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OK, not to pour gasoline on a fire here, but I thought I would raise this as a new discussion topic since it came up elsewhere - Pre-recorded voice tracks for puppetry on video/film. Now the conventional wisdom in film and TV is that you don't do this for several reasons. As far as I know...

If you're in New York City and a puppeteer (or want to be) you're going to want to look in to this...John Tartaglia - of Sesame Street and Avenue Q fame - is offering a Matser Class in television puppetry beginning next month. For more info check out...

Someone is looking for two non-union hand and rod puppeteers for a shoot March 27th in LA. They need puppets lip synched to rap music. If you're interested (and local), send a resume with contact info to mr_utamaro@hotmail.com Note: I'm just passing this along, so please email the person...

Hey guys, Check this out, John Kennedy's going to do a new web series using puppets from his new puppet kit - http://puppetvision.blogspot.com/2005/02/foaman-cometh.html

This is a bit of a cross-post (sorry!) but I wanted to throw it in here too for the benefit of anyone who doesn't read the puppetry forum... For the past six months I've been putting together a film for the Star Wars/Atomfilms Contest (see this related thread for more info) and I had someone...

Hi all, This is a little off-topic puppetry wise, but I thought one of you wild, creative puppet types might be able to help me out...I've hit a snag with the Star Wars Puppet Film I'm doing for the Star Wars/Atomfilms contest (see the related thread). I had someone lined up to do a...

Thought this might be interesting for some of you...Lisa Henson put out a statement via Neil Gaiman's blog that sort of addresses the whole issue of Henson doing non Muppet projects. It's interesting in a myth vs. reality sort of way. I have an excerpt and links to the full text at...

Hi everyone, As some of you know I write a daily blog about puppet film and video - the PuppetVision Blog. I've recently launched this forum to go a long with the web site, which is step two in a three part plan to build a new site to offer free hosting for puppet films and videos along with...

Disney is hiring puppeteers for two new parades they are putting together. They are holding the auditions this Saturday. For more info go to http://corporate.disney.go.com/careers/auditions.html

Yes, a real honest-to-goodness theatrical feature based on Babylon 5. It's starting production. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7515

For the past few months in what little spare time I have I've been slowly working on a Star Wars fan film - it's basically a spoof with puppet versions of Yoda, Chewie, Clone Troopers, etc. Tonight I started working on a foam build-up of the head of the new bad guy in Episode III (spoiler...

Hi everyone, Since my little "Bear Town" project was recently optioned to become an independent movie, I've been working on some changes to my site and have been asked by the producers to make the site's blog a little more specifically about the project and less about everything else. To...

Anyone have any idea where I can find one of those latex/plush Jurassic Park hand puppet dinosaurs? I've tried ebay and they have the newer ones, but not the one I am thinking of that Toys R Us carried a few years ago. Any help would be appreciated.

Just wondering if the proliferation of stickys on the forum in recent months may be getting out of hand. A lot of the pinned (sticky) threads are infrequently posted too (why is the Weinerville thread in puppetry sticky?). I think stickys are probably best used on a short-term basis to...

Caroll Spinney is speaking at the next Wartburg College convocation on Oct. 5th. The event is free and open to the public - sounds like a great chance for any fans in that area to go see Caroll in person. More info -...

Hi everyone, Just thought that I would post a quick note to let people know that the second episode of my little puppet web series is online. You can check it out here. It's still kind of a work in progress, but let me know what you think!

I got this via email from a puppeteer named Ken Berman and thought that it might be of interest to anyone here from around NYC: For those of you in the New York area who are interested in attending a "beginning" level class on puppetry, or know of anybody who might be interested, please...

Neil Gaiman posted some fantasic images from Mirrormask in his blog today. Click here to see them (scroll down to the August 25th entries). The permanent URLs for the photos are: http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2004/08/helenas-dream.asp...

...it's baaack! Yup, it's time for the 2nd Annual BT Community Puppet Building Contest. This grew out of discussions here in the MC Forum last year and it's hosted over at my site because, well, I got stuck organizing it. It's alot of fun with people building puppets and sharing pictures and...

For those keeping score, Kelley Oien Perez was named Vice President, Creative Affairs was The Jim Henson Company today. Does anyone know anything about her? Here's the press release: Kelley Oien Perez named VP at The Jim Henson Company August 06,2004 Kelley Oien Perez has been promoted...