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    Who played who in the finale of The Muppet Movie?

    is a list of which muppeteers performed which characters in the finale in the Muppet Movie? I know that Jim performed Kermit, Frank performed Piggy, film director John Landis performed Grover, Michael Earl performed Big Bird (which I find unusual because when BB is involved even for the shortest...
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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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    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

    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

    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 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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    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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    where can I find this?

    When I was a kid, I remember having these animatronic like toys of Big Bird, Oscar, and Cookie Monster. Oscar was in his trash can and when you switched it on, he would pop in and out of his trash can. Cookie Monster would put a cookie in and out of his mouth. I think Big Bird just moved his...
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    Favorite "At the Dance" Jokes

    Monster: "Mind if I smoke?" Girl: "Nope" (Smoke comes out of ears) Girl: "Why do they call this a punch bowl?" (looks inside and a boxing glove punches girl in the face) Rowlf: "That's why."
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    learning puppetry

    what's the best way to learn puppetry? classes? a course in a college? Particually, I want to learn about the cartoony type of puppetry like the muppets.
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    does anybody know....

    any big name puppeteers I could contact via e-mail?
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    muppeteers e-mails

    does anyone know where I can find e-mails of any muppeteers or if you do know it, can I please have one?
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    Best song about Rubber Duckie?

    It's a toss up between the original Rubber Duckie song and Put Down The Duckie for me.
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    What's the name of this show?

    There was a show that came on every saturday morning on ABC, I think it was on One Saturday Morning back in the 90's. Anyway, the only thing I remember about the show is that there was a teenage girl and two creatures that were puppets and there was a little robotic flying ball that would take...
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    favorite puppeteers

    who are your favorites, besides muppeteers. I love Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Edgar Burgan, Paul Winchell, Jeff Dunham, Bil Baird, Burr Tillstrom, and Sheri Lewis. As far as Muppeteers go, my favorites are Jim Hensom, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Steve Whitmire, and...
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    Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound puppets

    I found this picture of voice actor, Daws Butler, who provided the voice of many cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear and Hunckleberry Hound. Anyway, I found this picture of him with two puppets of his characters. I mean I know he was a puppeteer on Time for Beany, but does anyone have any...
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