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Michael Paul Ziegeld

Photo Album

Techie turned Puppeteer turned Comic turned Ventriloquist turned Actor turned Director turned Producer turned Writer. Came to the party at 16 and still here. Here are friends, co-workers & experiences from traveling around the world. 40 countries to date … Every photo has a story.

Deal signing with Don Bluth Productions
The Norman Lear Tribute (www.MichaelPaulBTS.com)
Directing for the Hollywood Foreign Press / Golden Globes
16 year old me interviewing Extra's Jerry Penacoli
17 on KYW-TV's Evening Magazine with Nancy Glass
27 Dresses
5 minute call to the stage
A lovely thank you
A young tech before an act.
Action shot
ALL ACCESS
An amazing time with Dame Edna's Barry Humphries
Analisa Leaming
Andrea Martin
Anthony Hopkins
Awesome theater
Before digital, cues were on reel-to-reel, backed up on cassette
Ben Lokey (Thriller, Stayin Alive)
Beth from Real World on our MTV show
Between takes on set
Bill Medley
Billy Porter
Bob Mackie
Bobby Cannavale
Bobby Collins
Bobby Rydell
Book @ Barnes & Noble!
Book tour
Brenda Braxton
Broadway Peeps
Broadway's Montego Glover
Burlesque Show
Bway's Sheldon Craig
Caesars Hotel and Casino
Campaign photo
Cast of The Ten
Catskills star, DICK CAPRI
CBS Morning Show
Celebrity Boxing
Coaching on set with Spacey
Comedy Cooking TV Segment
Comedy Palace
Comedy Special with the bird of prey
Comedy Special with the oldest gymnast
Comedy Special with the oldest gymnast
Comic's comic, Kelly Monteith
Comic's eye view
COSBY
Crank Yankers - Special Ed
Danny Glover
Dave Attel and I performing Thanksgiving weekend
David Wain
Dean Martin Roast and Laugh-In director, LEE HALE
Derek & Juliana Hough
Dick Van Dyke's birthday
Directed by David Wain
Directing
Directing Family Guy's Deepak Sethi
Directing the BHPD's gala with the chief and captain.
Director, Anne Fletcher
Disney's Floyd Norman's underground comic book!
Disney's Joshua Rush
Do NOT get on our bad side.
dressing room
Drew Carey
E!'s Jen Joseph
Ed Alonzo
Ed Begley Jr
Emmy, Grammy Hall of Fame song writer, Charles Fox
EP Carter Swan and Director Ben Leavitt
Fabian
Fleetwood Mac's Christie McVie
Fox New's Christine Devine in front, Rita Wilson in back.
Frankie Avalon
Friar's thank you
Full House
FX lead on Back the the Future's DeLorean
Glee
Grammy Awards Reporter
Guest Artist/Instructor @ The Nat'l O'Neill Conference
Haha Comedy Club
Hairspray Live
Harrah's
Harrison Ford
Harry Anderson
HDTV
Headlining the Friars!
Hermosa Beach Comedy Club
Heroine den in THE TEN
Holiday on Ice
Hollywood Gypsies with Nigel Lythgoe
Hollywood Tribute Show
Hosting AMA touring show
Howdy Doody
I love this stage
I started as a tech with this guy
I wear many hats
I went to the Grammys!
I'm on Sirius!
Ice Capades's Cydelle Knobbs
Ice House
Ice House with Bil Dwyer
Icon, George Shapiro stalking me
In Hollywood Reporter
Intern at KYW-TV Philadelphia - Weekend with the Stars Telethon
It's not what ya think
Jai Rod and Dave Cook
James Brown
James Marsden
James Michael
Jeff Dunham
Jesse Jackson
Jim Florentine
Jimmy Brogan
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers 5 years still with her
Joan Rivers's funeral program
Joe Niagra Radio
Joey Fatone
Joey Pantaloni
John Madden
Justin Theroux, Cedric Sanders, Winona Ryder
Katherine Heigl
Katherine Heigl
Ken Marino
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey Documentary
Kicking some tech ass
Kirsten Kite
LA Puppet Guild
Lance Burton
Lannie Kazan
Lisa Lampanelli
LITTLE ME
Live Morning Show - San Diego Channel 5
Live News Show
Longest running burlesque show, Monday Night Tease
Make a Wish Kids
Makeup
Marquee
MDATelethon
Miss PA's ,Diane Fabiano
Morgan Freeman
My first drag queen
My Michael Jackson pass
My musical theater debut at 47!
My teacher, Dan Horn
Nadia back in the day
Network TV
Nightclub Showgirls
NORM CROSBY
NY's WPIX11 interview
NYU Lecture
Offical OZ Historian John Fricke
On set of The Love Guru
One of the first headshots
Pam Dawber
Pat Cooper
Paul Rudd
Paula Poundstone
Phyllis Diller
Playboy Live Show
Playing Dean Fritter in Family Physician
Playing LasVegas
Presented to me by the US Navy
Presented to me by US Airforce Intel/Presidential Security
Proof I'm with Miss Ross tonight
Puppeteering Groovy Babies
Q and A
QEII
R&B pioneer, Arthur Prysock
Rashida Jones and Gretchen Moll
Reading lines with Spacey
Red Carpet
Red Carpet
Reggie Watts
Rehearsing with Analisa Leaming (School of Rock/Hello Dolly) and Tessa
Rickles
Rita Rudner
Riviera Comedy Club - LV
Rockwell, Rudd and I giving kissy face
RONDELL Sheridan
Ronn Lucas
Ronn Lucas's instructions on how to build Billy 1985
Ross Matthews
Rudd & Sam Rockwell
Securing Sharon Stone's purse
See the metal thing behind me? Paparazzi with jib cam goes too far!
Senor Wences - Comedy Hall of Fame invitation
Shayna Steele
Shayna, me and Marty Short
Shooting "Wondertown" Q & A
Shoshana Bean
Showalter, Zickel and Wain
Showtime's Doug White
Showwalter, Theroux, Garofalo, Wain, Rudd
Siegfried & Roy's protege, Darren Romeo
Sin City Comedy - LV
Sirius XM's Seth Rudetsky
Skater, JoJo Starbuck & Greg Thompson
Sonny Turner of The Platters
Split bill with The Amazing Kreskin
Stand in to help Magic Guru, Michael Close for camera blocking
Stand up
Stand Up NY
Still Giggin as a tech
Sundance
Susan Anton
Talk show host!
Teri Polo & Sherri Saum
The amazing kids of School of Rock!
The Audience Patsies
The book arrived!
The Book!
The Crowd Work
The international bird of prey
The Mills Brothers
The Show
The stage
The stage and band
The State's Ken Marino & Kevin Allison
The Ten scene with Ron Silver
This feels goooooddd.
Travolta
Tresa Hardin @ Sony Country Music
TV Funhouse/Triumph's Rob Smiegel
Uncle Leo!
Vegas 8x10 in the 90s
Wil Edwards Show
WILLIE
Winona and I
Winona Ryder
With Winona Ryder in THE TEN
Working for Miss Ross
Working the room
Youngest intern at KYW TV
YouTube and theater star, Christina Bianco
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