David Liebe Hart Biography
David Liebe Hart is an American street performer, outsider musician, puppeteer, actor, painter, and artist. He is known for his appearance on Adult Swim’s Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and The Junior Christian Teaching Bible Lesson Program. Hart is also known for performing with his puppet “Doug the Dog” just outside the Hollywood Bowl and Los Angeles Music Center after shows.
He is known by many concert-goers simply as the “puppet man”. In several interviews, Hart has revealed that he served as a cook in the U.S. Navy at one point in his life. Hart is also vocal about his abstinence from smoking, alcohol, drugs and his dislike of rap music.
David Liebe Hart Age
David Nkrumah Liebe Unger Hart is 52 years old as of 2019. He was born on 19 April 1957 in Chicago. Hart is also known as David Hart, David Lieber Mintz, David Unger Hart, David King Liebe Hart, and DL Hart.
David Liebe Hart Family
Hart grew up in Park Forest, Illinois where his father worked for the United States Postal Service and Chicago Public Schools. Liebe’s interest in the history of the railroad system was sparked at a young age but extended throughout his life. He has also written several songs discussing both his personal remembrances and the history of mid-20th Century railroad lines.
However, other parts of his life, especially since his arrival in Hollywood in 1976, are less known.
David Liebe Hart Career
In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Hart states that he originally developed his passion for puppeteering upon attending church Sunday school in his youth. He then claims to have gotten his start in Hollywood performing with comedian Robin Williams and also from making an appearance on The Gong Show in 1977. He appeared on Golden Girls in 1990 and on Wings in 1993. Hart has appeared on television shows such as: gotten his start in Hollywood performing with comedian Robin Williams. He also made an appearance on The Gong Show in 1977.
In 2004 and 2009, Hart made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In 2004, he also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! He prominently appeared in 2014 in the independent feature film, White Cop.
He also appeared in the crowdsourced remake of Shrek, Shrek Retold, in which he performs the song Hallelujah, originally composed by Leonard Cohen in 2018.
David Liebe Hart Tim and Eric Awesome Show
Hart appeared on the sketch comedy series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! The series is created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. The series features a wide range of performers including regular guests Zach Galifianakis, John C. Reilly, Ray Wise, Bob Odenkirk, Will Forte, Jeff Goldblum, and “Weird Al” Yankovic.
It features an ensemble of alternative performers like Neil Hamburger and David Liebe, former television stars like Alan Thicke, celebrity look-alikes, impressionists, porn stars, and also amateur actors found through Craigslist. Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! premiered February 11, 2007, on Adult Swim and ran until May 2010.
Hart also appeared in a commentary on Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season One DVD. He performed live as part of Tim and Eric’s Awesome Tour 2008 in late April and early May that year.
David Liebe Hart Music
He writes his own music which is mostly about religion, aliens, women, trains, and his tragic love life. Hart teamed up with his friend and fellow public-access television host Adam Papagan to create music together for six years. Hart wrote the lyrics and sang while Papagan created the music. The duo created four full albums and an EP.
He has been collaborating and performing with producer/composer Jonah Mociun (AKA Th’ Mole) since 2014. He has developed a more electronic-oriented and carefully sculpted sound. The duo has released the mixtape Go Into The Light and the Teleportation Thru Space EP having an official album, Astronaut, slated for release on January 2015. His songs from Tim and Eric are also featured on Awesome Record, Great Songs!.
He has widely sold the album titled Christian Hymns And Songs Of Praise at shows during the Tim and Eric Awesome Tour 2008, as well as the 2009 tour.
David Liebe Hart Tour
With Papagan, he has toured the East and West Coast with a newly formed band that played punk music exclusively and including new interpretations of their older material. A compilation cassette tape/download featuring music from David and Adam’s five albums were released by Cellar Hits in 2011 named The Best of David and Adam.
David Liebe Hart Songs
- Christian Hymns and Songs of Praise (2004)
- Christian Hymns and Songs of Praise Pt. II (2004)
- Songs All About Advent At Christmas (2004)
- Christian Hymns and Songs of Praise Pt. III (2014)
- Go Into The Light (2014)
- Teleportation Thru Space (2014)
- Astronaut (2015)
With Adam Papagan - Public Access (April 2008)
- New Songs Improvised Live: 6-05-08 (January 2009)
- Trains of The Past and Present (December 2009)
- Monsters (March 2010)
- Split EP (with Power Animal) (late-2010)
- The David Liebe Hart Hymn Book (May 2011)
- The Best of David and Adam (October 2011)
- The David Liebe Hart Band EP (August 2013)
Features - Tim And Eric – Awesome Record, Great Songs! (2008)
David Liebe Hart Net Worth
Liebe’s net worth is not yet revealed or disclosed to the public.