SHARI & LAMB CHOP
WED, 12/6, 2:00pm, 92 min BAY STREET THEATER
Director Lisa D’Apolito via Zoom for Q&A
Director: Lisa D’Apolito
Producers: Lisa D’Apolito, Nicholas Ferrall, Cassidy Hartmann, Morris Ruskin, Douglas Warner
Editor: Andrea Lewis
Cinematographer: Anne Etheridge
As a young female ventriloquist with big aspirations, Shari Lewis was searching for a voice who could say things that a young woman in the 1950s could not, and found it in a sock puppet named Lamb Chop. The duo debuted on the CBS children’s television series Captain Kangaroo in 1956 and went on to attain cultural icon status in the U.S. by the end of the 20th century. The documentary examines Shari Lewis’ surprising personal journey, as well as her professional one, which included
winning 13 Emmys and a Peabody and authoring 60 children’s books.
Lisa D’Apolito is a documentary and branded content director and producer. Lisa started out as an actress, including a part in Goodfellas. She eventually started her own production company 3 Faces Films. Her first feature documentary film Love, Gilda was selected as the opening night film of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, had a broadcast premiere on CNN and was nominated for two creative Emmy’s.