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Hey, have any of you ever spilled contact cement on your carpet? Or worse — on your landlord's carpet? Yeah... it's not good. The only advice on the back of the glue can was to use "mineral spirits" to remove it. Do you think turpinoid would work? Any help from experience or otherwise is...

Since LEGOs are pretty geometric as it is, you're likely to get better results making the head out of sheet foam. From my experience you can make more accurate calculations this way. You pretty much just need to make a short cylinder with a top and bottom out of 1/2" sheet foam, and cut a...

I like the layout/color scheme of your site... but I'd suggest you need either a higher optimization on your nav buttons, or you need to go back and optimize your background image with the same settings as your buttons. The colors are a little off between the two so the button images stick out...

In relation to this, I think it's important to keep in mind that demand for any type of media is often dictated by the latest technology. When Jim Henson was young television was a new thing and there were many different avenues of televised entertainment yet untapped, puppetry being one of them...

Yeah, I saw this and I was going to post it too but I forgot what she was advertising so I thought there wasn't much point. I know the medication started with an "A" though. Apparently Fran is still teaching me my alphabet ;)

My greatest word of advice is make sure you can transport it easily.If it's PVC and fabric that's one thing, but hard materials are a pain in the butt to haul around.

Thanks Wes! I make it when I can. Senior year of college is rough :p

I've heard they used everything from tape to velcro (Antron fleece can act as velcro). Also, if it's a large/heavy enough prop (such as the earpiece for the telephone in TMM) they'll attach a rod to the object and hold it up along with the arm rod. One idea for tackling this problem that I...

I agree with just about everything that's been said about Christian puppetry on this forum so far, but I'll share a few thoughts anyway (it's good to verbalize things for yourself sometimes). I think one thing that people in the church who use puppetry should be doing is asking themselves why...

Number 6 brings out the most character IMO. The bead eyes don't offer too much expression and kind of remind me of those rag dolls that old ladies like to buy in Hallmark gift stores. The elongated ones make him look like he's strung out on something, and we can't have God bearing that much of a...

Thanks for all your input. I like the paper mache idea... and marionettes -- D'oh! Why didn't I think of that? I feel so uncreative. I think I'll try combining those two methods.

Cool. Your idea could make quite a splash in the puppet stand industry! It's so relieving to know there's such an inexpensive and simple method out there! OK, I'm done...

Your site says you take VHS Tapes -- will you take it in DVD form?

I have this idea for a short puppet video in which I am considering making a dummy puppet that I can spray with lighter fluid and set on fire, parading it back and forth across the screen. Has anyone out there attempted this? If so, what was your method for keeping your arm from third degree...

I got a soundboard a couple years ago for the same reason. I found it online for under $100, and it serves 4 mics. It worked well for me!

omg, You know John Kricfalusi? He's AWESOME!

I remember seeing a diagram for bird wings in The Foam Book, which sounds likes basically the same concept as perk-able dog ears. Here's a link on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/reader/002-6309942-9799250?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=0967857503

I'm so thankful to Jim for his inspiration to use my imagination, no matter what other people thought of my interest in puppetry and cartoons. I wish I could still meet him everyday and let him know that. My fiance asked me the other day if I could go to lunch with anyone past or present...

Yah, puppetry as a primary means of support is pretty unconventional. I have a friend who actually does make a living performing private birthdays and working for a theatre, but it seems pretty rough (though exciting!). I'm focusing on graphic design and theatre in college because both have...

I wonder, does anyone knows who performed Rowlf/Kermit during this song in TMM? Just curious...