He also starred as Kako on Oobi, Leon MacNeal on The Puzzle Place and as Magellan on Eureeka's Castle.

[1] In 1983, he succeeded John Lovelady as the performer of Knock-Knock the Woodpecker on The Great Space Coaster.

In addition to puppeteering, MacNeal has written for a variety of children's programs including Eureeka's Castle, and The Puzzle Place.

[4][5] Since 2014, MacNeal has served as resident puppeteer and performed various characters on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

[6] On November 6, 1999, he married author Susan Elia at Manhattan's Union Theological Seminary.