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Nice idea with the Google Calendar. :) It's worth noting that if you use Google Calendar (or any other Calendar program that supports iCal I think) you can add/import the Muppet Calendar by clicking the Google Calendar icon at the bottom. Is it possible to add buttons for users of other...

It's all fun and games until a Muppet causes an accident. :sympathy:

I am not sure of the legalities, but you definitely need to check in to federal and state regulations that cover the sale of toys. Most puppet builders sell puppets as "Not a Toy" because of the legal issues involved.

Have you considered plastic hemispheres or plastic Christmas balls (ornaments)? I am pretty sure you could do Gonzo-like eyes with fishing lures. I think Mercury Plastics sells "Elmo" eyes, but you have to buy them in bulk (1,000 pieces or more).

I occasionally pass through San Antonio and Houston, but don't live down south anymore.

You should search out some of the DVDs/training videos that are available on this subject. There are also some really helpful tutorials online like this one. Mechanics for SPFX Make-up and Mechanical Puppetry is a good video to learn from, but I am not sure whether or not it's available anymore.

I don't know a lot about how libraries classify books aside from the basics of the Dewey system, so that's probably a question for a librarian at a local library. I do know that there is an official database for the Dewey system called WebDewey, but it's not free. Have you checked with anyone...

I love Alan too, he's the best. That quote came off the Puptcrit mailing list, where Alan frequently posts.

Could you not just classify them according to the Dewey decimal system? That's the international standard for book classification in libraries (not sure how commonly used it is the U.S., but I've seen it everywhere else). Wikipedia has a list of DDC classes and also a comparison of DDC classes...

That's just a pattern from a toy Kermit that was taken apart. If you buy the Project Puppet Sock Puppet Pattern (which is very similar) it's a complete pattern and only about $20.

Somebody is probably going to get mad at me for pointing this out, but it's very interesting to read and compare these two quotes, they represent two very different approaches to learning puppetry: The best puppeteers I have met are intensely self-critical; they don't beat themselves up, but...

Hi all, I wanted to drop by just to let people know that my PuppetVision Blog has moved to a new URL - www.puppetvision.info. For now typing in the old blogspot address will just redirect you to the new one, but eventually I'll be moving PuppetVision off Blogger and hosting it myself so...

I know this is an old thread, but I was just blogging about how they are finally starting production on a Cats and Dogs sequel so I thought I would update it. The Creature Shop is not doing the effects, but Dave Barclay is back supervising them.

PuppetBuilding.com got hacked awhile ago and I had to take it offline. I haven't had time to put it back up yet, but I'll email you a copy of the calculator when I get home this evening. If anybody else needs it just email me privately at puppetvision {at} gmail.com.

I kind of clung to this opinion for a long time (you could probably dig up years-old threads on here where I advocated it), but I just don't think it's so. The problem - as I see it anyway - is that the vast majority of puppeteers who try to teach puppetry are largely self-taught and aren't...

This is really a tricky issue; on the one hand I think it's important to be as supportive as possible of anybody who wants to be involved with puppets and resist the urge to be dismissive or discouraging. On the other hand, I also think it's equally important to acknowledge just what a difficult...

I read a great quote today from Alan Cook, who runs the Int'l Puppet Museum in California and has got to be one of the most knowledgeable puppeteers I have ever met: "...one phrase Betsy used frequently in her puppet courses, was "anyone can be a puppeteer". My brain would say to itself...

I think most of the time they used a full-scale piano (I don't know this for a fact, but it looks that way). There used to be a very cool video tutorial on YouTube explaining how to make a realistic piano for puppets, but I can't seem to find it now.

Team America is another.

Has anybody else seen this photo from Dragon*Con? Kinda disturbing and yet oddly cool.