Puppeteer Ronny Wasserstrom has been pounding the pavement for the last 14 years — setting up shop in Central Park on weekdays and Grand Army Plaza and Carroll Park on the weekends, all with a singular goal: to create a show you wouldn’t find anywhere else.

“When I travel, I love stumbling across something that you don’t read about in any of the guides,” the puppeteer explained.

“A mother was sitting there and she was like, ‘Only in New York would you have a show where this is going on,'" Wasserstrom recalled. "And I don’t know if she meant that in a nice way, but in my mind I was like, ‘This show is a success!'"

What You Need To Know

  • Ronny Wasserstrom harnesses the power of imagination to create a show with his trusty egg marionettes. Each one is handcrafted and often reflects someone he's met in New York City

  • The "Egg Man" hopes to create a show that can make everyone smile, no matter how old they are or where they come from

  • More than anything, he wants to encourage the next generation of puppeteers, helping kids understand that they can do this themselves

Wasserstrom’s original dream wasn’t “Playdate Puppets." At first, he hoped to create a political show for adults. But in the end, it was Humpty Dumpty who stole the spotlight.

“Parents started recognizing me and would just leave their kids with me,” Wasserstrom said with a laugh.

Now, the string master keeps children laughing all week long, along with the adults who find themselves surprisingly captivated.

“My show is meant to be enjoyed by everybody," Wasserstrom said. "That’s the great thing, when you can keep everybody interested, no matter their background, no matter their country. That’s when I’m most fulfilled. A lot of the things I put in the show, I don’t even know why kids find it funny. But if they like it, I keep it in.”

The “Egg Man," as Wasserstrom has come to be called, handcrafts his creations from the string of characters New York City has to offer. Sometimes, he bases them off of people who come to see his show.

“I want to make it a real 'New Yoke' experience," Wasserstrom joked. "So I try to have all these kinds of puppets that represent New York.”

More than anything, Wasserstrom is hoping to inspire the next generation of puppeteers.

“I was so happy that I was able to make the small puppets that I could hand over to the kids and be like, ‘You could put on your own show.’ To me, that’s the magic. That everyone can do it,” he said.

For helping total strangers have an “egg-cellent” day — with a little New York City spirit — Ronny Wasserstrom is our New Yorker of the Week.

You can find Wasserstrom weekdays in Central Park (East 66th and Fifth Avenue, near the Central Park Zoo clock tower), from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. You can also find him Saturday mornings at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket and Sunday mornings at Carroll Park Playground.