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Hey guys, Has anybody seen the spoof ad for George Bush that Will Ferrell and activist group America Coming Together have done? Check it out if you haven't - http://www.kintera.org/atf/cf/%7B06DAEF0E-9000-4422-B4DA-AFBAA10CAF60%7D/FERRELL_QT_HI.MOV

Up here we call them by their real names - "black foam thingies".

I got it! I didn't want to say so, but I was completely thrown by the term "Pipewarmer" but I get it now....do you mean the foam tubes that are used to insulate pipes Foz?

Where did you come from? :p

The Foam Book doesn't get in to things like mechs. The threads you want to read for more info are: http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=14085 http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=15393 http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=1911 I hope that helps. As...

I think probably one of the only reasons they got to pitch was because they won the Kleban, which is a big deal. It's a $100,000 cash prize and very prestigeous. There's been no official indication that the Muppet-powers-that-be are planning to go ahead with it, but since Marx and Lopez's names...

The best that I've seen is Make-Up Artist Magazine which has a web site at http://www.makeupmag.com and they have a SFX make-up forum here.

Marx and Lopez wrote the musical "Kermit, Prince of Denmark" prior to Avenue Q I believe. They wrote it as a spec script (it wasn't actually commissioned by the JHC) and they won a Kleban Award - which celebrates excellence in musical theatre writing - and tried to pitch it to Henson. That's how...

I've posted some more info about the movie here. I am really looking forward to this.

Not sure if you can find these in the Netherlands or not but for painting take a look at some of the magazines for the theatrical/film make-up industry. They're a good source of general information.

I believe Axtell puppets are actually latex rubber and/or vynl rather than foam latex. Foam latex eventually breaks down over time, although supposedly the new McLaughlin foam is much improved. I assume that's one of the reasons Steve Axtell doesn't use it for his puppets. Axtell actually has a...

Yes, but what I meant was that the educational goals of each series were different. Also, since TEC went off the air the age of the target audience for most educational shows has dropped (e.g. Sesame Street targets slightly younger children now than it did in the 70s). That's I think part of the...

I thought I would just point out for those that may not know, there is a difference between "foam latex" and "latex rubber." I posted a brief explanation of the difference and a few links to more info here awhile ago (scroll down to the latex question in bold). I'm also compelled to play the...

I think the educational goals of BTL and TEC are vastly different and thus they targeted different age groups.

Muppet DVDs? Most titles are readily available, at least in major cities.

OK monkey, yer restaurant is disgusting. :p

re: proportions Puppets do not generally conform to the proportions of anything. Most puppet bodies can wear child size 4-6x clothing (though some puppets are much smaller) but their heads are out of proportion (bigger). This is based on the theory that the head is where the audience should...

I've written two articles that might be helpful if you haven't already seen them - A guide to puppet building resources that includes lists of books, patterns, videos and web sites with puppet building information as well as The Tumbles P. Bear Project which is a tutorial on my approach to...

I have to back up Ravagefrackle on this one. While no one can seriously suggest that you can't build a puppet and sell it cheaply, but that's not the issue. The real question (as Ravagefrackle pointed out) is not how much the materials cost, but what you decide your time is worth as a...

lol No, I asked if there was an RSS feed for it. :p