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David Hart (puppeteer)
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David Nkrumah Liebe Unger Hart (born 19 April 1955; also credited as D.L. Hart) is an outsider music
ian, street performer, sign painter, artist
, puppeteer
and actor
. He is best known for his role as a puppeteer on The Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson Program, a Los Angeles
-based public-access television
cable TV program, as well as his appearances on adult swim
's Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
.
, David stated he first developed his passion for puppeteering upon attending church Sunday school
in his youth. He claims to have gotten his start in Hollywood touring with comedian Robin Williams
and from making an appearance on The Gong Show
in 1977. In 1990, he made an appearance in Golden Girls and in 1993 in Wings.
Hart frequently appears on the television shows The Del Talk Show, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as well as Tim and Eric Nite Live!
. In 2004, David Hart was featured in the documentary Public Access Hollywood. He made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2004 and again 2009, as well as on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2004. He also appeared in a commentary on Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season One DVD. Throughout late April and early May 2008 he performed live as part of Tim and Eric's Awesome Tour 2008.
He can often be seen performing with his puppet "Doug the Dog" just outside the Hollywood Bowl
after shows, as well as at the La Brea Tar Pits
and Music Center of Los Angeles, and is known to many concert goers simply as the "puppet man". He has also been known at times as David Hart, David Unger Hart, David King Liebe Hart and DL Hart.
, aliens, women, and his life. He has teamed up with his friend and fellow public-access television host Adam Papagan
to create music together, with Hart writing lyrics and singing, and Papagan creating the music. They have four full albums and an EP released together. Hart's songs from Tim and Eric are also featured on Awesome Record, Great Songs!.
David Hart has been known to sell an album titled Christian Hymns And Songs Of Praise at shows during the Tim and Eric Awesome Tour 2008, as well as the 2009 tour. In Spring 2011, Hart and Papagan toured the East and West Coast with a newly-formed band that played punk music exclusively, including new interpretations of their older material. The Best of David and Adam cassette tape is being released by Cellar Hits late-October .
and grew up in Chicago
, where his father worked for the United States Postal Service
and Chicago Public Schools. Having a deep impression at a very young age, the history of the railroad system has been a lifelong passion of David's. He has written several songs discussing both his personal remembrances and history of mid-20th century railroad lines.
David claims that, when he was younger, he was abducted by Korendian aliens (from the Korendor system), who took skin and blood samples from him. He insists that aliens look like humans as opposed to the notion in pop culture that they're little green men. His most notable song, "Salame", refers to the salutation of the Korendian race. David has attended a weekly UFO meeting in Costa Mesa, California.
He is vocal about his abstinence
from smoking
, alcohol
, drugs
and his dislike of rap music— but other parts of his life, especially since his arrival in Hollywood in 1976, are less clear. In interviews he revealed that he served as a cook in the Navy
at one point in his life. Hart divorced his wife in 1994.
Outsider music
Outsider music, a term coined by Irwin Chusid in the mid-1990s, are songs and compositions by musicians who are not part of the commercial music industry who write songs that ignore standard musical or lyrical conventions, either because they have no formal training or because they disagree with...
ian, street performer, sign painter, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, puppeteer
Puppeteer
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or...
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is best known for his role as a puppeteer on The Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson Program, a Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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-based public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV program, as well as his appearances on adult swim
Adult Swim
Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
's Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is an American sketch comedy television series, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, which premiered February 11, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim comedy block and ran until May 2010...
.
Career
During an interview with Jimmy KimmelJimmy Kimmel
James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money...
, David stated he first developed his passion for puppeteering upon attending church Sunday school
Sunday school
Sunday school is the generic name for many different types of religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations.-England:The first Sunday school may have been opened in 1751 in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. Another early start was made by Hannah Ball, a native of High Wycombe in...
in his youth. He claims to have gotten his start in Hollywood touring with comedian Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
and from making an appearance on The Gong Show
The Gong Show
The Gong Show is an amateur talent contest franchised by Sony Pictures Television to many countries. It was broadcast on NBC's daytime schedule from June 14, 1976 through July 21, 1978, and in first-run syndication from 1976–1980 and 1988–1989. The show was produced by Chuck Barris, who also served...
in 1977. In 1990, he made an appearance in Golden Girls and in 1993 in Wings.
Hart frequently appears on the television shows The Del Talk Show, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is an American sketch comedy television series, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, which premiered February 11, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim comedy block and ran until May 2010...
as well as Tim and Eric Nite Live!
Tim and Eric Nite Live!
Tim and Eric Nite Live! was an American television series, which premiered November 8, 2007 on SuperDeluxe. The talk show stars Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, creators of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and consists of a variety of strange segments often featuring...
. In 2004, David Hart was featured in the documentary Public Access Hollywood. He made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2004 and again 2009, as well as on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2004. He also appeared in a commentary on Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season One DVD. Throughout late April and early May 2008 he performed live as part of Tim and Eric's Awesome Tour 2008.
He can often be seen performing with his puppet "Doug the Dog" just outside the Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States that is used primarily for music performances...
after shows, as well as at the La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea Tar Pits
The La Brea Tar Pits are a cluster of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed, in the urban heart of Los Angeles. Asphaltum or tar has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with water...
and Music Center of Los Angeles, and is known to many concert goers simply as the "puppet man". He has also been known at times as David Hart, David Unger Hart, David King Liebe Hart and DL Hart.
Music
Hart writes his own music, mostly about religionReligion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
, aliens, women, and his life. He has teamed up with his friend and fellow public-access television host Adam Papagan
Adam Papagan
Adam Papagan is a musician and performer known primarily for his work with David Liebe Hart.Papagan has recorded four albums with Hart, starting with Public Access in 2008...
to create music together, with Hart writing lyrics and singing, and Papagan creating the music. They have four full albums and an EP released together. Hart's songs from Tim and Eric are also featured on Awesome Record, Great Songs!.
David Hart has been known to sell an album titled Christian Hymns And Songs Of Praise at shows during the Tim and Eric Awesome Tour 2008, as well as the 2009 tour. In Spring 2011, Hart and Papagan toured the East and West Coast with a newly-formed band that played punk music exclusively, including new interpretations of their older material. The Best of David and Adam cassette tape is being released by Cellar Hits late-October .
Solo
- Christian Hymns and Songs of Praise (2004)
- Awesome Record, Great Songs! (2008)
With Adam Papagan
- Public Access (2008)
- New Songs Improvised Live: 6-05-08 (2009)
- Trains of The Past and Present (2009)
- Monsters (2010)
- Split EP (with Power Animal) (2010)
- The Best of David and Adam (2011)
Personal life
David was born in Park Forest, IllinoisPark Forest, Illinois
Park Forest is a village located south of Chicago in Cook County and Will County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 23,462...
and grew up in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, where his father worked for the United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
and Chicago Public Schools. Having a deep impression at a very young age, the history of the railroad system has been a lifelong passion of David's. He has written several songs discussing both his personal remembrances and history of mid-20th century railroad lines.
David claims that, when he was younger, he was abducted by Korendian aliens (from the Korendor system), who took skin and blood samples from him. He insists that aliens look like humans as opposed to the notion in pop culture that they're little green men. His most notable song, "Salame", refers to the salutation of the Korendian race. David has attended a weekly UFO meeting in Costa Mesa, California.
He is vocal about his abstinence
Abstinence
Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to sexual abstinence, or abstention from alcohol or food. The practice can arise from religious prohibitions or practical...
from smoking
Smoking
Smoking is a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco or cannabis, is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. This is primarily practised as a route of administration for recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them...
, alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
, drugs
DRUGS
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows are an American post-hardcore band formed in 2010. They released their debut self-titled album on February 22, 2011.- Formation :...
and his dislike of rap music— but other parts of his life, especially since his arrival in Hollywood in 1976, are less clear. In interviews he revealed that he served as a cook in the Navy
Navy
A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...
at one point in his life. Hart divorced his wife in 1994.