombygriz]

I accept the canon that Dabchick can only ‘peep’ at other people and his voice is 100% in Barnaby’s head 😂

[justintime]

Them: *talking*
The puppet in the background: "👁👄👁"

[duif]

When he was showing dabchick i was really hoping he would do the voice too

[MrDougywougy]

You know you've made it when Adam Savage is fangirling over you

[Lomky]

Seeing dabchick laying out on the table is uncomfortable and distressing.

[biggay]

Adam: *says something deep and meaningful*
Barnaby: S-sure-

[PoohhNani]

15:50 when that thing starts licking itself and stretches and stuff, its so wholesome. Idk, it just gives me a very wholesome feeling lol

[BriarPatchNyra]

Adam's little 'helloooo' when the bug waves at him was too cute, it's nice to see so much fun!

[rubscratch]

"You must be a real hit with children, they must be going nuts"
- goes completely nuts himself..😂

[pastel_guts]

the way adam interrupts himself to say "hellooo~" to the puppet like it's alive really had me like 🥺

[arithea]

Adorable Puppet Moments:

7:27 — h-HELLO

8:00 — bug puppets adorable dance

9:40 — bug puppet scratches eye

15:45 — hedgehog puppets adorable movements

16:32 — hand tackles hedgehog puppet

19:49 — dabchick comes to life

20:01 — dabchick shoves his head into a hole

20:07 — squaking at adam and rubbing on barnaby (?)

20:23 — dabchicks happy dance

20:39 — return of the hole

20:59 — SQUAK

21:38 — dabchick being cute

[myar]

The way he disassembled the bug puppet so suddenly, just tearing the top half from the bottom, the puppet instantly losing all personality, going limp and lifeless, it was off-putting.

[PilotPhteven]

So interesting to see that when he puts the bits and bobs on his hands it's just plastic parts. and as soon as he moves it into the "animal-pose" the puppet just instantly springs to life becomes an animal and is recognisable as an animal. Amazing work

[arithea]

I could feel Barnaby silently panicking over how Adam is handling his puppets.

[tylerblack]

I love how as soon as Barnaby puts on he different puppets you can see their individual personalities and movement quirks! As an animator i know how hard this is, so to do it almost unconsciously and keeping it up even while on a different subject is just amazing.