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"Puppets Who Kill" is a new half-hour series airing on the comedy network in Canada. Created by Steve Western and puppeteer John Pattison it's another of those wacked-out "anti-Muppet" shows. A little different than "Crank Yankers" (also premiering this Fall on the Comedy Network in Canada)...

Hi all! This is an old site (from `96 or `97 I think) from the University of Maryland so some of you may have seen it, but since I hadn't I thought I would share in case anyone else hasn't seen it either: The site was put up by the University of Maryland for an exhibit they did on Jim...

Of course everyone knows the JHC's worst-kept secret is that they closed up the Muppet workshop in NYC (layoffs began in July I believe) and that the townhouse in NY is apparently up for sale (or going up soon). But the latest rumour I've heard (which surprised me) is that the LA Creature...

Hi all! I am not sure if anyone else is in my area, but this opportunity just came up today and I wanted to share it with the aspiring puppeteers in the group - Baa `N Oink is taping some segments for the TV series "Down on the Farm" on Saturday September 7th in Toronto and need a small army...

Does anyone know anything about "Sesame English"? I know it airs in Shanghai and Taiwan - is it on anywhere else? Has anyone ever seen it? I tried watching some clips on the Sesame Workshop website but the links to the video files were broken.

Kermit will be making an appearance on "An Audience With Kylie Minogue" on Much More Music tonight (Sunday) at 9 pm. This was the listing on MMM site: An Audience With Kylie Minogue Australian diva Kylie min.ogue performs her hit songs and takes questions from a celebrity audience. Guest...

From the CTV.ca Media Site: KILLER PUPPETS, CRANK YANKERS AND JON STEWART LIVE KICK OFF THE COMEDY NETWORK’S FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON October 5 Roy Thomson Hall Gala Celebrates 5 Years of Laughs on TCN Comedian Jon Stewart will headline a comedy gala at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall on...

OK, well it's not his own movie - but two of my company's puppet characters Marshall and Buck have been asked to appear in a "mockumentry" about the film biz being shot here in Toronto. We'll be taping a scene next Saturday where Marshall and Buck encounter an actress while waiting to...

Has anyone seen the Anipals? They're from Comedy Central's "TV Funhouse" and they are the (very) rude hosts of a fictional kid's show. I don't get Comedy Central in Canada so I was wondering if anyone has seen this...all I have seen is a few clips on Comedy Central's website.

Hi all! I was just looking up some stuff over at Macromedia (makers of Flash, Cold Fusion and basically every single product that makes the web cool and animated!) and I noticed that their Showcase Site of the Day was Noggin's Play With Me Sesame Website. The following is from the Macromedia...

OK, here's an idea - would anyone pay for an online Muppet series? How about a good, Muppet quality online series done by other puppeteers? I've been reading Scott McCloud's Reinventing Comics, which talks alot about the idea of freeing artists by putting their comics online and I got...

Hi all! We've got some Sesame Street PVCs on Ebay and I was wondering if anyone knew much about them. We actually got a whole whack of them when we traded a bunch of them for a Pets.com sock puppet so I'm trying to get rid of them now. I believe they were manufactured by Applause, by I don't...

Hi all! Has anybody else seen these on ebay? They are the hard-to-find (well, I've never come across them!) Wilkins & Wontkins puppets from the famous series of commercials Jim Henson did for Wilkins Coffee in the 50s and early 60s. The auction closes around 5 pm EST today. Check it out if...

Hi Gang! As promised, we're slowly but surely putting the "Puppet Bin" section of our website back together. The "Puppet Bin" is a (sometimes) monthly feature where we explain how we went about doing different puppet building projects and explain our approach to solving common problems like...

Hi all, Does anyone know where to find / get a copy of Sesame Street's cirriculum guide? I am not sure if that is what it is actually called, but it would be a document drafted by the show's educational advisers outling the show's educational goals and how they are achieved. I found some...

Hi all! As some of you know, we're very excited up here in Toronto because we are producing a TV show called "Down on the Farm." We just finished (well, almost) our two puppet "stars" Pig and Sheep. There is a picture of them online here. These are actually the first of many versions of...

Hi everyone! Just wanted to post a quick note to do a little shameless self promotion and let you know that to celebrate Canada's Birthday (July 1) we're launching our 3rd Annual Great Canadian Puppet Sale. We're getting rid of a variety of new and used puppets, both professional ones and...

Hi all! I am desparately seeking a tape, DVD, laserdisc, 8mm home movie, cave painting (anything) of the original live-action "Dog City" from the Jim Henson Hour as well as the 1/2 hour follow up that is rumoured to have been shot, but not aired as part of the series' original run on NBC (it...

I just saw an ad on the Puppetry Homepage for an "autographed" framed Miss Piggy glove for auction at missionfish.com, a charity auction site. Unfortunately, the auction is already closed and the glove went reasonably cheap ($120). Although it's closed you can still check it out on...

We're launching our 3rd Annual "Great Canadian Puppet Sale" this weekend online, and there are a few items we're selling that are Muppet books & collectibles and I wanted to give everyone on the board first crack at them. Some of the stuff went before the sale officially started but we've got...