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    Very Brief Cameos: Your Picks for the New Muppet Movie

    You took the words right out of my mouth. I have other choices as well, though. Choose: Jeff Dunham: That would be a good combination. I could just see Walter making fun of the Muppets along with Statler and Wardolf...:sleep:...:boo: Frank Calendo: That would be great to see him do his...
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    Jim Henson or Frank Oz?

    Who's the better director? Who's the better puppeteer? For me, this is kind of tough. They both have good qualities. Jim Henson: Director: Created many fantasy worlds and his his puppetry very well in all his films. Also, a very imangitive and creative director. Puppeteer: Created...
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    AFI Nominations

    I'm also glad to see that! It's about time his work was noticed by the AFI. If was a list for animation in films, there should be one for puppetry. I think TDC and Labryinth would easily make the list, as well as the muppet movies. The Jim Henson Company would dominate a list like that...
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    soft foam marionettes?

    Where would I add weight to it? What do I use as weight? So far, all I can think of is adding weight to the bottom jaw in order to operate the mouth.
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    Do you think of Sesame Street as a real street?

    Do you ever wish that Sesame Street was real? I know I do. I would love to walk down the street and see Big Bird and Snuffy playing with each other. I would love also love seeing Super Grover flaying through the air, yelling, "Down! Down! And away!" I would also love seeing all the humans. How...
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    question about Walt Disney Imagineering

    does Walt Disney Imagineering have a school to learn animatronic puppetry?
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    soft foam marionettes?

    is it possible to make marionettes as a muppet type puppet as opposed to wood or clay?
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    how to learn other forms of puppetry

    do you have to be a member of the puppeteers of america in order to attend these festivals?
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    how to learn other forms of puppetry

    Since I'm starting to get the hang of hand rod and hand glove puppets, like the Muppets. I'm very intrested in learning how to build and operate marrionettes. I'm also intrested in learning how to build and operate animatronic puppets. Anyone know how to learn these types of puppetry?
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    Pee Wee's Playhouse

    just out of curosity, which characters on Pee Wee's Playhouse were puppets, besides the Randy, who is of course a marionette.
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    Muppet Impressions

    I just made a video showing my impressions of some of the Muppets. Enjoy and tell me what you think! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwv_3xc9hMQ
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    Muppet Impressions

    bump........
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    Muppet Impressions

    I just made a video showing my impressions of some of the Muppets. Enjoy and tell me what you think! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwv_3xc9hMQ
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    What's the name of this show?

    so, does anybody know the name of this show?
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    What are your feelings about adult puppetry?

    That's a good way of putting it. I myself also don't like kid's shows that talk down to kids. I like the kind of shows that kids will like and at the same time adults will enjoy it as well. Also, you mention shock value, as an amateur comedian myself, I've seen guys say some most nasty...
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    What are your feelings about adult puppetry?

    I can take it or leave it. I can sit through it and find it funny, but it depends on the context, for me. If it's something like, Puppet Up! then I can watch it. However, sometimes it can too far with the humor, like the movie Team America World Police, it was funny, but some scenes were just...
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    Puppet Tree

    LOL....
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    Which Muppet are you?

    Which one are you? I think I'm a mixture of a few. In some ways I'm like Kermit, becuase I have alot of ideas for projects and try to lead the whole thing. In other ways I'm like Fozzie, because I like to make people laugh, but at the same time, I'm pretty incecure, just like Fozzie. In some...
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    foam thickness

    what thickness is best when making puppets? I've been using 1 inch, but I'm not sure if it's too thick.
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    Too all the people Undercharging for Thier work

    I couldn't agree more. I mean, I'm not a professional puppeteer yet, I'm justing starting out, but I understand where you're coming from. I just spoke with this who does commercials and I had an idea where puppets could be used in his commercials and he looked at me like I was nuts and went on...
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