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    STM Showboat Cast Reunion

    If you grew up around Syracuse, NY (CNY or Central New York to some) prepare for a trip down memory lane. Please join us as we sit down with former cast members and fellow guests of the STM Showboat. The STM Showboat first aired on the NBC affiliate in Syracuse, NY. During it's 18 year run it...
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    Meet Mike Randall from Rocketship 7! :)

    Hi Adam :) Yes, Mike is totally a great guy. Buffalo would not have been the same without his funny feature reports through the years! He showed me your interview actually. So what got you into puppetry? Chris
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    Meet Mike Randall from Rocketship 7! :)

    Hello all. Please enjoy our interview with the very talented Mike Randall. Some of you may remember him from the 1990's Rocketship 7 program on WKBW Channel 7, in Buffalo, NY...and some of you may know him as Mark Twain!
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    Puppet Slam 2011 in Toronto, Ontario

    Please enjoy this behind the scenes video of the Brothers Gromm trip to beautiful Toronto, Ontario to perform at the Puppet Slam with our friends the very talented and very Canadian Unraku! (Canada has the best chocolate bars and donuts IN THE WORLD I might add) Ya gotta love Canada :)
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    From Howdy Doody to Pappyland :)

    Hello all. Please sit back and enjoy our interview with Dr. Marilyn Arnone. You may have seen her puppeteering on Marilyn and Calico, The New Howdy Doody Show, and Pappyland! And may we add, she is a absolute delight to work with! :)
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    Robert Leroy Smith: Engineer, Puppeteer, Puppet Maker

    There are so many more pics we have from the Puppetry Arts Institute in Independence, MO, but this is one of my favorites :) Not only does one marionette manipulate the other, but Mr. Smith designed a special hand control of his very own design to allow for simpler and yet more exacting...
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    The Artistry of Robert Leroy Smith

    Check out the artistry of Robert Leroy Smith at The Puppetry Arts Institute in Independence, MO. This particular marionette was fashioned in the likeness of Kansas City marionette manufacturer Hazelle Rollins, and it actually manipulates a 'mini-marionette' of one of her best selling marionettes. :)
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    The Puppetry Arts Institute

    Hi Muppet Fan 123 :) This interview was with Diane Houk from the "Puppetry Arts Institute"(PAI) located in Independence, MO. They're located not far from the old "Hazelle, Inc." marionette manufacturer in Kansas City. Hazelle was a contemporary of Pelham Puppets (in the U.K.) and Peter Puppet...
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    Meet Diane Houk, Executive Director of the Puppetry Arts Institute

    Hello all. :) Please enjoy our video interview with Ms. Diane Houk, Executive Director of the Puppetry Arts Institute (PAI). She was a treat to interview, and was a veritable encyclopedia of puppetry history. The PAI houses hundreds of really cool marionettes, hand puppets, rod puppets, even...
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    The Puppetry Arts Institute

    Hello all. :) We have posted a video interview with Ms. Diane Houk, Executive Director of the Puppetry Arts Institute. She was a treat to interview, and their Institute houses hundreds of really cool marionettes, hand puppets, rod puppets, even shadow puppets and toy theaters. The interview is...
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