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Well, (to paraphrase Indiana Jones) That's the trick, isn't it? We've got a really savvy guy working that angle for us so I'm moving ahead with confidence. If all else fails, we'll have a pilot episode that will be aired a minimum of once on local TV with plenty of advertising in the "fan...

We already have a local sponsor. The largest comic retailer in the 5 state area is a buddy of mine. He's already pledged to buy my pilot airtime for me and has promised to help me find the right kind of advertising dollars to keep our show on the air. Once we have the pilot in the can, we can...

All those puppets were based off the same pattern. The two redshirts were puppets built by Andy Hayward and the Kirk & Spock puppets were built by me. Andy supplied me with the pattern (its one of his standard patterns he uses and he was gracious enough to let me copy it). The Kirk puppet...

*blush*!! Thanks again guys! I am really glad you enjoyed it! I'm trying to get the 12 minute Transylvania Television promo reel up n the web, but I'm a total slacke when it comes to web technology so I have to rely on somebody else for that. As soon as it's up, I'll post here. I'm very...

Allow me to edit my statement... I don't dis-agree with you one iota, but I could have been a little more clear about my point. We all keep yammering about how puppetry is a universal form of entertainment. Puppetry can appeal to any age. Yet all we can manage to find money for are puppet...

I'm sure it's been said here, but when i start a new puppet, the first thing I do is about three or four drawings of the character. they don't have to be GOOD drawings. its just an exercise to help envision the character before I start building and cutting up expensive materials! You'd be...

I read a quote a long time ago and i think it was something like: You don't pay an actor to act. They'll do that at the drop of a hat. You pay an actor to stand around and not break anything IN BETWEEN acting. The same is probably true for puppeteers. I mean, they're actors emoting through an...

SUPER COOL. Thank you! Email sent! -Gordon

Thank you! I've been to your site. WONDERFUL work you do! -Gordon

I'm working on a TV show called Transylvania Television with these puppets and others. The Frankenstein character IS the monster created by Froedric Frankentsein and has long outlived his creator. Over the years, being called simply "the creature" got on his nerves so he adopted the name...

I have a natural tenor to my voice that is close to Jim's. I had hoped at a chance to show this to the folks at the Muppet Auditions in LA, but I got flushed in the first cut. Oh well... you rolls the dice and you takes your chances. They didn't like the look of me, I guess. Which is all...

Well, I've delved heavily into this recently. Considering that I'm making a pretty heavy gamble on my new TV show, I figured I'd better have some GOOD indications of what the market was like for what I intended to produce. In the 1970's we all grew up watching Sesame Street, The Muppet Show...

EXACTLY!!! Anybody got an email for him? -Gordon

I was the monster puppet. Another guy did the pimple-faced kid in the restaurant. -Gordon Sadly, I started to lose the voice after about 6 takes so his voice changes a bit later on in the sketch. I plan to loop it later.

Thank you, sir... you are both a puppet AND a sasquatch. Err.... well, you know what I mean. :) Yes? -Gordon

I've discovered that its very hard to get anyone to pay you to be a puppeteer. And so, the next best solution is pay yourself. No really. We can't all be Muppets. That's just reality. So take your puppetry and make something out of it. Create a show and get it on tape. If you want to...

Hey folks: Since this seems to be a place to advertise You Tube videos, check out this comedy sketch with two of my monster puppets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te9_-g9wdpk And if you're into Classic Star Trek, you might enjoy this comedy spoof as well...

Great stuff...also in your album as well! -Gordon

I'm sure there are LOTS of puppeteers that get the "string along" from the Henson Company. The only way to make sure your resume is on top of th epile is to keep sending it in every six months or to keep bugging them about it in a friendly fashion. Honestly, in my line of work (I run a special...

Hi everybody! A while ago, there was a puppet maker who listed a really spectacular BAT puppet on eBay. They even had a little video of the puppet in action on the listing. I contacted them and talked a bit about it, but was a fool and didn't bid. I also didn't keep the person's contact...