Shari Lewis was a dancer, singer, and magician but is best known as the ventriloquist behind sock puppets Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy and, of course, Lamb Chop. This lively doc charts the life, loves, and career hits and misses of this spunky perfectionist, who forever changed the face of children’s television.
Cast
Shari Lewis
Self (archival footage)
David Copperfield
Self - Interviewee
Sarah Sherman
Self - Interviewee
Megan Piphus
Self - Interviewee
Darci Lynne Farmer
Self - Interviewee
Mallory Lewis
Self - Interviewee
Nina Conti
Self - Interviewee
Louise Gold
Self - Interviewee
Shawn Williamson
Self - Interviewee
Kevin Yee
Self - Interviewee
Lan O'Kun
Self (archival footage)
Jeremy Tarcher
Self (archival footage)
Crew
Lisa D’Apolito
Director, Writer, Producer
Cassidy Hartmann
Writer, Producer
Andrea Lewis
Writer, Editor
Nina Guzman
Assistant Editor
Anne Etheridge
Director of Photography
Lindsay Lanzillotta
Executive Producer
Joseph Mellicker
Executive Producer
Sophia Dilley
Executive Producer
Bob Valentine
Executive Producer
Benjamin J. Murphy
Executive Producer
Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Executive Producer
Caitlin Gold
Executive Producer
Carlene C. Laughlin
Executive Producer
Wesley Adams
Executive Producer
Mimi Rode
Executive Producer
Tim Lee
Executive Producer
Steven H. Cohen
Executive Producer
Naomi McDougall Jones
Executive Producer
Nigel Sinclair
Executive Producer
Jeanne Elfant Festa
Executive Producer
Paula M. Froehle
Executive Producer
Robert Dietz
Co-Executive Producer
Charles Hopkins
Co-Executive Producer
Scott Pascucci
Co-Executive Producer
Douglas Warner
Producer
Nicholas Ferrall
Producer
Morris Ruskin
Producer
Miriam Cutler
Music