genre cousin skeeter
Biologically , a ___MASK31___ ( plural : children ) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty . The legal definition of " ___MASK31___ " generally refers to a minor , otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority . A ___MASK97___ , also written sound track , can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture , book , television program or video game ; a commercially released ___MASK97___ album of music as featured in the ___MASK97___ of a film or TV show ; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound . Jim Henson ' s Pajanimals ( a portmanteau of the words " Pajamas " and " Animals ") is a children ' s TV series airing on Nick Jr . in its ___MASK7___ of origin ( the United Kingdom ) and Sprout in the US . The Pajanimals are characters that were made by Jim Henson ' s Creature Shop at The Jim Henson Company . Nickelodeon ( often shortened to Nick ) is an American ___MASK10___ cable and satellite ___MASK61___ network launched on December 1 , 1977 , and is owned by Viacom through Viacom Media Networks and based in New York City . It is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 8  17 , while its weekday morning edutainment programs are targeted at younger children ages 2  7 . Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek ___MASK6___ from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th - 9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity ( AD ). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era . Roughly three centuries after the Late Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece , Greek urban poleis began to form in the 8th century BC , ushering in the period of Archaic Greece and colonization of the Mediterranean Basin . This was followed by the period of Classical Greece , an era that began with the Greco - ___MASK59___ Wars , lasting from the 5th to 4th centuries BC . Due to the conquests by Alexander the Great of Macedonia , Hellenistic civilization flourished from Central Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea . The Hellenistic period came to an end with the conquests and annexations of the eastern Mediterranean world by the Roman Republic , which established the Roman province of Macedonia in Roman Greece , and later the province of Achaea during the Roman Empire . A laugh track ( or laughter track ) is a separate ___MASK97___ for a recorded comedy show containing the sound of audience laughter . In some productions , the laughter is a live audience response instead ; in the U . S ., where it was most used , the term usually implies artificial laughter ( canned laughter or fake laughter ) made to be inserted into the show . This was invented by American sound engineer Charles " Charley " Douglass . A psychic is a person who claims to use extrasensory perception ( ESP ) to identify ___MASK70___ hidden from the normal senses . The word " psychic " is also used as an adjective to describe such abilities . Psychics may be theatrical performers , such as stage magicians , who use techniques such as prestidigitation , cold reading , and hot reading to produce the appearance of such abilities . Psychics appear regularly in ___MASK11___ ___MASK60___ , such as in the novel " The Dead Zone " by Stephen King . Marquette University is a private , coeducational Catholic university located in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , in the central United States . Established by the ___MASK24___ of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28 , 1881 , it was founded by John Martin Henni , the first Bishop of Milwaukee . A puppet is an object , often resembling a human , ___MASK64___ or mythical figure , that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer . The puppeteer uses movements of her hands , arms , or control devices such as rods or strings to move the body , head , limbs , and in some cases the mouth and eyes of the puppet . The puppeteer often speaks in the voice of the character of the puppet , and then synchronizes the movements of the puppet ' s mouth with this spoken part . The actions , gestures and spoken parts acted out by the puppeteer with the puppet are typically used in storytelling . Puppetry is a very ancient form of theatre which dates back to the 5th century BC in Ancient Greece . There are many different varieties of puppets , and they are made from a wide range of materials , depending on their form and intended use . They range from very simple in construction and operation to very complex . Rondell Jerome Sheridan ( born August 15 , 1958 ) is an American actor , ___MASK27___ and television director , best known for his five - year portrayal of Victor Baxter , the goofy - yet - lovable father of a psychic teenager , in the Disney Channel sitcoms " That ' s So Raven " and " Cory in the House ". Sheridan is an alumnus of Marquette University . Viacom Media Networks ( formerly MTV Networks ) is an American ___MASK75___ media division of Viacom that oversees the operations of many of its television channels and Internet brands , including Nickelodeon , BET , CMT , Comedy Central , VH1 and the original MTV channel in the United States . Its sister international division is Viacom International Media Networks . The Jim Henson Company ( also known at ___MASK93___ times as Muppets , LLC ., Henson Associates , Ltd ., and Jim Henson Productions , Inc .) is an American ___MASK44___ company , a leading producer of children ' s and family ___MASK44___ ( despite some of the company ' s works containing mature content ), and best known as the creators of the renowned Muppets characters . Founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson and performing partner and wife Jane Henson , the company is independently owned and operated by the children of its founders . Cory in the House is a ___MASK61___ show , which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12 , 2007 , to September 12 , 2008 , and was a spin - off from the Disney show " That ' s So Raven ". The show focuses on Cory Baxter , who moves from San Francisco , California to Washington , D . C . with his father , after Victor Baxter gets a new job in the White House as the official head chef . The series marks a Disney Channel first , as it is the channel ' s first spin - off . This is also the only Disney Channel spin - off series to be broadcast in standard definition for the entire length of the show . Reruns of the series have not been produced on Disney Channel , or on Disney XD ; however they continue to air on the ___MASK19___ channel in Canada . Raven - Symoné guest - starred , reprising her role as Raven Baxter in one episode . In 2014 Disney Channel started airing a weekly block called " Disney Replay " on Wednesdays nights , during which episodes of " Cory in the House " air alongside " That ' s So Raven " and " Kim Possible ", among others . Alice Dinnean - Vernon ( born May 23 , 1969 in Piedmont , California ) is an American puppeteer and creative writer who works at The Jim Henson Company . Dinnean - Vernon has performed on many children ' s ___MASK61___ shows such as " The Puzzle Place ", " Sesame Street ", " Bear in the Big Blue House ", " Cousin Skeeter ", " Jim Henson ' s Pajanimals ", " Sid the Science Kid " and " Jack ' s Big ___MASK22___ Show ". She also did work on various non - Muppet productions such as " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " and " Angel ". The ___MASK20___ Place is an American children ' s ___MASK68___ produced by KCET in Los Angeles and Lancit Media in New York City . It premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service ( ___MASK62___ ) on January 16 , 1995 , ( although production was dated and first premiered on two Los Angeles ___MASK62___ stations , KCET and KLCS , on September 15 , 1994 .) and ran for about four years , airing its final episode on December 4 , 1998 . Reruns were continued until March 31 , 2000 . It became one of ___MASK62___ Kids most popular series on the line - up since " Barney & Friends " and " Sesame Street ". It follows a multi - ethnic group of kids ( puppets ) from different parts of the United States who hang out at " the ___MASK20___ Place ", which is a teen hangout themed around jigsaw puzzle pieces . In each episode the characters are confronted with an everyday conflict usually encountered in childhood and even early teenage years , such as making moral decisions , sharing , racism , sexism , etc . In biological anatomy , commonly referred to as the mouth , under formal names such as the oral cavity , buccal cavity , or in Latin cavum oris , is the opening through which many animals take in ___MASK78___ and issue vocal sounds . It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal , bounded on the outside by the lips and inside by the pharynx and containing in higher vertebrates the tongue and teeth . This cavity is also known as the buccal cavity , from the Latin " bucca " (" cheek "). The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous ___MASK94___ agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , ___MASK87___ , media , art , ___MASK42___ , research , technology , education , and ___MASK44___ , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . A ___MASK61___ director directs the activities involved in making a ___MASK61___ program and is part of a ___MASK61___ crew . Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories , often with improvisation , theatrics , or embellishment . Stories or narratives have been shared in every ___MASK69___ as a means of ___MASK44___ , education , cultural preservation and instilling moral values . Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include plot , characters and ___MASK66___ point of view . The term ' storytelling ' is used in a narrow sense to refer specifically to oral storytelling and also in a looser sense to refer to techniques used in other media to unfold or disclose the ___MASK66___ of a story . William " Bill " Bellamy ( born April 7 , 1965 ) is an American actor and stand - up ___MASK27___ . Bellamy first gained national notoriety on HBO ' s Russell Simmons ' " Def Comedy Jam ", where he is credited for creating or coining the phrase " booty call ", described as a late night call to a potential paramour with the intention of meeting strictly for sex . Russell Wendell Simmons ( born October 4 , 1957 ) is an American entrepreneur , producer and author . The Chairman and CEO of Rush Communications , he cofounded the hip - hop ___MASK22___ label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing ___MASK42___ lines Phat Farm , Argyleculture , and Tantris . Simmons had a net - worth estimate of $ 340 million in 2011 . Viacom , Inc . ( known simply as Viacom ) is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in cinema and cable ___MASK61___ . It is currently the world ' s sixth largest broadcasting and cable company in terms of revenue , behind Comcast , The Walt Disney Company , Time Warner , 21st Century Fox and CBS Corporation , respectively . Voting control of Viacom is held by National Amusements , Inc ., a privately owned theater company controlled by the billionaire Sumner Redstone . Redstone also holds via National Amusements a controlling stake in CBS Corporation . That ' s So Raven is an American ___MASK46___ ___MASK91___ television series . It debuted on the Disney Channel on January 17 , 2003 , and ended its run on November 10 , 2007 . The show had a spin - off series , " Cory in the House ". The series was nominated in 2005 and 2007 for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children ' s Programming . Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets  inanimate objects , often resembling some type of human or ___MASK64___ figure , that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer . Such a performance is also known as a . The puppeteer uses movements of her hands , arms , or control devices such as rods or strings to move the body , head , limbs , and in some cases the mouth and eyes of the puppet . The puppeteer often speaks in the voice of the character of the puppet , and then synchronizes the movements of the puppet ' s mouth with this spoken part . The actions , gestures and spoken parts acted out by the puppets are typically used in storytelling . There are many different varieties of puppets , and they are made of a wide range of materials , depending on their form and intended use . They can be extremely complex or very simple in their construction . Sid the ___MASK45___ Kid is an American half - hour CGI ___MASK88___ that aired on ___MASK62___ Kids from September 1 , 2008 to March 25 , 2013 , with a total of 68 half - hour episodes produced over two seasons . The computer generated show is produced by The Jim Henson Company and then - ___MASK62___ member KCET in Los Angeles , California using the Henson Digital Puppetry Studio . The show is produced by motion capture which allows puppeteers to voice digitally animated characters in real time . Production began in the fall of 2008 with 42 half - hour episodes of " Sid the ___MASK45___ Kid " having been ordered . The series debuted on ___MASK62___ Kids along with Martha Speaks on September 1 , 2008 , with a two - year on - air commitment . The original working title for the series was " What ' s the Big Idea ?" and the central character , Sid , was originally named Josh . Cousin Skeeter is an American children ' s ___MASK61___ show , which ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2001 . It starred Robert Ri ' chard as Bobby , a young boy whose life changed when his strange cousin Skeeter came to live with his ___MASK19___ . With Skeeter ' s help , Bobby learns life lessons and tackles the ups and downs of growing up . The show also included Meagan Good as Bobby ' s friend Nina , Rondell Sheridan as Bobby ' s father Andre , and Angela Means as Bobby ' s mother Vanessa . Skeeter is portrayed by a hand puppet with Bill Bellamy providing his voice , and Drew Massey performing the puppetry , assisted by Alice Dinnean . Within the show , Skeeter is treated like a regular human and no mention of him being a puppet is made . Although the series was shot in a single - camera format , the show used a laugh track . The show ' s theme ___MASK15___ is an alternate version of 702 ' s 1996 hit `` Steelo '' , written by Missy Elliott . Meagan Monique Good ( born August 8 , 1981 ) is an American actress . Beginning her career in 1985 at the age of four , Good has appeared in numerous ___MASK61___ shows , films , and ___MASK22___ videos . Def ___MASK32___ Jam is an HBO ___MASK68___ produced by Russell Simmons . A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object that might shaped like a human , ___MASK64___ or mythical creature , or quite easily might be any kind of object to create the illusion that the puppet is " alive ." 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 her own hands placed inside the puppet or holding it externally or any other part of the body - such as the legs . Some puppet styles require two or more puppeteers to work together to create a single puppet character . Bear in the Big Blue House is an American children ' s puppetry ___MASK68___ created by Mitchell Kriegman and produced by Jim Henson Television for Disney Channel ' s Playhouse Disney preschool television block . Debuting on October 20 , 1997 , it ran until 2003 . Eight additional episodes were produced to make a 5th season and ran in 2006 . The final episode aired on April 28 , 2006 . A ___MASK61___ network is a telecommunications network for distribution of ___MASK61___ program content , whereby a central operation provides programming to many ___MASK61___ stations or pay ___MASK61___ providers . Until the mid - 1980s , ___MASK61___ programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks . Many early ___MASK61___ networks ( such as the BBC , NBC or CBC ) evolved from earlier ___MASK50___ networks . Booty Call is a 1997 ___MASK65___ , written by J . Stanford Parker ( credited as Bootsie ) and Takashi Bufford , and directed by Jeff Pollack . The film stars Jamie Foxx , Tommy Davidson , Vivica A . Fox and Tamala Jones . Disney Channel ( originally called The Disney Channel from 1983 to 1997 and commonly shortened to Disney from 1997 to 2002 ) is an American ___MASK10___ cable and satellite ___MASK61___ network that serves as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels ___MASK61___ Group , itself a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company . Robert Andrew Ri ' chard ( born January 7 , 1983 ) is an American ___MASK61___ and film actor . A ___MASK27___ or ___MASK63___ is a person who seeks to entertain an audience , primarily by making them laugh . This might be through jokes or amusing situations , or acting a fool , as in slapstick , or employing prop comedy . A ___MASK27___ who addresses an audience directly is called a stand - up ___MASK63___ . Jack ' s Big ___MASK22___ Show is an American ___MASK100___ children ' s television series originally airing on Noggin and on the Nick Jr . television network . The show was produced by Spiffy Pictures , and was nominated for a 2008 Emmy award for Outstanding Pre - school Television Series . Sesame Street is a long - running American children ' s ___MASK68___ , produced by Sesame Workshop ( formerly known as the Children ' s Television Workshop ) and created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett . The program is known for its educational content , and images communicated through the use of Jim Henson ' s Muppets , animation , short films , humor , and cultural references . The series premiered on November 10 , 1969 , to positive reviews , some controversy , and high viewership ; it has aired on the U . S .' s national public television provider ( ___MASK62___ ) since its debut , with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16 , 2016 . Theatre or ___MASK53___ is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers , typically actors or actresses , to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place , often a stage . The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture , speech , ___MASK15___ , music , and ___MASK54___ . Elements of art , such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality , presence and immediacy of the experience . The specific place of the performance is also named by the word " theatre " as derived from the Ancient Greek  ( théatron , " a place for viewing "), itself from  ( theáomai , " to see ", " to watch ", " to observe "). An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium of the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , ___MASK50___ , and television . The analogous Greek term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation of their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms of experimental ___MASK29___ , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance .