Show Me Your Nerd: Meet Tau’s Puppet Pals

When Tau Bennett was a baby, he began as a puppet builder, making one monstrously hilarious Frankenstein after the following, he received to discover his creativeness in a means many youngsters don’t get to. It shouldn’t have been a lot of a shock when on the ripe age of 16, he received to be taught from a number of the prime puppeteers on this planet and started his work on Sesame Street whereas nonetheless being a minor himself.

Fast ahead a couple of years later and Bennet is taking part in the character Tamir on Sesame Street. Tamir is a black muppet that teaches youngsters easy methods to higher relate with folks that look completely different than they do. This is a big accomplishment for anybody, a lot much less somebody so younger, but one thing at the back of his head was nonetheless itching at him to create one thing that actually felt prefer it belonged to him and the folks he enjoys spending time with.

That’s when he created his present, Cold Sober, an amalgamation of various elements very similar to the puppets Bennett so fondly builds. He takes the music of Frank Zappa, the oblique tutelage of Jim Henson, and mixes it with the expertise of being a younger, black man who grew up in New York City. It’s a wild, hilarious, musical romp that brings younger puppeteers collectively in a pastime during which it may be troublesome to fulfill friends.

Some of his videos are funny, some are musical, however on the coronary heart of all of is Bennett, ensuring his voice is being heard. Puppeteering isn’t a medium that will get a ton of affection from unbiased creators, so it’s refreshing to see one of many world’s oldest artwork kinds get a refresh. Hopefully, there can be extra Cold Sober, and way more Tau Bennett and his bizarre, zany creations.